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Weekend Weirdness: The Mighty Boosh Make A Rare Appearance In NYC For Their Doc Journey Of The Childmen By Hunter Stephenson/June 20, 2010 11:40 pm EST It’s a crazy, mixed up world and we are thankful for movies that offer proof. Slashfilm’s Weekend Weirdness examines such flicks, whether in the form of a premiere for a provocative indie, a mini review, or…the Boosh! “We were going to do [a tour of America],” Noel Fielding admitted to an enthused, sold-out crowd last weekend at the 92Y Tribeca in NYC....

Wild ‘Star Wars Episode VII’ Han Solo Rumors Fly Online By Germain Lussier/Aug. 15, 2014 1:30 pm EST There aren’t many things everyone agrees on when it comes to J.J. Abrams’ Star Wars Episode VII. One of those, however, is that Han Solo is the star of the film. Exactly how Harrison Ford’s iconic scoundrel plays into the story is much more murky, though. Is he a mentor figure to some of the newer characters?...

‘A Star Is Born’ Soundtrack Features 19 Songs And 15 (!) Dialogue Tracks By Hoai-Tran Bui/Aug. 30, 2018 10:30 am EST When you’ve got one of the biggest pop stars in the world headlining your movie, you don’t need to wait for the film release to sell the soundtrack. And when you have Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper co-starring in A Star is Born, you can add 15 dialogue tracks to that soundtrack and no one will blink an eye....

‘Captain Marvel’ To Begin Filming In California In February – Here’s Why That Matters By Ben Pearson/Nov. 1, 2017 10:00 am EST For the past few years, Marvel Studios productions have been filmed primarily on sound stages located in Atlanta or in London. But Captain Marvel, Marvel’s first female-led superhero film that stars Brie Larson and is being directed by Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck, is heading back to the California, where the studio made its mark shooting films like 2008’s Iron Man....

‘Ghostbusters’ Sequel May Not Happen As Sony Prepares To Lose $70 Million Or More On Reboot By Ethan Anderton/Aug. 10, 2016 8:30 am EST Just a few days after the reboot of Ghostbusters from director Paul Feig hit theaters, Sony Pictures made quite the confident claim that a sequel would likely be happening. At the time, Rory Bruer, president of worldwide distribution at Sony Pictures, said: The ‘Ghostbusters’ world is alive and well....

‘Westworld’ Theories: Who Is Arnold? Where Does The Maze Lead? And How Is Orion Connected? By Peter Sciretta/Oct. 19, 2016 8:00 am EST Westworld is certainly a show that presents the audience with many mysteries and just as many questions, something we’ve come to expect from Bad Robot and Jonathan Nolan. We’re only three episodes into the first season of this HBO series adaptation, and already we’ve seen our fair share of Westworld theories....

Arnold Schwarzenegger On Terminator Genisys: “We Have To Outdo T2” [Set Interview] By Peter Sciretta/March 25, 2015 9:30 am EST In July of last year, I visited the set of Terminator: Genisys. You can hear what I learned while on set here. While on set, we talked to the cast and crew of the new film. Over the next few days we’ll be running transcripts of these on set interviews. Today we begin with Arnold Schwarzenegger, who reprises his role as a T-800....

Summer 2016 Finding Dory 94% 7.7 Captain America: Civil War 90% 7.6 The Secret Life of Pets 74% 6.3 Suicide Squad 26% 4.7 X-Men: Apocalypse 48% 5.7 Star Trek Beyond 83% 6.9 Jason Bourne 57% 5.9 Central Intelligence 69% 5.7 The Legend of Tarzan 36% 5.0 Ghostbusters 73% 6.5 Average: 65% (6 Fresh) 6.2 Summer 2015 Jurassic World 71% 6.7 Avengers: Age of Ultron 75% 6.7 Inside Out 98% 8.9 Minions 56% 5....

Disney Says ‘‘You’re Welcome’’: ‘Moana’ Sing-Along Coming To Theaters Nationwide By Peter Sciretta/Jan. 10, 2017 12:15 pm EST Disney’s animated hit film Moana will be returning to movie theaters nationwide in a new “Sing-Along” version on January 27th 2017. The sing-along version of “Moana” includes the full feature film with on-screen lyrics, so audiences can belt out the words to their favorite songs. Find out the full details, after the jump....

Ethan Anderton’s Top 10 Movies Of 2017 So Far By Ethan Anderton/July 7, 2017 11:00 am EST (With 2017 halfway over, the /Film staff will be spending this week compiling lists of the best movies they’ve seen this year. In order to be eligible for the list, a film they’ve seen simply has to have a 2017 release date, even if they saw it at a festival or early screening. Here are Ethan Anderton’s top 10 movies of 2017 so far....

