LOL: Neighbors Mad About ‘Up’ House Remodel By Angie Han/April 29, 2014 5:00 am EST It’s one thing to like a movie enough to cosplay one of its characters for a convention. It takes another level of commitment to redecorate the entire outside of your house to reflect a fictional home, as Hosam Haggog and Fatima Rahman of Santa Clara did. The couple spent over two years renovating their Victorian home to resemble Pixar’s Up house....
LOL: President Obama Announces “We’re Building Iron Man” By Germain Lussier/Feb. 27, 2014 10:30 am EST Marvel movies can’t get any more mainstream than they are at this very moment. With a second Avengers in production, two other movies scheduled for release this year and their latest just out on Blu-ray, Marvel is everywhere once again. Plus, the most powerful man in the world is joking about them. U.S. President Barack Obama made a hilarious reference to Iron Man in a recent speech and we’ve got the video below....
Mark Millar Says Michael Caine Is Set For Matthew Vaughn’s ‘Secret Service’ [Updated] By Russ Fischer/July 25, 2013 1:15 pm EST Peter got the chance to interview Kick-Ass 2 director Jeff Wadlow and original comics writer Mark Millar at Comic Con, and during their talk Millar said the cast for Vaughn’s film is fully set. He confirmed that Caine is in the picture along with Colin Firth, but declined to name the younger actor who’ll play the street kid groomed as a British secret agent....
New ‘Inside Llewyn Davis’ Trailer: Poignant, Gorgeous, And Very Funny By Russ Fischer/Aug. 22, 2013 10:51 am EST This weekend has an incredible collection of indie movies opening for your enjoyment; it has been called the best moviegoing weekend of 2013, and for good reason. But there’s still a lot to look forward to in the colder days of the year. Chief among the much-anticipated films coming this fall is Inside Llewyn Davis, the latest effort from Joel and Ethan Coen....
Page 2: Star Wars, Pixar, Lion King, Breaking Bad, Pacific Rim, Gravity, Labyrinth, Star Trek By Peter Sciretta/Oct. 14, 2013 3:00 pm EST Header Photo: Buzz Lightyear cosplay How to Compose a Killer Film Score, by Michael GiacchinoThe 50 Greatest Last Shots in Film HistoryStar Wars Retro All-Over Print Juniors LeggingsAn Oral History of ‘Evil Dead 2’: ‘We Were Like ‘Jackass’ With Plot’Why People Will Turn on ‘Gravity’ Like They Did with ‘Avatar’...
Page 2: Tarantino, Star Wars, Harry Potter, Jurassic Park, Godzilla, Joel McHale, Apes, Cars, The Purge By Peter Sciretta/July 8, 2014 1:00 pm EST Header Photo: 10 OVERUSED AESTHETICS TO BAN FOR YOUR NEXT MOVIE POSTER How Will the Gone Girl Movie End? 6 Alternate Ending Theories Retrospective: The Films Of Richard Linklater Jason Edmiston Shares Some Of His Upcoming SDCC Stuff Ten Things You Learn While Marathoning the USA NetworkTom Perrotta on 7 Ways The Leftovers Has Diverged From the NovelTurn Old Movie Ticket Stubs into Awesome Pillows for Any Cinephile...
Rogue Cut Out Of ‘X-Men: Days Of Future Past’ By Angie Han/Dec. 20, 2013 3:43 pm EST The overstuffed roster for X-Men: Days of Future Past just got a little bit smaller. Although Anna Paquin’s Rogue was reported as being part of the sequel all the way back in January, director Bryan Singer now reveals that the character has sadly been cut out of the film altogether. Hit the jump to find out why....
Scarlett Johansson Will Star In Luc Besson’s ‘Lucy’ By Germain Lussier/April 26, 2013 4:00 pm EST She kicked ass in The Avengers, she’s kicking ass in Captain America: The Winter Soldier, and soon Scarlett Johansson will continue her action star ways with one of the genre’s masters. Luc Besson (The Professional, The Fifth Element) has just cast Johansson in his upcoming film, Lucy. Besson wrote the script and will direct the film, which is about a woman forced to mule some kind of super-serum, gets infected by it and develops superhuman abilities....
Sony-Based Producers Spark To Rob Liefeld’s Gods-As-Superheroes Team-Up ‘Godyssey’ By Russ Fischer/Jan. 16, 2013 11:00 am EST For decades, comic artist and writer Rob Liefeld has plied his trade crafting stories of women with rubber spines and men with elastic physiques who love pouches and violence, and have no use for feet. Liefeld co-created the character Deadpool, played by Ryan Reynolds in X-Men Origins: Wolverine, and has been lobbying to push forward Fox’s standalone film starring the character....
