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Theory: Jedha In ‘Rogue One’ Became Starkiller Base In ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ By Peter Sciretta/Oct. 21, 2016 9:00 am EST One of the new planets introduced in Rogue One: A Star Wars Story is a small desert moon located in the galaxy’s Inner Rim called Jedha. Director Gareth Edwards has described the world as “a Mecca or Jerusalem within the Star Wars world” where people who believe in the Force come to worship....

World’s Largest Movie Theater Chain Essentially Admits To Not Caring About Theatrical Presentation By Ben Pearson/Nov. 6, 2017 3:30 pm EST (Welcome to The Soapbox, the space where we get personal, political, and opinionated about anything and everything. In this edition: AMC Theatres admits that they don’t care about masking, and why this is bad.) We’re aware there are terrible things happening in our country right now, and yes, complaining about movie theater screens is inconsequential in the grand scheme of things....

You Can Watch ‘Jack Frost’ Six Times Next Month Thanks To ABC Family By Jack Giroux/Nov. 9, 2015 3:00 pm EST The holidays aren’t exactly right around the corner, but that won’t stop Christmas commercials from airing any day now. Christmas is over a month and a half away, and some people are already looking forward to all the holiday food, family gatherings, and gifts. Another perk of the holidays? Movies....

‘Avengers: Age Of Ultron’ Photos - Let’s Over Analyze The Second Trailer By Peter Sciretta/Jan. 13, 2015 9:00 am EST Last night, Walt Disney Pictures released the second trailer for Joss Whedon’s Avengers: Age of Ultron. You can watch that trailer here, in case you haven’t seen it already. And for those of you who really want to take in all of the visuals revealed in the new Avengers 2 trailer, we have compiled a batch of high resolution images from the film to let you take in all the goodness one shot at a time, complete with an image by image analysis by me....

‘Channel Zero: Butcher’s Block’ Review: The Best Horror Series On TV Is Back By Chris Evangelista/Feb. 7, 2018 10:00 am EST Warning: This Channel Zero: Butcher’s Block review contains some minor spoilers.Channel Zero, the best horror show on TV that you should really start watching, returns with its most disturbing season yet. Channel Zero: Butcher’s Block feels like a turning point for the series – this is a season that doesn’t just push boundaries, it devours them whole....

‘Cutie And The Boxer’ Review: Perceptive Documentary Examines Sacrifice, Love, And Art [Sundance 2013] By Russ Fischer/Jan. 29, 2013 7:49 pm EST First-time feature documentary director Zachary Heinzerling makes a quietly assured debut with the tender and perceptive Cutie and the Boxer. In documenting the 40-year marriage between Japanese “action painter” Ushio Shinohara and his wife Noriko Shinohara, the film paints a keen vision of the ways in which the halves of a life-long couple learns to life with, and often in spite of one another....

‘Deadpool 2’ Post Credits Scenes Nearly Included Baby Hitler And Chris Evans’ Human Torch By Ben Pearson/May 16, 2018 2:00 pm EST Deadpool 2 is hitting theaters this week, and as writers Paul Wernick and Rhett Reese make the press rounds, they’ve revealed some alternate options for the movie’s post-credits scenes. I won’t spoil the moments that made it into the actual final cut, but if you’re interested in knowing a bit of “what if” trivia to impress your friends, keep reading to learn about a couple of Deadpool 2 post credits scenes that almost came to pass....

/Film Interview: Jacob Gentry, Director Of Broken Bells’ ‘After The Disco’ Sci-Fi Short By Russ Fischer/Dec. 13, 2013 5:00 pm EST Jacob Gentry has been making movies for a long time; he made his first feature almost ten years ago, and hit the Sundance jackpot as one of the creators of The Signal in 2007. Earlier this fall we featured Gentry’s two-part short film / music video – both parts embedded below –for the forthcoming Broken Bells album ‘After the Disco....

/Film Ranks The ‘Star Wars’ Saga By Jacob Hall/Dec. 19, 2016 10:00 am EST Hey…did you know that a new Star Wars movie came out a few days ago? If the box office numbers are any indication, everyone reading this sentence found some time to check out Rogue One: A Star Wars Story over the weekend, which means that everyone reading this sentence probably has a Very Serious Opinion about the first standalone film in the sprawling universe George Lucas built nearly 40 years ago....

‘Solo’ Screenwriter Jonathan Kasdan Taking Over ‘Indiana Jones 5’ Script; Film Will Miss Its 2020 Release Date [Updated] By Chris Evangelista/June 28, 2018 1:45 pm EST Update: It is now being reported that Indiana Jones 5 will not open in 2020. We have added the new details below.Solo co-writer Jonathan Kasdan has replaced David Koepp as the screenwriter of Indiana Jones 5. Harrison Ford will return for one final time to play the Nazi-punching archeologist....

