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David O Russell Provides Commentary On ‘The Fighter’ Fight Scene By Peter Sciretta/Dec. 20, 2010 10:00 am EST Filmmaker David O Russell has released a short audio commentary excerpt for a fighting sequence of The Fighter, his new film which stars Mark Wahlberg and Christian Bale. Russell discusses how he employed a recreation of an early-90?s HBO Sports camera crew to shoot the in-ring sequences. Watch the clip embedded after the jump thanks to The Carpetbagger....

How The World War II Drama ‘The Dam Busters’ Influenced The Space Battles Of ‘Star Wars: A New Hope’ By Bryan Young/May 2, 2018 12:00 pm EST (Welcome to The Movies That Made Star Wars, a series where we explore the films that inspired George Lucas’ iconic universe. In this edition: the British World War II drama The Dam Busters) When George Lucas set out to make the original Star Wars film, there were things he wanted to do on film with special effects that had never really been done before....

Hunter S. Thompson Article ‘Prisoner Of Denver’ To Hit The Screen By Russ Fischer/May 4, 2010 12:57 pm EST In 2004, Vanity Fair published an article co-authored by Hunter S. Thompson and Mark Seal called Prisoner of Denver. The subject, in a broad sense, was Colorado’s legal system and the potential for injustice within it. Specifically, the article looked at the case of Lisl Auman, who was charged with murder and sentenced to life, despite the fact that the crime for which she was convicted took place while she was already in police custody....

Interview: ‘Nightcrawler’ Director Dan Gilroy On Manipulation And Ditching The Character Arc By Russ Fischer/Oct. 31, 2014 12:15 pm EST It’s rare to see a directorial debut that is a total home run, but that’s Nightcrawler in a nutshell. The film’s writer/director, Dan Gilroy, is not, however, some rookie who got lucky. He’s been a screenwriter for years, with credits on films like The Fall, Real Steel and The Bourne Legacy....

Interview: ‘The Big Short’ Actor Christian Bale Loves And Hates Acting By Jack Giroux/Dec. 4, 2015 8:00 am EST Christian Bale has played plenty of “real-life” characters throughout his career. From Melvin Purvis to Dickie Eklund to Irving Rosenfeld, he’s portrayed all walks of life. In Adam McKay’s The Big Short, based on Michael Lewis’ nonfiction novel, Bale plays Dr. Michael Burry, a brilliant hedge fund manager who spotted the impending doom in the housing market....

J.J. Abrams And Gabe Newell To Develop ‘Portal’ And ‘Half-Life’ Films; Is Something Bigger Than Mere Movies In Mind? By Russ Fischer/Feb. 6, 2013 5:38 pm EST While Star Wars continues to dominate much of the conversation about big-ticket sci-fi film, the outcome of the DICE keynote talk between filmmaker J.J. Abrams and game-master Gabe Newell of Valve Software was even more stunning: the two are likely to collaborate to make games and movies....

Movie Mixtape: 6 Movies To Watch With ‘Avengers: Infinity War’ By Scott Beggs/April 26, 2018 7:30 am EST It’s here. Whether you hate Marvel enough to sabotage their movies’ IMDB scores or love them enough to get Stan Lee’s face tattooed on your back, the studio has done something impressively unique in cinema by executing 19 movies over ten years to lead us all to an unthinkable team-up of dozens of superheroes....

Movie Review: Sunshine Cleaning - The Power Of Amy Adams By David Chen/March 13, 2009 5:10 am EST What happens to crime scenes after the dead bodies have been taken to the morgue and the detectives have gone home? How do the business owners, homeowners, and regular, everyday people carry on with their lives after they’ve been touched by gruesomeness and tragedy? Before any mourning or coping can take place, step one is to hire someone to clean up the mess....

MoviePass Card Delivery Delayed 2 To 3 Weeks Due To Unprecedented Demand By Ethan Anderton/Sept. 8, 2017 10:30 am EST The buzz around the movie ticket subscription service MoviePass was through the roof a few weeks ago. The service that allows users to pay a flat fee in order to see a movie of their choice in theaters every day was given a significant price drop and users would only be paying $9....

New Blu-Ray Releases: ‘Blade Runner 2049,’ A Joe Dante Gem, And A John Ford Classic By Chris Evangelista/Jan. 16, 2018 2:00 pm EST (Welcome to Not Dead Yet, a feature dedicated to what’s new on Blu-ray and what special features you should be excited about. Because yes, some of us still like to own physical copies of our movies.) Ready for the latest Blu-ray round-up? I sure hope so, because it’s here, right in front of your eyes....

Nicolas Winding Refn’s Streaming Service Will Offer Cult Classics To Stream For Free By Chris Evangelista/July 8, 2018 11:00 am EST Everybody is launching their own streaming service these days. Apple, Disney, YouTube…and Nicolas Winding Refn. Yes, the director behind Drive and The Neon Demon is setting up his own website where he plans to stream films and host essays. Now, the director has announced several cult classics he plans to make available to stream first....

