VOTD: Early Jim Henson Short Animates Jazz With Paper Cutouts By Russ Fischer/Aug. 22, 2014 10:30 am EST After he’d done years of the show Sam and Friends but before moving on to The Muppet Show, Jim Henson did a set of experimental musical shorts. The animations use paper cutouts to visualize music. In the case of this one, Drums West, the inspiration and backing track is a piece from jazz drummer Chico Hamilton....
Watch: Joss Whedon’s Apology To Seoul For ‘Avengers: Age Of Ultron’ By Angie Han/March 28, 2014 2:00 pm EST Joss Whedon rained death and destruction down upon New York City in the first Avengers movie, with no apparent remorse. But Avengers: Age of Ultron hasn’t even started shooting yet in South Korea, and he’s already apologizing to the people of Seoul for blowing up their fair city. Watch his video message, from the Avengers: Age of Ultron set, after the jump....
Watch: Spike Jonze Backs Karen O In Performance Of “The Moon Song” From ‘Her’ By Russ Fischer/Feb. 13, 2014 12:45 pm EST This is just a sweet way to spend a few minutes. Karen O of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs sang “The Moon Song” for the Spike Jonze film Her, and today on KCRW the two spent an hour or so chatting to the radio station’s hosts and listeners. Part of their sit-in at the station was an intimate performance of “The Moon Song” with Jonze playing guitar along with production designer KK Bennet as Karen O sang....
Watch The Entire First Episode Of Showtime’s ‘House Of Lies’ By Angie Han/Jan. 3, 2012 11:00 am EST Based on a memoir by Martin Kihn, the series stars Don Cheadle as a successful but self-loathing management consultant, with Kristen Bell, Ben Schwartz, and Josh Lawson rounding out the cast as Cheadle’s colleagues. The network has put the entire first episode online ahead of its January 8 debut, and you can watch it after the jump....
‘About Last Night’ Red-Band Trailer: What Are You Doing Next Valentine’s Day? By Angie Han/Feb. 15, 2013 10:30 am EST Now that Valentine’s Day is safely behind us for the year, it’s time to turn our attention to… planning for next Valentine’s Day. Apparently. With 364 days to go until its release date, ScreenGems’ About Last Night has revealed its first trailer. Directed by Steve Pink (Hot Tub Time Machine), the romance stars Michael Ealy, Regina Hall, Kevin Hart, and Joy Bryant as four Angelenos navigating love, sex, friendship, and commitment....
‘Amigo’ Trailer: John Sayles Reunites With Chris Cooper By Russ Fischer/July 8, 2011 3:30 pm EST There aren’t many directors like John Sayles. The man may have begun his career working for Roger Corman, and he has made a living doing studio rewrite gigs (many uncredited) over the years. But he has also carved out a unique career as a director of films that aren’t quite like those made by anyone else....
‘Annie’ Trailer: Quvenzhané Wallis Leads An Updated Classic By Angie Han/March 5, 2014 4:07 pm EST Quvenzhané Wallis was an unknown when she was cast in the offbeat indie Beasts of the Southern Wild, but her winning personality and natural talent won her fans and earned her accolades in no time. Now she’s applying those qualities to a more conventional project, Will Gluck’s updated adaptation of the hit Broadway musical Annie....
‘As Above So Below’ Extended Red-Band Trailer Is Full Of Blood And Secrets By Russ Fischer/Aug. 25, 2014 1:30 pm EST What if the catacombs segment in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade was the setup for a horror movie, rather than an adventure film set piece? Ben Feldman (Mad Men), Perdita Weeks (The Great Fire), and Edwin Hodge (The Purge: Anarchy) star in As Above So Below as a crew of budding urban archaeologists who seek a hidden truth in the catacombs beneath Paris....
‘Ass Backwards’ Trailer: The New Romy And Michelle? By Angie Han/Aug. 30, 2013 11:47 am EST In the proud tradition of Dumb and Dumber and Romy & Michelle’s High School Reunion, the Sundance comedy Ass Backwards features two complete morons who might be tragic if they weren’t so irrepressibly pleased with themselves. June Diane Raphael (NTSF:SD:SUV) and Casey Wilson (Happy Endings) star as Kate and Chloe, two NYC gals who’ve been BFFs since they placed dead last in their hometown pageant as kids....
‘Dark Knight’ Reunion Alert: Morgan Freeman Boards Wally Pfister’s ‘Transcendence’ By Angie Han/April 11, 2013 3:00 pm EST As you’d expect, the filmmakers have been careful not to reveal too much about the plot. But we’ve previously heard that the Black List script by Jack Paglen follows a scientist (Depp) who’s killed by anti-tech terrorists but then has his consciousness uploaded into a computer. Hall plays his wife, Bettany another scientist, and Mara the “recruiter who brings in Paul Bettany into the A....
