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Which Marvel Hero Will Star Alongside Spidey In ‘Spider-Man: Homecoming 2’? By Ben Pearson/June 21, 2017 3:00 pm EST If you’ve even remotely been paying attention, it’s impossible to miss the fact that Robert Downey Jr.’s Iron Man has a big role in Sony’s upcoming Spider-Man: Homecoming. He’s been a central part of all of the marketing, and it’s clear that the studio – who was disappointed with the financial performance of The Amazing Spider-Man movies – isn’t taking any chances with this entry and is hoping Downey’s star power will draw in regular audiences....

‘21 Jump Street’ Review: Turning High School Into A Chaotic Comic Playground By Russ Fischer/March 16, 2012 6:43 pm EST 21 Jump Street is a movie about adult cops pretending to be high school students in order to take down a burgeoning drug ring. It is a movie about a grand array of familiar high school stereotypes, and how in the end they are all bullshit. 21 Jump Street is also a riotously funny, gleefully excessive comedy....

/Answers: Our Favorite Houses In The Movies By /Film Staff/Feb. 1, 2018 1:00 pm EST Every week in /Answers, we answer a new pop culture-related question. In this week’s edition, tying in with Winchester and its elaborate mansion designed to confuse angry spirits, we’re asking “What is your favorite house from the movies?” Vanessa Bogart: Beetlejuice Give me inconvenient structural changes, heinous sculptures, and new wave finishes, or give me death!...

‘Eighth Grade’ Is Holding Free Screenings Across The Country That Won’t Enforce R-Rating By Hoai-Tran Bui/Aug. 6, 2018 5:00 pm EST Despite its title, eighth graders probably won’t be able to see Eighth Grade in theaters. Bo Burnham’s incisive, incredible film about coming of age in the digital age was saddled with an R-rating thanks to a few errant curse words that the MPAA is unreasonably strict about. But it’s a film that eighth graders should see....

‘Fargo’ Review: Who Made The Biggest Mistake In ‘Aporia’? By Jack Giroux/June 15, 2017 7:00 am EST (Every week, we’re going to kick off a discussion about Fargo season 3 by answering one simple question: who f*cked up the most this week?) Defeat and disappointment are at the forefront of this week’s episode of Fargo. The most righteous and the most villainous characters on the FX series are thwarted in the second-to-last episode of the season....

/Film Interview: Guillermo Del Toro Talks ‘Pacific Rim’, ‘Haunted Mansion’ And More By Peter Sciretta/July 12, 2013 9:00 am EST Pacific Rim is awesome. I’ve seen it two times already on the big screen, and I plan to pay to see it a third time this weekend. I highly recommend you do as well. I don’t usually travel for junkets because I can usually get most of the interviews I want accomplished in Los Angeles without spending days away from home....

/Film Interview: Steve James Talks Roger Ebert Documentary ‘Life Itself’ By Germain Lussier/July 5, 2014 7:50 am EST NOTE: Life Itself is now in theaters and on demand. To mark the occasion, we’re republishing our interview with director Steve James that took place following the film’s premiere at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival.Steve James credits Roger Ebert with launching his career. It was Ebert’s championing of James’ first film Hoop Dreams, at the 1994 Sundance Film Festival, which put that film on people’s radars....

‘Night Comes On’ Is An Oddly Touching Revenge Movie Built On Two Of The Year’s Best Performances By Siddhant Adlakha/Aug. 6, 2018 1:00 pm EST Angel Lamere, an eighteen-year-old fresh out of juvie, should be at the beach. She grew up dreaming of being by the water; on her mother’s suggestion, cars passing in the night sounded like ocean waves, and we get to experience these sounds alongside her. The beach is the last place she felt safe....

‘Ralph Breaks The Internet’ Tweaks The Disney Princess Scene After Whitewashing Criticisms By Hoai-Tran Bui/Sept. 24, 2018 11:00 am EST At least this one time, criticisms of whitewashing in a major Hollywood movie will have a happy ending. When Ralph Breaks the Internet debuted its first footage to eager fans at last year’s D23 Expo, all the buzz surrounding the Wreck-It Ralph sequel was about the scene in which Vanellope (Sarah Silverman) stumbles upon the room housing all of the Disney princesses, voiced by most of the original voice actors....

‘Star Wars: The Last Jedi’: Everything We Learned From Vanity Fair’s Cover Story By Ethan Anderton/May 24, 2017 8:00 am EST In honor of the 40th anniversary of Star Wars this week, Vanity Fair has published a huge cover story on this year’s forthcoming sequel, Star Wars: The Last Jedi. We saw the four covers that will be on shelves this week, but now the full photo spread shot by famed photographer Annie Leibovitz is online....

