Actress Ruby Dee Has Died At 91 By Germain Lussier/June 12, 2014 11:15 am EST Ruby Dee personified class throughout her life. The Oscar-nominated actress, born Ruby Ann Wallace in Cleveland in 1922, began making movies in the mid 1940s and didn’t stop until 2013. In that time she was also was an accomplished playwright, Grammy-award winning poet, social activist and inspiration to millions. Dee passed away Wednesday at the age of 91....
Alamo Drafthouse NYC Gets Liquor License, Won’t Open Until 2014 By Angie Han/Oct. 15, 2012 6:00 am EST Earlier this year, the Alamo Drafthouse took one step closer to making New York cinephiles’ dreams come true by announcing a new location planned for the Upper West Side. Six months later, plans seem to be well on their way, as the community board has approved a two-year liquor license for the theater....
Alexander Payne’s ‘Nebraska’ Eyeing Late 2013 Release; Will Forte And Bruce Dern Run Around Billings, MT In First Set Photos By Angie Han/Nov. 30, 2012 2:00 pm EST Alexander Payne doesn’t have a horse in this year’s Oscar race, but look for him to get back in the game next year. Producer Albert Berger revealed that Payne’s Nebraska is eyeing a November or December 2013 release date, because “You know his films do well at the Academy Awards....
Batman 75th Anniversary Exhibit Comes To Warner Bros. Tour In Los Angeles By Germain Lussier/June 10, 2014 11:00 am EST Living in Los Angeles, I’m often asked, “What should I do when I’m in town?” Every single time that question comes up, I point people to the Warner Bros. VIP Studio Tour. I wrote about it here a few years ago. It’s a two hour-plus, small-group tour through the Warner Bros....
Ben Kingsley, Jennifer Aniston, And Mark Duplass Join Charlie Kaufman-Esque Sci-Fi Comedy ‘Convention’ By Angie Han/Feb. 6, 2013 2:30 pm EST Justin Reardon’s feature directing debut A Many Splintered Thing isn’t even out yet, but he already seems to have a knack for attracting strong on-camera talent. The star-studded ensemble for that film includes Chris Evans, Michelle Monaghan, Giovanni Ribisi, Audrey Plaza, Anthony Mackie, and Luke Wilson, for starters. Now Jennifer Aniston, Mark Duplass, and Ben Kingsley have attached themselves to his sophomore effort, Convention....
Excellent ‘Enemy’ Poster Takes A Graphic Approach To Paranoia By Russ Fischer/Jan. 30, 2014 12:45 pm EST Last year director Denis Villeneuve and actor Jake Gyllenhaal finished two films together. One of them, Prisoners, hit in the fall and was notable for the incredible cinematography of Roger Deakins. The other played TIFF and will be released in a limited theatrical run on March 15. That one is Enemy, and it is said to be the better of the two movies....
Geek Deal: 48% Off ‘The Wizard Of Oz’: 75th Anniversary Collector’s Edition By Peter Sciretta/March 3, 2014 10:00 am EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. The hours of extra content include s Sing-a-long feature with the film, a 60-minute-long Complete Magic Cloak of Oz silent shorts, All-New Feature Length Documentary The Making of the Wonderful Wizard of Oz, The Dreamer of Oz 101 minute TV Special, Munchkins at the Hollywood Walk of Fame Featurette, Patchwork Girl of Oz 60 minute feature and the 6 hour MGM Documentary When the Lion Roars (exclusive to Blu-Ray) and more....
Katie Holmes Is Going To Be A Director Now By Angie Han/Sept. 11, 2014 1:00 pm EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Katie Holmes is set to make her directorial debut on All We Had, an adaptation of the novel by Annie Weatherwax. Josh Boone, who’s coming off the YA smash The Fault in Our Stars, will write the script. Hit the jump for more details....
Kevin Feige Says ‘Iron Man 3’ “Doesn’t Feature Any Other Avengers,” Comments On Villain, Tone And More By Germain Lussier/Nov. 26, 2012 10:47 am EST In response to that, Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige says yes and no. Yes, the knowledge of the greater universe beyond his own vision has changed Tony Stark in Iron Man 3, but no, the film won’t feature any members of S.H.I.E.L.D. or the Avengers. After the jump, read his quotes on those points, the tone of the film and Ben Kingsley’s turn as the Mandarin....
Latest ‘22 Jump Street’ Trailer Has Hilarious Alternate Ending By Germain Lussier/Feb. 18, 2014 5:16 pm EST How lucky are we that after Chris Miller and Phil Lord’s latest film, The Lego Movie, we only have to wait four months to see their next movie? That movie is 22 Jump Street and, once again, Miller and Lord have their backs to the wall with a sequel to a reboot. We’ve already seen two versions of the first trailer, a Red Band and Green Band, and now a third version has been released....