Page 2: Breaking Bad, Star Trek, Nicolas Cage, 127 Hours, The Shining, Wes Anderson, Star Wars, Labyrinth, Tangled, Bruce Willis, Doctor Who, Mel Brooks, Wreck It Ralph, Woody Allen, Sherlock Holmes By Peter Sciretta/Sept. 27, 2012 8:00 am EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Page 2 is a compilation of stories and news tidbits, which for whatever reason, didn’t make the front page of /Film. After the jump we’ve included 46 different items, fun images, videos, casting tidbits, articles of interest and more....

Page 2: Star Wars, Brave, Star Trek, Blade Runner, Breaking Bad, Evil Dead, Avatar, Alien, Pan’s Labyrinth, No Country For Old Men, Harold And Maude By Peter Sciretta/June 19, 2012 8:00 am EST What is Page 2? Page 2 is a compilation of stories and news tidbits, which for whatever reason, didn’t make the front page of /Film. After the jump we’ve included 48 different items, fun images, videos, casting tidbits, articles of interest and more....

Page 3 By Brendon Connelly/June 20, 2009 10:16 am EST 20 mini-stories like this coming up after the break, newslets on films matters of every feather. The aptly named Horror Movies and Stuff scored the first look at Takashi Shimizu’s 3D Shock Labyrinth. The above slice is only an excerpt of one of the images. One which is well worth checking out in full, I’d say… and some of the others are truly mind boggling too....

Sequel Bits: ‘Star Trek 3’, ‘Pitch Perfect 2’, ‘Sinister 2’, ‘Expendables 3’ By Angie Han/July 24, 2014 11:00 am EST Just because Comic-Con is happening doesn’t mean the world of sequels have stopped turning. After the jump: Zoe Saldana pleads ignorance about Trek 3 and Avatar 2 Roberto Orci teases some new discoveries in Star Trek 3 Zachary Quinto wants to direct, but not a Star Trek movie CBS Films plots another trip to Last Vegas… in Brooklyn Universal saves the date for The Best Man Wedding Focus Features sets a release date for Sinister 2 Flip through some colorful new posters for Expendables 3 A Pitch Perfect 2 set photo hints at a Bellas slumber party As for Star Trek 3, “I know even less,” she insists....

Sequel Bits: ‘Transformers 4’, ‘Tron 3’, ‘Hot Tub Time Machine 2’, ‘The Raid 2’ By Angie Han/April 1, 2013 4:00 pm EST There’s a lot to look at in today’s Sequel Bits, including concept art for G.I. Joe: Retaliation and a bloody new image from The Raid 2: Berandal. Also after the jump: Director offers status update and possible title for Tron 3 John Cusack may be back for Hot Tub Time Machine 2 this summer Transformers 4 will shoot in May; is Shia LaBeouf returning?...

Star Trek London Press Conference: Part One By Brendon Connelly/April 21, 2009 5:00 am EST The London press conference for JJ Abrams’ Star Trek took place today, and I was there to take part. I did manage to get a question in, to which Abrams, and Pegg gave their answers. Everybody at the table gave their responses not only to the inquiries of the assembled press, but also questions submitted by viewers of Sky Movies....

Superhero Bits: Hellboy Joins Injustice 2, Mark Hamill Meets The Joker And Trickster & More By Ethan Anderton/Oct. 27, 2017 5:00 pm EST What happens when Mark Hamill gets kidnapped by The Joker and Trickster? Are you ready to play as Hellboy in Injustice 2? What did Joss Whedon have to say about Thor: Ragnarok? Could Jeffrey Dean Morgan ever play Flashpoint Batman in the DCEU? Want to get your hands on some Justice League coins?...

The Best Performances Of 2014 By Angie Han/Dec. 19, 2014 9:00 am EST The right director and the right script don’t mean anything without the right actor. Performers are the ones who bridge the gap between the minds behind the camera and the ones in front of the screen. It is their personalities that draw us in, their expressions that tell the story, and their faces that we remember. There were no shortage of great performances this year, across all genres and all budgets....

The Chuck Klosterman Interview Part 1: Eating The Dinosaur, The State Of Entertainment Journalism, And Whether Or Not Avatar Is Geekdom’s Chinese Democracy By Hunter Stephenson/Dec. 4, 2009 3:30 pm EST Post-Cocoa Puffs, Klosterman’s bibliography has grown to include several works of non-fiction as well as last year’s Downtown Owl, a well-received debut novel benefiting from word-of-mouth, not unlike how Puffs did (but with Tweets on top). His latest book, Eating the Dinosaur, is a characteristic essay collection that can be burned through in a night but also raises several troubling philosophical questions....