The Best & Worst Sketches From Kristen Wiig’s ‘Saturday Night Live’ By Ethan Anderton/Nov. 20, 2016 11:00 am EST Following last week’s episode of Saturday Night Live hosted by Dave Chappelle wasn’t going to be an easy task. It was easily the best episode of the season so far, but Lorne Michaels was smart enough to follow it up with someone SNL fans would be happy to see back on the mainstage of Studio 8H as host....
This Week In Trailers: Eric Clapton: Life In 12 Bars, Flammable Children, Custody, November, Fake Blood By Christopher Stipp/Feb. 3, 2018 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?...
Thomas Newman And Michael Giacchino Each Have Four Of The 97 Scores Eligible For Best Original Score By Germain Lussier/Dec. 23, 2011 3:30 pm EST Of the 265 films eligible for Oscars at the 84th Annual Academy Awards in February, 97 of them have been deemed worthy to be nominated for Best Original Score. Thomas Newman (The Adjustment Bureau, The Debt, The Help, The Iron Lady) and Michael Giacchino (Cars 2, Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol, Monte Carlo, Super 8) lead all eligible composers with four films this year while Alexandre Desplat (Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2, The Ides of March), Tyler Bates (Conan the Barbarian, The Darkest Hour, The Way), Mark Isham (The Conspirator, Dolphin Tale, Warrior) and Henry Jackman (Puss in Boots, Winnie the Pooh, X-Men First Class) all have three....
Where Does Daisy Ridley Live In ‘Star Wars Episode VII?’ Plus More Plot Rumors By Germain Lussier/Oct. 1, 2014 1:30 pm EST A day without Star Wars rumors is like a day without sunshine. Earlier today, we ran a few of the latest and like any good virus, a bunch of others have sprouted up around them. The most interesting has to do with the the home of Daisy Ridley’s character, referred to on set as Kira....
‘Batgirl’ Movie Coming From ‘The Avengers’ Director Joss Whedon [Updated] By Jacob Hall/March 30, 2017 10:02 am EST UPDATE: Entertainment Weekly is reporting that Barbara Gordon will be definitely be the subject of the movie (a few other women have worn the cowl over the years) and that the “New 52” version of the character will be used “as a starting point.” In today’s “piece of news that somehow manages to feel simultaneously shocking and inevitable,” Joss Whedon is currently in negotiations with Warner Bros....
‘Captain America: Civil War’ Early Buzz: It’s Spectacular, Especially Spider-Man By Ethan Anderton/April 9, 2016 9:20 am EST Last night brought the first screening of Captain America: Civil War for members of the press in Los Angeles who are attending a press junket this weekend. We’ll have coverage of that after this weekend, including an interview with Kevin Feige. But first and foremost, you’re probably curious about how this epic battle of superheroes turned out....
‘Dope’ Director Rick Famuyiwa To Helm ‘Black Hole’ Adaptation By Hoai-Tran Bui/March 1, 2018 7:30 am EST The long-gestating Black Hole adaptation may finally see the light. Dope director Rick Famuyiwa has signed on to write and direct Black Hole, based on the acclaimed graphic novel by Charles Burns. The adaptation is being revived nearly 10 years after David Fincher, who was initially attached to direct a script by Neil Gaiman and Roger Avery, dropped out of the project....
/Film Interview: Derek Cianfrance On Fatherhood, Movie Violence, And His First Feature ‘Brother Tied’ By Angie Han/March 26, 2013 1:00 pm EST The new crime epic follows two families over two generations and fifteen years. Ryan Gosling plays a new father desperate to make some money, Bradley Cooper an eager rookie cop who tries to stop him, and Dane DeHaan and Emory Cohen their respective sons, who feel the consequences of their fathers’ actions....
/Film UK - Crying With Laughter, The London Film Museum, Penelope: Princess Of Pets And Much More By Brendon Connelly/April 19, 2010 9:35 am EST Coming to you weekly from my vantage point in good old Blighty, it’s Slashfilm UK. Anglos and Anglophiles rejoice as every week I’ll be bringing you a round up of news, links and coverage specific to the motion picture comings and goings here in the UK....
‘Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 2’: Everything We Learned While On Set By Peter Sciretta/Feb. 6, 2017 9:00 am EST On April 22nd, 2016 I traveled to Atlanta, Georgia to visit the set of Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2. What follows is everything I learned while on the set of James Gunn’s galactic sequel. Filming Guardians Vol 2. In Atlanta To give some perspective, we visited the set the day after music legend Prince died....
‘Mission: Impossible – Fallout’ Trailer Breakdown: A Frame-By-Frame Look At The New Footage By Hoai-Tran Bui/Feb. 5, 2018 10:00 am EST As the Mission: Impossible series moves forward, the missions get bigger and Tom Cruise’s stunts get more dangerous. This is especially true in the first trailer for Mission: Impossible – Fallout, which can only be described as a series of astonishing crashes and falls for Cruise’s death-defying Ethan Hunt, with some plot sprinkled in....
