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Spoiler Alert: The Responsibility Of Online Writers In A Hulu/DVR World By David Chen/Nov. 11, 2009 5:00 am EST [Photo by Flickr user Cheryl] Note: The following contains potential spoilers for third season of Mad Men. We’ve hidden them in invisotext so you can easily avoid them if desired. Here at /Film and on the /Filmcast, we deal with the issue of spoilers on a daily basis. We are true fans of the moviegoing experience, and although we cover news about movies that won’t come out for months or years, we try not to reveal a movie’s plot details if we think they could potentially spoil the joys of watching that film....

Star Wars Bits: First Picture Of Luke Skywalker, ‘The Last Jedi Updates,’ And That Big ‘Rebels’ Episode By Jacob Hall/March 22, 2017 3:30 pm EST In this edition of Star Wars Bits: The first picture ever taken of Luke Skywalker. Executive producer Dave Filoni talks all about that episode of Star Wars Rebels. A collection of updates on Star Wars: The Last Jedi. Is Boba Fett plotting a left-field comeback? A big group of Star Wars actors are heading to this year’s Celebration....

Stephenie Meyer And Director Andrew Niccol Preview ‘The Host’ Footage [Comic-Con 2012] By Russ Fischer/July 12, 2012 6:00 pm EST The first full day of the San Diego Comic Con found the giant Hall H occupied by nearly the entire cast of The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part II, with Twilight author Stephenie Meyer showing up as well. But after the Twilight panel finished up, Meyer came back out to the stage to introduce a few minutes from The Host, which is the Andrew Niccol-scripted and directed adaptation of Meyer’s sci-fi novel of the same name....

Superhero Bits: ‘Doom Patrol’ Set Photos, Why Hans Zimmer Joined ‘Wonder Woman 1984’ By Ethan Anderton/Sept. 19, 2018 6:00 pm EST Want a first look at Robotman on the set of Doom Patrol? Need a crash course on the revamped origin of Captain Marvel? How does the dialogue count of all the Avengers stack up against each other? When will the Supergirl movie take place? Can the X-Men be introduced in the MCU without breaking continuity?...

Superhero Bits: A Marvel Promposal, Marvel Stadium, Catwoman Rumors Debunked & More By Ethan Anderton/May 24, 2018 6:00 pm EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Did you hear the Catwoman rumor about Birds of Prey that has been debunked? What are some of the deleted scenes and extended credits scenes cut from Deadpool 2? Which part of Justice League apparently wasn’t in Zack Snyder’s original vision?...

Terrence Malick Prepping A Six-Hour Version Of ‘The Tree Of Life’? By Russ Fischer/June 17, 2011 4:00 am EST The answer to that question may, possibly, be ‘yes.’ (But my gut says ’no.’) We hear about super-long cuts of movies relatively often; many a film has been the subject of rumor about an early edit running four, five, even six hours. These often refer to early, raw assembly edits that are never meant to be seen as a final film....

The 15 Reasons ‘Brave’ Doesn’t Feel Like A “Pixar” Film By Laremy Legel/June 25, 2012 9:00 am EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Out there in audience-land, did you notice something a little “off” about Brave? Perhaps there are lessons that can be learned, or conversations to engage in? To provide some context, and on the off chance we have completely different taste, here are my top five Pixar efforts:...

This Week In DVD: The Ruins, Stop-Loss, Batman: Gotham Knight, And More By Adam Quigley/July 8, 2008 3:04 am EST This Week in DVD is a new column on /Film compiling all the latest info regarding new DVD releases, sales, and exclusive deals from stores including Target, Best Buy, Circuit City, and Fry’s.BATMAN: GOTHAM KNIGHT(Available as single-disc and 2-Disc Special Editions) What The Animatrix did for The Matrix, Gotham Knight does for Nolan’s Batman series....

What A Disney Survey Says About The Immersive Future Of Theme Parks By Jacob Hall/Aug. 28, 2017 2:00 pm EST Despite being home to a few of the finest attractions in Walt Disney World, the Hollywood Studios theme park in Orlando, Florida currently isn’t worth the price of admission. But that will change in a few years, when the massive construction projects that have reduced the park to a half-day experience are finished and you can visit entire worlds based on Star Wars and Toy Story (with even more reportedly in the pipeline)....

‘Beauty And The Beast’ Director Bill Condon On The Changes He Made To Disney’s Classic, Deleted Scenes & More [Interview] By Peter Sciretta/March 16, 2017 10:30 am EST Last week, I had the opportunity to sit down filmmaker Bill Condon to talk about his live-action adaptation of Disney’s Beauty and the Beast. We discussed the changes he made to the Disney classic, hiding Universal horror homages in his work, the film’s incredible production design, and a taste of the deleted scenes fans can expect on the inevitable home video release....

