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An Ongoing Timeline Of The HBO Hack, From ‘Game Of Thrones’ To Embarrassing Tweets [Updated] By Hoai-Tran Bui/Aug. 25, 2017 10:14 am EST Update August 25: The hackers released a data dump that they claim contains details of the end of the Game of Thrones season 7 finale. The Mr. Smith group also claimed to have sold all the data stolen from HBO, which they claim amounts to 5 terabytes, to three customers on the dark web....

Comparing The 1990s And The 2000s: What Our Movies Say About Us By David Chen/Jan. 2, 2010 11:22 pm EST What do our movies say about us and the world that we live in? As 2009 has come to an end and 2010 is already upon us, a myriad of “Best of the decade” lists have been unleashed, many of them in the realm of film. Whether or not I agree with their choices, I find many of them to be fascinating reads....

George Lucas Still Hasn’t Seen A Single Frame Of ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ By Peter Sciretta/Nov. 30, 2015 3:00 pm EST George Lucas has been very quite for the past couple years, but over the past few weeks the Star Wars creator has made comments in a variety of publications about the future of the franchise he created. First George Lucas revealed that Disney was not interested in his involvement in Star Wars: The Force Awakens and didn’t like the stories he outlined for the sequel trilogy....

Is Twitter Hollywood’s New Casting Office? By Monique Jones/June 20, 2017 10:00 am EST Can you believe that what started out as a random tweet has now become one of Netflix’s upcoming original films? The now-famous tweet of Rihanna and Lupita Nyong’o fabulously attending a Paris Fashion Week show will now be realized as a project directed by Ava DuVernay with a script by Issa Rae. With so much star power behind this idea, does this mean that Twitter has now officially become the next generator of blockbuster films?...

James Gunn On Cosmic MCU Movies, David Bowie’s ‘Guardians 2’ Cameo, ‘Mary Poppins’ & More By Ethan Anderton/Aug. 7, 2017 2:30 pm EST With the home video release of Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 arriving this month, director James Gunn has been making the publicity rounds all over the place to talk about the Marvel Studios sequel. Just this weekend brought a far-out music video for the “Guardians Inferno” disco track from the film’s soundtrack, and you can see Gunn shaking his groove thing all over the place....

Kevin Feige Wins More Control At Marvel Studios In Behind The Scenes Restructuring By Russ Fischer/Aug. 31, 2015 9:21 pm EST Chances are, many Marvel fans don’t even know the name Ike Perlmutter. Ask people who runs Marvel Studios and the name you’ll hear will be Kevin Feige. Even Feige reports to someone, however. Since 2007, when Feige was made president of production at Marvel Studios, that someone has been Ike Perlmutter, who became CEO of Marvel Entertainment in 2005....

Olly Moss Explains His Cancelled And Alternative 2012 Work Including ‘Akira,’ ‘Lawrence Of Arabia,’ ‘Mad Men’ And More By Germain Lussier/Dec. 17, 2012 10:30 am EST No matter how simple or elaborate a piece of art is, chances are the artist behind it made twenty different versions before arriving at what you see. Other times, they work on something and are forced to scrap it for one reason or another. This happens with everything: music, movies, posters, books....

Page 2: Tintin, Power Rangers, Star Wars, Muppets, Stanley Kubrick, Harry Potter, Bill Murray, True Romance, Ninja Turtles, By Peter Sciretta/April 23, 2012 8:00 am EST What is Page 2? Page 2 is a compilation of stories and news tidbits, which for whatever reason, didn’t make the front page of /Film. After the jump we’ve included 48 different items, fun images, videos, casting tidbits, articles of interest and more. It’s like a mystery grab bag of movie web related goodness....

Shailene Woodley Proves Her Bravery In First Footage From ‘Divergent’ [Comic-Con 2013] By Angie Han/July 19, 2013 10:00 am EST Of the many, many YA properties vying to become the next Hunger Games, Divergent seems to have better odds than most. For one thing, the books by Veronica Roth are already a smash hit; for another, the dystopian premise sets up plenty of opportunities for white-knuckle action. Toss in a strong young cast led by Shailene Woodley, and it’s easy to see how Divergent could become the next big thing....

