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‘Wind River’ Review: Jeremy Renner Has Never Been Better In This Snowy, Shocking Thriller [Sundance] By Ethan Anderton/Jan. 22, 2017 11:00 am EST In the past two years, Taylor Sheridan has delivered acclaimed crime thrillers as the screenwriter behind the 2015 drug trafficking hit Sicario and last year’s award-worthy heist thriller Hell or High Water. Now he’s made his directorial debut at Sundance. Wind River follows stoic and skilled fish and wildlife service agent Cory Lambert (Jeremy Renner) as he discovers a young woman’s body in the snowy mountains of Wyoming while on assignment to find a pack of mountain lions who have been wreaking havoc on the local livestock of the titular Indian reservation....

2017 SAG Awards Winners: ‘Hidden Figures’ Takes The Top Prize, ‘Fences’ Makes A Big Showing Too By Ethan Anderton/Jan. 30, 2017 6:30 am EST Following the unveiling of the winners of the 2017 Producers Guild of America Awards this past Saturday, last night saw the members of the Screen Actors Guild get together to hand out their awards honoring achievements in acting from the previous year. Even though La La Land has been dominating awards season, the movie wasn’t up for the top acting ensemble prize at the SAG Awards....

Comic-Con: JJ Abrams And Joss Whedon [Part 1] By Peter Sciretta/July 23, 2010 3:29 pm EST On Thursday, July 23rd 2010, Entertainment Weekly held a panel at Comic-Con entitled “The Visionaries”, which was basically a “discussion with geek gods J. J. Abrams (Star Trek) and Joss Whedon (Buffy the Vampire Slayer) on the future of pop culture” conducted by EW’s Jeff “Doc” Jensen. “EW presents an in-depth conversation with these two creative geniuses about how technology, gaming, and global culture are reshaping how we tell and consume stories on television, film and the web....

David Chase Speaks Up About Tony’s Fate In ‘The Sopranos’ Finale [Updated] By Russ Fischer/Aug. 27, 2014 12:00 pm EST Seven years ago, The Sopranos ended with one of the greatest and most polarizing hours of television ever broadcast. In the final scene, Tony Soprano and his family meet for dinner. Meadow Soprano arrives late, and takes an agonizingly long time to park. We watch on the edge of our seats, tense, waiting for violence....

Dumbledore Could Be Openly Gay In ‘Fantastic Beasts 2’ By Jacob Hall/Nov. 11, 2016 7:30 am EST The seven Harry Potter books and the eight film adaptations never address the romantic life of Albus Dumbledore, the wise and eccentric headmaster at the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Although the final book revealed some harsh truths about his past, the biggest revelation about the character’s backstory came outside of the fiction when author J....

How ‘Counterpart’ Creator Justin Marks Created Two Worlds With Very Specific Rules [Interview] By Fred Topel/Jan. 19, 2018 3:00 pm EST /Film spoke with series creator Justin Marks after Starz’s panels for the Television Critics Association. The screenwriter of The Jungle Book, its upcoming sequel, and Top Gun: Maverick, Marks told the TCA that he had a 100 page bible of how the parallel worlds work that read like stereo instructions....

Joseph Gordon-Levitt AMA Highlights: Sandman, Batman, Rian Johnson, 3rd Rock, Tarantino By Germain Lussier/Dec. 1, 2014 3:30 pm EST Joseph Gordon-Levitt is without a doubt one of the most interesting and distinct voices in modern Hollywood. Yes, he’s a great actor and has done some truly awesome films. He has also worked with many wonderful filmmakers, is sought after by even more and also happens to be one himself. He’s already directed one feature, Don Jon, is on the short-list for every big hero role out there, and is the founder of a crowd-sourced media company called HIT RECORD where people can contribute to not only a TV show, but short films and more, all online....

Joss Whedon-Penned ‘In Your Eyes’ Smacks Of Wasted Potential [Tribeca Review] By Angie Han/April 25, 2014 12:15 pm EST Despite hitting it big with the billion-dollar smash The Avengers in 2012, Joss Whedon hasn’t lost his taste for smaller indies. One of his latest in that vein is In Your Eyes, a supernatural romance that Whedon wrote and then handed off to Brin Hill to direct. The film boasts a juicy premise that seems straight out of Buffy....

Marvel’s ‘Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 2’ - What Did You Think? By Ethan Anderton/May 5, 2017 4:30 pm EST Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 hit theaters last night with sneak preview screenings playing all over the United States. That means plenty of people have seen the Marvel Studios sequel, and plenty more will be flocking to theaters this weekend to contribute to the undoubtedly massive box office haul....

Michael Bay’s Trailer For ‘Need For Speed: The Run’ By Germain Lussier/Nov. 4, 2011 1:00 pm EST If ever a video game franchise begged for the blessing of action director Michael Bay, Need for Speed would be it. The title could almost be a subtitle for the man behind Bad Boys, The Rock and Transformers and now he’s directed his first video game trailer for the franchise’s latest game. Need for Speed: The Run will be released November 15 and centers on a cross country race where the winner gets $25 million and everyone else dies....

