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‘The Witch’ Release Date Moved Up One Week By Jack Giroux/Jan. 8, 2016 10:15 am EST Writer-director Robert Eggers’ The Witch played at the Sundance Film Festival and Fantastic Fest last year, and I somehow managed to miss all the screenings, and, yes, I have been kicking myself in the head for the past few months for it. There is always that one film at a festival that draws universal acclaim and then, somewhere along the way, someone shows up and says, “It’s not that good....

Armond White Says ‘Crystal Skull’ Is Better Than ‘Raiders Of The Lost Ark,’ Paul W.S. Anderson Better Than P.T. Anderson And Martin Scorsese By Germain Lussier/Sept. 27, 2012 2:30 pm EST I have nothing but respect for Armond White, but to say his opinions are unpopular is like saying the Sun will rise. It’s a foregone conclusion, and two of his most recent posts fit that bill and then some. In one post, he argues that Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull is better than Raiders of the Lost Ark and in another he says Paul W....

Best Stories Of The Week: Point Break, Doctor Strange, Jonny Quest, Andy Serkis In ‘Star Wars’ & More By Ethan Anderton/May 30, 2015 5:00 pm EST Did Memorial Day weekend throw you off enough that you missed some of the bigger entertainment stories this week? Well, don’t fret, because it’s time to take a look at the Best Stories of the Week. This week we’ve got updates on Gambit with Channing Tatum, Marvel’s developing Doctor Strange, an interview with Pete Docter about Pixar’s Inside Out, a new director for Jonny Quest, trailers for The End of the Tour and the remake of Point Break, and much more....

Brad Pitt Joins Steve McQueen’s ‘Twelve Years A Slave’ By Russ Fischer/Oct. 25, 2011 1:30 pm EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Here’s an update to the developing news on Steve McQueen’s third film, Twelve Years a Slave, that is pretty minor in terms of word count, but potentially huge for the movie. We know that Chiwetel Ejiofor will play Solomon Northrup, a free black man kidnapped in Washington in 1841 and made to serve as a slave for over a decade....

Dave’s ‘The Dark Knight Rises’ Review: A Worthwhile Spectacle, A Storytelling Mess By David Chen/July 17, 2012 7:31 pm EST The Dark Knight Rises is a mess of a film. If The Dark Knight was filled to the brim with weighty ideas, then The Dark Knight Rises’ cup overfloweth. Director Christopher Nolan, whose previous films have frequently dealt with the darkness of human nature, was not content with creating a light and fun summer actioner....

Fantastic Fest Day 4: ‘Suspiria’ Joins The Pantheon Of Great Horror Remakes, ‘The Night Comes For Us’ Is The Most Violent Action Movie Ever Made, And ‘Deadly Games’ Is A Holiday Horror Classic By Jacob Hall/Sept. 24, 2018 9:30 am EST (Welcome to The Fantastic Fest Diaries, where we will be chronicling every single movie we see at the United States’ largest genre film festival.) Welcome to Fantastic Fest, day four....

Festival Buys: ‘Sarah’s Key,’ ‘Casino Jack’ And ‘Barney’s Version’ All Get Distribution By Russ Fischer/Sept. 10, 2010 3:48 pm EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. The Toronto Film Festival is just getting underway, and already one film has been picked up for Us distribution. Sarah’s Key, starring Kristen Scott Thomas, was picked up by The Weinstein Commpany today as the first official buy of the fest....

Is Sana Starros The Female Lead In The ‘Han Solo’ Movie? Learn More About Han Solo’s Former “Wife” By Peter Sciretta/Oct. 10, 2016 9:00 am EST Last wek, we learned that Tessa Thompson, Zoe Kravitz, and Naomi Scott were among the actresses testing for the female lead role in Phil Lord and Chris Miller’s Han Solo spinoff movie, but it’s still unclear which character they could be playing. So now is as good a time as any to speculate and learn more about the most likely pre-existing option, Sana Starros....

John Musker’s Greatest Legacy At Disney Was His Willingness To Change By Josh Spiegel/March 23, 2018 10:00 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: why the recently retired John Musker matters to Disney’s past and its future.) There are only a few people whose presence at Walt Disney Animation Studios has been as massive as that of Walt Disney himself....

Joss Whedon Explains ‘Avengers’ Deleted Scenes, Talks ‘S.H.I.E.L.D.’ Workload And More By Germain Lussier/Aug. 30, 2012 2:58 pm EST Joss Whedon is officially Marvel’s main man. After completing the studio’s most successful film to date, The Avengers (back in theaters tomorrow), the writer/director signed on to not only direct the 2015 sequel but develop an ABC TV show based on S.H.I.E.L.D. and to just generally have his hands in whatever pie he wants: Guardians of the Galaxy, Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Ant-Man, you name it....

