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Why ‘The Hobbit: The Battle Of The Five Armies’ Is The Worst Peter Jackson Hobbit Movie [Movie Review] By Germain Lussier/Dec. 17, 2014 6:00 pm EST Note: This review originally ran on December 9. We’ve republished now that The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies is in theaters. Every time Peter Jackson returns to Middle Earth, we expect something special. All of his Lord of the Rings films got Best Picture nominations and while The Hobbit films haven’t lived up to the achievement of the first three movies, they’ve had their moments....

Why A Trilogy Was Planned Before Making ‘Terminator Genisys;’ How Will The Terminator TV Series Connect? By Peter Sciretta/June 26, 2015 11:30 am EST In our extensive interview with Skydance Productions CEO David Ellison and Chief Creative Officer Dana Goldberg, we learned a little bit about why they developed and wrote a trilogy of new Terminator movies before releasing Terminator Genisys. How far out have they planned in advance? Will another James Cameron Terminator alumni appear in the next planned Terminator film in the series?...

‘American Gods’ Review: Crispin Glover’s Mr. World Reigns Supreme In ‘Lemon Scented You’ By Vanessa Bogart/May 29, 2017 8:00 am EST (Each week, we’ll kick off our discussion of American Gods by answering one simple question: which character do we worship this week?) Last week gave us a taste of mortal malaise, but this week we return to the pantheon. American Gods continues to give answers at the price of a hundred new questions, as ‘Lemon Scented You’ offers us a seat in the war room for the first negotiations between the Old Gods and the New....

‘Black Mirror’ Season 4 Photos Give First Look At ‘Star Trek’ Spoof, Jodie Foster-Directed Episode By Hoai-Tran Bui/Sept. 7, 2017 1:00 pm EST Black Mirror has always been an anthology series that pushes the boundaries of reality and social consciousness, and the first look at season 4 guarantees that it will continue to do just that.One image, from an episode titled “USS Callister,” shows the series boldly going beyond its usual hyper-realistic science fiction with a riff on the long-running sci-fi series, Star Trek....

‘Cars 3’ Interview: Director Brian Fee On The Story’s Evolution, Improvisation In Animation & More By Ethan Anderton/May 5, 2017 8:00 am EST Finishing up our coverage of Cars 3 (at least until the movie hits theaters this summer), we have a one-on-one interview with the film’s director Brian Fee. Unlike most directors at Pixar Animation who have taken on a short film before heading into feature territory, Fee jumped straight from being a storyboard artist on the first two Cars films (as well as WALL-E and Ratatouille) right into the director’s chair, with no experience directing whatsoever....

‘Glass’ Poster Brings Together M. Night Shyamalan’s ‘Unbreakable’ And ‘Split’ By Chris Evangelista/June 29, 2018 7:00 am EST M. Night Shyamalan, master of twist endings, unleashed one of his biggest twists of all with the 2016 thriller Split. At the end of the film, the director revealed that Split was set in the same universe as his 2000 superhero deconstruction film Unbreakable. Now, Shyamalan is bringing these threads together with Glass, a film that’s both a sequel to Unbreakable and Split....

‘Patrick Melrose’ Clip: Benedict Cumberbatch Has Dinner With Voices In His Head By Ben Pearson/March 18, 2018 2:00 pm EST The most recent season of the BBC’s Sherlock wrapped up in January of 2017, so if you’ve been waiting for star Benedict Cumberbatch to play another socially maladjusted misanthrope, Showtime’s new drama series Patrick Melrose is here to help. A new Patrick Melrose clip has arrived, as well as an official premiere date for the show....

‘Planet Of The Apes’ And ‘2001: A Space Odyssey’ Turn 50 And They Remain Unlikely Companion Pieces By Joshua Meyer/April 3, 2018 10:00 am EST On April 3, 1968, two all-time greats of the science fiction genre, Planet of the Apes and 2001: A Space Odyssey, hit U.S. theaters. Both films are classics in which astronaut missions go awry, but there are other linking threads. In 2001: A Space Odyssey, the famous “Dawn of Man” sequence shows the beginning of human history, with intelligence alighting within some of our ape-like ancestors, teaching them how to wield bones as weapons....

/Response: Your Favorite Cinematic End Of The World By Jacob Hall/June 9, 2017 11:00 am EST (Welcome to /Response, the companion piece to our /Answers series and a space where /Film readers can chime in and offer their two cents on a particular question.) Earlier this week, the /Film team wrote about our favorite ends of the world in the movies. We then opened the floor to our readers: what is your favorite cinematic apocalypse or post-apocalypse?...

‘The Incredibles 2’ Story Details, Returning Cast, Footage Reaction And More! [D23 Expo 2017] By Peter Sciretta/July 14, 2017 4:08 pm EST Following a show-stopping presentation for Ralph Breaks the Internet: Wreck-It Ralph 2, Pixar chief creative officer John Lasseter took the stage at the Disney Animation D23 Expo to introduce one of the most anticipated movies on the company’s slate: The Incredibles 2. We were told some story details, learned which cast members are returning, and watched an early clip from the film itself....

