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‘Ghostbusters’ Spoiler-Free Review: Paul Feig Makes A Classic Franchise His Own By Angie Han/July 10, 2016 10:00 am EST Ghostbusters was always going to have a tough hill to climb. Even before Paul Feig signed on, fans were skeptical about the very notion of another Ghostbusters movie. After he did, there were fans upset at the idea of female Ghostbusters and fans unhappy about getting a reboot instead of a sequel and fans still annoyed that a new Ghostbusters movie was happening at all....

‘LEGO Dimensions’ Expansion Trailer: Harry Potter, Gremlins, Goonies, Adventure Time & More By Ethan Anderton/June 9, 2016 7:30 am EST While Disney recently shut down their toy-based video game franchise Disney Infinity, it appears Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment is doubling down on their efforts with a ton of new expansions packs for LEGO Dimensions. They may not have Disney properties from Marvel and Lucasfilm at their disposal, but they do have no less than 16 new film, television and video game franchises coming to LEGO Dimensions over the next year....

‘Preacher’ Review: How ‘Viktor’ Differs From The Original Comics By Alex Riviello/July 11, 2017 12:30 pm EST (Each week, we’re going to kick off discussion about Preacher season 2 by examining the differences between the original comics and AMC’s television adaptation.) When Preacher’s second season started, longtime fans of the comic were really excited. Here was the road trip story we were waiting for, the one that started in the very first issue of the Preacher comic but somehow got ignored as the first season was an extended stay in one town....

‘Silence’ Silenced? Producer Sues Martin Scorsese For Choosing ‘The Wolf Of Wall Street’ As His Next Film By Russ Fischer/Aug. 23, 2012 1:00 pm EST We’ve waited for quite some time for Martin Scorsese to make his “Jesuit drama” Silence, based on the novel by Shusako Endo novel. He had planned to do the movie almost fifteen years ago, and it has remained on the director’s “pending” slate ever since. After the release of Hugo, we thought Silence would be next....

‘Star Wars: Episode 9’ Will Also Utilize Unused ‘Last Jedi’ Footage Of Carrie Fisher By Chris Evangelista/Aug. 3, 2018 9:50 am EST When the Star Wars: Episode 9 cast was announced, the line-up included a big surprise: Carrie Fisher. Fisher died before the release of The Last Jedi, and many assumed her character, Leia Organa, wouldn’t be featured in the next film. According to the Episode 9 cast announcement, director J....

‘The Secret Of NIMH’ Revisited: Does Don Bluth’s Animated Classic Hold Up? By Scott Beggs/May 11, 2017 8:00 am EST (Welcome to Nostalgia Bomb, a series where we take a look back on beloved childhood favorites and discern whether or not they’re actually any good. In this edition, we revisit Don Bluth’s The Secret of NIMH.) I got the worst sunburn of my life the summer before first grade. Growing up fair-skinned on the beach gave me a lot of opportunities to come home lobster-red and wincing, but this particular time stands out both for the pain and for the remedy....

‘Valerian’ Director Luc Besson On His New Sci-Fi Epic (And Our Reaction To The New Trailer) By Ben Pearson/March 28, 2017 11:00 am EST It’s not every day a studio rents out a theater and hosts an event just to debut a trailer, but that’s exactly what STX Entertainment did last night in Hollywood with the new trailer for Luc Besson’s sci-fi thriller Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets....

2016 SXSW Preview: 10 Things We’re Excited To See By Jacob Hall/March 9, 2016 8:00 am EST Year after year, SXSW proves itself to be one of the best film festivals in the world, offering an astonishing variety of programming that appeals to every taste. Emotional arthouse dramas? Yep. An always stellar documentary line-up? You betcha. An insane midnight program that offers a look at bonkers movies from all over the world?...

Cardboard Cinema: ‘Last Friday’ Brings The ’80s Slasher Movie To Your Table By Jacob Hall/Jan. 11, 2017 10:00 am EST Welcome to Cardboard Cinema, a monthly feature that explores the intersection between movies and tabletop gaming. This column is sponsored by Dragon’s Lair Comics & Fantasy in Austin, Texas. You know the scene: an isolated summer camp in an unspecified corner of the United States. You know the cast: a group of young camp counselors, all gathered for a summer of slacking off, getting stoned, and having sex....

Disney Creating “Real” Lightsabers For Star Wars Land? By Peter Sciretta/Aug. 17, 2016 10:30 am EST Disney has filed a patent that will put lightsabers in the hands of theme park guests, allowing them to wield them in ways never before seen — deflecting real laser blasts from animatronic stormtroopers and oncoming Imperial ships. Learn more about this possible Star Wars Land next generation real lightsabers experience, after the jump....

