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Teaser Trailer & Poster: ‘Zookeeper’ By Germain Lussier/Nov. 5, 2010 12:30 pm EST In the midst of giant effing robots, magical wizards, superheros, pirates and more, Kevin James is returning to a theater near you during the summer of 2011. His latest film, Zookeeper, directed by Frank Coraci and co-starring Rosario Dawson and Leslie Bibb, is scheduled for release July 8. The teaser trailer was just released and it looks like a blend of James’ last improbable smash hit, Paul Blart: Mall Cop, with Night at the Museum and Madagascar....

Telluride Reaction: Ben Affleck’s ‘Argo’ Is A Brilliant Nail-Biting Suspense-Filled Thriller By Peter Sciretta/Sept. 1, 2012 9:00 am EST The lone secret premiere of the 2011 Telluride Film Festival ended up being Ben Affleck’s dramatic thriller Argo. I’ve never understood the negativity regularly thrown at Ben Affleck. When given the right material, he’s delivered some great performances as an actor (Good Will Hunting, Shakespeare in Love, Boiler Room, Hollywoodland…etc). And in recent years he’s made the transition and proven himself to be a great director (Gone Baby Gone, The Town)....

Toby Jones Returning For ‘Captain America: The Winter Soldier’ By Angie Han/Jan. 21, 2013 2:12 pm EST While it’s typical for film franchises to keep the same stars between installments, the big time jump between Captain America: The First Avenger and Captain America: The Winter Soldier makes retaining the cast a trickier proposition. But thanks to the power of flashbacks and comic book science, it’s not an entirely impossible one....

UFC Fighter Ronda Rousey In Talks For ‘Fast & Furious 7’ By Russ Fischer/Aug. 7, 2013 4:15 pm EST Briefly: When fighter Gina Carano successfully leapt from the ring to the big screen in films like Haywire and Fast & Furious 6, she helped establish a path for other women to do the same. Now Ronda Rousey, who is already set for a role in The Expendables 3, is in talks for Fast and Furious 7....

VOTD: ‘Breaking Bad’ Locations Timelapse By Germain Lussier/Oct. 23, 2013 8:30 am EST Breaking Bad is over, but the ABQ is forever. One of the many gifts Vince Gilligan left us with his amazing AMC show was shooting on location in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Seemingly every single exterior from the show remains as is in the city, meaning the burg is quickly becoming a must-visit pop culture tourist destination. So when you think tourism, you think photos, right?...

VOTD: 40-Minute Coen Brothers Documentary Attempts To Explain Their Filmmaking Chops By Russ Fischer/June 4, 2013 11:53 am EST This BBC doc on Joel and Ethan Coen is hardly new — it was created in 2000, during the production of O Brother, Where Art Thou?. But seeing the brothers in action is rare enough that even a 13-year old behind the scenes look is going to count as new for many people....

By Germain Lussier/July 23, 2013 3:30 pm EST Press junket interviews are usually so stale. You have so little time to talk to these celebrities, it’s near impossible to get a good, interesting, in-depth answer to a decent question. That’s why interviews where something awkward or different happens tend to go viral. Two such interviews just popped online. One features Jennifer Lawrence totally geeking out on a press line when she catches a glimpse of Jeff Bridges....

Watch 30 Minutes Of Behind The Scenes Footage From ‘47 Ronin’ By Germain Lussier/Dec. 6, 2013 9:30 am EST The Christmas movie season is almost here and while most of us are getting super excited for The Wolf of Wall Street or Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues, there will be plenty of other options at the theater. One example is 47 Ronin, Carl Rinsch’s big budget samurai fantasy epic starring Keanu Reeves....

Watch An Early Makeup Test For Sam Raimi’s Green Goblin By Russ Fischer/Dec. 16, 2011 12:00 pm EST The effects house Amalgamated Dynamics is giving gifts this week. First we got a really brilliant reel of practical effects created for this year’s prequel The Thing. Now the company has posted an early effects test for one design of the Green Goblin that was created for Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man. This test shows a Goblin that is a lot more like the classic comic book version than what we saw in the film, and also one that allowed a lot of emoting on the part of the actor wearing the makeup....

‘At Any Price’ Trailer: Dennis Quaid And Zac Efron Fight In ‘Goodbye Solo’ Director’s Acclaimed New Drama By Angie Han/Jan. 18, 2013 3:00 pm EST Half a decade after Zac Efron’s last High School Musical outing, he’s still working on the challenging transition from Disney dreamboat to serious adult actor. And while he’s not quite there, he seems to be getting a little bit closer with every passing film. Neither The Lucky One nor The Paperboy were particularly well received, but they at least allowed Efron to try his hand at more mature material, and his supporting role in Liberal Arts earned some critical appreciation....