Ridley Scott May Finally Have A Western Ready; Talks Also About ‘Monopoly’ And Failed Development ‘Tripoli’ By Russ Fischer/May 31, 2012 3:00 pm EST Ridley Scott develops a lot of films. Or, more specifically, he is far more hands-on in developing films than many other directors. As a former art director and a capable designer, he is intimately involved in all stages of development: breaking the story, fashioning the script, and creating the world as it is both depicted and implied by the film in question....

Russo Bros. Wanted A Charismatic But Insecure Spider-Man For ‘Captain America: Civil War’ By Ethan Anderton/Jan. 10, 2016 12:00 pm EST In case you didn’t pay attention to Superhero Bits yesterday, there’s a chance we might get a first look at the new Spider-Man in Captain America: Civil War sometime next week. Over at Merchoid.com, some official Civil War merchandise debuted, and one of the items is a “premium Spider-Man hoodie....

Sam Raimi Attached To Direct Alternate Wyatt Earp Story In ‘Earp: Saints For Sinners’ By Russ Fischer/July 19, 2010 10:22 pm EST Sam Raimi may be going back to the wild west, or some wild version of the west, at least. This will be quite a different wild west from what we saw in The Quick and the Dead, however. Raimi is attached to direct Earp: Saints for Sinners, a re-imagining of the story of Wyatt Earp, based on a three-issue comic series from Radical Publishing....

Superhero Bits: The Dark Knight Rises, Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Injustice, Preacher, The Boys, The Avengers By Germain Lussier/Sept. 26, 2012 12:00 pm EST Want to see images of The Dark Knight Rises Blu-ray and box set? What’s the latest on adaptations of The Boys and Preacher? What Eighties comedy influenced The Avengers? How should The Amazing Spider-Man have ended? Who would win in an epic throwdown between Wolverine and Batman?...

Superhero Bits: The Dark Knight Rises, Comic Book Men, The Avengers, Amazing Spider-Man, Supergirl, Thanos By Germain Lussier/May 10, 2012 12:00 pm EST How much responsibility does Christopher Nolan feel in making The Dark Knight Rises? Will we finally see an Avengers video games on consoles this year? Want to see a photo of the Parker family from The Amazing Spider-Man? Is Disney considering an Avengers ride? Has Comic Book Men been renewed on AMC?...

This Week In Trailers: The Awakening, Scalene, Perfect Sense, Sarah Palin: You Betcha!, American Teacher, Tokyo Slo-Mode By Christopher Stipp/Sept. 23, 2011 2:00 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: I celebrate all levels of trailers and hopefully this column will satisfactorily give you a baseline of what beta wave I’m operating on, because what better way to hone your skills as a thoughtful moviegoer than by deconstructing these little pieces of advertising?...

TV Bits: ‘The Farm’, ‘Bates Motel’, ‘House Of Cards’, ‘American Horror Story’, ‘Doctor Who’, And More By Angie Han/Aug. 27, 2012 3:25 pm EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. A little bit of casting, a couple of teasers, and a time-traveling webisode are included in today’s TV Bits. After the jump: Tom Bower and Breaking Bad’s Matt Jones join The Farm Vera Farmiga will be Norman Bates’ mom in Bates Motel David Fincher spills on who else will direct House of Cards Tom and Huck will grow up, go steampunk, solve crimes for ABC American Horror Story reveals two teasers and four images Check out the Doctor Who spinoff web series Pond Life Dwight’s family will be introduced in an upcoming episode of The Office....

Universal Studios President Says ‘Cowboys & Aliens’ Wasn’t Good Enough; ‘Land Of The Lost’ Was Just Crap By Russ Fischer/Nov. 3, 2011 12:30 pm EST Honesty isn’t always fun, but in environments where it is a rare commodity honesty can provide entertainment like nothing else. Ronald Meyer is the head of Universal Studios. He’s a US Marine who co-founded the Creative Artists Agency (CAA) in 1975 and became president of Universal in 1995....

Watch: Disney World’s Hocus Pocus Stage Show And New Merchandise By Peter Sciretta/Sept. 16, 2015 10:30 am EST In May it was announced that a Hocus Pocus stage show was headed for Mickey’s Not-So-Scary Halloween Party at Disney World’s Magic Kingdom Park. Now that the party has officially begun, lets see what the Hocus Pocus Villain Spelltacular looks like, alongside new park exclusive Hocus Pocus merchandise. First up, our friends at InsideTheMagic have video from the opening night performance....

Why ‘Star Wars’ Search For An Experienced Female Director Isn’t Good Enough By Angie Han/Nov. 28, 2016 12:30 pm EST In a lot of ways, the Star Wars franchise is more female-friendly than ever. Rey and Jyn are positioned as the first new protagonists of the Disney era. Women like Kathleen Kennedy and Kiri Hart are in charge behind the scenes at Lucasfilm, and women make up half the executive team....