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Tom Whalen War of the Worlds UPDATE: Here’s the official info on the release of this great poster: Dark Hall Mansion, www.DarkHallMansion.com, is pleased to offer its first DHM Seminal Film Series entry of 2014: Our officially licensed limited edition screen print for Paramount’s 1953 Sci-Fi cornerstone, “The War of the Worlds” by leading contemporary artist, Tom Whalen. Dark Hall Mansion, under license by Paramount Pictures, will release Tom Whalen’s uniquely stylized take in a striking 24" x 36" Standard and Variant edition, as well as a select foil edition for each....

Why Charlie Brown? I have the glass I crushed at my wedding sealed in an engraved block of lucite. In front of it are two figures representing my wife and myself: a vinyl “Little Enid” from Ghost World and an old Charlie Brown doll from the 60’s. He’s just a character I’ve always identified with. Constant failure paired with a naive determined belief in the possibility of success. How personal are some of the pieces?...

Doug Liman Says ‘Edge Of Tomorrow 2’ Will Be A Sequel And Prequel, Will “Revolutionize How People Make Sequels” By Jacob Hall/Oct. 28, 2016 11:30 am EST UPDATE: In a separate interview, Doug Liman elaborated that Edge of Tomorrow 2 will function as a sequel and a prequel to the first film. The article has been updated to reflect this.Edge of Tomorrow is one of the most fun and inventive science fiction films of the past decade, a clever and exciting and genuinely hilarious time travel action movie that makes all-time-great use of Tom Cruise and Emily Blunt....

Episode 8 Bits: Luke And Rey’s New Costumes, The Return Of The A-Wing, And The Mystery Of Noah Segan By Jacob Hall/April 20, 2016 9:30 am EST Welcome back to Episode 8 Bits, your friendly neighborhood source all kinds of Star Wars: Episode 8-related…bits. In today’s edition: A description of Luke and Rey’s new costumes. Oscar Isaac compares Episode 8 to an independent film. Noah Segan joins the cast in a mystery role....

IFFBoston Movie Review And Video Interview: Paul Solet’s Grace By David Chen/April 28, 2009 4:03 am EST One of Independent Film Festival Boston’s “After Hours” selections, Paul Solet’s Grace screened to a packed theater at the Brattle at midnight this past Saturday. Grace tells the story of Madeline Matheson (Jordan Ladd), whose unborn child is killed in a tragic accident. Nonetheless, Madeline insists on carrying the baby to term. The baby emerges stillborn but shortly afterwards, it miraculously comes back to life....

Louis Theroux’s My Scientology Documentary Trailer: More Entertaining Than ‘Going Clear’? By Peter Sciretta/Sept. 16, 2016 2:30 pm EST BBC Film Productions has released a trailer for Louis Theroux’s My Scientology Documentary which seems to take a more comical approach to the subject of the Church of Scientology. Structured in a first-hand journey format as we’ve seen from Michael Moore and Morgan Spurlock, the film tries to confront the church to get some answers....

New Joss Whedon Film Released Online; Check Out A Trailer And Posters By Germain Lussier/April 21, 2014 8:41 am EST Avengers: Age of Ultron is currently in production but there’s another new Joss Whedon film now available online. In Your Eyes, a new film written and produced by Whedon, premiered Sunday at the Tribeca Film Festival. Following the screening, Whedon announced the film would immediately be available online to download for $5....

Nicolas Cage Is Superman In The ‘Teen Titans GO!’ Movie By Chris Evangelista/March 13, 2018 8:30 am EST Teen Titans GO! to the Movies, a new animated film featuring everyone’s favorite teen superheroes engaging in some fart jokes, won’t just feature the Teen Titans – adult superheroes will be popping up in the movie as well. And best of all: Nicolas Cage will play Superman. Cage and two others have joined the Teen Titans movie cast....

On The Directorial Decisions Of Tom Hooper In ‘Les Misérables’ By David Chen/Dec. 28, 2012 2:52 pm EST I was delighted to finally have the chance to catch Tom Hooper’s Les Misérables last night and despite a few significant missteps (e.g. Russell Crowe as Javert), I found it totally brilliant and engrossing. Nonetheless, I’ve been reading a bunch of criticism on the internet about Hooper’s directorial decisions, most pointedly regarding the look and sound of the film....

