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Video: The Story Behind Wes Anderson’s ‘Royal Tenenbaums’ And ‘Life Aquatic’ By Peter Sciretta/Oct. 21, 2013 12:00 pm EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Earlier this month, we wrote about Matt Zoller Seitz’s new book The Wes Anderson Collection, a book examining the work of writer/director Wes Anderson. The Pulitzer Prize finalist has been following Anderson’s career since the very beginning, and has teamed up with editor Steven Santos to bring the book to the web in a documentary/video essay format....

VOTD: ‘Mad Max’ Video Game Trailer By Russ Fischer/June 11, 2013 2:27 pm EST About time. Though a 1990 NES game brought ideas from The Road Warrior to Nintendo systems, and development has been teased over the years on a new Mad Max game, there hasn’t been a proper revival of George Miller’s post-apocalyptic series in gaming. Until now. (Fans had to make do with the Fallout and Borderlands games — which isn’t bad, really....

VOTD: Back To The Future Part 1 & 2 Scene Comparison By Peter Sciretta/Dec. 29, 2010 12:00 pm EST Back to the Future: Part II opens with the ending scene from the first movie. But anyone who has seen the movie more than once will know that the sequence was completely reshot. I’m sure there are a multitude of reasons why they didn’t just use the same footage, including the fact that Claudia Wells, who played Marty McFly’s girlfriend Jennifer Parker in the original film, had been recast with 1980’s movie hottie Elizabeth Shue....

WonderCon 2014 Video Blog: ‘Godzilla’ And ‘Into The Storm’ By Peter Sciretta/April 21, 2014 9:00 am EST WonderCon 2014 happened over the past Easter weekend, and the /Film crew was in attendance to take in all the movie studio presentations and give you our reactions to the footage. Unfortunately most of the footage had already been screened at other industry events like CinemaCon, but it was new for us and the site as we didn’t travel to Vegas this year....

‘Ain’t Them Bodies Saints’ Teaser Poster Debut By Russ Fischer/May 17, 2013 9:00 am EST David Lowery’s film Ain’t Them Bodies Saints was one of the best films of this year’s Sundance Film Festival. IFC will bring it to theaters in August, and the film is screening in Cannes this weekend. Along with that screening we’ve got a new teaser poster for the film, painted by the director’s brother. The poster, by Benjamin Lowery, shows the film’s central couple, Bob Muldoon (Casey Affleck) and Ruth Guthrie (Rooney Mara)....

‘Django Unchained’ International Trailer Offers Fresh Footage, New Dialogue By Angie Han/June 13, 2012 7:00 am EST A new international trailer has just hit for Quentin Tarantino’s “Southern-fried Western” Django Unchained. While the new video hits most of the same beats, explaining how bounty hunter Dr. King Schultz (Christoph Waltz) comes to join forces with slave Django (Jamie Foxx) to track down the murderous Brittler brothers and rescue Django’s wife (Kerry Washington), the new video offers some fresh new footage and dialogue along the way....

‘Fargo’ Season Two Will Continue To Focus On Strong Women By Russ Fischer/Aug. 28, 2014 4:00 pm EST Ethan and Joel Coen’s film Fargo centered on a sheriff’s deputy played perfectly by Frances McDormand, and the spin-off TV series from Noah Hawley also featured a great female role: Deputy Molly Solverson, played by Allison Tolman. Tolman won’t return for the second season, for reasons we’ll explain below. But that doesn’t mean that the upcoming second season of Fargo will abandon the pattern of having great female characters at the center of the show....

‘Gone Girl’ Trailer: David Fincher’s Latest Thriller Starring Ben Affleck And Rosamund Pike By Germain Lussier/July 7, 2014 9:05 am EST The first full Gone Girl trailer is now online. Directed by David Fincher, the film stars Ben Affleck and Rosamund Pike in the story of a perfect couple who find themselves on opposite sides of a massive mystery. When Amy (Pike) goes missing, Nick (Affleck) is accused of killing her....

‘Gotham’ Casts The Penguin, Alfred, Gordon’s Boss, And His Fiancé By Germain Lussier/Feb. 11, 2014 10:40 am EST Variety wrote about the casting, which also includes Zabryna Guevara (Law and Order) as Captain Essen, Gordon’s boss at the Gotham City Police Department, and Erin Richards (Breaking In) as Barbara Kean, Gordon’s finance. If the show follows the Batman history established in the Year One comic story, Essen and Kean could eventually end up at odds....

‘Machete Kills Again… In Space’ Trailer: Rated X For Space Violence By Russ Fischer/Nov. 19, 2013 11:30 am EST This summer’s Machete Kills was preceded by a trailer for a sequel that may happen: Machete Kills Again… In Space. The events of Machete Kills set up a storyline that could be continued in a third movie, and while we wait to hear whether or not someone is going to step up with financing, you can check out the space-based trailer again (or for the first time, if you didn’t see Machete Kills)....