Superhero Bits: Guardians Of The Galaxy, Amazing Spider-Man 2, Aquaman, Kick-Ass 2, Lex Luthor. Thor: The Dark World By Germain Lussier/Aug. 13, 2013 12:30 pm EST Want to see some set photos from Guardians of the Galaxy? Is Jim Carrey in The Amazing Spider-Man 2? Are we going to see an Aquaman animated film? Does Bryan Cranston want to play Lex Luthor in Batman vs. Superman? What happens when you blend Thor: The Dark World and Arrested Development?...
Superhero Bits: The Avengers, The Dark Knight Rises, Green Lantern, Iron Man, Man Of Steel By Germain Lussier/Oct. 10, 2011 12:30 pm EST What do you get when you combine Batman and Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol? Batman Noel, a new comic series out next month. Check out a preview over on DC’s website. Robert Downey Jr. spoke to the Los Angeles Times about his career and specifically focused on the highs of Iron Man and lows of Iron Man 2....
The Best Heist Movies You Probably Haven’t Seen By Jordan Hoffman/June 22, 2012 10:00 am EST Heist movies. I love ’em. And while they always remind us that crime doesn’t pay, there we are lining up to see another one. So grab your blueprints, safecracking gloves and false identities, here are some cinematic capers you may have missed. PS – thanks to @MikeGarba for this week’s suggestion. The Asphalt Jungle (1950); John Huston, director....
Trivia: Mark Wahlberg Was Asked To Play Captain Kirk In J.J. Abrams’ ‘Star Trek’ By Germain Lussier/Feb. 25, 2013 11:15 am EST We love hearing stories about actors who almost played famous roles. It’s fun to think of Tom Selleck as Indiana Jones, Christopher Walken as Han Solo, or to consider any of the other roles Harrison Ford didn’t end up playing. And now we can add a new one to the list....
TV Bits: ‘Powers’, ‘Hell On Wheels’, ‘Daily Show’, ‘Colbert Report’, Jon Hamm, Daniel Radcliffe, Brendan Fraser, Tim Seeley, Stephen Merchant By Angie Han/Nov. 2, 2012 9:04 am EST Hamm and Radcliffe barely pass as relatives, let alone the same person, but it could be fun to watch these two fan favorites playing off of each other all the same. The miniseries airs on UK’s Sky Arts 1 in early December. [Digital Spy]...
TV Trailers: ‘The Strain,’ ‘Penny Dreadful,’ And ‘Hannibal’ By Russ Fischer/Jan. 22, 2014 4:30 pm EST Sundance is nearly over, so the year’s first big volley of new movies has largely been revealed. But there’s a lot more stuff to come, both in theaters and on TV. Here are three new TV trailers to whet your appetite for the next few months. There’s the first full trailer for the second season of Hannibal, and a new teaser for The Strain, based on stories from Guillermo del Toro, who directed the pilot....
Universal Remaking ‘Weird Science’ With Joel Silver And Michael Bacall By Angie Han/April 18, 2013 10:46 am EST Michael Bacall’s effort to bring 21 Jump Street into the 21st century proved more successful than anyone would’ve guessed. The 2012 remake picked up an impressive $200 million at the box office and a slew of glowing reviews on top of that. Now he’ll try to recreate that success with another well liked ’80s property, John Hughes’ Weird Science....
Vin Diesel Teams With ‘Grace Of Monaco’ Scribe For ‘Soldiers Of The Sun’ By Angie Han/Aug. 15, 2013 6:00 am EST Like Bruce Willis, Vin Diesel is the tough, bald star of multiple action franchises. Unlike Bruce Willis, he still likes making those movies. So much, in fact, that he’s signing on for yet another one. Universal has picked up Soldiers of the Sun, an original sci-fi picture from Grace of Monaco scribe Arash Amel....
‘24: Live Another Day’ Gets Yvonne Strahovski And A Premiere Date [Updated With New Plot Details] By Angie Han/Jan. 13, 2014 9:24 am EST Update: Keep reading for new comments from Sutherland and executive producer Evan Katz on the plot of the miniseries and the possibility of a follow-up film. The new episodes will pick up with Jack four years after we last saw him. A lot’s happened to him since then — he’s relocated to Europe, for one — but some things never change....
‘300’ Cinematographer To Shoot ‘Batman Vs. Superman’ By Germain Lussier/Sept. 10, 2013 1:35 pm EST Before this Summer’s Man of Steel, Zack Snyder’s most successful film was 300 from 2007. The visually stunning take on Frank Miller’s graphic novel grossed over $200 million domestic. The film was so influential in fact, not only is there a sequel coming out next year, but numerous others films continue to duplicate its aesthetic. Much of that was due to the work of cinematographer Larry Fong, who went on to work with Snyder on Watchmen, Sucker Punch and then with J....
‘Drive’ Poster By Russ Fischer/Aug. 2, 2011 9:30 am EST Nicolas Winding Refn’s Drive is one of my favorite films of the year so far, and the perfect film for those who want something with an edge a little more sharp than found on the summer film crop. I’d like to suggest watching the red-band trailer we posted during Comic Con, but while it is a great trailer, it also shows a lot....
