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This Week In Trailers: Pelé, The Birth Of Saké, Men & Chicken, Trailer Park Boys - Season 10, The Music Of Strangers By Christopher Stipp/March 25, 2016 3:00 pm 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?...

TV Bits: ‘Sherlock’, ‘Downton Abbey’, ‘How I Met Your Mother’, ‘Two And A Half Men’, ‘The Daily Show’, ‘Justified’, Beyonce, Verizon FiOS, And More By Angie Han/Nov. 26, 2012 6:29 pm EST This extra-British installment of TV Bits includes updates on across-the-pond favorites Sherlock and Downton Abbey — but not all of it is good news. After the jump: BBC’s Sherlock might not come back until 2014 Downton Abbey gets picked up for a fourth season … but Dan Stevens, a....

Watchmen Soundtrack And Score Details Revealed By David Chen/Jan. 22, 2009 4:20 pm EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. In a press release today, Warner has revealed that they “will release both the soundtrack and original score to the feature film Watchmen on March 3rd — three days before the March 6th release of the highly anticipated feature film.” Bizarrely, when you head on over to the soundtracks’ main site, http://www....

Who Is Sarco Plank And Was He In ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’? By Peter Sciretta/Dec. 24, 2015 11:00 am EST Earlier we wrote about Constable Zuvio, a character that was featured in a lot of the early Star Wars: The Force Awakens marketing but didn’t feature in the finished film. The other character that fits that bill is a guy named Sarco Plank. While he didn’t have an official photo released like Zuvio, he did have an action figure, book, and is featured in a bunch of other merchandise — yet no one can seem to find him in The Force Awakens....

‘Alien: Covenant’ Trailer Breakdown: New Planet, Same Problem By Jacob Hall/March 1, 2017 10:30 am EST Last year, I visited the set of Alien: Covenant. Today, I was able to publish my observations, and I wrote all about the film’s gore and monsters, its cast of characters, its sets and costumes, and its connections to Prometheus. And then, like clockwork, a new trailer arrived, and you know what means – it’s time to go through this whole thing frame-by-frame....

/Answers: Favorite Movie Mentor By /Film Staff/June 20, 2017 11:00 am EST Every week in /Answers, we attempt to answer a new pop culture-related question. This week’s edition asks “Who is your favorite movie mentor?” As always, we have submissions from the /Film writing crew and podcast team. This week, we are also joined by Cars 3 director Brian Fee. If you’d like to share your pick for your favorite movie mentor, please send your thoughts to slashfilmpitches@gmail....

‘Doctor Strange’ Credits Scenes Explained: What Are They, And What Do They Mean For The MCU? By Angie Han/Nov. 4, 2016 7:30 am EST End credits scenes have become something of a Marvel Cinematic Universe tradition, ever since the first Iron Man used that space to introduce the “Avengers Initiative.” And while Doctor Strange is a different kind of Marvel movie in a lot of ways, this is one custom it most definitely adheres to....

‘Evolution’ Is An Eerie Synthesis Of Folklore And Science Fiction [Fantastic Fest 2015 Review] By Russ Fischer/Oct. 2, 2015 12:00 pm EST (This review is based upon a viewing of the film at Fantastic Fest 2015.)Evolution is a deep swim in mysterious seas. This tale blends folklore and science fiction into a powerful hallucination of life where land and sea blur together, in which bodies are induced to behave in ways that are new and, in a Lovecraftian sense, possibly even obscene....

‘Furious 8’ Having Trouble Shifting Into Gear As Behind The Scenes Drama Stirs By Ethan Anderton/Sept. 23, 2015 11:00 am EST One of the biggest active film franchises right now is the Fast & Furious series at Universal Pictures. After this year’s Furious 7 pulled in over $1.5 billion at the worldwide box office this year, Furious 8 was guaranteed to happen with a release date set for April 14th, 2017....

‘Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom’ Star Chris Pratt On Acting With Animatronic Dinos And Movie Legends [Set Visit Interview] By Peter Sciretta/April 26, 2018 9:00 am EST In June 2017, I traveled to Honolulu, Hawaii to visit the set of Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom. This week, we have been running a ton of coverage from this visit. It began with interviews with producers Frank Marshall and Pat Crowley, director J.A. Bayona, and star Bryce Dallas Howard....

