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By Germain Lussier/Oct. 25, 2011 12:30 pm EST One year ago, the Spoke Art Gallery burst onto the scene in San Francisco with a show of art centered on the evocative and beautiful films of Wes Anderson. That show was called Bad Dads and now, to celebrate Spoke’s one year anniversary, it’s time for a sequel. The second Bad Dads exhibit opens October 29 and 30 at the Spoke Art Gallery in San Francisco and we’re lucky enough to exclusively premiere several pieces from the show which are on sale now....

By Russ Fischer/July 23, 2013 10:36 am EST The film premieres at TIFF, with Imogen Poots, Hayley Atwell, Ruth Negga and Adrian Leste also featured. [TIFF]

Fred Savage In Talks To Direct Charlize Theron In Comedy ‘Ladies Night’ By Russ Fischer/March 22, 2013 3:00 pm EST Charlize Theron hasn’t done a lot of comedy in her career, though at least one of her efforts — Young Adult — is one of the most painfully funny movies of the last few years. She’s lined up another comedy, Seth MacFarlane’s western A Million Ways to Die in the West, and now is taking to one more....

Marvel Shows Off ‘Captain America: The Winter Soldier’ Fight Style At D23 By Russ Fischer/Aug. 10, 2013 11:36 am EST When I spoke to Captain America: The Winter Soldier directors Anthony and Joe Russo at Comic Con, the brothers talked about their approach to creating fight scenes for the film, and how it differs from what we saw in the first movie. In short, the two have envisioned Cap as a killer close-quarters fighter, and they’re capturing action with a hand-held camera but with the intent to depict physical space in a more coherent way than many modern films influenced by the Bourne movies....

Meet Michael Fassbender’s Robotic Alter-Ego In ‘Prometheus’ By Russ Fischer/April 17, 2012 7:30 am EST Now, in a new video, we’re given a far more thorough portrait of David. It’s almost like an old video dating spot meant to tell potential suitors all they might want to know about David’s personality and interests. In fact, because this is modeled as a sales pitch for the ultra-lifelike David android model, the line between advertisement and dating profile is quite thin....

By Angie Han/Aug. 19, 2013 12:30 pm EST Michel Gondry’s Mood Indigo has hit a few locations around the globe already, including its native France and the New Zealand and Karlovy Vary film festivals. But it’s undergoing some major changes before making its way to our shores. Australian distributor Vendetta Films has sent out a memo notifying press that Mood Indigo has been trimmed by over half an hour, and that from now on only the new, shorter version of the movie will play outside of France....

Page 2: Star Wars, Up, Breaking Bad, ET, Wes Anderson, Brave, Doctor Who, Escape From NY By Peter Sciretta/March 19, 2013 12:00 pm EST Header Photo: Minimalist Star Wars Family Tree Illustration Why Do Movies About ‘The Information Age’ Hide Information?How to Get into College, According to the Movies Digital Domain CEO: We Can Still Save the Visual-Effects Industry Watch 5 Irish Films From More Than 100 Years Ago Epic Star Wars Moments Captured in LEGO...

Sequel Bits: ‘Expendables 3,’ ‘Fast And Furious 7,’ ‘Transformers 4,’ ‘Star Trek 2,’ ‘Despicable Me 2’ By Germain Lussier/May 8, 2013 9:00 am EST Posters, quotes, casting and replacements are all part of this edition of Sequel Bits. After the jump, read about the following: Sam Worthington discusses the Avatar sequels and a possible third Clash of the Titans film. The Hangover Part III Twitter account has revealed some more character posters....

Sony Making ‘Bad Teacher 2’; Jake Kasdan And Cameron Diaz To (Probably) Return By Angie Han/June 20, 2013 1:30 pm EST Maybe Paul Feig hasn’t cornered the market on R-rated female-led comedies after all. Sony is moving forward with a sequel to 2011’s Bad Teacher, with Jake Kasdan returning to direct. Star Cameron Diaz is still working out her deal, but it’s expected that she’ll come back as well. While the first Bad Teacher failed to live up to its comedy potential (IMO, anyway), it did gangbusters at the box office with a $216 million worldwide take....

TV Bits: ‘Homeland’, ‘Mockingbird Lane’, ‘Elementary’, ‘Vegas’, ‘Arrow’, ‘New Girl’, Jane Fonda, Jennifer Garner, West Memphis Three, And More By Angie Han/Oct. 23, 2012 5:00 pm EST CBS is showing some love to its two high-profile freshman dramas, Vegas and Elementary. Both shows have just received full-season pickups, bringing each show up to 22 episodes each. Vegas has proved to be the most-watched show of the new season, with Elementary tagging right behind it....

