Posts

Tour Universal Orlando’s Halloween Horror Nights Mazes: ‘An American Werewolf In London,’ ‘Cabin In The Woods,’ ‘Evil Dead,’ And More By J. Christopher Arrison/Oct. 7, 2013 5:00 pm EST Entering its 23rd year, Universal Orlando’s Halloween Horror Nights has a simple directive: to scare you senseless. While the haunted mazes inspired by original and obscure content offer plenty of chills, the main draw is being able to step inside a beloved horror franchise....

What ‘Fast & Furious 6’ Could Teach ‘Star Trek Into Darkness’ About Half-Naked Women By Angie Han/May 24, 2013 1:00 pm EST It’s more or less impossible to reboot a massively popular franchise for the big screen without drawing the ire of a few fans, but one major criticsm plaguing Star Trek Into Darkness in recent days has nothing to do with J.J. Abrams’ Klingon redesign or use of parallel timelines....

When Is A Marvel Movie Not A Marvel Movie? When It Is ‘The Human Fly’ By Russ Fischer/June 27, 2012 4:30 pm EST Those who were around for wild televised stunt performances in the ’70s, or who have studied the annals of weird human behavior, may remember The Human Fly. The Fly was a masked stuntman who claimed to be the greatest daredevil who ever lived. Under his mask, the Fly was reportedly a man who survived a car crash only by having 60% of his body re-made out of steel....

When Will We See The First Footage From ‘Star Wars: The Last Jedi’? By Ethan Anderton/Feb. 4, 2017 11:00 am EST Since the official title for Star Wars: Episode VIII was announced not too long ago, fans are hungry for the first footage from the highly anticipated sequel to Star Wars: The Force Awakens. But when will we get to see it? With the Super Bowl coming up, there have been rumors spreading that we’ll get the first Star Wars: The Last Jedi trailer in the form of a TV spot during the big game....

‘A Wrinkle In Time’ Early Buzz: A Visually Stunning But Disappointing Adaptation By Hoai-Tran Bui/Feb. 27, 2018 7:00 am EST A Wrinkle in Time has a lot of expectations riding on it. It is Ava Duvernay’s ambitious passion project, the first non-documentary feature film that the director has tackled since Selma won acclaim and awards love four years ago. It’s an adaptation of a beloved children’s fantasy novel by Madeleine L’Engle....

‘Battle Of The Sexes’ Review: It’s Steve Carell Vs. Emma Stone In An All-Too-Timely Showdown [TIFF] By Marshall Shaffer/Sept. 14, 2017 2:00 pm EST It’s difficult now to remember a time when people didn’t map political values onto nearly every cultural competition. In the wake of the 2016 U.S. presidential election, everything from the Super Bowl to the Academy Awards inspired memes rehashing such flashpoints as Hillary Clinton winning the popular vote and not visiting Wisconsin....

‘Bright’ Finally Lets Orcs, Fairies, And Elves Star In A Gritty Cop Movie [Comic-Con 2017] By Jack Giroux/July 21, 2017 8:00 am EST Training Day meets Lord of the Rings is how Will Smith describes Bright, his next collaboration with director David Ayer. Ayer, who wrote Training Day, is making a movie that resembles his early work far more than his DCEU film, Suicide Squad. His new movie is a genre mash-up, a cop film featuring orcs, fairies, elves, and a powerful magic wand....

‘Captain Marvel’ Is Keeping Jude Law’s Character Under A Shroud Of Mystery By Ethan Anderton/Sept. 6, 2018 10:00 am EST This week has already brought our first look at Captain Marvel, the next installment in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Plenty of new details on the movie were revealed, but there’s one element of the movie that remains shrouded in mystery. While Brie Larson is playing the titular superhero, an Air Force pilot named Carol Danvers who has left Earth to join a cosmic team called Starforce, it’s the character described as her mentor and the team’s leader we should be paying attention to....

‘Fantastic Beasts’ Sequel Plot Details And New Cast Members Surface As Shooting Begins By Ethan Anderton/July 3, 2017 11:00 am EST While tomorrow will be a magical day in the United States as many Americans take the day off to celebrate Independence Day with cookouts, fireworks and other assorted tomfoolery, today is a magical day across the pond for an entirely different reason. The currently untitled Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them sequel started production at Leavesden Studios today, which is where all of the Harry Potter movies have been filmed since the beginning of the franchise....

‘Game Of Thrones’ Season 6 – The 10 Most Important Moments In “The Door” By Jacob Hall/May 23, 2016 7:00 am EST We’ve reached the halfway point of Game of Thrones season six and the meticulously assembled dominos of the past five or so years have officially started tumbling down. “The Door” is an hour of major story progression, vital character development, and revelations that manage to redefine much of what we’ve seen before....

