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Superhero Bits: The Dark Knight Rises, The Amazing Spider-Man, The Avengers, Agent Coulson, Galactus By Germain Lussier/May 11, 2012 11:30 am EST Want to see not one, but two new looks at Bane from The Dark Knight Rises? Which former Hulk actor contributed to Hulk in The Avengers? Who is on the new Amazing Spider-Man international posters? How much destruction did Loki and his army unleash on New York in The Avengers?...

The Best & Worst Sketches From Matthew McConaughey’s ‘Saturday Night Live’ By Ethan Anderton/Nov. 22, 2015 4:17 pm EST Finishing out three weeks in a row of new episodes, Matthew McConaughey took the stage at Studio 8H to host Saturday Night Live for the first time in 14 years, a time period in which the actor’s career took quite the dip, but ended up reinvigorated by what people have come to call the McConaissance....

The Social Network: Fincher And Sorkin On Charlie Rose, The Sound Of The Film And… Armond White By Peter Sciretta/Sept. 30, 2010 4:00 pm EST Okay, so it’s obvious by now that I’m both obsessed and in love with The Social Network. I’m trying not to bombard the site with posts about the film, but I’m finding a lot of cool and interesting coverage/interviews around the web that I’d love to share....

This Week In DVD & Blu-Ray: The A-Team, The Other Guys, The Town, Despicable Me, Legend Of The Guardians, Cyrus, And More By Adam Quigley/Dec. 15, 2010 10:00 am EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Describing the engrossing, frequently hilarious Banksy-directed Exit Through the Gift Shop as one of the best story-driven documentaries I’ve ever seen would almost certainly be misleading, as its veracity has been a point of contention since its Sundance premiere....

This Week In Trailers: King Jack, The Blackout Experiments, Versus: The Life And Films Of Ken Loach, For All Eyes Always, Living On Soul: A Daptone Records Film By Christopher Stipp/May 21, 2016 9:00 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?...

This Week In Trailers: KUSO, The Manual, Bad Genius, Major Grom, May It Last: A Portrait Of The Avett Brothers By Christopher Stipp/July 25, 2017 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?...

This Week In Trailers: We Are Twisted Fu**ing Sister!, Sherpa, Mammal, Derek Lam 10 Crosby By Christopher Stipp/Jan. 30, 2016 8:00 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?...

Warner Bros. Considers New Label For Its Darker Comic Book Films As The Direction Of The DC Movies Shifts Again By Hoai-Tran Bui/June 13, 2018 9:30 am EST Two Joker movies? One and a half Harley Quinn spin-offs? A Ben Affleck-less Batman movie? At this point, we’ve given up trying to make sense of Warner Bros.’ DC Films plans. But newly appointed DC Entertainment film production president Walter Hamada is doing his best to make them sensible once again....

‘13 Reasons Why’ Season 2 Review Round-Up: Why Is This Show Still Going? By Ben Pearson/May 16, 2018 3:30 pm EST Netflix famously doesn’t release viewership numbers for its individual shows or movies, but it’s safe to say that 13 Reasons Why made a big splash when it debuted on the streaming service last year. The show earned high praise from critics, courted controversy for its depiction of rape and suicide, and seemed to be all anyone could talk about for a while after its release....

‘Crazy Rich Asians’ Director Jon M. Chu On Breaking Barriers And Being Proud Of Your Work [Interview] By Jack Giroux/Aug. 16, 2018 9:00 am EST Crazy Rich Asians is helping to bring a so-so summer moviegoing season to an end with a bang. Director Jon M. Chu has not only made a romantic comedy that’s the sort of charming, character-driven studio spectacle we want but rarely see this time of year, but also a movie that’s touching a lot of audiences....

‘Minding The Gap’ Director Bing Liu On Crafting One Of 2018’s Most Compelling And Acclaimed Documentaries [Interview] By Steven Prokopy/Aug. 31, 2018 1:00 pm EST When filmmaker Bing Liu was a younger man shooting skateboarding videos of himself and two best friends Zack and Keire in their hometown of Rockford, Illinois, he likely didn’t realize that years later he would use that footage, as well as more deeply personal interviews with the two and many of their closest friends and family to compile a portrait of broken homes, domestic abuse, and undeniable impact of role models — both good and bad....