‘The King’s Speech’ Writer & Director May Reteam On ‘The Lady Who Went Too Far’, AKA “A Female ‘Lawrence Of Arabia’” By Adam Quigley/Feb. 22, 2011 7:30 am EST With The King’s Speech currently favored to clean house at the 83rd Annual Academy Awards — after major wins at the Producers Guild and DGA Awards, it’s practically a lock for Best Picture — it should come as no surprise that the creative team behind the film is interested in collaborating once again....

Thor, King of the Space Vikings Thor: Ragnarok concludes on a bittersweet note: Thor realizes that in order to save the people of Asgard, the realm of Asgard must be destroyed. Cue the release of Surtur the demon, cue the fiery showdown with Hela (and her apparent defeat), cue the total obliteration of Thor’s home as the survivors escape in a spaceship crewed by gladiators from Sakaar (this is a weird movie!...

‘War For The Planet Of The Apes’ Trailer Breakdown: Looking At The Simian Battle Frame-By-Frame By Peter Sciretta/Dec. 9, 2016 11:00 am EST The trailer begins with a beautiful vista shot of apes on horseback riding on the edge of a beach. The filmmakers and producers have described the third Apes film as an epic western with Ceasar taking the Clint Eastwood role. Ceasar doesn’t look too happy, peering over at his fellow apes, gun strapped to his back....

‘WarGames’ Is Getting Revived As An Interactive Digital Short By Angie Han/Oct. 13, 2015 11:30 am EST MGM is playing a game, and it would like you, the viewer, to join it. The studio announced today that it’s reviving WarGames as a video game of sorts — or rather, an interactive digital short that “combines the narrative of a compelling movie with the responsiveness of a great game.” That means viewers will get to determine the outcome, potentially making for a slightly different narrative every time you watch it....

25 Years Later, ‘The Fugitive’ Features Harrison Ford’s Last Truly Great Performance By Josh Spiegel/Aug. 6, 2018 8:00 am EST Conventional wisdom suggests that Harrison Ford does not enjoy interviews. There’s plenty of evidence of him getting less and less interested in the dog-and-pony-show style of public-relations journalism. Even though he’s been more present in the public eye thanks to playing Han Solo once again in Star Wars: The Force Awakens in 2015, Ford’s no less terse in his responses, to the point where his most beloved films often inspire in him a dismissiveness bordering on nearly hilarious cruelty when confronted by fans, as in this clip from Conan O’Brien’s NBC show....

Box Office Tracking: SuperBad Targets $25M+; Invasion Soft At $9M-$12M By Steve Mason/Aug. 15, 2007 11:47 pm EST Judd Apatow is among the hottest talents in Hollywood right now. Apatow really hit his stride producing, writing and directing August 2005’s The 40-Year-Old-Virgin ($21.4M opening – $109.4M cume), producing last August’s Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby ($47M opening – $148.2M cume) and producing, writing and directing June’s Knocked Up ($30....

Cruz Ramirez From ‘Cars 3’ And The Tough Lesson She’s Teaching The Film World By Dalin Rowell/June 19, 2017 12:00 pm EST After graduating from film school, entering into the world of entertainment was a challenge. I’d receive encouragement and praise from my peers, but there would always be an invisible shadow looming in the distance, the one that wasn’t exactly cool about me being a woman in a community and workforce dominated by the opposite gender....

Edgar Wright Heads To The Shadows With First Animated Film At DreamWorks Animation By Ethan Anderton/Nov. 19, 2015 3:00 pm EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Director Edgar Wright has been a feature filmmaker for about 11 years now, and in that time he’s delivered four outstanding films with near-flawless screenplays, tight editing and visuals that truly use the medium of film to its full potential....

Jessie T. Usher Is The ‘Son Of Shaft,’ Samuel L. Jackson And Richard Roundtree Also Returning By Jacob Hall/Aug. 18, 2017 12:30 pm EST The new Shaft movie won’t be another reboot. In fact, it’s going to be a family affair. The newly titled Son of Shaft has cast Jessie T. Usher in the title role, but he’s not coming alone. He’s going to have a little help from his father....

Paul Thomas Anderson Screens 20 Minutes Of Deleted And Extended Scenes From ‘The Master’ By Germain Lussier/Nov. 2, 2012 11:47 pm EST Men jumping off a boat. Freddie with a gun. Even at a healthy two hours plus, Paul Thomas Anderson’s The Master was noticeably missing some distinctive shots from its earlier trailers. We can now confirm they’ll be on the DVD, edited together in about a 20 minute pastiche of the entire film, echoing its themes through deleted and extended takes....