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The Complex Dynamic Between Female Muse And Male Filmmaker By Candice Frederick/Feb. 27, 2018 5:30 am EST Shelley Duvall’s frantic, desperate face throughout almost the entire runtime of director Stanley Kubrick’s adaptation of The Shining will forever be burned in my memory. Not only because it’s brilliant and deeply unsettling (as is the film). It’s also because amid that is the actual terror and sheer exhaustion Duvall experienced while having to deliver and re-deliver countless takes of her character being emotionally battered to the point where, to the actress’ own admission, it had become “excruciating....

TV Bits: David Cronenberg To Guest-Star On Syfy Sci-Fi Series, Plus: Zombies, Michael Bay, ‘Breaking Bad’, ‘Dexter’, ‘Mad Men’, Arrow By Angie Han/May 4, 2012 2:30 pm EST Two big-shot feature filmmakers are headed to the small screen, albeit in two very different capacities. Michael Bay will executive produce Starz’ pirate adventure Black Sails, while David Cronenberg is set to guest star on Syfy’s time-travel thriller Rewind. Also after the jump:...

VIDEO: See All The ‘Frozen’ Easter Eggs In ‘Big Hero 6’ By Germain Lussier/Jan. 6, 2015 1:00 pm EST The team at Disney Animation Studios loves putting Easter eggs in their movies. When you’re working on a single shot for days, weeks, or even months you’ve got to do something to stay focused and interested. Big Hero 6 is no different, and the film is chock full of gags. “I will say we just generally we have a lot of Easter eggs in this movie,” co-director Chris Williams told us last year....

WTF: ‘Raging Bull 2’ Begins Production In June By Russ Fischer/April 5, 2012 11:30 am EST Back in 2006 we started to hear rumors that the book Raging Bull II, by Chris Anderson, Sharon McGehee and Jake LaMotta, would be adapted to film, in order to provide a “companion piece” to Martin Scorsese’s original Raging Bull. And, in all likelihood, to attempt to cash in on the recognizable name. Now that plan is going forward; director Martin Guigui has a script he co-wrote with Rustam Branaman, and is casting the film now to begin production in June....

/Answers: Our Favorite Physical Comedy Moments In Film By /Film Staff/June 1, 2018 2:00 pm EST Every week in /Answers, we answer a new pop culture-related question. In this edition, tying in with the release of Action Point, we ask, “What are your favorite moments of physical comedy in film?” Ethan Anderton - The Jerk It’s clips like this that make me miss the Steve Martin we used to know on the big screen....

‘Life’ Review: An Old Fashioned B-Movie Dressed Up Like A Blockbuster By Jacob Hall/March 24, 2017 12:30 pm EST Once upon a time, Life would have been made for a sack of pennies on a set made out of cardboard and released as the bottom half of a double bill alongside whatever Roger Corman was making that year. Take away the modern window dressing and you’re left with one the great B-movie templates: there is a spaceship and there is a monster on the spaceship and everything does not go well on that spaceship....

‘Solo: A Star Wars Story’ Spoiler Review: A Hollow Heist Adventure That’s A Damn Entertaining Ride By Ethan Anderton/May 29, 2018 10:00 am EST (In our Spoiler Reviews, we take a deep dive into a new release and get to the heart of what makes it tick…and every story point is up for discussion. In this entry: Ron Howard’s exciting but hollow prequel Solo: A Star Wars Story.) Han Solo is one of the most beloved characters in the Star Wars universe, and Lucasfilm decided to tell us how he became the smuggler that we all know and love....

‘Star Wars Rebels’ And ‘Clone Wars’ Director Dave Filoni Open To Helming Spin Off By Germain Lussier/Aug. 1, 2014 2:30 pm EST Star Wars was born from George Lucas. Right below him on the influence list, however, is Dave Filoni. Before J.J. Abrams took a stab at the series, Filoni was only the fourth person to direct a Star Wars film (Star Wars: The Clone Wars). He was showrunner on all six seasons of the show, which many people feel is leaps and bounds more exciting than Lucas’ prequel films....

‘Tomb Raider’ Review Round-Up: Does This Break The Video Game Movie Curse? Nope By Chris Evangelista/March 14, 2018 11:30 am EST The Tomb Raider review embargo has lifted, and let’s just say the critics aren’t exactly enamored with the latest big-screen Lara Croft adventure. Not even Oscar winner Alicia Vikander is enough to elevate this video game movie – although there are some kind words here and there. Our full Tomb Raider review round-up is below....

Chris Columbus On ‘Patti Cake$,’ Indies Vs. Superhero Movies, And ‘Gremlins 3’ [Interview] By Fred Topel/Aug. 17, 2017 1:00 pm EST Patti Cake$ was one of the the breakout hist of Sundancee 2017. Newcomer writer/director Geremy Jasper discovered Aussie Danielle Macdonald to play his title character, New Jersey rapper Patti Cake$. The film also stars Bridget Everett as Patti’s mom, lounge singer Barb, and newcomer Siddharth Dhananjay. The producer of Patti Cake$ is someone who’s been in the lives of movie fans since the ’80s....