‘Puzzle’ Director Marc Turtletaub On The Fascinating World Of Competitive Puzzling And His Upcoming Mr. Rogers Movie [Interview] By Steven Prokopy/Aug. 3, 2018 12:00 pm EST For most of the 2000s, Marc Turtletaub has been one of the leading producers of mid-size indie works (many of them quite successful), so it should come as no surprise that he would take an interest in directing one of his own. After making his directorial debut with 2013’s Gods Behaving Badly, he’s helmed Puzzle, which received a great deal of attention at the Sundance Film Festival earlier this year and is scheduled to open in theaters today....

‘Side Effects’ Review: Steven Soderbergh Diagnoses Paranoid Fears In His “Final” Theatrical Outing By Russ Fischer/Feb. 8, 2013 7:50 pm EST Steven Soderbergh, so often adventurous over the course of his career, closes out his theatrical run with the relatively conventional thriller Side Effects. Though the ideas within are familiar, a winding narrative path keeps predictability out of sight, and prevents Soderbergh and screenwriter Scott Z. Burns from ever falling back to one simplistic message....

‘Star Trek: Discovery’ Story Details And Influences Revealed By Hoai-Tran Bui/June 27, 2017 7:30 am EST Star Trek: Discovery is the first Star Trek TV show to air in 12 years. With that, come plenty of expectations: a diverse crew, a noble captain and lead character, and a show that boldly explores different planets and story lines. But Star Trek: Discovery is changing things up. Not only is it airing on the streaming platform CBS All Access, it will feature a lead character played by Sonequa Martin-Green who is not the highest-ranking officer....

Comic-Con: Sneak Peak At David Goyer’s New ABC Series, FlashForward; Dominic Monagan Joins Cast By David Chen/July 25, 2009 7:01 am EST If you could know your future, how would you live your life differently? That’s the question that animates David Goyer’s new TV series, FlashForward, which will premiere on ABC at 8 pm on September 24th. Loosely based on the book by Robert Sawyer, FlashForward is a mind-bending, time-bending new series that takes a lot of inspiration from Lost, but with some new twists....

Early Buzz: Drag Me To Hell - “Vintage Raimi At His Best” By Peter Sciretta/Jan. 28, 2009 12:31 am EST It seems like a bunch of Los Angeles-based film fans snuck into a super secret advanced screening of Drag Me to Hell. So is Sam Raimi’s return to horror the real deal? It appears so. Here is a round up of quotes from around the web. We’ll add more when they become available, so check back....

Eclipse Recasting May Deliver More Drama Than The Film By Russ Fischer/July 29, 2009 11:33 pm EST Which of the participants in the mini-play that has erupted over the casting of Bryce Dallas Howard in Eclipse do you suppose sparkles is the evil vampire? Is it Rachelle Lefevre, who claims she didn’t know that she’d been scrapped in favor of Bryce Dallas Howard? (Shades of Marvel / Terrence Howard / Don Cheadle there....

Edgar Wright Curates ‘World’s End’ Influenced Screening Series At New Beverly In Los Angeles By Germain Lussier/Aug. 7, 2013 8:30 am EST Both Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz were born out of a basin of movie history. Each film is drenched in movie reference, be it visual or a line of dialogue, which adds a whole other layer of enjoyment on top of the individual stories. For the third film in The Cornetto Trilogy, writer/director Edgar Wright gets away from that....

GALLERY: Mondo’s Los Angeles Mystery Movie Series Recap Including Posters By Germain Lussier/Oct. 10, 2011 10:00 am EST There’s something incredibly exciting about the phrase “anything is possible.” Waiting for something that could be anything is an exercise for your imagination. That infinite possibility, coupled with wild speculation and prediction, is ninety percent of the fun of Mondo’s Mystery Movies. Mondo, as you may know, is the ever-growing poster boutique associated with the Alamo Drafthouse....

Hitchcock’s Psycho Gets First Time Ever 5.1 Surround Sound Blu-Ray Release By David Chen/May 12, 2010 3:16 am EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Ever watched a DVD copy of Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho in your home theater and wondered how it would feel like if you could be surrounded by those immortal, screeching violins while Janet Leigh’s scream blared through your glorious center channel? Now, your dreams can come true....