Movie Review: Adventureland – The Enigma Of Kristen Stewart By David Chen/April 3, 2009 8:34 pm EST Greg Mottola’s Superbad was a massive hit, grossing well over $100 million domestically on a relatively modest $20 million budget. It hilariously portrayed the alcohol-, drug-, and sex-driven adventures of a group of high schoolers (and a few cops), but its emotional core was unmistakable: The sweet friendship between Seth (Jonah Hill) and Evan (Michael Cera) was what held the film together....

New Blu-Ray Releases: ‘Red Sparrow’, ‘Game Night’, ‘The Strangers: Prey At Night’, ‘The Hurricane Heist’ By Chris Evangelista/May 29, 2018 2:00 pm EST (Welcome to Not Dead Yet, a feature dedicated to new Blu-ray releases and what special features you should be excited about. Because yes, some of us still like to own physical copies of our movies.) It’s time again to round-up the best Blu-rays available right now, and in the immediate future....

Page 3 By Brendon Connelly/Oct. 23, 2009 4:34 pm EST Hang on a minute… Sam Worthington is being linked to Mad Max 4 now? Steady on, ABC News. At least they’re sticking to the Charlize Theron part of the story. But what’s that about the project taking two and a half years? Blimey. 30 weeks of that will be at Broken Hill, the location for Mad Max 2, so far the series’ zenith....

Superhero Bits: Man Of Steel, Thor: The Dark World, Iron Man 3, The Wolverine, Dark Knight Rises By Germain Lussier/March 25, 2013 1:30 pm EST Want to see a new image from Man of Steel? What was the inspiration for the new poster from The Wolverine? Which part of Iron Man 3 is Guy Pearce most excited about? Has Tom Hiddleston talked to Joss Whedon about The Avengers 2? How did the actor change Loki for Thor: The Dark World?...

SXSW 2015 Midnight Movies And Short Film Lineup Announced By Peter Sciretta/Feb. 10, 2015 12:00 pm EST Here is the press release: SXSW FILM ANNOUNCES 2015 MIDNIGHTER FEATURES & SHORTS Austin, Texas – February 10, 2015 – The South by Southwest (SXSW) Film Conference and Festival revealed the highly anticipated features in the Midnighters section, as well as the complete short film lineup, which will debut at this year’s Festival from March 13 – 21, 2015 in Austin, Texas....

The Best TV Shows & Movies Coming To Netflix In July 2018 By Chris Evangelista/June 21, 2018 6:30 am EST Summer is upon us, and July is right around the corner. Which means it’s time for a whole new slew of movies and TV shows on Netflix. Next month, you can stream Jurassic Park, We Own the Night, Blue Valentine, Her, Scream 4 and many more. Check out the best new TV shows and movies coming to Netflix in July 2018....

Theme Park Bits: ‘Frozen’ Fireworks, ‘From Dusk Till Dawn’ Maze, Legends Of Frontierland, ‘Alice In Wonderland’ Update By Peter Sciretta/July 15, 2014 11:00 am EST In today’s edition of Theme Park Bits, I take a look at: A Peek Inside ‘Frozen Fireworks’ at Disney’s Hollywood Studios Universal’s Halloween Horror Nights Adds ‘From Dusk till Dawn: The Series’ Maze Disneyland’s new Legends of Frontierland: Gold Rush interactive game experience Alice In Wonderland Dark Ride Updated With New Effects Read more about all these things after the jump....

TV Bits: Bryan Singer And Bryan Fuller Still Hoping To Make A New ‘Star Trek’ Series, Plus: ‘Hannibal’, ‘Lilyhammer’, James Patterson, Matthew Perry By Angie Han/April 23, 2012 7:00 am EST Don’t get your hopes up too high just yet, but depending on how things go with Star Trek 2 it may just be possible for Bryan Singer and Bryan Fuller to try and bring Trek back to television at some point....

Watch All Of The 2015 Super Bowl Movie Trailers By Angie Han/Feb. 2, 2015 9:00 am EST When we weren’t crying over the Nationwide ad, singing along to Katy Perry’s halftime show, or screaming / cackling at Pete Carroll’s ill-fated fourth-quarter call, we were oohing and ahhing over the many many Super Bowl movie trailers unveiled last night. Everything from Ted 2 to Tomorrowland was represented, with more robots, dinosaurs, flying cars, and college a cappella singers than you could shake a stick at....

What Hollywood Can Learn From The New ‘God Of War’ Video Game By Vanessa Bogart/May 18, 2018 8:30 am EST Let me start by saying that the latest installment of God of War is one of the greatest games I have ever played. And by the reactions on some of my favorite gaming outlets, I am not alone. Just as Game of Thrones has accumulated fans across all genre preferences, there seems to be something about this new take on an old popular series that distinguishes it amongst the pack, and transcends people’s typical gaming biases....