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The ‘Guardians Of The Galaxy’ Trilogy Will Tell One Complete Story By Hoai-Tran Bui/April 21, 2017 10:30 am EST We knew the third volume of Guardians of the Galaxy may spell the end for the team as we know it, but it looks like it will wrap up the loose ends before dismantling everything. James Gunn is planning to make his Guardians of the Galaxy trilogy one complete story. The Guardians will make an appearance in Avengers: Infinity War before their third outing as a team, but then that may be the last we see of this iteration of the Guardians of the Galaxy....

The Best Movies Coming To Netflix In January 2017 By Ethan Anderton/Dec. 29, 2016 10:30 am EST It’s almost time for the new year, and you can ring in 2017 by checking out a bunch of new movies that are hitting Netflix. There are some classic contemporary films from comedy, sci-fi and horror coming to the streaming service, as well as all of the Superman movies that arrived before the DC Extended Universe came into existence....

The Movies And TV Shows We’re Thankful For In 2017 By /Film Staff/Nov. 23, 2017 9:00 am EST The /Film crew is taking Thanksgiving off to be with their families. But since we consider you, our readers, to be friends of the family, we’re inviting you to our table. Join us as we share a meal of the movies and shows that matter the most to us right now, the entertainment that we’re thankful to have in 2017....

Warner Bros. Wants Another DC Movie To Shoot This Year, But Which One Will It Be? By Ethan Anderton/March 17, 2017 9:30 am EST As of now, Aquaman is the only DC Comics movie that’s set to go into production for Warner Bros. Pictures this year. However, with a full slate of films announced to be in development, the studio is hoping to get at least one more film in the DC Expanded Universe going in 2017....

‘Borderlands’ Movie In Development At Lionsgate By Ethan Anderton/Aug. 28, 2015 10:00 am EST As we hope that some upcoming video game movies will break the mold of underwhelming adaptations that has defined video game films since the 90s, one more has been tossed on to the growing pile of forthcoming video game-based projects. Today, Lionsgate has announced that they’re developing a Borderlands movie. It’s based on the RPG/first-person shooter combo game that follows a group of stranded colonists on an alien planet that has been left for dead, and is slowly moving closer to the sun, sparking the rise of horrifying creatures to wreak havoc on those left behind....

/Film Set Interview: ‘The Avengers’ Stars Jeremy Renner And Scarlett Johansson By Peter Sciretta/April 9, 2012 9:00 am EST In June 2011, Marvel invited a handfull of journalists to the set of The Avengers. /Film was a part of this amazing visit to Albuquerque Studios (which you can read about here). While on set we participated in round table interviews with the cast and crew of the film. After the jump you will be able to read our interview with Jeremy Renner and Scarlett Johansson, who play Hawkeye and Black Widow in The Avengers....

‘Force Awakens’ Had More CG Visual Effects Shots Than ‘The Phantom Menace’ [Interview] By Peter Sciretta/Jan. 14, 2016 11:00 am EST J.J. Abrams and Disney (smartly) pitched Star Wars: The Force Awakens as a throwback to the original trilogy (the movies that most fans of the franchise loved) and a lot of the behind-the-scenes footage focused on the return to practical effects. But anyone who has seen the movie knows The Force Awakens also has its share of CG visual effects....

‘Guardians Of The Galaxy: Mission Breakout’ Reaction: How Does It Compare To ‘Tower Of Terror’? By Peter Sciretta/May 26, 2017 1:30 pm EST In just five days, I have visited Disney World’s new Pandora: The World of Avatar, experienced Universal Orlando’s third theme park Volcano Bay, and the grand opening of Guardians of the Galaxy – Mission: BREAKOUT! at Disneyland Resort’s Disney California Adventure. I’ll have more on Volcano Bay and AvatarLand next week, but today, I wanted to give you my quick reaction to Mission Breakout....

‘Room 104’ Review: HBO’s New Anthology Series Kicks Off With A Creepy Kid By Kristin Hunt/July 31, 2017 10:00 am EST (Each week, we’ll kick off discussion about Room 104 by answering one simple question: what’s the strangest thing in Room 104?)At first glance, Room 104 doesn’t seem like an especially noteworthy place. It can best be described as “beige.” Beige wallpaper, beige curtains, and beige carpet cover the drab motel room....

‘Star Trek: Discovery’ Is The Antidote To The Kevin Spaceys Of The World By Monique Jones/Nov. 16, 2017 4:00 pm EST (Welcome to The Soapbox, the space where we get personal, political, and opinionated about anything and everything. In this edition: how Star Trek: Discovery, and series star Anthony Rapp, feel more necessary than ever following the allegations against Kevin Spacey.) Lt. Stamets of the starship Discovery has taken on a bolder meaning in recent weeks....