Ed Skrein Backs Out Of Japanese-American Role In ‘Hellboy’ In A Win Against Whitewashing By Hoai-Tran Bui/Aug. 28, 2017 1:00 pm EST In a possibly unprecedented win against whitewashing, Ed Skrein has stepped down from playing Major Ben Daimio in the Neil Marshall-helmed reboot of Hellboy. The Japanese-American character had become a source of controversy when Skrein, a white British actor, was cast in the role last week. Criticisms of whitewashing mounted against the casting until finally Skrein announced on Monday that he has decided to leave the project....

HDTGM: A Conversation With Russell Mulcahy (Director Of THE SHADOW) By Peter Sciretta/July 29, 2016 9:00 am EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Although you might not recognize the name Russell Mulcahy, you almost definitely would recognize his work. Especially if, like me, you grew up in the 80s. Because Mulcahy directed over 400 music videos during the decade. I spoke with Mulcahy about how that journey began....

Here’s Everything We Know About The Netflix Hack So Far By Ben Pearson/May 1, 2017 3:00 pm EST This past weekend, a hacker attempted to extort Netflix into paying a ransom fee that would prevent the hacker from releasing the first ten episodes of Orange of the New Black season 5 to torrent sites ahead of the show’s official premiere next month. Netflix did not comply with those demands, and the hacker followed through on the threat....

How ‘Zootopia’ Director Rich Moore Helped To Find Dory By Peter Sciretta/June 14, 2016 12:30 pm EST At the conclusion of Finding Dory, I was surprised to see Wreck-It Ralph/Zootopia director Rich Moore’s name listed in the special thanks section of the film’s credits. I decided to ask Finding Dory director Andrew Stanton about it and the fascinating story that followed gives us some insight into how the Disney/Pixar creative ecosystem works, and how the creative heads of each company help push each other to create better stories....

IMAX Announces ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ Screening Details And Reveals A New Poster By Jacob Hall/Oct. 20, 2015 10:00 am EST We’ve known for a long time that Star Wars: The Force Awakens would screen in IMAX and we’ve known that at least one key action sequence was filmed with 70mm IMAX cameras. Now that tickets for J.J. Abrams’ sequel are on sale, specific details about these deluxe format screenings have begun to trickle out....

LAIKA Is Bringing ‘Coraline,’ ‘ParaNorman’ & More To San Diego Comic-Con For A Pop-Up Event By Ethan Anderton/July 7, 2017 4:30 pm EST In less than two weeks, over 130,000 fans will descend upon southern California for the annual San Diego Comic-Con, the biggest pop culture convention in the world. The/Film crew will be there to bring you the big updates from all the panels and events happening on site, and one of the events we’ll be attending doesn’t even require the coveted Comic-Con badge....

Michael Moore’s Donald Trump Documentary ‘Fahrenheit 11/9’ Is Coming In September By Ethan Anderton/June 29, 2018 10:30 am EST Michael Moore has made quite the controversial career for himself as a liberal documentary filmmaker who focuses on the hot topics plaguing our society and making headlines. And since the man doing both of those things everyday is none other than President Donald Trump, it should come as no surprise that Moore has a new documentary focusing on the reality TV host turned leader of the free world....

Page 2: Terminator, Addams Family, Drew Struzan, Mission: Impossible, Mrs. Doubtfire, Doctor Who, Blade Runner, Robocop, Arrested Development, Harry Potter, Blair Witch Project, Star Wars, Boardwalk Empire, The Simpsons By Peter Sciretta/Oct. 4, 2011 8:00 am EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. 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....

Peter Introduces The ‘Deadpool 2’ X-Force By Chris Evangelista/April 27, 2018 5:00 pm EST Peter, the best character from the Deadpool 2 trailer, took to his verified Twitter account today to introduce us to the members of the X-Force. The introduction also confirms which character Bill Skarsgård is playing in the film. Deadpool 2 isn’t even out yet, but it’s safe to say everyone loves new character Peter. As played by Rob Delaney, Peter is the seemingly-average guy who just happens to join Deadpool’s superhero team, the X-Force....

Sequel Bits: ‘Transformers 4’, ‘The Fifth Element’, ‘Harry Potter’, ‘Cloudy 2’ By Angie Han/Sept. 17, 2013 1:00 pm EST Luc Besson wants to make another Fifth Element, kind of. Also after the jump: David Heyman comments on the Harry Potter spinoff Dredd finally gets a sequel… in comic book form A new Terminator comic chronicles the end of the war The newest Cloudy 2 clip features a dramatic entrance See No Evil 2 adds Freddy vs....