‘Border Guards:’ Will Ferrell, John C. Reilly & Adam McKay Reteam For Comedy From ‘Four Lions’ Writer By Germain Lussier/April 15, 2014 4:45 pm EST Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly might never be Step Brothers again, but they could be Border Guards. Deadline reports the two actors are aiming to team up on the new comedy, possibly once again with director Adam McKay. Sony hired talented writer Jesse Armstrong (In the Loop, Four Lions) two pen a screenplay about two friends who take jobs as guards on the Mexico/U....

‘Cave Of Forgotten Dreams’ Trailer; Werner Herzog Goes 3D By Russ Fischer/Jan. 13, 2011 2:30 pm EST Though the acts seemingly couldn’t be more different, there’s something about cave-delving and cinema that meshes perfectly. It’s the function of light in each endeavor that ties them together for me. Cinema is about bringing light to subjects. So, seen from that perspective, cave-diving is similar, as spelunkers take light down into non-illuminated spaces, and the light they bring defines the space and the experience....

‘Drive Hard’ Trailer: John Cusack Makes Thomas Jane His Getaway Driver By Germain Lussier/Feb. 13, 2014 12:15 pm EST A former racing champion turned driving instructor is forced into being a getaway driver in Drive Hard, the latest film from the director of Leprechaun 4: In Space. But before you back away slowly from this post while laughing madly, know that the race-car driver is played by Thomas Jane and the bank robber is played by John Cusack....

‘Fast & Furious 7’ Set For July 2014 Release By Russ Fischer/April 16, 2013 12:03 pm EST Universal is really charging forward with the next movie in the Fast and the Furious series. Vin Diesel said recently that Fast & Furious 7 (that’s the official title at this point) will shoot this summer, and now, at CinemaCon, the actor has announced a July 11, 2014 release for the seventh film in the series....

‘How To Train Your Dragon 2’ - What Did You Think? By Germain Lussier/June 13, 2014 5:15 pm EST We here at /Film love How To Train Your Dragon. In fact, our own David Chen saw it in theaters seven times. Seven. Times. So it’s been a long four years as we waited for director Dean DeBlois to show us the second chapter in his family fantasy story, based on the books by Cressida Cowell....

‘Ironclad’ Trailer: Watch Paul Giamatti Violently Reject The Power Of The People By Russ Fischer/Feb. 1, 2011 3:30 pm EST Last time we saw anything from the film Ironclad, in which Paul Giamatti plays King John as the monarch attempts to violently preserve his power after the signing of the Magna Carta, we were looking at a hastily-assembled ’trailer’ culled from the first couple weeks of shooting. Now there is a full UK trailer for the film, which shows Paul Giamatti, Brian Cox and James Purefoy all in their best, angriest moments....

‘Low Down’ Trailer: John Hawkes Is A Bad Dad To Elle Fanning By Angie Han/Sept. 19, 2014 1:00 pm EST Directed by Jeff Preiss, the indie drama debuted at Sundance this year and is now headed for a theatrical release thanks to Oscilloscope. Also starring are Glenn Close, Taryn Manning, Flea, Lena Headey, and Peter Dinklage – which means we might actually get to see the two Lannister sibs share a scene without trying to kill each other....

‘Sin City: A Dame To Kill For’ Teaser Poster By Russ Fischer/Dec. 13, 2013 12:08 pm EST This first teaser poster for Sin City: A Dame to Kill For, from Robert Rodriguez and Frank Miller, is mostly of interest because it confirms the title, which has been the subject of some speculation in the past few months. This was the original title, based on Frank Miller’s comic book storyline. But a bit of sales art seen a while back at the American Film Market suggested the title had been changed to A Dame to Die For....

‘The Wedding Ringer’ Trailer: Kevin Hart Backs Up Josh Gad By Russ Fischer/June 19, 2014 6:13 pm EST What do you do when you’re about to get married and you’ve got no one to back you up at the altar? In real life, the couple in question would probably scale back to a non-traditional wedding, maybe do away with bridal parties altogether. But that doesn’t make for much of a comedy....

‘X-Men: Days Of Future Past’ TV Spot Brings The Action By Angie Han/March 31, 2014 11:20 am EST The Bryan Singer-directed sequel weaves together the First Class and original trilogy casts, as the older versions of the X-Men find themselves in danger. In an effort to save themselves, they send one of their own back in time to join forces with the younger X-Men and alter the future. Watch the video after the jump....