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Paul W.S. Anderson Wants The ‘Monster Hunter’ Movie To Create A New Cinematic Universe By Jack Giroux/Nov. 22, 2016 7:00 am EST The sixth and final installment in the Resident Evil franchise, Resident Evil: The Final Chapter, is (probably) the end of director Paul W.S. Anderson’s series. He hasn’t directed all six Resident Evil movies, but he spent a lot of time in that universe, having made four of those extremely loose video game adaptations....

Star Wars Bits: David Prowse, Instagram, ‘Star Wars: Rebels’, And Han Solo’s Blaster By Angie Han/Dec. 4, 2013 4:00 pm EST Darth Vader signs up for Instagram, and posts his very first selfie. Also after the jump: Michael B. Jordan addresses those Episode VII rumors Katee Sachkoff teases big news, but it’s not Star Wars related David Prowse would like to see Darth Vader resurrected The Star Wars Identities exhibit will head to Paris next year Han Solo’s DL-44 blaster is going up for auction this month Is EA Vancouver working on an open-world Star Wars game?...

Star Wars Bits: How Did Barack Obama Help Revive Star Wars? Plus: Yoda, Kyle Newman, Tommy Wiseau, Ewan McGregor By Angie Han/Nov. 29, 2012 4:46 pm EST Did the President’s fiscal policy help make the new trilogy a reality? Also after the jump: Listen to Kyle Newman’s Han Solo-centric radio drama Who wants Tommy Wiseau to direct the new trilogy? Ewan McGregor is totally willing to return as Obi-Wan George Lucas is giving the Bay Area another Yoda statue Rancho Obi-Wan’s Steve Sansweet shows off his collection...

The Influences Of ‘The Witch’ Part Three: Director Robert Eggers On ‘Cries And Whispers’ By Jacob Hall/Feb. 18, 2016 8:00 am EST With The Witch opening this week, we sat down with writer/director Robert Eggers to do something a little different. We asked him to name the three films that most influenced his tremendous new horror movie and we would discuss his work through the lens of what inspired him. In part one of this series, we talked about Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining In part two, we chatted about Benjamin Christensen’s Häxan: Witchcraft Through the Ages....

This Week In Trailers: The Secret In Their Eyes (El Secreto De Sus Ojos), American: The Bill Hicks Story, The Square, Jake, Kajínek By Christopher Stipp/March 26, 2010 2:00 pm EST Superlatives would be useless when describing the comedic and philosophic influence Bill Hicks had on my maturation. From thinking about politics, pop culture, governments, to explaining how the combo of Chuck Norris and terminally ill people would make the greatest movie of all time, the man had something to say....

Tribeca Movie Review: RAZZLE DAZZLE The Lost World By SlashFilm Staff/May 3, 2007 9:16 am EST The following film was screened at the 2007 Tribeca Film Festival. Razzle Dazzle Spotlight, Narrative 2007, U.S.A. Dir: Ken Jacobs With his new installment, noted experimental filmmaker Ken Jacobs aims to distort his images to such extreme length, as to reconceptualize them and give them a whole new meaning. The tool of choice for him is repetition, repetition, repetition....

Video Blog Reaction: 10 Minutes Of Neill Blomkamp’s ‘Elysium’ By Peter Sciretta/April 8, 2013 6:01 pm EST Sony held an event today in four cities across the world to launch to buzz for District 9 director Neill Blomkamp’s new film Elysium. Fans in the four cities were invited to the event through the film’s viral website. Blomkamp, producer Simon Kinberg and co-star Sharlto Copley were in attendance at the Arclight Cinemas in Hollywood to answer questions....

Watch Jim Carrey Tell The Story Of Tommy Lee Jones’ Hatred For Jim Carrey By Chris Evangelista/Oct. 5, 2017 5:00 pm EST Tommy Lee Jones is not a big fan of Jim Carrey. The two actors worked together on Joel Schumacher’s neon-lit live-action cartoon Batman Forever, and ever since then, Carrey has been telling a now-famous story about how Jones simply could not stand him. You may have heard this story before, but now you can see the story come to life as Jim Carrey acts it out!...

‘American Crime Story’ Review: ‘Descent’ Begins The Downward Spiral By Chris Evangelista/March 1, 2018 10:00 am EST This week’s American Crime Story review takes a look at the latest episode of The Assassination of Gianni Versace, “Descent.” Spoilers follow. 1996, La Jolla It’s a full year before Andrew Cunanan’s killing spree, and now we’re going to start to learn what makes him tick. The Assassination of Gianni Versace’s backwards narrative has kept Andrew mostly a mystery to us, but this week’s episode, “Descent”, reveals one of the tipping points that would lead him to murder....