‘Star Wars Rebels’ Showrunner Breaks Down Secrets Of The New Trailer By Ethan Anderton/Jan. 18, 2016 11:00 am EST Before the weekend, a new trailer for the midseason return of Star Wars Rebels teased some pretty big moments on the way for the crew of the Ghost, including a surprising connection to a certain villain’s unique lightsaber in Star Wars: The Force Awakens. Now showrunner Dave Filoni has opened up just a little bit about some of the big teases in that trailer, including what appears to be the return of another villain from the past other than Darth Vader....

‘The Kingkiller Chronicle’ Lands At Showtime – Is This Their ‘Game Of Thrones’? By Ben Pearson/Oct. 26, 2017 2:01 pm EST It’s been nearly a year since we heard that Hamilton creator Lin-Manuel Miranda was involved with The Kingkiller Chronicle, a fantasy book series written by author Patrick Rothfuss. Info has been scarce, but the floodgates have now opened: Showtime has officially scooped up a television adaptation, which Miranda will executive produce and for which he’ll compose music....

8 Marvel Comics Storylines That Could Inform ‘Avengers 4’ And Phase 4 Of The MCU By Joshua Meyer/May 9, 2018 9:00 am EST Avengers: Infinity War is driving a lot of speculation right now about what next year’s follow-up Avengers movie and the future of the Marvel Cinematic Universe could look like. Part of that speculation draws from what we know — or think we know — based on movie news, but fans are also looking to comics history for possible indicators of where the story might go....

Employee Picks: Movie Recommendations From A Movie Rental Store Manager By Jacob Knight/May 17, 2018 11:00 am EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. When I’m not writing, I run a video store.That’s a weird sentence to write in 2018. However, this profession permits me the distinct pleasure of making film recommendations all day, every day. That’s how this new column came into being: why not apply that skill to the Internet?...

Erasing Motoko: The Question Of Race In ‘Ghost In The Shell’ By Karen Han/April 4, 2017 7:00 am EST (Welcome to The Soapbox, the space where we get loud, feisty, and opinionated about something that makes us very happy…or fills us with indescribable rage. In this edition: the subject of racial erasure in Ghost in the Shell.) The live action Ghost in the Shell has been the eye of a storm of controversy ever since its inception....

Everything You Need To Remember From ‘Game Of Thrones’ Season 4 By Angie Han/April 10, 2015 9:00 am EST Even by the standards of serialized prestige drama, Game of Thrones can be damn hard to keep track of. There are literally dozens of characters, spread over an entire continent’s worth of locations, and in any given episode you’ll find them setting up plans and falling into traps, forming new bonds and breaking old ones....

Fans Want Deadpool To Host ‘Saturday Night Live’ But It’s Probably Not Gonna Happen By Ethan Anderton/Feb. 18, 2016 2:00 pm EST It’s no secret that Deadpool is all the rage right now. The film exceeded expectations at the box office by nearly double what analysts thought it would take in, and it’s on track to win this coming weekend as well. And now that Deadpool is a certified movie star, fans want him to get the chance to do something that not every celebrity gets to do: host Saturday Night Live....

How ‘Westworld’s Big Twist Should Make You Reconsider Everything You’ve Seen So Far By Peter Sciretta/Nov. 15, 2016 11:00 am EST Westworld episode 7 “Trompe L’Oeil” concluded with a big twist that the whole internet is talking about. But you might not have considered how this reveal changes everything you have seen thus far. Let’s board the train into Sweetwater to the beginning of this loop and reconsider everything. The Clues...

Movie Mixtape: 6 Movies To Watch With ‘Happy Death Day’ By Scott Beggs/Oct. 11, 2017 8:00 am EST (Welcome to Movie Mixtape, where we find cinematic relatives and seek out interesting connections between new releases and older movies that allow us to rethink and enjoy what’s in our theaters as well as the favorites on our shelf. In this edition: Happy Death Day.)Happy Death Day is all set to shove tongues into cheeks on Friday with its twee name and bloody riff on Groundhog Day....

Page 3 By Brendon Connelly/Nov. 21, 2009 9:00 am EST The above image can’t possibly be called exploitation in the name of hit hunting. Why? Because sex and nudity don’t lure us into the cinema, or at least it says so here a new report discussed at Miller McCune (via Cinematical). So why would it work with blog posts? Ahem. Page 3 is the eccentric little brother of Page 2 and compiles even more stories which, for whatever reason, didn’t make the front page of /Film....