‘Krypton’ Has Its Heart In The Right Place, But It Has A Long Way To Go By Monique Jones/March 22, 2018 10:30 am EST So…about Krypton. I can definitely say I’ve seen it. I know what happened in the premiere episode, but do I care about it? I can’t say I do. At least not yet. Let’s run down the plot real quick. Krypton is a Superman origin story of sorts, but we’re not really discovering new information about Clark Kent/Kal-El’s origins; we’re discovering his grandpa’s origins....

‘Kung Fury’ Movie Adds Arnold Schwarzenegger By Jacob Hall/Feb. 15, 2018 11:37 am EST Update: Contrary to early reports, Arnold Schwarzenegger’s specific role in the film has not been confirmed. We have modified the original article. Well, if you’re going to make an outrageous and over-the-top tribute to schlocky ’80s cinema, this is how you do it. Kung Fury, the big screen follow-up to the viral short film of the same name, has added action icon Arnold Schwarzenegger to its increasingly bizarre cast....

‘Muppets Most Wanted’ Review: “The Sequel’s Never Quite As Good” By Angie Han/March 21, 2014 10:00 am EST The Muppets are nothing if not self-aware, and Muppets Most Wanted opens with a promising joke. Picking up just moments after the last movie left off, Kermit and company launch into a jaunty, toe-tapping musical number that acknowledges all the pitfalls of a follow-up. “We’re doing a sequel,” they sing. “That’s what we do in Hollywood / And everybody knows that the sequel’s never quite as good!...

40 Things I Learned On The ‘Captain America: The Winter Soldier’ Set By Peter Sciretta/March 6, 2014 1:00 pm EST In July of 2013 I took a short trip to Marvel Studios in Manhattan Beach to visit the Captain America: The Winter Soldier set. While on the studio lot, I got a chance to chat with the cast and crew; I learned some of the secrets of the movie and about the making of the film....

Acclaimed Artist Jock Is Working On ‘Star Wars: Episode 8’ [MondoCon 2015] By Jacob Hall/Oct. 5, 2015 12:00 pm EST This year’s MondoCon in Austin, Texas was two days of gorgeous goodness, showcasing mind-blowing pop culture art from all over the world and giving fans a chance to rub elbows with the artists themselves. It’s not the kind of place you go hoping to hear exciting news about new movies, but here we are....

Avatar Running Time Is Over Two And A Half Hours By Brendon Connelly/June 4, 2009 3:29 pm EST Editor’s (Peter Sciretta) Note: Brendon filed this report yesterday, but I wasn’t initially willing to run it based on an unconfirmed source on a Twitter account. But since that time, /Film’s Russ Fischer was able to follow-up with Avatar producer John Landau, who made an appearance at the Ubisoft booth during the E3 video game convention....

Best Stories Of Last Week: The Martian, The Punisher, The Hunger Games, Christopher Lee And More By Ethan Anderton/June 15, 2015 5:00 am EST It’s the weekend again, and in addition to bringing the arrival of Jurassic World in theaters, that means it’s time for our round-up of the Best Stories of the Week. This time we’ve got updates about The Simpsons, The Hateful Eight, the reboot of Ghostbusters, Spider-Man, Daredevil and more....

David Fincher’s ‘20,000 Leagues Under The Sea’ Being Developed With “More Heart… Realistic Lucidness”? Nope By Adam Quigley/Aug. 23, 2010 6:00 am EST Update: Apparently this story isn’t completely accurate. MTV informs us that they have removed the story because Randall Wallace did script work on the McG version of 20,000 Leagues, but that project is dead. The Fincher is something totally different… Few upcoming projects have quite the promise that Disney’s 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea does, and much of that is due to it having David Fincher at the helm....

Is There A ‘Mad Max: Fury Road’ Prequel Aiming To Shoot Later This Year? By Ethan Anderton/Sept. 18, 2016 10:00 am EST The future of the Mad Max franchise has been a little uncertain at Warner Bros. Pictures. Even though the film was a massive critical success, it wasn’t a runaway hit at the global box office, only earning just over $378 million. Home video releases may have helped earn more, and Warner Bros....

M. Night Shyamalan Responds To Last Airbender Race Issues By Devindra Hardawar/March 30, 2010 11:05 pm EST I have a feeling that the controversy surrounding The Last Airbender’s casting won’t die down anytime soon. At a recent round table event, several journalists gathered to chat with Shyamalan about the film. He answered some general questions about it (check out io9’s full coverage of the event), but inevitably the conversation steered towards the race issues surrounding the casting of the film’s leads....