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Superhero Bits: Amazing Spider-Man, Dark Knight Rises, Avengers, Superman, Comic Con By Germain Lussier/Feb. 21, 2012 11:00 am EST Want to see a possible new poster for The Avengers? How about a tease of high end toys based on the whole team? What are Andrew Garfield, Rhys Ifans and Irrfan Khan saying about The Amazing Spider-Man? If Bruce Wayne built a suit like Iron Man, what would it look like? Was a student humiliated when he got caught wearing Superman underwear?...

Superhero Bits: Man Of Steel, Dark Knight Rises, Thor, X-Men: First Class, Iron Man By Germain Lussier/Sept. 8, 2011 11:00 am EST Want to watch a whole bunch of special features from the Thor and X-Men: First Class Blu-rays? Is Stan Lee a pimp? Why is Xavier’s School for Gifted Youngsters a bad place to learn? What’s the latest on Man of Steel shooting and who is running around, all dressed up, on the set of The Dark Knight Rises?...

This Week In Trailers: It Happened In L.A., Conor McGregor: Notorious, Sweet Virginia, The Ballad Of Lefty Brown, Most Beautiful Island By Christopher Stipp/Oct. 21, 2017 9:00 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?...

Universal Studios’ Kung Fu Panda: The Emperor’s Quest Attraction Will Open In June [Update] By Peter Sciretta/April 17, 2018 10:45 am EST Update: Universal Studios Hollywood has announced that their new Kung Fu Panda attraction, Kung Fu Panda: The Emperor’s Quest, will open in June. More details have been added below. Our original article follows. Universal Studios Hollywood made a couple of big announcements this morning, including: Christmas will be coming to The Wizarding World of Harry Potter with a “dazzling light projection show, festive holiday décor and holiday-themed food and beverages....

Why An Origin Movie For The Joker Is A Terrible Idea By Josh Spiegel/Aug. 24, 2017 9:00 am EST (Welcome to The Soapbox, the space where we get loud, feisty, political, and opinionated about anything and everything. In this edition: why the very concept of a Joker origin movie is a terrible, no good, very bad idea.) Some questions are better left unanswered. This basic notion is anathema in modern Hollywood, where every character must have an origin story and every origin story must be given the full franchise treatment....

‘Alien: Covenant’ - What Did You Think? By Ethan Anderton/May 20, 2017 10:00 am EST After questioning where human life came from in Prometheus, director Ridley Scott continues the narrative in the prequel sequel Alien: Covenant. But the trailers have indicated that this is an Alien movie that also goes back to the monstrous roots of the original 1979 movie that introduced audiences to xenomorphs. The truth is that it’s both....

‘Castle Rock’ Would Like To Introduce You To ‘Henry Deaver’ By Chris Evangelista/Sept. 5, 2018 7:00 am EST Welcome to our spoiler-filled Castle Rock reviews, in which we explore Hulu’s new Stephen King-inspired series. (If you’re looking for a spoiler-free review of the show, click here). This week we look at episode nine, “Henry Deaver.” Henry Deaver At last, Castle Rock gives us some answers. Maybe. With only one more episode to go after this, “Henry Deaver” attempts to explain just what the hell is going on in this show....

‘Fahrenheit 451’ Director Ramin Bahrani On Adding The Cloud To Ray Bradbury [Interview] By Fred Topel/May 18, 2018 12:30 pm EST Michael B. Jordan and Michael Shannon come hot off Black Panther and The Shape of Water, but you don’t need to leave the house to see their new movie. Fahrenheit 451 premieres on HBO this weekend, an adaptation of the Ray Bradbury classic. Ramin Bahrani adapted and directed the film....

/Film Visits The Set Of Terminator Salvation By Peter Sciretta/May 3, 2009 9:42 pm EST “CUT!” Sparks fly from the ceiling, steam rises from the floor, and balls of fire launch into the air as an assembly line of T-800 endoskeletons move along a conveyor track above my head. I’m standing in a factory where Skynet manufactures Terminators. John Connor falls to the wet pavement, dirty, bruised and beaten. He lifts a big ass gun into the air and fires....

‘Freeheld’ Trailer: New Miley Cyrus Ballad Drives The Gay Rights Drama By Ethan Anderton/Sept. 16, 2015 9:00 am EST Film can be at the forefront of social movements with stories reflecting the changes and progress in society . This year is no different with the transgender drama About Ray starring Elle Fanning (which The Weinstein Company abruptly delayed this week) and the recently debuted gay rights drama Freeheld starring Julianne Moore and Ellen Page....

‘Gravity,’ ‘12 Years A Slave,’ ‘Rush, ‘Fifth Estate’ And ‘Labor Day’ Among Toronto Film Festival 2013’s First Wave By Germain Lussier/July 23, 2013 9:15 am EST Just a few examples are the Jackie Brown prequel Life of Crime, Matthew McConaughey in Dallas Buyers Club, the star-studded August: Osage County, Idris Elba in Mandela: Long Walk To Freedom, Steve McQueen’s 12 Years A Slave, the West Memphis Three film Devil’s Knot (above), Jason Reitman’s latest Labor Day, Jason Bateman’s debut Bad Words, Ron Howard’s Rush, the Wikileaks film The Fifth Estate, Mike Myers’ documentary Supermench, Matthew Weiner’s You Are Here, Hugh Jackman in Prisoners, Keanu Reeves’ Man of Tai Chi and Alfonso Cuaron’s space drama, Gravity....