‘Room 104’ Review: ‘The Fight’ Transforms The Room Into An Arena By Kristin Hunt/Oct. 9, 2017 4:00 pm EST (Each week, we’ll kick off discussion about Room 104 by answering one simple question: what’s the strangest thing in Room 104?)“The Fight” reimagines Room 104 as something more than a place for trysts or cash-strapped travelers. This time, it’s an MMA arena. Two fighters are staying in the motel ahead of their big match the next night....

[Final warning: Spoilers ahead.] Talk to me about the buffering moment. That seems like something you can only use once, so how early on did you know you wanted to deploy it at that spot in the film? Spoilers ahead! The end of the film, we have a sequence where one of the characters is caught, I guess, and it happens at a live streaming event. Right before the climax of this particular moment, the video cuts out, and says, ‘Apologies....

‘Star Wars: The Last Jedi’ Backlash Gets A Response From Director Rian Johnson By Hoai-Tran Bui/Dec. 19, 2017 8:00 am EST People have a lot to say about Star Wars: The Last Jedi, and they’re making sure to let Rian Johnson know exactly what they think about his entry into the Star Wars saga. The newest Star Wars film has received an inordinate amount of backlash – The Last Jedi was ripped to pieces by many fans soon after its premiere last week....

‘The Terror’ Review: ‘A Mercy’ Feels The Burn By Chris Evangelista/April 24, 2018 7:00 am EST Welcome to our weekly recaps of AMC’s historical horror show The Terror. This The Terror review takes a look at the sixth fiery episode, “A Mercy.” Spoilers follow. In this week’s episode: The men have a carnival! The carnival goes very, very wrong! Lead poisoning! Tongue’s removed! A fiery blaze! A Darkness Tonight’s episode of The Terror certainly plays up the whole terror element....

‘West Side Story’ Remake Begins Casting But ‘Indiana Jones 5’ Comes First For Steven Spielberg [Updated] By Ethan Anderton/Jan. 26, 2018 7:30 am EST UPDATE: New details have surfaced indicating that Indiana Jones 5 will still be made before the remake of West Side Story. Get the new details at the end of the story.Steven Spielberg just delivered the Best Picture nominee The Post at the end of 2017, and in a couple months we’ll see his latest blockbuster hit the big screen in the form of the adaptation of Ready Player One (find out more about that movie here)....

Cool Stuff: Cyclops D23 Expo Prints Include JC Richard’s ‘Piper’, Tom Whalen’s ‘Cars 3’ And More By Peter Sciretta/July 12, 2017 10:00 am EST Cyclops Print Works will be releasing three brand new Pixar serigraphs at D23 Expo 2017 this weekend, including /Film favorite JC Richard’s beautiful tribute to the short film Piper, as well as prints for Inside Out and Cars 3. We are excited to exclusively premiere them for you here today....

Cool Stuff: Hot Toys Bruce Banner And Hulk Sixth Scale Figure Set By Peter Sciretta/May 1, 2014 8:00 am EST Sideshow Collectibles sent me a sample of Hot Toys’ Bruce Banner and Hulk Sixth Scale Figure set. Lets unbox these figures and take a look at what else is inside the box. After the jump you will find photos of the Hot Toys Bruce Banner and Hulk Sixth Scale Figure Set, alongside my thoughts on the product....

Exit Through The Gift Shop Review: Who Needs Truth? This Is Art By Russ Fischer/May 1, 2010 10:14 pm EST The most entertaining film released to date in 2010 isn’t a tentpole, a potential blockbuster, a 3D epic or a high-concept fantasy. It is Exit Through the Gift Shop, a documentary that may be at least partially fiction. I hope it is partially fiction, but which part doesn’t really matter. Purportedly orchestrated by Banksy, the most famous and elusive of street artists, the film skirts the edge of pretension as it peers into the midnight world of artists who tag, stencil and poster public spaces....

First Look: Don Cheadle As Miles Davis In ‘Miles Ahead’ By Russ Fischer/July 7, 2014 12:30 pm EST Don Cheadle has been working to crowdfund a film about Miles Davis, in which Cheadle himself would play the famed musician. Miles Ahead also counts Cheadle as a co-writer, and has Ewan McGregor, Michael Stuhlbarg and Emayatzy Corinealdi set to co-star when the film begins shooting this week in Cincinnati. Now the first look of Don Cheadle as Miles Davis is out, and the hair, makeup, and costume departments have certainly done their job well....

Full ‘Star Wars Battlefront II’ Trailer Introduces A New Canon Story, Improved Gameplay By Ethan Anderton/April 17, 2017 8:30 am EST When Star Wars: The Force Awakens brought the sci-fi saga back in a big way, Star Wars invaded every type of media you could think of, from comics to TV shows to video games. The latter resulted in the revival of one of the most popular video game franchises to take place in a galaxy far, far away: Star Wars Battlefront....