‘The Field Guide To Evil’ Assembles Eight International Directors For A Folklore-Driven Horror Anthology By Jacob Hall/Jan. 19, 2017 4:00 pm EST I’m a big fan of horror anthologies, so watching the two ABCs of Death movies was like stuffing myself at a buffet until my stomach ruptured. Those high-concept films, where 26 different filmmakers were assigned a letter and made a brief short somehow related to death, are a mixed bag....

‘The Legend Of Zelda’ Netflix Series: Our Choices For Link, Zelda, Ganon And A Showrunner By Germain Lussier/Feb. 13, 2015 9:00 am EST Netflix and Nintendo are at work potentially developing a TV series based on The Legend of Zelda. The news broke last week and got video game fans salivating. Sure there was a short lived Zelda TV show many years ago, but a Nintendo property hasn’t been adapted into a big budget, live-action…well…anything since the early Nineties....

‘Twin Peaks: The Return’ Review: Exploring The Best Moments Of Part 15 By Ben Pearson/Aug. 21, 2017 6:30 am EST (Each week, we’re going to kick off a discussion about Twin Peaks: The Return by answering one question: what was the best scene of the episode?) As Twin Peaks approaches the conclusion of its new season, I wondered if co-creators David Lynch and Mark Frost might begin to narrow their focus and concentrate on the task of converging plot lines for the remaining hours the show has left....

A New Must-Experience Magic Show Is Coming To Hollywood By Peter Sciretta/Aug. 22, 2018 12:35 pm EST A new must-experience magic show is opening up in Hollywood, but the only question is not will you see it, but will you even be able to get tickets to it? theory11 is teaming with Justin Willman to open The Magic Show at the historic Roosevelt Hotel in Hollywood, promising to bring a special and unquie night for those lucky enough to attend....

Bruce Willis Says A ‘Die Hard’ Prequel Is A “Very Good Idea” As He Makes A List Of Things To Buy With That Paycheck By Jacob Hall/Oct. 23, 2015 7:30 am EST Bruce Willis has given many superb performances in many superb movies. He has proven himself to be the consummate “everyman” action hero and he has held his own opposite some of the best actors in the business. He had the good taste to work with Quentin Tarantino, Rian Johnson, and M....

How Back To The Future Almost Nuked The Fridge By Peter Sciretta/July 15, 2009 6:00 am EST After Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull was released, a new pop culture term was coined. Nuke The Fridge is a reference to the film’s opening scene (possible spoilers if you haven’t seen it) where Indiana Jones finds himself on a Nuclear test site and hides in a refrigerator to survive the atomic blast....

IMAX To Debut Laser Projection At ‘Furious 7’ Los Angeles Premiere By Germain Lussier/April 1, 2015 12:30 pm EST For several years, IMAX has been working on a revolutionary new laser projection system. Projection technology that blows away digital and film in terms of clarity and contrast. Well, out of nowhere that technology is now. Literally. IMAX will publicly debut laser projection at Wednesday world premiere of Furious 7 at the TCL Chinese Theater in Los Angeles, California....

Interview: Benedict Cumberbatch Explains How He Was Enticed Into ‘Doctor Strange’ By Peter Sciretta/Sept. 27, 2016 10:00 am EST When actor Benedict Cumberbatch burst into our room on the set of Doctor Strange, he looked as if he had just come from the North Pole. Specs of snow covered his hair and shoulders, while tiny icicles hung down from his facial hair. He clutched his arms around himself and declared “I bring greetings from Everest....

MGM Signs Distribution Deal With Sony For ‘Bond 23 And 24;’ Opens Door For Other Projects By Germain Lussier/April 13, 2011 5:00 pm EST Several months ago, reports leaked that formerly struggling production company MGM was close to signing a deal with Sony to distribute James Bond 23, starring Daniel Craig and directed by Sam Mendes. That deal was rumored to also allow Sony to “release all future films made by MGM....

Michael Myers Lives In New ‘Halloween’ Reboot Photos By Chris Evangelista/June 5, 2018 4:43 pm EST The first official photos from David Gordon Green’s Halloween reboot have arrived, and they don’t disappoint. The images include Jamie Lee Curtis as a very upset Laurie Strode, and the Shape himself – Michael Myers. See the Halloween reboot photos below. The Halloween trailer will arrive before the week is out, but if you can’t wait that long, here are some treats (and no tricks)....