Page 2: Blade Runner, Transformers, Ed O’Neill, The Goon, Walking Dead, Quentin Tarantino, Real Steel, Doctor Who, Star Wars, Firefly, The Ides Of March, Dexter, Warrior, GI Joe 2 By Peter Sciretta/Aug. 31, 2011 11:30 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 46 different items, fun images, videos, casting tidbits, articles of interest and more....

Planning The Future Of The Star Wars Universe; Andy Serkis Talks Supreme Leader Snoke By Peter Sciretta/Nov. 17, 2015 11:30 am EST A couple great Star Wars articles were published online today by Empire Magazine and Wired Magazine, one about planning the future of the Star Wars universe and the other featuring comments from Andy Serkis about how his character Supreme Leader Snoke fits into Star Wars: The Force Awakens. Hit the jump to read everything we learned from these two new pieces, alongside our thoughts, insights and commentary....

Rosamund Pike Leads Voice Cast For ‘Thunderbirds Are Go!’ By Germain Lussier/Sept. 30, 2013 3:30 pm EST From Jack Reacher to The World’s End and soon, David Fincher’s Gone Girl, Rosamund Pike is definitely a rising star in Hollywood. When an actor’s career begins to skyrocket like that, taking a role in an animated feature is a pretty standard step. What Pike is doing, however, is not. She’s going to TV....

Sequel Bits: ‘The Hunger Games: Catching Fire’, ‘Jurassic World’, ‘Star Trek Into Darkness’ By Angie Han/Oct. 1, 2013 12:00 pm EST Katniss aims her bow squarely at the “real enemy” in the latest The Hunger Games: Catching Fire poster. Also after the jump: The first Transformers trailer will hit early next year Divergent sequel Allegiant accidentally ships early Jude Law says Sherlock Holmes 3 is still happening Jeff Goldblum is being all coy about Jurassic World Jennifer Tilly discusses her Curse of Chucky cameo Alex Kurtzman talks Star Trek Into Darkness The page also states that “product,” probably meaning toys, will hit shelves May 1, that the DVD/Blu-ray will land in time for the holiday 2014 season, and, most intriguingly, that an “all new animated event” will debut late next year....

Snow White Casting Rumors: Charlize Theron And Julia Roberts As Rival Evil Queens; A Relative Unknown For Snow White By Russ Fischer/Dec. 14, 2010 8:15 am EST The effort to get a new Snow White film into production could be on the verge of becoming a breakneck race between Relativity Media and Universal Pictures. Universal has Snow White and the Huntsman in development, to be directed by Rupert Sanders, while Relativity has The Brothers Grimm: Snow White, to be directed by Tarsem....

So Is Zac Efron In ‘Star Wars Episode VII’ Or Not? [UPDATED] By Germain Lussier/April 29, 2014 12:00 am EST UPDATE: 45 minutes after posting this, the cast was announced. Zac Efron is not in the film. But it was a fun discussion to be had. Original article follows. We don’t know if Zac Efron is in J.J. Abrams’ Star Wars Episode VII. He might be, or he may not be....

Star Wars Battlefront: Is That Crashed Star Destroyer On Tatooine Or Jakku? By Germain Lussier/June 17, 2015 12:00 pm EST The first image from the second trailer for Star Wars: The Force Awakens is burned in our brains. A speeder races along a vast desert, and as the camera follows it, a crashed Star Destroyer is revealed. Soon, we learned this is the planet Jakku, home of Rey, and location of an epic battle between the Empire and Rebellion some time after Return of the Jedi....

The Feature Films Of Aardman Animations Ranked From Worst To Best By Josh Spiegel/Feb. 20, 2018 8:00 am EST One of the great underrated purveyors of modern family entertainment, Aardman Animations has been comfortably chugging out feature films and shorts over the last 30 years to acclaim from critics and audiences alike. Over the last few years, Aardman’s stop-motion style has been matched in the United States by the Laika studio, with its ambitious storytelling in Coraline and Kubo and the Two Strings, among others....

This Week In Trailers: Kidnapped (Secuestrados), Archipelago, Apocalypse, CA, The War You Don’t See By Christopher Stipp/Dec. 24, 2010 11:00 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: 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?...

This Week In Trailers: Mistaken For Strangers, Dirty Wars, Manborg, Wonder Women! The Untold Story Of American Superheroines By Christopher Stipp/April 30, 2013 7:00 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?...

This Week In Trailers: Vintage Tomorrows, Two Step, A Gay Girl In Damascus: The Amina Profile, The Reunion, Liza, The Fox-Fairy By Christopher Stipp/July 4, 2015 8:00 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?...