Exclusive: We Know All About The Secret Teaser Playing Before ‘Logan’ This Weekend By Ethan Anderton/March 2, 2017 12:30 pm EST It’s finally time for Logan to hit theaters, starting with sneak preview screenings tonight before playing everywhere tomorrow. Leading up to the release of the movie, there were rumors about a post-credits scene being included. That rumor seemed to be confirmed by an extension of the film’s running time by just a few minutes, and that was after it had already screened for press without and credits scenes present....

Fifteen Things You Didn’t Know About ‘Cloud Atlas:’ Korean Rappers, Cut Characters, The Ending, And Cameos By Germain Lussier/Oct. 26, 2012 5:00 pm EST With six stories spanning nearly three hours, told by an ensemble cast and three directors, the sheer amount of information presented by and discussions one can have about Cloud Atlas is staggering. Co-writers and directors Tom Tykwer, Andy and Lana Wachowski took David Mitchell’s novel, which nests six stories within each other, and broke it down into one forward-flowing mosaic....

Five Monstrous ’80s Baddies Who Deserve A Resurrection On The Big Screen By Dalin Rowell/Sept. 21, 2018 9:00 am EST The late ’70s and ’80s gave movie-going audiences quite the collection of spine-tingling baddies to love. Freddy from Nightmare on Elm Street, the xenomorphs of Alien and Aliens, and, of course, the Predators (who are currently making their triumphant return in The Predator.) But what about the lesser appreciated villains and monsters of the decade?...

Part 2: Fish Out of Water (aka Sink or Swim) Blake J. Harris: So obviously you’re excited: you’re 16, you’re about to star in a Hollywood movie…but were you also nervous at the same time?Shane McDermott: Oh yeah. The nerves were definitely…it was definitely intense. But I think a lot of times when you get around to the people who have the experience—guys like Seth Green, or the director Rob Bowman or even the producer Steve McEveety—when you’re around people with that experience you just kind of watch what they do and get into that same mindset....

Interview: ‘Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping’ Co-Director Jorma Taccone On How Steven Spielberg Helped Make One Great Joke Happen By Jack Giroux/June 3, 2016 7:00 am EST The Lonely Island joined forces 15 years ago. Instead of waiting around and struggling to find work, the trio – Jorma Taccone, Andy Samberg, and Akiva Schaffer – began generating their own, which led to them working on Saturday Night Live. “Lazy Sunday,” “Dick in a Box,” “Laser Cats,” and their other digital shorts are some of SNL’s most memorable sketches from the past decade or so....

Interview: Ben Affleck Talks ‘Justice League’ And The Future Of Batman By Peter Sciretta/June 21, 2016 5:59 am EST Visiting the set of Zack Sndyer’s Justice League, we were told that we would not be interviewing any of the film’s cast. And especially not Ben Affleck, whom I’ve heard typically doesn’t do press while he’s filming a movie. We were watching them film a scene that features Commissioner Gordon meeting with a few members of the Justice League (read about that scene here)....

Jacob Hall’s Top 10 Movies Of 2017 By Jacob Hall/Jan. 5, 2018 12:30 pm EST Insert obligatory opening statement about how much 2017 stunk overall! Insert obligatory follow-up statement about how the movies of 2017 were a highlight in 365 days of raw sewage! These are my top films of 2017. So let’s go ahead and insert another obligatory comment about how many great movies didn’t make the cut. Here are the honorable mentions that are all tied for #11: Baby Driver, The Disaster Artist, Good Time, Colossal, War for the Planet of the Apes, Star Wars: The Last Jedi, Ingrid Goes West, Logan, Professor Marston and the Wonder Women, Free Fire, and Thelma....

Matthew Vaughn Agreed To Direct X-Men: First Class Because He Believes Superhero Movies Will Be Dead Soon By Adam Quigley/Aug. 7, 2010 4:22 am EST The moment I found out Matthew Vaughn was helming X-Men: First Class was the same moment the film jumped toward the top of my ‘most anticipated of 2011’ list. Vaughn’s only directed three films so far—Layer Cake, Stardust, and Kick-Ass—but those alone have made him a filmmaker well worth keeping tabs on....

More ‘Spider-Man: Homecoming’ Roles Possibly Revealed By Angie Han/Aug. 19, 2016 1:30 pm EST In typical Marvel fashion, Spider-Man: Homecoming has been shrouded in layers of intense secrecy. But details still have a way of slipping out, and yesterday we got some really juicy intel about the true identity of Zendaya’s character. And today, still more information has dribbled out about some of the other key roles in the movie. A leaked call sheet reveals the names of several characters, including ones played by Bokeem Woodbine, Angourie Rice, Kenneth Choi, and more....

R Rating Upheld For ‘Bully;’ Harvey Weinstein Threatens To Break From MPAA [Updated With MPAA Response] By Russ Fischer/Feb. 23, 2012 5:04 pm EST The MPAA began, in slightly different form, to act in part as a tool for the early Hollywood studios. But it also quickly became a self-regulating arm of the film industry, an attempt to pacify those who accused movies of moral lapses without letting control over the business pass to a government agency....