‘Salinger’ Trailer: Even In Death, Poor Old J.D. Can’t Catch A Break By Angie Han/Sept. 6, 2013 4:30 pm EST Practically every high school kid in America is familiar with Catcher in the Rye, one of the most iconic English-language novels of the modern era. But far less is known about its author, the notoriously reclusive J.D. Salinger. Shane Salerno’s documentary Salinger sets out to change that. Piecing together photos, documents, and film footage left behind by the writer, along with interviews with his acquaintances, Salinger tries to get to the heart of this enigmatic figure....

‘Something Wicked This Way Comes’ Remake In Motion At Disney By Russ Fischer/March 13, 2014 8:00 am EST Whenever I stop to think about it, I’m always fairly amazed that the original Something Wicked This Way Comes doesn’t have a more enthusiastic pop-culture following. The Disney film, released in 1983, has a few big problems, sure. Yet it boasts a chilling autumnal atmosphere and an early performance from Jonathan Pryce. Furthermore, its story of a father/son pair, a dark carnival magician, and hidden desires given wing in a small town features several harrowing scenes that have always stayed with me since that first viewing in ‘83....

‘The Canyons’ Trailer: Atrocious Acting, 1950s-Style By Angie Han/Nov. 13, 2012 1:20 pm EST Paul Schrader and Bret Easton Ellis’ The Canyons was never going for subtlety or elegance, and the marketing seems to be having some fun playing up that fact. The first trailer was cut to mimic grindhouse and exploitation movies of the ’70s, whereas the latest one has been done up like black-and-white ’50s pulp. No indication yet on what style the actual movie will take — presumably it’ll be something a bit more contemporary — but for now we can give them kudos for trying something a little different with the teasers....

‘Veronica Mars’ On UltraViolet: Or How To Screw Up A Movie Kickstarter By Peter Sciretta/March 17, 2014 11:30 am EST Almost 100,000 fans spent over $5.7 million to back a movie sequel to the cult television series Veronica Mars. Backers who spent $35 were promised “a digital version of the movie within a few days of the movie’s theatrical debut” in addition to a t-shirt and some other extras. The movie was released both theatrically and on video on demand this weekend, but a percentage of the crowdfunded film’s backers were left dissatisfied with the movie’s digital download....

Bad Ideas: The Fast And The Furious 4 By Peter Sciretta/April 11, 2007 11:59 am EST I for one actually enjoyed the first film, probably more for it’s unintentional laughs and action than it’s formulaic plot and porno-level acting. But how The Fast and the Furious series made it past 2 Fast 2 Furious is beyond our comprehension. The only reasoning we can come up with is there must be some huge interest in seeing this type of film in urban markets....

Cool Stuff: Glen Brogan’s First Solo Show Features Batman, Indiana Jones, The Simpsons By Germain Lussier/May 28, 2013 2:00 pm EST You may not know Glen Brogan by name, but his art has likely caught your eye. The West Virginia-based artist has been working for venues like Gallery 1988 and Mondo for years, creating pop culture art in a style that simultaneously unique and familiar. His visuals looks like something out of an animated film, popping with the same kind of vibrancy and cartoonish realism that makes animation wonderful....

Cool Stuff: The Pop Culture Vision Of New York City On Display At Brooklyn Art Show By Germain Lussier/March 13, 2013 7:00 am EST Destroying New York in movies has become so cliché. Many major disaster movies — from King Kong to The Avengers – features some kind of massive, cataclysmic event taking place in the city. For some people around the world, these big screen visions of the Big Apple are all they know about NYC....

Damian Lewis Joins Nicole Kidman In Werner Herzog’s ‘Queen Of The Desert’ By Russ Fischer/Oct. 22, 2013 6:00 am EST Briefly: For a couple years, Werner Herzog has been moving towards a new dramatic feature, Queen of the Desert, which will chronicle the story of pioneering anthropologist/explorer/political advisor Gertrude Bell. While Naomi Watts was once set to play Bell, the role will now be filled by Nicole Kidman. To play Bell’s paramour, Lt....

Disney-Set Tale Of Madness ‘Escape From Tomorrow’ Gets October Release By Russ Fischer/Aug. 19, 2013 1:57 pm EST One of the biggest buzz films at Sundance this year was a black and white super-indie that charted one man’s downward spiral into madness. Not the most unusual subject matter for a Sundance film, but Escape From Tomorrow has a very unusual hook. The feature debut from director Randy Moore takes place in a Disney theme park, and was shot inside Disney properties in Anaheim and Orlando, with no permission from the company....

Exclusive: US Teaser For Studio Ghibli’s ‘The Tale Of The Princess Kaguya’ By Russ Fischer/Aug. 18, 2014 10:00 am EST Studio Ghibli’s next release in the US is The Tale of the Princess Kaguya, and we’re happy to present the first US teaser for the film. Directed by Grave of the Fireflies director Isao Takahata, the movie explores the folk tale of a young princess who is found as an infant by a bamboo cutter, and tells of the fate that befalls her....