Spike Lee And Jordan Peele Teaming Up For ‘Black Klansman’ Crime Thriller By Ethan Anderton/Sept. 10, 2017 9:00 am EST Director Spike Lee is one of the most prominent African-American filmmakers, making some of the most poignant and relevant films that are full of rich social commentary about class, racism and more. Meanwhile, Jordan Peele just started his directing career by bringing us the powerful horror thriller Get Out, rife with themes and metaphors about race, and a promising beginning to his future as a filmmaker....

Superhero Bits: Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Avengers: Age Of Ultron, Guardians Of The Galaxy, Amazing Spider-Man 2 By Germain Lussier/April 2, 2014 4:30 pm EST After a few days off, Superhero Bits is back! How can you get this exclusive Captain America poster by Dave Perillo? Want to see Cap’s new suit from the set of Avengers: Age of Ultron? What new details have been revealed from Guardians of the Galaxy?...

Woodland Critter Christmas Holiday cheer, the nostalgic tones of nursery rhymes, adorable woodland creatures, and a heavy dose of Satan worship and blood orgies. “Woodland Critter Christmas” follows the story of the reluctant little boy in the red poof ball hat as he helps protect the cheery creatures and Porcupine-y the Porcupine who was impregnated by their lord savior only to find out that the lord and savior they worshipped was none other than Satan....

The Best Screenprinted Movie Posters Of 2014: My 15 Favorite Prints By Germain Lussier/Jan. 28, 2015 8:00 am EST Screenprinted movie posters continued to explode in 2014. I drool over so many posters every year, it’s very difficult to pick favorites. With movies, at least you know what you like and you don’t like. Why something works and why something doesn’t. Physical art is more subjective. Some art just hits people one way and others another....

The Fascinating, Exciting, Mind-Numbing Life Of An Extra By David Chen/March 31, 2011 12:20 pm EST If you’ve ever wondered about the fascinating life of an extra, read on. Andrew’s post was originally published at his IGN blog. It has been republished here with his permission. For the past four years, I’ve worked full-time as a background actor in film and television. I went to school at the University of Connecticut....

This Week In Trailers: Beyond The Horizon, 70 Acres In Chicago: Cabrini Green, Takin’ Place, Gayby Baby By Christopher Stipp/Aug. 23, 2015 8:00 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?...

This Week In Trailers: Getting Up: The TEMPT ONE Story, Terra Blight, Sleep Tight (Mientras Duermes), Maurizio Cattelan: All By Christopher Stipp/Jan. 13, 2012 3:00 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?...

This Week In Trailers: The Children Act, Half The Picture, Heathers 30th Anniversary Restoration, Recovery Boys, Night Comes On By Christopher Stipp/June 16, 2018 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?...

We’re Getting An Asian-Led Romantic Comedy With Ali Wong And Randall Park By Hoai-Tran Bui/Aug. 16, 2017 5:30 am EST Asian-Americans aren’t necessarily well-represented in Hollywood. In fact, you could say they’re pretty poorly represented, with few lead roles written for Asian actors, while plenty of those originally Asian roles are given to white actors in a little phenomenon called “whitewashing.” There’s a whole stigma around Asian men being believable romantic leads due to centuries of media and pop culture emasculating them, but that’s a whole conversation I’ll get to later....

What Darren Aronofsky’s ‘Mother!’ Is Really About, According To Darren Aronofsky By Ben Pearson/Sept. 18, 2017 1:30 pm EST Leave it to Darren Aronofsky to lob a cinematic concussion grenade right in the middle of September. The writer/director’s latest film, mother!, is layer upon layer of allegory and metaphor, a movie that almost demands a long conversation afterwards to process what you’ve just seen. It’s earned a rare “F” Cinemascore, and Paramount even had to issue a statement defending their decision to release the film (read that here), which is a move that strikes me as crazier than anything that happens in the actual movie....

You Taste Of America: Sacha Baron Cohen’s Finest Moments On Film By Jacob Hall/March 10, 2016 8:00 am EST This weekend sees the release of The Brothers Grimsby, the latest comedy from Sacha Baron Cohen. And here’s the thing about Mr. Cohen – even when I don’t love his movies, I find him fascinating. From his early career as a television prankster who roped real people into interacting with his fictional characters, to his Hollywood career, where he worked with directors like Martin Scorsese and Tim Burton, he has never shown us a half-measure....