‘Suicide Squad’ Early Buzz: A Messy Action Flick That Misses The Mark Despite An Outstanding Cast By Ethan Anderton/Aug. 2, 2016 11:00 am EST With the release of Suicide Squad just a few days away, the first reviews of the movie have been unleashed on the web. Many who were disappointed in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice have been hoping that Suicide Squad would help get the DC Comics universe back on the right track, injecting some much needed fun and energy into the comic book work....

‘X-Men: Apocalypse’: Bryan Singer Addresses Backlash Over The Villain’s Voice By Ethan Anderton/May 2, 2016 1:00 pm EST When the first teaser trailer arrived for X-Men: Apocalypse, some fans weren’t happy with the way the title villain, played by Oscar Isaac, actually sounded. Apocalypse is essentially a god, and his voice is not supposed to sound like any other person. It’s meant to be booming, inhuman and threatening. Thankfully, Apocalypse’s voice has been modified in the most recent trailer, and it’s something that director Bryan Singer has been perfecting in post-production....

3D Avatar Vs. 2D Avatar, And The Importance Of Aspect Ratios By Brendon Connelly/May 31, 2009 8:10 pm EST Courtesy of an audio recording made by the Marketsaw folk, the vast majority of us who were not lucky enough to attend James Cameron’s special appearance at the Santa Monica Aero Theatre can now eavesdrop on all 43 minutes of it. Lots of discussion then, on everything from the film’s CG to the Simulcam system that Cameron is using to visualise the film’s FX on set, but the key detail was perhaps the rather surprising announcement that the 2D and 3D versions of Avatar will each be released in a different aspect ratio....

Cardboard Cinema: ‘Board With Life’ Season 2 Arrives Today By Jacob Hall/Feb. 29, 2016 3:00 pm EST Yeah, /Film is a movie site first and foremost, but we’re not shy about our love of tabletop gaming around these parts. That’s why we have an irregular column that explores where board games and movies overlap. That’s why board games with particularly cinematic themes find themselves in our spotlight. We’re not just movie fans – we’re pop culture fans, so watching how various mediums bounce off each other and interact will never not fascinate....

DreamWorks Animation Announces 2009-2012 Releases By Peter Sciretta/May 27, 2009 8:24 pm EST DreamWorks Animation has announced plans to release five feature films every two years, up from their previous two films a year schedule. The company cites their “three very successful franchises” as one of the reasons to produce an extra film every other year. Apparently the plan is to release one or two sequels a year, as well as an original project, all of which will be produced in digital 3D....

George R.R. Martin Is Also Bored With Marvel’s Villains By Ethan Anderton/July 23, 2015 9:30 am EST While many fans probably wish George R.R. Martin was spending every waking minute working on finishing the next Game of Thrones book, the fantasy author took the time to see Ant-Man recently and even wrote a blog post about it. Martin found Peyton Reed’s tiny superhero, played by Paul Rudd, to be wholly satisfying, and while he doesn’t think it’s the best superhero flick ever like some of the TV spots are touting, he says it ranks high, maybe only coming in second to Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man 2....

HDTGM: A Conversation With Stewart Raffill, Director Of Mannequin 2 By Blake Harris/July 15, 2016 1:00 pm EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Following an unexpected success with the ’80s rom-com Mannequin, the reasons why a sequel were made are about as interesting (and artistically-driven) as one would imagine. But one aspect of that sequel—Mannequin 2: On the Move—that’s especially interesting is the film’s director: Stewart Raffill....

How Rodgers And Hammerstein Shaped The Hollywood Musical (And Almost Killed It In The Process) By Kristin Hunt/April 4, 2018 9:00 am EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Over the course of their careers, Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein wrote hundreds of songs. They created Oklahoma!, Carousel, The King and I, South Pacific, and The Sound of Music — and in the process, they revolutionized musicals as we knew them....

Interview: ‘The Amazing Spider-Man’ Director Marc Webb By Peter Sciretta/May 3, 2012 4:30 pm EST Yesterday Sony invited a handfull of press to the studio lot to present an advance screening of the new trailer for The Amazing Spider-Man (watch it now online here). Director Marc Webb wanted us to see the trailer on the big screen, and experience the 3D aspects of the trailer. After the trailer screening, Webb took some questions from our group....

Marvel Already Has 20 Movies Planned After ‘Infinity War’ – Our Best Guesses As To What They Are By Ben Pearson/Nov. 28, 2017 8:00 am EST Marvel Studios just released its seventeenth movie in its ongoing cinematic universe, but there’s very little wear-and-tear on this massive movie juggernaut. They’re operating like a well-oiled machine over there, and in a new Vanity Fair profile released today, Marvel Studios president and mega-producer Kevin Feige revealed that Marvel has “another 20 movies on the docket” – and that’s not even counting films that are currently in production or post-production, like Black Panther, Ant-Man and the Wasp, and the two upcoming Avengers sequels....