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The Films Of David Fincher Ranked: From ‘Alien³’ To ‘Gone Girl’ By Russ Fischer/Oct. 1, 2014 7:30 pm EST With the release of his latest film, Gone Girl, we’ve taken the opportunity to revisit the director’s narrative works on film. (And, briefly, in television.) Below is a list of the films of David Fincher ranked by achievement. It’s a highly subjective effort, we realize. Where does Gone Girl fit in alongside Fight Club, Se7en, The Social Network, and Zodiac?...

The Most Underrated Movies Of 2017 By Chris Evangelista/Dec. 27, 2017 11:00 am EST There were many great films in 2017, and while most of these movies find themselves embraced as the end of the year rolls around, a few have slipped through the cracks. The following list will attempt to give these forgotten films their due, and also shine a light on some of 2017’s most interesting, challenging films that audiences (and sometimes critics) ultimately rejected....

There’s A Tom Hanks Movie In Theaters And You Didn’t Even Know About It By Jack Giroux/May 3, 2016 6:30 am EST Tom Hanks stars in a movie currently in theaters, but you might not be able to tell judging by the absence of advertising, much less critical buzz, for A Hologram for the King. Tom Tykwer’s gentle (and often lovely) adaptation of Dave Egger’s novel of the same name was recently released into a few hundred theaters, and it was met with somewhat mixed reviews and an underwhelming opening weekend at the box office, even by its own modest standards....

This Week In Trailers: Red Christmas, Steve Aoki: I’ll Sleep When I’m Dead, Spear, Train To Busan, The Love Witch By Christopher Stipp/Aug. 6, 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: The Valley, Killing Oswald, This Ain’t California, What Is Cinema?, The Hungover Games By Christopher Stipp/Dec. 9, 2013 7:00 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?...

Video Blog: Tron Legacy Set Visit By Peter Sciretta/July 5, 2010 11:20 pm EST Earlier this year, I posted a brief Tron Legacy set visit preview, accompanied by a couple interviews we conducted on set with the cast and crew: Jeff Bridges, who reprises his role as Kevin Flynn in the Tron sequel, Steven Lisberger, the writer/director/creator of the original Tron, who is on board for Tron Legacy as a producer, writer, and actor, and Garrett Hedlund, the star of Tron Legacy, who plays Kevin Flynn’s son Sean, who goes into the world of Tron in search of his long lost father....

Watch The 2016 Winners Of The Jameson First Shot Filmmaking Contest By Peter Sciretta/Aug. 15, 2016 2:00 pm EST For the past five years, Jameson Irish Whiskey held the Jameson First Shot international short film competition which promises to give new filmmaking talent an opportunity to break into the industry by working with Kevin Spacy, Dana Brunetti, and Trigger Street Productions. Last week, the top three winners of the fifth annual competition were announced at an event this weekend in Los Angeles called The Weekender....

‘Avengers: Age Of Ultron’ Deleted Scene Sends Thor Into The Cave By Angie Han/Sept. 28, 2015 6:30 am EST One of the biggest victims of Avengers: Age of Ultron’s overstuffed narrative was Thor. The god disappeared into a seemingly out-of-nowhere side quest that didn’t raise a whole lot of interest or make a whole lot of sense, raising the question of why the film bothered giving him a subplot at all....

‘Avengers: Infinity War’ Writers Explain That Surprising Villain’s Return And Why Sharon Carter Didn’t Appear By Ben Pearson/May 23, 2018 2:00 pm EST Fans who’ve found themselves invested in Captain America/Steve Rogers’ love life might have missed Emily VanCamp’s Agent Sharon Carter amid all the chaos of Avengers: Infinity War. Now that film’s writers, Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely, have explained why she didn’t make the cut, and they’ve also elaborated on one of the movie’s biggest surprises: the return of a villain no one saw coming....

‘Little Women’ First Look: The BBC Adapts An American Classic For Television By Hoai-Tran Bui/Oct. 13, 2017 1:00 pm EST Little Women is one of the all-time classic American stories, so it makes sense that it’s being adapted into a television series by the…BBC? Well, not that much sense, but the British TV network excels in churning out high-quality period dramas, which bodes well for the new Little Women, especially since it has to live up to the defining adaptation, the 1994 film starring Winona Ryder, Claire Danes, Kirsten Dunst, and Christian Bale at their ’90s wunderkind peaks....

‘Spider-Man: Homecoming’ Spoiler Review: Diversity Fuels The Best Spider-Man Movie Yet By Monique Jones/July 10, 2017 9:00 am EST (In our Spoiler Reviews, we take a deep dive into a new release and get to the heart of what makes it tick…and every story point is up for discussion. In this entry: Jon Watts’ Spider-Man: Homecoming. The hype is real — Spider-Man: Homecoming is definitely the best Spider-Man movie made to date....