Marc Webb To Direct Showtime Musical Comedy ‘Crazy Ex-Girlfriend’ By Angie Han/June 24, 2014 5:00 am EST Marc Webb made his name on the offbeat not-quite-romcom (500) Days of Summer, but since then he’s been tangled up in the Amazing Spider-Man franchise. He directed the first two films, is set to direct the third, and may or may not be involved in any installments beyond that. Fortunately, though, that’s not all he’s doing....
New Image From ‘Elysium’ Highlights Sharlto Copley As A Grimy Assassin By Russ Fischer/Dec. 24, 2012 9:19 am EST Today we’ve had new images from Star Trek Into Darkness, and now we’ve got a new look at another one of 2013’s other big sci-fi adventures: Elysium, from District 9 director Neill Blomkamp. We still haven’t seen a trailer, and only a couple official photos have surfaced from the film before this....
Page 2: Star Wars, Disney Princesses, Star Trek, Terminator, Harry Potter, Jimmy Fallon, Mary Poppins, Sherlock, Downton Abbey By Peter Sciretta/Jan. 6, 2014 12:00 pm EST Header Photo: Code in Movies and what it really does We Are All Jordan Belfort: Why Moviegoers Rejected Martin Scorsese’s ‘Wolf of Wall Street’ 12 Movies to Watch Before You Go to the Movies in 2014 This Cat has a Tie Fighter Following Him Wherever He Goes...
POTD: NASA’s New Spacesuits Look Like Buzz Lightyear From ‘Toy Story’ By Germain Lussier/Dec. 19, 2012 1:52 pm EST Seems like NASA is going to infinity and beyond with their latest space suits. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration just revealed a new prototype space suit, called the Z-1, and it bears a striking resemblance to the one worn by everyone’s favorite Space Ranger, Buzz Lightyear from Pixar’s Toy Story series....
Scott Cooper Making Granite Mountain Hotshots Movie By Angie Han/June 25, 2014 11:15 am EST Scott Cooper will follow up his Whitey Bulger biopic Black Mass with another true-life tale. He’s attached to direct a feature about the Granite Mountain Hotshots firefighter crew of Prescott, Arizona, who perished in the Yarnell Hill wildfire. The news comes almost exactly one year after the real-life tragedy took place. Hit the jump for more details....
Secret Cinema Is Bringing ‘Back To The Future’ To Los Angeles By Germain Lussier/Sept. 2, 2014 2:00 pm EST Normally, U.S. film fans have it pretty good. The events and festivals that take place between the Atlantic and the Pacific are pretty much unprecedented. There are rare exceptions, though, and one is Secret Cinema. The UK company plans movie experiences where you not only see a movie, you live it. For example, when UK fans went to see Back to the Future they did so in a full recreation of Hill Valley....
Superhero Bits: Fantastic Four, Doctor Strange, Guardians Of The Galaxy, Batman V Superman, Robin By Germain Lussier/June 23, 2014 7:00 am EST Want to see footage from the set of Fantastic Four? How about new images from Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice? Which superhero did Harry Potter himself, Daniel Radcliffe, say he would like to play? Are Guardians of the Galaxy and Wolverine getting animated shows? What comics should you read to prepare for Doctor Strange?...
TV Trailers: ‘Orphan Black’ Season 2, ‘Girls’ Season 3’, AMC’s ‘Turn’ By Angie Han/Dec. 23, 2013 10:30 am EST 2013 was a pretty great year for television, and from what we’ve seen 2014 looks plenty promising too. Today, we’ve got trailers for new seasons of two very different critical favorites, BBC America’s Orphan Black and HBO’s Girls, plus a peek at an intriguing new show, AMC’s Revolutionary War drama Turn. Check ’em all out after the jump....
Watch The First Two Episodes Of ‘Girls’ Season 3 Online By Angie Han/Jan. 13, 2014 11:00 am EST Maybe you skipped the two-episode return of Girls last night because you were watching the Globes. Or maybe you missed it because you have neither an HBO subscription nor the password to a friend’s HBO Go account. Whatever your excuse, there’s an easy, immediate fix for the tragic lack of Brooklyn 20something angst in your life....
Wes Ball Teases ‘In Search Of Humans’, A Photographic CG Animated Movie By Peter Sciretta/July 29, 2014 12:00 pm EST Here is the conversation between Wes Ball and journalist Matt Patches on twitter: I think audiences are 100% ready for a full CG, adult animated movie made with a strong live-action sensibility. — Wes Ball (@wesball) July 29, 2014 @misterpatches 1. 2D is great, all that really matters is good story....
