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Is Weeds Getting Too Sinister? We Recap Season 5’s “Machetes Up Top” And Jennifer Jason Leigh’s Welcome Introduction By Hunter Stephenson/June 18, 2009 1:50 pm EST Two episodes deep into the fifth season of Weeds, let’s take a look at where Nancy Botwin is headed—it’s disturbing and bleak, and involves being forcibly bent over a table. And what of her dysfunctional brood? Spoilers ahead. /Film will consider posting regular Weeds wrap-ups if there is enough reader interest....

Justin Lin Will Make An Indie Movie Before ‘Space Jam 2’ And ‘Hot Wheels’ By Fred Topel/Aug. 1, 2017 11:54 am EST Justin Lin was on a Television Critics Association panel for the new CBS reboot of S.W.A.T., for which he directed the pilot. Afterwards, he spoke with reporters about his feature film projects. He said he will shoot an indie movie in the Spring, and that the studios responsible for the tentpole movies Space Jam 2 and Hot Wheels are giving both projects the time they need....

MoviePass Continues To Get Worse, Only Makes Two Movies Available At A Time By Ethan Anderton/Aug. 12, 2018 10:00 am EST Another weekend has arrived, creating another opportunity for MoviePass to disappoint their customers. This week already brought news that MoviePass would soon only be offering a new $9.95 subscription plan that gives new and renewing monthly subscribers just three movie tickets a month. That’s a far cry from the initial plan that offered one movie ticket a day, but it’s the only way the company will be able to stay afloat after hemorrhaging money last month to the point that their service was shut down after they literally couldn’t pay their bills....

New Last Airbender Casting Stays On Right Side Of Racebending Debate? By Brendon Connelly/June 9, 2009 2:45 pm EST Some more casting for M. Night Shyamalan’s The Last Airbender has been confirmed by the fansite Last Airbender Film, and it would seem, for once, to be an example of the filmmakers sidestepping controversy. Please welcome Isaac Jin Solstein, 10 year old Korean-American actor and black belt in Tang Soo Do and Soo Bahk Do....

Ridley Scott’s Life In A Day Will Live Stream On YouTube During Sundance 2011 Premiere By Peter Sciretta/Jan. 6, 2011 10:00 am EST We’ve previously told you about a documentary from producer Ridley Scott, director Kevin Macdonald (helmer of State of Play, Touching the Void, The Last King of Scotland) titled Life in A Day. The movie is set to premiere at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival and is being billed as “the first user-generated feature-length documentary....

Star Wars Bits: ‘Star Wars Rebels’ Returns, A Defense Of Luke’s Arc In ‘The Last Jedi,’ And Porgs As An Invasive Species By Allyson Gronowitz/Jan. 12, 2018 4:00 pm EST In this edition of Star Wars Bits: Star Wars Rebels gets a mid-season premiere date John Williams confirms he’ll be scoring Episode IX Snoke’s throne room design has an unlikely influence Matt the Radar Technician makes a grand return And much more!...

Superhero Bits: Iron Man 3, The Dark Knight Rises, Justice League, X-Men Destiny, Superman By Germain Lussier/Sept. 2, 2011 11:00 am EST Want to see a list of all the special features on the Captain America: The First Avenger Blu-ray? How about watch all the deleted scenes from the Thor Blu-ray? What are five things Christopher Nolan has to get right with Bane in The Dark Knight Rises? Have pictures of the Batcave leaked?...

Superhero Bits: Sin City 2, Batman Arkham City, The Avengers, Green Lantern, Captain America By Germain Lussier/Oct. 14, 2011 12:00 pm EST Want to rewatch the best part of Green Lantern? What kind of reviews is Batman: Arkham City getting from game critics? Can the screenwriter of Sin City 2 give any updates about the movie? How does Attack the Block fit into New York Comic Con? Is there an update on real life superhero Phoenix Jones?...

Superhero Bits: The Dark Knight Rises, The Avengers, Green Lantern, Cowboys & Aliens, Captain America By Germain Lussier/June 20, 2011 11:30 am EST Want to see a photo of Christian Bale on the set of The Dark Knight Rises? What’s the rumored next phase of the viral campaign, how many people showed up at a recent casting call and what is Michael Caine saying now? Has someone seen 15 minutes of The Avengers?...

Theme Park Bits: ‘Skull Island: Reign Of Kong’ POV Footage, More On Shanghai Disneyland, And An ‘Enchanted Tiki Room’ Comic Book By Jacob Hall/June 10, 2016 3:00 pm EST In today’s Theme Park Bits: Universal Studios’ Skull Island: Reign of Kong has soft opened… and there’s ride footage. The Shanghai Disneyland opening celebration will be televised. Universal shows off its newest resort hotel. Walt Disney World is expanding its Typhoon Lagoon waterpark....

There’s Something Shady About The ‘Gotti’ Rotten Tomatoes User Reviews By Hoai-Tran Bui/June 19, 2018 11:30 am EST Following a dismal critical reception and an even more dismal box office performance, Gotti has released a new ad getting to the alleged heart of the problem: the critics. The bizarre ad for John Travolta’s mob movie attacks the critics that tore down Gotti while boasting about the rave “user” reviews on Rotten Tomatoes....