‘Justice League’ Clips: Heroes Unite, Steppenwolf Attacks, Superman Is Still Gone & More By Ethan Anderton/Nov. 6, 2017 6:30 am EST This weekend belongs to Disney and Marvel Studios with their latest sequel Thor: Ragnarok dominating the box office. But in less than two weeks, it will be Warner Bros. Pictures and DC Entertainment taking the lead with Justice League charging into theaters with the first assembly ever of the DC Comics superheroes on the big screen....

‘Mallrats 2’ Is Now Becoming A TV Series By Ethan Anderton/June 10, 2016 1:00 pm EST It’s been over a year since we heard that Kevin Smith was looking to return to the world of Mallrats with a sequel to his 1995 comedy, which starred Jason Lee and Jeremy London as a couple of meandering twentysomethings trying to figure out their place in the world. The film bombed at the box office over 20 years ago, but it’s a favorite among Kevin Smith’s fans, and it fits right in with the rest of the movies in his View Askew-niverse....

‘Rise Of The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles’ Creators Talk Season 2, New Toys And New Splinter [Interview] By Fred Topel/Sept. 17, 2018 2:00 pm EST During their Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles panel for the Television Critics Association, Nickelodeon announced they had already greenlit a second season of the new series. That was before a sneak preview of the show and its official premiere on Nickelodeon. Now, Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles premieres today on Nickelodeon with brand new designs for the turtles, new villains and even new music....

‘The Orville’ Trailer: Seth MacFarlane Heads To Space In ‘Star Trek’ Inspired Comedy Series By Ethan Anderton/May 15, 2017 2:50 pm EST Star Trek has been lampooned countless times, whether it’s by Saturday Night Live, Futurama or the outstanding Galaxy Quest. Now it’s getting an indirect kind of spoof, if you will, in the form of a new FOX TV series from Family Guy creator Seth MacFarlane.The Orville is a new one-hour sci-fi comedy series set 400 years in the future that follows the adventures of the titular spaceship and its crew as they traverse the universe, dealing with the kind of workplace problems that come from having a crew composed of aliens and humans from different planets all aboard a single spaceship....

‘The Standoff At Sparrow Creek’ Review: This Nail-Biting, Captivating Thriller Is High On Tension [Fantastic Fest] By Matt Donato/Sept. 23, 2018 1:00 pm EST Henry Dunham’s The Standoff At Sparrow Creek will split a furious political divide like most, if not all, of production company Cinestate’s as-now-released slate. Gun rights, civilian militarization, police corruption – unquestionably blurred ethics, but spectacularly intensified nonetheless. On-edge interrogations and stonefaced deceit. Reservoir Dogs in lumber safehouse....

2016 Independent Spirit Awards Nominations: ‘Carol,’ ‘Beasts Of No Nation,’ ‘Spotlight,’ And ‘Anomalisa’ Lead The Pack By Jacob Hall/Nov. 24, 2015 10:30 am EST The Independent Spirit Awards have always been Oscar’s younger, hipper cousin, casting a light on films that don’t always have a shot at the more prestigious end-of-the-year movie awards. This year’s nominations may be one of the strongest line-ups in a long time. There are the films everyone excepted to make a strong showing here, like Carol and Spotlight, but there are also plenty of pleasant surprises, including nominations for Tangerine, It Follows, and Bone Tomahawk....

A Boba Fett Movie Could Look Like This [Star Wars 1313 Concept Art] By Peter Sciretta/May 29, 2014 9:00 am EST When it was announced that Godzilla and Monsters director Gareth Edwards would be directing a Star Wars spin-off written by Gary Whitta due out December 16, 2016, the press release cleverly didn’t say what the subject of this film is. Recently, however, it was suggested one of the first three films would be about infamous bounty hunter Boba Fett....

Bill Hader Joins Steven Spielberg’s ‘The BFG’ By Germain Lussier/March 27, 2015 12:45 pm EST The way the Internet reacts, you’d think Steven Spielberg was already behind the cameras on Ready Player One. However, the fact is he’s in post-production on October’s Bridge of Spies and pre-production for next year’s The BFG, both of which will be completed before he even thinks about that new sci-fi film. Casting on The BFG continued this week and another one of the giants in the Roald Dahl film has found its human alter-ego....

Everything We Know – And What We Can Piece Together – About Tarantino’s ‘Once Upon A Time In Hollywood’ By Lindsey Romain/Aug. 13, 2018 10:00 am EST Last week, we got our first look at Margot Robbie as Sharon Tate in Quentin Tarantino’s upcoming film, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. The project has been steeped in controversy since its announcement, as it will pair the notoriously provocative director with a subject matter undeserving of glorification or gratuity: the Manson Murders....