‘Avengers 4’ To Recruit Captain Marvel; Surprising Marvel Character May Return From The Dead By Chris Evangelista/Sept. 20, 2017 12:30 pm EST Who knows what the future holds? Marvel, apparently, because they’re scheduling films until the end of time, and currently in the midst of shooting them as well. Avengers: Infinity War isn’t even out yet, but production is already underway on the next Avengers film, which means eagle-eyed set spies are already picking out actors left and right as if they were deconstructing the Zapruder film....

By Peter Sciretta/Aug. 31, 2016 12:00 pm EST Netflix has announced that it will launch a new talk show, Bill Nye Saves the World, starring the famed scientist, engineer, comedian, author, and inventor Bill Nye. The show plans to explore science and its impact on politics, society and pop culture. Each episode of the series, which will launch in spring 2017, will tackle a topic from a scientific point of view, “dispelling myths and refuting anti-scientific claims that may be espoused by politicians, religious leaders or titans of industry....

‘Desierto’ Trailer: Jeffrey Dean Morgan And Gael Garcia Bernal Have A Little Duel In The Sun By Jacob Hall/Dec. 23, 2015 8:00 am EST Is there anything more inherently cinematic than a good old fashioned “cat and mouse” story? One character wants to kill another. That other wants to stay alive at all costs. Put them in an interesting setting, ratchet up the emotional stakes, and watch humanity boil over for two hours or so....

‘Finding Dory’ Early Buzz: The Sequel Swims Just As Well As The Original, Will Make You Cry By Ethan Anderton/June 10, 2016 10:30 am EST Finding Dory doesn’t arrive in theaters until next weekend, but a slew of press and critics have already seen the movie as they participate in press junkets with the cast and crew. Today reviews started hitting the web, and for the most part, it seems the follow-up to Finding Nemo is a worthy successor to the original undersea adventure, though it treads much of the same water....

‘Incredibles 2’ Early Buzz: A Superb Sequel That Lives Up To The Original By Hoai-Tran Bui/June 6, 2018 7:30 am EST Fans of the original The Incredibles have been waiting 14 long years for its sequel. Could Incredibles 2 possibly live up to the hype? Yes it does and more, according to the early buzz. Critics and fans have caught early screenings of the highly anticipated Pixar film, and are calling it one of the best Pixar sequels yet and superb follow-up to the whip-smart and funny first film....

‘Red Sparrow’ Early Buzz: Jennifer Lawrence’s Spy Thriller Is Brutal And Divisive By Ethan Anderton/Feb. 16, 2018 12:30 pm EST While Black Panther is dominating the box office this weekend, in a couple weeks it will be Jennifer Lawrence’s turn to be a badass on the big screen in Red Sparrow. The first screenings of Red Sparrow were held this week, and reactions and reviews are starting to hit the web....

‘Solo: A Star Wars Story’ Review Round-Up: A Largely Entertaining Origin Story By Ben Pearson/May 15, 2018 3:12 pm EST Solo: A Star Wars Story is about to land in theaters after a highly-publicized and turbulent flight, and if you’ll allow me to belabor the metaphor, it sounds as if director Ron Howard managed to pull this particular spaceship out of a potentially disastrous nosedive and smooth things out in a satisfying way....

A Facebook Group Is Trying To Give ‘Black Panther’ Bad Rotten Tomatoes Reviews Because The Internet Is Awful By Hoai-Tran Bui/Feb. 2, 2018 7:00 am EST If you need more evidence that the internet can be a horrible place and that fandom toxicity has run amok, peek at the “movement” around Black Panther’s Rotten Tomatoes score. The Marvel film hasn’t even been released in theaters yet, and already a Facebook group is planning to flood its Rotten Tomatoes page with negative reviews....

CBS’ New ‘Star Trek’ Series Beams Up ‘Hannibal’ Mastermind Bryan Fuller By Jacob Hall/Feb. 9, 2016 10:18 am EST The new Star Trek series has found its captain. Bryan Fuller, the veteran television writer and producer known for his work on tremendous shows like Wonderfalls, Pushing Daisies, and Hannibal has been hired as the showrunner on CBS’ new series, which will bring the iconic science fiction series into uncharted territory: the universe of online streaming....

Clash Of The Titans Posters/Banners… Now In 3D! By Peter Sciretta/Feb. 10, 2010 12:35 am EST Warner Bros wants audiences to know that Louis Leterrier’s Clash of the Titans remake is being released in digital 3D so they created the “very subtle” new posters and banners to promote the release. Check out the new “The Clash Begins in 3D” advertising art after the jump. Click on the images to enlarge and see the super high resolution digital photo files....

Confirmed: BB-8 Is A Boy By Angie Han/Nov. 13, 2015 1:30 pm EST BB-8 may be an early frontrunner for the most beloved character in Star Wars: The Force Awakens, but there’s still a lot we don’t know about the rolling ball droid. Like, until recently, whether we should be calling BB-8 “he” or “she.” There’s been much speculation about BB-8’s gender identity, but today we finally have a definitive answer: BB-8 is a boy....