Comic Bits: James Gunn Says ‘Avengers’ Script Is Great; Scooby-Doo To Appear On ‘Batman: The Brave And The Bold’; January Jones Signed For 3 X-Men Films; Wolverine’s First Comic Book Appearance Sells For $150K By Angie Han/March 15, 2011 1:00 pm EST We’ve got quite a mix of comic book bits for you today, and unless you have something against crime-solving Great Danes, I’d say it’s all happy news. Guess the ides of March aren’t so scary after all....

Darren Aronofsky Working On Another Comic Book Movie? By Peter Sciretta/Jan. 16, 2011 9:00 pm EST As the film award circus continues, Darren Aronofsky is beginning to develop The Wolverine, a Japan-set story based on the Marvel Comics X-Men character. But what we didn’t know is, this isn’t the only comic book movie Aronofsky is currently developing. In a recent interview, Darren revealed that he is “doing a comic book of a script that’s really hard to make and we’re going to do a comic version first and see what happens....

Director Adam Wingard Discusses His Segment Of ‘The ABC’s Of Death;’ Plus ‘You’re Next,’ ‘Dead Spy Running’ And More By Germain Lussier/Jan. 31, 2013 10:00 am EST Twenty-six letters, twenty-six directors, twenty-six ways to die. That’s the simple premise behind The ABC’s of Death, the crazy anthology horror film that is available on demand today, and will be in theaters on March 8. Being as today is the first day the public can see this film (which we reviewed here) twenty-six different websites are simultaneously posting interviews with all the directors....

Duncan Jones’ First Cut Of ‘Warcraft’ Was Two Hours And 40 Minutes Long By Jack Giroux/May 31, 2016 3:30 pm EST Co-writer/director Duncan Jones’ adaptation of Warcraft, Blizzard’s online role-playing game, is a huge movie that juggles multiple characters and storylines. But the two-hour fantasy film is arguably too brisk, and could use more breathing room to tell its ensemble story. An early cut of the movie was two hours and 40 minutes in length, and perhaps that extended version fleshed out certain side characters and conflicts — where the film is sometimes lacking, according to some of the early reviews....

Kevin Feige On Marvel’s Future, Captain Marvel, And Joss Whedon Leaving ‘The Avengers’ By Russ Fischer/April 13, 2015 4:00 pm EST It’s that time again: the Marvel publicity machine has kicked into full gear as the Avengers: Age of Ultron press tour gets underway, and that means that producer Kevin Feige is out there giving an MCU update, answering questions about all aspects of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Feige is often guarded about giving out real information, but there are still a great many comments to parse, with respect to the future of the MCU, the directorial shift in Avengers movies (with bonus Joss Whedon comments), and upcoming characters such as Captain Marvel and, of course, Spider-Man....

LOL: Satan Is A Movie Critic, Gets Quoted On ‘Left Behind’ Poster By Angie Han/Oct. 1, 2014 6:00 am EST Judging by all the things he gets blamed for, Satan seems like a pretty busy guy. Even so, he apparently finds time to keep up with current movie releases. Like Left Behind, the new Nic Cage apocalypse thriller from faith-based Stoney Lake Entertainment. The Prince of Darkness himself is quoted in the latest ad for the film....

Sequel Bits: ‘Space Jam 2,’ ‘Girl Who Played With Fire,’ ‘Kick-Ass 2,’ ‘Bourne Legacy,’ ‘Hellboy 3,’ ‘Sin City 2’ By Germain Lussier/Aug. 27, 2012 12:32 pm EST There’s so much in this edition of Sequel Bits it’s insane. Let’s get going. After the jump read about the following: David Fincher is still figuring out how to make The Girl Who Played With Fire. Ron Perlman still has no idea when Hellboy 3 might happen....

Sundance Movie Review: 500 Days Of Summer By Peter Sciretta/Jan. 18, 2009 10:31 am EST (500) Days of Summer is the type of wonderful charming indie romantic comedy that gives you butterflies while you watch it… I hate calling it a romantic comedy. Was Garden State or Juno both indie romantic comedies? Shouldn’t there be a better term for it. I mean, when I think romantic comedy, I think over the top cheesy and formulaic, and 500 Days of Summer is quite the opposite....

Superhero Bits: Red Skull Is Free, Todd McFarlane Fixes ‘Venom’, ‘Bloodshot’ Begins Production & More By Ethan Anderton/Aug. 6, 2018 6:00 pm EST Which comic book TV series star will voice Superboy in Reign of the Supermen? Will the arrival of Batwoman in the Arrowverse mean Batman isn’t far behind? Now that Thanos has the Soul Stone, what’s going on with Red Skull? How does Todd McFarlane improve the movie design of Venom?...

This Week In Trailers: The Attic Door, Peter And Vandy, Did You Hear About The Morgans, Afterschool And Visual Acoustics By Christopher Stipp/Sept. 25, 2009 1:15 pm 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?...