‘Stranger Things’ Thessalhydra Theory: How Season 1 Might Have Predicted Everything In Season 2 By Ben Pearson/Oct. 16, 2017 12:30 pm EST We’re only a few days away from the release of Stranger Things 2, and an old fan theory has been given new life thanks to last week’s second and final trailer for the new season of the supernatural series. In the show’s first season, the kids’ Dungeons & Dragons game foreshadowed their interactions with creatures like the Demogorgon, and if you recall, season one ends with them reuniting on Christmas Eve and playing D&D one more time in the closing minutes of the eighth episode....
‘The Deuce’ Review: ‘The Principle Is All’ Sees The Series Finding Its Groove By Karen Han/Sept. 25, 2017 8:00 am EST (We’re going to kickstart our weekly discussion of HBO’s The Deuce by answering one simple question: who or what is the “best bet” in this week’s episode?) In its third episode, The Deuce feels like it’s starting to settle into a rhythm. This episode is slow — there’s no rush to get anywhere now that all the pieces and players have been set into motion — but at the risk of getting into innuendos, it’s a good time....
‘The Great Movie Ride’ Is Closing Forever – We Pay Tribute To Disney’s Theme Park Masterpiece By /Film Staff/Aug. 11, 2017 12:00 pm EST The Great Movie Ride, the beloved Walt Disney World attraction that opened with the Hollywood Studios (then Disney-MGM Studios) theme park back in 1989, is closing its doors forever this weekend. On August 13, to be specific. Mickey and Minnie’s Runaway Railway, the first Disney theme park attraction built around Mickey Mouse, will take its place....
‘The Looming Tower’ Review: The First Truly Great TV Series Of 2018 By Chris Evangelista/Feb. 20, 2018 10:00 am EST Before The Looming Tower even begins, you know where it’s going to end. Yet that doesn’t make the series any less engrossing, or addictive. Based on Lawrence Wright’s Pulitzer-winning book, The Looming Tower is the story of how we ended up here – seemingly trapped in wars with no end in sight....
All 368 Songs From Disney Animated Films Ranked [Part Three] By Josh Spiegel/Nov. 22, 2017 11:00 am EST (Welcome to The Disney Discourse, a recurring feature where Josh Spiegel discusses the latest in Disney news. He goes deep on everything from the animated classics to the theme parks to live-action franchises. In this edition: the final part in a series ranking all 368 songs featured in Disney animated films.) Welcome to the third and final part of this series, where I set out to rank every single song to appear in an animated (or animation/live-action hybrid) film released by Disney....
Bill Hader On ‘Inside Out,’ Pixar’s Legacy, And The Joy Of Working With Steven Spielberg By Germain Lussier/June 19, 2015 11:00 am EST Bill Hader has yet to make a bad move. After crushing Saturday Night Live for years, he started with small parts in memorable movies like Forgetting Sarah Marshall, Superbad, Tropic Thunder and Men in Black 3. He graduated to lead voice work with Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs, then went against type in the dramatic The Skeleton Twins....
CinemaCon Reactions: ‘Aquaman’, ‘Wonder Woman’, ‘Justice League’ & ‘Blade Runner 2049’ By Peter Sciretta/March 29, 2017 7:48 pm EST Warner Bros closed out the third day of CinemaCon with a presentation of their upcoming film slate, which included an Aquaman concept trailer, three clips from Wonder Woman, a slightly extended Justice League trailer, and a behind the scenes featurette for Blade Runner 2049 that featured a bunch of new footage. Read on to hear my thoughts on the lot of them....
Cool Stuff: Mondo Comic-Con 2015 Exclusives Revealed By Peter Sciretta/July 1, 2015 1:00 pm EST Mondo has revealed the first batch of their 2015 San Diego Comic Con offerings, which includes -posters, vinyl, and collectible figures, including some con exclusives. Hit the jump to read the full press release and see first images of the first wave of Mondo Comic Con 2015 offerings which includes Ant-Man, Superman, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Aliens and Hellboy....
David Michôd, Director Of Animal Kingdom, Discusses The Decline Of Bank Robbers, Breaking Into Movies, Using Slow Motion, And The Beauty Of Air Supply By David Chen/Aug. 19, 2010 2:54 am EST David Michôd’s Animal Kingdom is my favorite film of 2010 so far (see my Sundance review here), so when I was given the opportunity to chat with Michôd a few months ago, I jumped at it. In our half-hour interview, we discussed how he first broke into the industry, the decline of bank robbers in Melbourne, Australia, the process of choosing a complete unknown to headline his film, his copious use of slow motion, and the beauty of Air Supply....