‘Game Of Thrones’ Actress Natalie Dormer Joins ‘The Hunger Games: Mockingjay’ By Angie Han/Aug. 22, 2013 3:00 pm EST Natalie Dormer is jumping from the Game of Thrones to The Hunger Games. The British actress has been cast in The Hunger Games: Mockingjay — Parts 1 & 2, as announced by Lionsgate today. Francis Lawrence is directing the two-part finale, which will open over the next two years. Hit the jump to find out whom she’s playing; vague series spoilers ahead for those who haven’t read the novels....
‘Immortals’ Trailer #3 By Russ Fischer/Aug. 16, 2011 11:39 am EST Here’s the third trailer for Tarsem’s stylishly violent Immortals. (See the first and second ones if you haven’t already.) I like this trailer a lot more than either of the previous ones; there’s a good voiceover that explains the background and early plot beats, and helps contextualize some of the pretty shots we’ve been seeing in previous trailers and clips....
‘Jurassic World’ Could Begin New Jurassic Park Series, Animatronic Dinosaurs Confirmed [Updated] By Russ Fischer/April 23, 2014 11:10 am EST It’s no surprise to hear that Universal has at least tentative plans for a new Jurassic Park series, kickstarted by the upcoming Jurassic World. No major studio goes into a sequel like this one thinking it’ll be a one-off situation. But it’s another thing to get the info straight from one of the participants....
‘Moneyball’ Trailer Starring Brad Pitt And Jonah Hill [EW Premiere] By Russ Fischer/June 15, 2011 6:50 pm EST Editor’s Update: Entertainment Tonight has aired the full trailer for Moneyball (with only minor annoying voice over). Watch it now embedded after the jump. Thanks to /Film reader Eric B for the tip. If you wind the clock back to mid-2009 and took a look at /Film you’d find the film Moneyball as one of our most-covered topics....
‘The Hunger Games: Mockingjay’ Adds ‘Homeland’, ‘House Of Cards’ Actors By Angie Han/Sept. 25, 2013 7:00 am EST The Hunger Games series certainly has the sprawling cast to match its epic feel. Julianne Moore, Lily Rabe, Natalie Dormer, Evan Ross, and Stef Dawson have all boarded The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Parts 1 & 2 in the past several weeks, and now actors from Homeland, The Unit, and House of Cards have been tapped to join them....
‘The Inevitable Defeat Of Mister And Pete’ Review: Two American Idols And A Grammy Winner Bring Star Power To Kid Story [Sundance 2013] By Germain Lussier/Jan. 22, 2013 5:00 pm EST Produced by Grammy winner Alicia Keys and co-starring Oscar-winner Jennifer Hudson and American Idol Jordin Sparks, The Inevitable Defeat of Mister and Pete might sound like a kiddie movie. Quirky title, popular names, and two child leads make that assumption easy....
‘The Salvation’ Trailer: Mads Mikkelsen Rides For Vengeance By Russ Fischer/May 1, 2014 11:30 am EST Mads Mikkelsen and Eva Green are trapped in a cycle of violent revenge in The Salvation. The film is a Danish Western that premieres soon at Cannes. And so, with the festival about to begin, the first The Salvation trailer has just hit, showing what director Kristian Levring (The King Is Alive, The Intended) has done with the standard-issue western tale of vengeance....
Ang Lee Won’t Make ‘Tyrant’ For FX By Russ Fischer/May 21, 2013 11:30 am EST Not long ago, an announcement hit that Ang Lee, this years Best Director Oscar winner, would make his television debut as the director of the pilot for Tyrant. The show, housed at FX, is about “an unassuming American family drawn into the workings of a turbulent Middle Eastern nation.” The show is likely still going forward, but Lee has announced that he won’t be part of it after all....
Baz Luhrmann Could Direct Elvis Presley Biopic By Germain Lussier/April 30, 2014 1:00 pm EST Marcel is currently writing the script, but there’s no word exactly what part of Presley’s life would be dramatized. There are a ton of other films in development about the King, but while most of those are based on books and focused on certain parts of his life, this one is believed to be wholly original....
Disney Announces ‘Frozen’ On Ice, Obviously By Angie Han/May 20, 2014 11:15 am EST Over the years, Disney’s put all sorts of things on ice that don’t belong there. It doesn’t make logical sense, for example, to move the hot desert setting of Aladdin to an ice-skating rink, and yet Aladdin on Ice existed. So given the opportunity to put the the wintry Frozen on ice, Disney is naturally moving full speed ahead....