Tom Hardy Wants To Be ‘The Punisher’ For Marvel By Ethan Anderton/May 6, 2015 11:30 am EST Everyone is still talking about The Avengers: Age of Ultron. Whether it’s Hulk’s best scene being cut out of the film or an abandoned subplot with Thor getting axed, there’s a lot to talk about regarding the Marvel Studios sequel. And while the chatter surrounding the Netflix series Daredevil has subsided, there are still fans eagerly awaiting the second season of the show who hope to see the forthcoming assembly of The Defenders take on another familiar Marvel character....

TV Bits: ‘Bates Motel’, ‘Justified’, ‘Girls’, ‘Terra Nova’, ‘The Walking Dead’, ‘Fringe’, ‘It’s Always Sunny’, Baz Luhrmann, Tina Fey, Christopher Guest By Angie Han/Sept. 26, 2012 3:30 pm EST Today we have a nice mix of shows that don’t even exist yet, shows that have already been cancelled, and everything in between. After the jump: Baz Luhrmann is making his first foray into television Tina Fey plans tostick to television after 30 Rock ends Carlton Cuse brings Richard Alpert to the Bates Motel Christopher Guest adds old friends to his HBO comedy Revolution star David Meunier will return to Justified Rita Wilson will not go naked on Girls, if you were curious Here’s what would’ve happened on Terra Nova Season 2 AMC offhandedly reveals The Walking Dead renewal Fringe’s final season gets an intense full-length trailer See Haley Joel Osment in It’s Always Sunny ad Although it’s Luhrmann’s first move into the new medium, his deal reportedly comes after “years of exploration....

TV Bits: Hayley Atwell Reveals What ‘Agent Carter’ Season 3 Would Have Been, ‘Ballers’ Season 3 Trailer, And More By Ben Pearson/June 2, 2017 3:30 pm EST In this edition of TV Bits: Hayley Atwell teases what season 3 of Agent Carter would have been about Tia and Tamera Mowry are working on a Sister Sister reboot Mr. Robot creator Sam Esmail talks about season 3 Watch the Ballers season 3 trailer Ben Schwartz is still hoping for a Stranger Things cameo And more!...

Visceral’s Canceled ‘Star Wars’ Video Game Featured Scoundrels Stealthily Pulling Off Heists By Ethan Anderton/Oct. 28, 2017 10:00 am EST Recently, the video game production company Visceral Games was shut down, and that meant the developing Star Wars video game they were working was shifting gears. The game was codenamed Ragtag, and up until now, very few details were known about the project. But with the game being reworked by Electronic Arts now, details are starting to emerge about the original iteration of the game that fans will never get to play....

Why ‘The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1’ Feels Like A Different Franchise [Movie Review] By Germain Lussier/Nov. 21, 2014 4:55 pm EST Note: This review was original published on November 10. We’ve bumped it up now that the film is in theaters. It’s a shame The Hunger Games series gets filed into the “young adult” category. Sure, there’s some dystopian young romance in there, but with each subsequent film, the series proves it is about much more than unattainable love with sporadic action....

Making Alien Scary Again “I have to get a cushion and hide behind it,” producer Mark Huffam says of watching footage from Alien: Covenant. “I’ve seen it being filmed and I go ohhhh….don’t look at it!” He’s our first interview of the day. We’ve yet to see the creature workshop and we’ve yet to see the Xenomorph puppets (excuse me, Neomorph puppets), so we have to take him at his word....

‘Cloak And Dagger’ TV Series Coming To Freeform By Angie Han/April 7, 2016 10:15 am EST The Marvel Cinematic Universe had its big bang on the big screen in 2008, but over the past couple of years it’s been spreading out over the small screen as well — first with Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. and Agent Carter on ABC, then with Daredevil and Jessica Jones on Netflix. Now it’s branching out into the world of basic cable, as Freeform (the channel formerly known as ABC Family) gives a straight-to-series order to Marvel’s Cloak and Dagger....

/Film Boston - An Interview With Michael Madsen By David Chen/April 11, 2010 2:27 pm EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Lots of cool film-related stuff happens in Boston, Massachusetts and not that many people are here to document it, preserve it and spread the word about it. Special screenings, Q&As, panel discussions — we have them all, and frequently too. /Film Boston aims to be a bi-weekly column that will bring you audio and video content from film-related events around the Boston area....

‘I Think We’re Alone Now’ Review: An Indie Episode Of ‘The Twilight Zone’ With Peter Dinklage By Ben Pearson/Jan. 26, 2018 9:00 am EST Is there anyone better at playing soulfully sad than Peter Dinklage? The Game of Thrones star is front and center in I Think We’re Alone Now, a post-apocalyptic drama in which he plays the last man on Earth who discovers he’s not as alone as he thinks when a young woman (Elle Fanning) enters his life....