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Star Wars Bits: Disney Infinity, Force Awakens LEGO, Rogue One Science, Clone Wars Easter Eggs By Germain Lussier/June 5, 2015 11:30 am EST If you’re into toys and video games, this is a particularly solid edition of Star Wars Bits. The rest is pretty good too. Below, read about the following: Neil deGrasse Tyson agrees to help on Star Wars Anthology: Rogue One. Amazing images from the original trilogy section of Disney Infinity 3....

Superhero Bits: Logan Noir Q&A, Wonder Woman Music Video, Captain America Hydra & More By Ethan Anderton/May 19, 2017 5:00 pm EST Why does James Mangold think you should watch Logan in black and white when it hits home video? Is there a Wonder Woman fan screening happening in your city next week? Want to see the entire Q&A with James Mangold and Hugh Jackman after Logan Noir? Who performs in the official Wonder Woman music video?...

SXSW Midnights Lineup Includes ‘The Guest,’ Bigfoot Film ‘Exists,’ And ‘Among The Living’ By Russ Fischer/Feb. 5, 2014 11:30 am EST Film festivals are becoming more accepting of genre films — perhaps it started with TIFF’s excellent Midnight Madness program, which has run for well over a decade, or perhaps it’s simply the more mainstream presence of genre stories and ideas in general, thanks to the popularity of horror and sci-fi on television....

SXSW Movie Review: Rainbow Around The Sun By Mel Valentin/March 14, 2008 12:23 pm EST A rock opera/musical that’s part Tommy and part Cabaret, Rainbow Around the Sun is a perfect example of what a talented group of artists and musicians can do when they have a modest budget and modern technology (e.g., HD cameras, Final Cut Pro) to work from. Filmed in and around Oklahoma City, Oklahoma by directors Kevin Ely and Beau Leland (who also edited) and based on a concept album (remember those?...

Theme Park Bits : Diagon Alley, Frozen Parade, Halloween Horror Nights, World’s Tallest Roller Coaster And More By Peter Sciretta/June 13, 2014 3:00 pm EST In this edition of theme park bits, we take a first look at the addition of Frozen to Disneyland’s parade in mid-June, the world’s tallest roller coaster has been announced for Orlando, find out which attractions are being closed for refurbishment at Disneyland and DCA, see photos from Harry Potter actors on a tour of Diagon Alley, The Walking Dead will return to Halloween Horror Nights but find out your chances of visiting Diagon Alley during the scary event, Universal Orlando launches a Wifi and smart phone app with real-time wait times....

Theme Park Bits: ‘Pirates Of The Caribbean’ Coming To ‘Fantasmic,’ Celebration Of Harry Potter Returns To Universal, And More ‘Star Wars’ At Disneyland Paris By Jacob Hall/Aug. 24, 2016 12:00 pm EST In this edition of Theme Park Bits: Pirates of the Caribbean is reportedly replacing Peter Pan in Fantasmic at Disneyland. Season of the Force is heading to Disneyland Paris. A Celebration of Harry Potter returns to Universal Orlando for year four....

This Week In Trailers: The Treasure, American Street Kid, Unbranded, River Of Fundament, The Other Side By Christopher Stipp/Dec. 14, 2015 5:00 am EST Trailers are an under-appreciated art form insofar that many times they’re seen as vehicles for showing footage, explaining films away, or showing their hand about what moviegoers can expect. Foreign, domestic, independent, big budget: What better way to hone your skills as a thoughtful moviegoer than by deconstructing these little pieces of advertising?...

‘10 Cloverfield Lane’ Ending Explained, See Unused Concept Art By Peter Sciretta/March 28, 2016 12:30 pm EST Okay, now that 10 Cloverfield Lane has been out for a few weeks, the filmmakers have begun taking about spoilers. Want to hear about the thought and planning behind the ending of 10 Cloverfield Lane? We have some cool concept art to show you, some comments from director Dan Trachtenberg on not only the film’s ending, but deleted scenes and an IMAX-style aspect ratio expansion that was planned but abandoned during post production....

‘American Honey’ Is An Empathetic, Deeply Moving Masterpiece [Fantastic Fest Review] By Jacob Hall/Sept. 26, 2016 7:00 am EST The United States of America is a nation of many nations. Within this vast expanse, you carve out your own destiny, define your existence, and struggle against the walls, both real and imagined, that box you in. You choose to look past those whose nation is so different from your own, your gaze deliberately passing through a individual, a fellow human being, whose circumstances are so alien to your own....

‘Channel Zero’ Creator Nick Antosca On The Creepypasta Origins Of ‘Butcher’s Block’ By Chris Evangelista/Feb. 6, 2018 2:00 pm EST Channel Zero, the Syfy horror anthology series inspired by Creeypasta stories and created by Nick Antosca, returns for its third disturbing season this week. Channel Zero: Butcher’s Block focuses on a pair of sisters who move to a new town and quickly discover a series of strange, supernatural staircases that appear in the town park....