How The Guardians Of The Galaxy Fit In ‘Avengers: Infinity War’ By Ben Pearson/March 15, 2018 10:15 am EST Avengers: Infinity War has a lot on its plate, not the least of which is uniting dozens of different characters who have appeared across the Marvel Cinematic Universe into one coherent storyline. That’s a difficult task, especially considering how tonally different some of these films have been. So how will directors Anthony and Joe Russo incorporate the Guardians of the Galaxy into the equation as they come face to face with the Avengers for the first time?...

Nacho Vigalondo’s ‘Extraterrestrial’ Will Be Released June 15 By Germain Lussier/April 18, 2012 5:00 am EST Nacho Vigalondo’s name comes up so often that it’s hard to believe the majority of people have only seen one of his movies. Of course, that movie is Timecrimes, which ranks up with Primer as one of the best time-travel, sci-fi movies in recent memory. He’s currently working on Supercrooks, a big superhero movie with Mark Millar and his sophomore film now finally has a release date....

Wonderstruck The Ritual Streaming on Netflix February 9 Do you like to go camping? If so, what the hell is wrong with you? I, for one, am not a fan of the great outdoors, and horror movies seem to back me up here. Whenever characters in a horror film venture into the woods, bad stuff happens. Case in point: David Bruckner’s creepy new film The Ritual, which arrives on Netflix this month....

On Set Interview: Director James Bobin Talks ‘The Muppets’ By Peter Sciretta/June 23, 2011 7:00 am EST In January, I had the awesome opportunity to visit the set of The Muppets. Over the course of the week, I’ll be posting some of the round table interviews we conducted on set with the cast and crew. We’ve posted interviews with Jason Segel, Amy Adams, co-writer Nicholas Stoller and now we bring you director James Bobin (Ali G, The Flight of the Conchords)....

On Set Interview: Jesse Eisenberg Talks ‘30 Minutes Or Less’ By Adam Quigley/May 13, 2011 3:30 pm EST Back in August of last year, I was flown out (along with a number of other press members) to Grand Rapids, Michigan to spend a day on the set of 30 Minutes or Less and talk with director Ruben Fleischer (Zomebieland) and cast members Jesse Eisenberg, Aziz Ansari, Danny McBride, Nick Swardson, and Dilshad Vadsaria....

See Concept Art And Video For Disney’s First Animated Marvel Film, ‘Big Hero 6’ By Russ Fischer/May 9, 2013 8:50 am EST Many people assumed that we would eventually see some animated result from Disney’s purchase of Marvel, and now the first project is out in the open. It is not a Marvel/Pixar crossover, however, and Disney has taken the approach of adapting a fairly obscure Marvel property. Steven T. Seagle and Duncan Rouleau were responsible for the 1998 series Big Hero 6, a Tokyo-set story about government-sanctioned heroes, specifically “a robotics prodigy named Hiro Hamada and his robot companion BayMax, who join a team of superheroes in a high-tech city called San Fransokyo....

Spike Lee Is Skipping The Oscars To Protest The All-White Nominations By Jacob Hall/Jan. 18, 2016 2:00 pm EST Out of all the films and artists that were snubbed for Academy Awards nominations last week, one area of oversight stood out for being particularly egregious: the lack of nods for people of color. Of all the major nominees, only one person, The Revenant director Alejandro González Iñárritu, was not white. And for the second year in a row, the 20 acting nominees didn’t include a single person of color....

Superhero Bits: New Comic-Con Panel Additions, Evangeline Lilly Calls Out Whiny Male Co-Stars & More By Ethan Anderton/June 29, 2018 6:00 pm EST When is Young Justice: Outsiders coming to the DC Universe streaming service? How does Josh Brolin want to improve his performance as Cable in X-Force? What are the latest additions to the panel line-up at San Diego Comic-Con? What does Evangeline Lilly think about her male co-stars complaining about their super suits?...

Superhero Bits: Watchmen, Sin City 2, Man Of Steel, Action Comics, The Avengers By Germain Lussier/Dec. 1, 2011 11:00 am EST How much did Nicolas Cage’s copy of Action Comics #1 sell for? Is there an update on a comic book sequel to Watchmen? What does Robert Rodriguez have to say about Sin City 2? Does Michael Shannon have a funny anecdote about the differences between Take Shelter and Man of Steel?...

The 12 Best Films At Fantastic Fest 2015 By Jack Giroux/Oct. 12, 2015 8:00 am EST This year marked my first time attending the the Austin-based Fantastic Fest, and I’m glad I went. How good is the festival? Well, the first film I saw, which is no. 1 on this list, blew my socks off. The movies I saw after that grand introduction, for the most part, didn’t make for a downhill slope....