‘Suicide Squad’ Trailer And ‘Wonder Woman’ Sneak Peek Coming To The CW In January By Angie Han/Dec. 30, 2015 3:30 pm EST Although we’ve seen plenty (maybe even too much) from Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, the next films on Warner Bros.’ DC Extended Universe roster remain a bit more mysterious. Suicide Squad stole the show at Comic-Con this summer with an excellent first trailer, but hasn’t revealed any new footage since, and we’ve yet to see any footage at all from Wonder Woman, which just began shooting last month....

‘SuperMansion’ Creators on Their Halloween Special and Robot Chicken [Interview] By Fred Topel/Oct. 6, 2017 4:00 am EST SuperMansion season 3 won’t arrive until next year, but you can get a taste of one new episode with the Halloween special SuperMansion: Drag Me To Halloween now available to stream on Crackle. SuperMansion creators Matthew Senreich and Zeb Wells spoke with /Film about the special, upcoming season, and Robot Chicken.Robot Chicken also has a Halloween special, Robot Chicken: Look Who’s Walking, a Walking Dead spoof premiering October 8 at midnight on Adult Swim....

‘Terminator 2’ Getting A 3D Re-Release, Probably To Make Up For ‘Terminator: Genisys’ By Ethan Anderton/Dec. 16, 2015 9:30 am EST Back in the summer of 2014, director James Cameron teased that we might get to see Terminator 2: Judgment Day get converted to 3D, just like the theatrical re-release of the director’s Titanic a few years ago. And while there were no solid plans to make it happen at the time, now Terminator 2 3D is becoming a reality, and it will hit theaters in 2016....

‘The Punisher’ Showrunner Steve Lightfoot on Letting Frank Castle Lose the Audience…and Win Them Back [Interview] By Fred Topel/Nov. 16, 2017 12:00 pm EST The Punisher is finally here to punish those who escaped justice. After crossing paths with Daredevil, Frank Castle (Jon Bernthal) now has his own series. He’s trying to keep a low profile, growing a bushy beard and working construction, but he can’t seem to stay away from violence....

‘Westworld’ Review: ‘Reunion’ Goes Back To The Beginning By Chris Evangelista/April 30, 2018 7:00 am EST Welcome to our weekly recaps of HBO’s Westworld. This Westworld review takes a look at the second episode of season 2, “Reunion.” Be warned: spoilers follow. Oh, wow! Welcome to Westworld, Giancarlo Esposito!Oh, wait, never mind, he’s dead.The sudden appearance – and quick departure of – Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul actor Giancarlo Esposito is only one of the several surprises that await us in season 2 episode 2 of Westworld, “Reunion....

Chris Pratt Says The Guardians Play A Key Role In ‘Avengers: Infinity War’ By Ben Pearson/April 21, 2017 12:30 pm EST One of my biggest fears about Avengers: Infinity War is that the film might be too big for its own good. With so many moving parts in Marvel Studios’ biggest movie yet, there’s a real danger of many of the characters we love getting lost in the shuffle and ending up without much to do....

Darth Vader’s Early Years And The Origins Of His Red Lightsaber Will Be Explored In New Comic By Ethan Anderton/March 13, 2017 3:00 pm EST Written by Frank Miller, illustrated by David Mazzucchelli and colored by Richmond Lewis, the comic book Batman: Year One follows the early crime-fighting career of The Dark Knight. Christopher Nolan’s film Batman Begins borrowed elements from that comic to tell the origin of Batman, and now Darth Vader will get a similar treatment in comic book form thanks to a new Marvel Comics series....

Director Colin Trevorrow On Taking Risks With ‘The Book Of Henry’ [Interview] By Jack Giroux/June 16, 2017 11:00 am EST You probably won’t see another movie like The Book of Henry any time soon. Even summarizing the film isn’t exactly simple, because it’s not a simple movie or a movie that plays it safe. It’s significantly smaller in scope than director Colin Trevorrow’s previous film, Jurassic World, but he sees his third feature as a big movie, “an epic story in a very small context....

Kevin Feige Explains Why Marvel Is Releasing Three Films Each Year, And It’s Not Just The Money By Ethan Anderton/July 2, 2018 8:30 am EST This week brings Ant-Man and the Wasp to theaters for Marvel Cinematic Universe fans who are looking for a little levity after the heartbreaking events of Avengers: Infinity War. It’s the third and final film Marvel will release in 2018, and it’s the second year in a row the comic book movie studio has released three titles in 12 months....