‘Chronicle’ Review: A Superpowered Teenage Riot By Russ Fischer/Feb. 3, 2012 6:00 pm EST Chronicle is not a superhero movie. It is a film about three young guys who, after exposure to a mysterious energy source, develop strong telekinetic powers. More to the point, Chronicle is about how having that empowerment in common forges a strong friendship between them, and the ways they deal with the unexpected power surge. In the sort of telling which has become so familiar thanks to comic books and the TV shows and movies that follow them, those kids should quickly learn that their powers come with an obligation to help society....

‘Churchill’ Trailer: Brian Cox Stars In One Of Two 2017 Winston Churchill Biopics By Jacob Hall/March 21, 2017 1:00 pm EST Hollywood history is littered with competing projects about similar subjects. The most famous example is probably the double-header of Armageddon and Deep Impact in 1998, but the phenomenon continues to this day. Remember how 2012 brought us Snow White and the Huntsman and Mirror, Mirror? Now, 2017 is bringing us dueling biopics about Winston Churchill, the legendary Prime Minister of the United Kingdom who helped lead his nation through World War II....

‘Independence Day: Resurgence’: Bill Pullman & Sela Ward Plan ‘Karate Presidents’ Spin-Off [Interview] By Ethan Anderton/Feb. 10, 2016 6:00 am EST Easily one of the most iconic parts of 1996’s blockbuster Independence Day is the speech Bill Pullman gives as President Whitmore before humanity makes their last stand across the globe. But we might not get the same kind of moment in Independence Day: Resurgence since President Whitmore is no longer the sitting president....

‘Jurassic World’ Will Be A Trilogy Now Because Universal Spares No Expense By Jacob Hall/Nov. 5, 2015 9:30 am EST Jurassic World made $1.6 billion at the box office this summer, making it the third highest-grossing movie of all time. It was a perfect storm: a beloved film franchise back from the dead, a break from typical summer movie fare (i.e., superheroes), and, most importantly, dinosaurs. People love their dinosaurs. Especially when they’re chasing after those delicious, screaming, far-too-slow humans....

‘Larry Crowne’ Review: Tom Hanks Stumbles, Earnestly By Russ Fischer/July 2, 2011 2:00 pm EST Transformers: Dark of the Moon isn’t the only movie releasing this week that takes place in a strange alternate fantasy America. In Larry Crowne, the second film directed by Tom Hanks, the giant robots and exaggerated douchebaggery of Michael Bay’s creation are replaced by the giant personalities and megawatt smiles of Hanks and Julia Roberts. They are two of the quirky goofs that populate a community college in Anytown, USA, and Larry Crowne is the mild and wholly unconvincing story of how they find one another amidst clouds of emotional and economic depression as wispy as blockbuster movie logic....

‘Marvel’s Spider-Man’ Review: Spidey Gets His Own ‘Arkham’-Style Adventure By Ben Pearson/Sept. 4, 2018 7:00 am EST Marvel’s Spider-Man is one of the best superhero video games I’ve ever played. It’s an exciting, expansive adventure with a cinematic story, escalating action, and personal stakes. In short, it’s everything I’ve ever wanted in a Spider-Man game. Read on for the rest of our Marvel’s Spider-Man review, including a description of the gameplay, some story elements, and much more....

‘Mr. Robot’ - The 10 Biggest Questions From “Init1” By Corey Atad/July 28, 2016 9:00 am EST There’s no question Mr. Robot’s second season has started off slow. It has engendered complaints. Impatience. The truth is, this is common for TV series in a new season. Mad Men, for example, frequently got complaints during the first few episodes of each season, with people claiming it had finally lost its luster, or that nothing interesting was happening....

‘Non-Fiction’ Review: Olivier Assayas’ Latest Film Is A Droll Delight [TIFF] By Marshall Shaffer/Sept. 17, 2018 12:00 pm EST Olivier Assayas’ Non-Fiction shows one of the great contemporary filmmakers at his most perceptive and loquacious. His latest film strays away from the mysticism of recent entrancing efforts like Clouds of Silas Maria and Personal Shopper, instead portraying an hour and 45 minutes of exhaustive (and occasionally exhausting) conversations about the state of the arts and society at large....

/Response: Comics That You Think Should Be TV Shows By Jacob Hall/May 5, 2017 12:30 pm EST (Welcome to /Response, the companion piece to our /Answers series and a space where /Film readers can chime in and offer their two cents on a particular question.) Earlier this week, the /Film team wrote about the comic books that we think should be made into TV shows. We then opened the floor to our readers: which comics do you want to see adapted?...

‘Room 237’ Explores Fantastic Theories Behind Stanley Kubrick’s ‘The Shining’ [Sundance 2012] By Germain Lussier/Jan. 26, 2012 3:00 pm EST If Stanley Kubrick were still alive, Room 237 would make him extremely happy. Directed by Rodney Ascher, the experimental documentary gives the legendary filmmaker a ton of credit, maybe too much at times, as it explores several wild, and not so wild, theories about his 1980 horror masterpiece The Shining....