Watch Jennifer Lawrence Get Angry When ‘Homeland’ Is Spoiled For Her By Peter Sciretta/Jan. 22, 2014 4:00 pm EST We hate spoilers. And so does actress Jennifer Lawrence. While doing an interview on the red carpet of the SAG Awards, one of the interviewers decided to spoil the ending of season three of Showtime’s television series Homeland even though Lawrence had just told the “reporter” that she had only seen the first two seasons....

‘Arrested Development’ Creator To Direct Non-‘Arrested Development’ Movie By Angie Han/Dec. 10, 2013 5:30 pm EST Elliott’s original article delved into the world of semi-professionals who make a living by serving as test subjects for pharmaceutical companies, medical schools, and hospitals. Lennon and Garant’s film is described as a “sophisticated comedy” about one such subject, who signs up for a drug study and experiences some strange side effects. On second thought, maybe it’s not so different from Arrested Development after all....

‘Bellflower’ Trailer: A Real Look At The Sundance Buzz Film By Russ Fischer/June 14, 2011 10:23 am EST The indie Bellflower powered through Sundance and SXSW, powered by the muscular engine of the mascot car Medusa and trailing waves of reviews praising the film’s forward-thinking blend of romance, hallucination and apocalypse. Young director Evan Glodell transformed a shelved script he wrote as a heartbroken 23-year old into something that generated extreme reactions at festival screenings, and the homemade tech — a unique camera rig, flamethrowers, and the like — make for great press....

‘Better Call Saul’: Aaron Paul In “Serious Talks” For ‘Breaking Bad’ Prequel By Peter Sciretta/Feb. 28, 2014 2:00 pm EST Aaron Paul wants to return to the Breaking Bad universe in the prequel series Better Call Saul. Paul not only wants to return, but he has had “serious talks” about it with the series co-creator Vince Gilligan. The show is set to be a prequel following Bob Odenkirk reprising his role as criminal lawyer, Saul Goodman....

‘Dinosaur 13:’ The Battle Over The Biggest T-Rex Man Has Found [Sundance ‘14 Review] By Germain Lussier/Jan. 17, 2014 2:00 pm EST Before 1990, only 12 Tyrannosaurus Rex skeletons had been found, and they were all less than 40% complete. Then a group of South Dakota paleontologists found Sue, an 80% complete fossil. It was the biggest T-Rex find in history, and that 13th find is how Todd Douglas Miller’s documentary Dinosaur 13 gets its title....

‘Don Peyote’ Trailer: Anne Hathaway And Josh Duhamel Watch Dan Fogler Go Nuts By Angie Han/Jan. 9, 2014 2:45 pm EST There was a moment around the turn of the decade when Dan Fogler seemed ubiquitous, popping up in everything from Fanboys to Kung Fu Panda to Take Me Home Tonight. But for the past couple of years, he’s kept a somewhat lower profile with roles on TV shows like Hannibal and indies such as Scenic Route and Europa Report....

I Origins trailer You can read Peter’s full review of the film at this link. Plus, here’s the original write up from the 2014 Sundance Film Festival Program. Ian Gray, a PhD student studying molecular biology with a specialty in eye evolution, leaves his lab to go to a party and has an intense, but fleeting, encounter with a mysterious, masked model who escapes into the night. With only a picture of her stunning and iconic eyes, he tracks her down, and they fall in love....

‘Minecraft’ Movie Rights Land At Warner Bros. By Russ Fischer/Feb. 27, 2014 2:57 pm EST Warner Bros. loves that The Lego Movie performed like a real blockbuster. (Pun intended.) The studio will now follow the development of Lego with a new film based on crafting. The Lego Movie producer Roy Lee is set to oversee a Minecraft movie for the studio. Minecraft publisher Mojang AB made a deal this week with the studio....

‘Pac-Man’ Reality TV Show In The Works By Germain Lussier/Jan. 13, 2011 6:00 pm EST If you’ve ever wanted to eat a bunch of dots while running through a maze, you may soon have your chance. Merv Griffin Entertainment, the company behind Wheel of Fortune and Jeopardy, has teamed with Namco Bandai Games America to develop a reality game show based on the popular video game Pac-Man. Incidentally, did you know the original name for Pac-Man was Puck-Man?...

‘Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes’ Director To Adapt Acclaimed WWI Novel ‘Birdsong’ By Russ Fischer/Feb. 5, 2013 10:30 am EST The Escapist director Rupert Wyatt became a wanted name in Hollywood after Rise of the Planet of the Apes turned into a critical and commercial hit. Rather than directing the next Apes film, Wyatt walked away to find something else. That “something else” turns out to be an adaptation of Sebastian Faulks’ novel Birdsong, which Wyatt scripted and will direct....