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Videos Compile Everything Wrong With ‘Looper,’ ‘Prometheus’ And ‘The Dark Knight Rises’ By Germain Lussier/Jan. 17, 2013 1:00 pm EST In 2012, nitpicking movies became the latest online craze. Everyone got wrapped up in it. Some may blame the movies, but I blame fans with video editing skills who make videos like the ones below. Three of the year’s most discussed movies – Rian Johnson’s Looper, Ridley Scott’s Prometheus and Christopher Nolan’s The Dark Knight Rises – are the latest to get “Everything Wrong With In 3-4 Minute” videos from CinemaSins....

‘Breadcrumb Trail’ Doc Trailer: Lance Bangs Profiles The ’90s Most Influential Small Band By Russ Fischer/Feb. 21, 2014 3:30 pm EST Let’s call Nirvana’s ‘Nevermind’ the ‘Sgt. Peppers’ equivalent for rock fans of the 80s and early ’90s. If you can accept that, then ‘Spiderland,’ the 1991 album by Slint, could be the ‘Pet Sounds’ for the same generation. ‘Spiderland’ is that album that never made a dent in the mainstream upon release, and even had to wait before its true audience, the burgeoning indie and post-rock crowd, embraced it fully....

‘Captain Phillips’ Review: Tom Hanks And Barkhad Abdi Stun In Tense, Gripping Thriller By Angie Han/Oct. 12, 2013 11:12 am EST Superficially, Captain Phillips is exactly the nail-biting thriller promised by the trailers. The concept is inherently dramatic, even if the ending has already been “spoiled” by real life, and Greengrass and his team expertly milk the tension for all it’s worth. Barry Acrkoyd’s deft cinematography adds a “you-are-there” urgency that makes it impossible to look away, and Henry Jackman’s score is powerful without being manipulative....

‘Cinema Verite’ Trailer By Angie Han/Feb. 16, 2011 11:30 am EST Reality stars are a dime a dozen these days, but HBO Films’ Cinema Verite takes us back to a time when that wasn’t the case. The film dramatizes the behind-the-scenes action surrounding PBS’ 1973 documentary series An American Family, which HBO’s marketing team is referring to the first reality show. The series followed a Santa Barbara family called the Louds as parents Pat and Bill filed for divorce....

‘Entourage’ May Have Found A Female Lead In Kate Upton By Angie Han/Nov. 12, 2013 7:30 am EST Now that the studio has finally agreed to let #EntourageBoysShare, casting has moved on to the leading lady. Model Kate Upton is reportedly in early talks to play the female lead and possible love interest of lead Vincent Chase (Adrian Grenier) in the Entourage movie sequel, which is being directed by Doug Ellin....

‘Lincoln’ Presidential Debate TV Spot: And You Thought Modern Day Politics Were Divisive By Angie Han/Oct. 3, 2012 9:13 pm EST All of which makes it a pretty brilliant move on Disney’s part to unveil a fiery new TV spot for Steven Spielberg’s Lincoln during Wednesday night’s first presidential debate between Barack Obama and Mitt Romney. As the two candidates duked it out in Colorado, the energetic Lincoln trailer reminded us that for all the hand-wringing about partisanship, we’ve seen much worse before — and emerged stronger as a unified nation....

‘On The Road’ Finally Gets U.S. Distribution By Angie Han/May 9, 2012 7:30 am EST After some thirty-odd years in development, On the Road is finally nearing the end of its long, long journey to the big screen. A week before the film’s scheduled debut at the Cannes Film Festival, IFC Films and Sundance Selects (subsets of AMC Networks) have closed a seven-figure deal for the U.S. distribution rights to the Walter Salles-directed adaptation, which features a strong roster of both rising and established stars....

‘Salinger’ Trailer: One Of Literature’s Most Famous Recluses, Uncovered By Russ Fischer/June 14, 2013 4:00 pm EST The trailer for Salinger plays like a great thriller, especially with the opening scene establishing the capture of one of very few photographs of reclusive author J.D. Salinger. The man who wrote The Catcher in the Rye withdrew completely from the public eye in the wake of his sensational success. That only enhanced the appeal of the book, and the man, and so the nature of J....

‘Sinister 2’ Moving Forward From Original Creators By Germain Lussier/March 1, 2013 1:15 pm EST The 2012 sleeper hit Sinister is officially getting a sequel, according to Deadline. Co-written by former Ain’t It Cool News writer C. Robert Cargill and director Scott Derrickson, the horror film starred Ethan Hawke as a crime novelist who discovers a box of disturbing movies in his attic and is haunted by their visions. Made for just $3 million, Sinister grossed almost $80 million worldwide, which has given producer Jason Blum’s Blumhouse Productions confidence to move ahead with a follow-up....

‘Spring Breakers’ Sequel In The Works By Germain Lussier/May 6, 2014 9:10 am EST They said Spring Break was forever and maybe they were right. A sequel to Harmony Korine’s controversial film Spring Breakers, called Spring Breakers: The Second Coming, will be up for sale at Cannes. The package doesn’t come with Korine or any of the original film’s stars, but it does come with a script by Irvine Welsh (Trainspotting, Filth) and Jonas Åkerlund (Spun, Small Apartments) as the director....

Adam Driver Joins Martin Scorsese’s ‘Silence’ By Angie Han/Jan. 13, 2014 2:30 pm EST One of the biggest breakouts of HBO’s Girls isn’t a girl at all. Adam Driver’s name has cropped up in connection to everything from Batman vs. Superman to Star Wars Episode VII, and those are just his rumored roles. He’s actually appeared in projects directed by the likes of Noah Baumbach, Steven Spielberg, and the Coen Brothers....

First Look: Peter Capaldi’s Real Costume For ‘Doctor Who’ By Russ Fischer/Jan. 27, 2014 11:24 am EST Briefly: A couple weeks ago the BBC teased us with a shot of the new Doctor, Peter Capaldi, on the set of Doctor Who. But the photo offered up (above) didn’t actually show the actor in his primary costume. A new photo does, however, and you can see it below. The first two episodes of Capaldi’s season are directed by Ben Wheatley (Sightseers, Kill List)....

Fox’s Minority Report TV Series Will Be A Female-Led Sequel To Spielberg Movie By Peter Sciretta/Sept. 8, 2014 3:00 pm EST Thats right, the series will swap the genders of the detective and precog, and will also serve as sequel to the original film. Count me interested. The Minority Report follow-up takes place 10 years after the end of Precrime in D.C. when one of the three Precogs struggles to lead a “normal” human life but remains haunted by visions of the future....

Geek Deal: ‘Mad Men’ Season Five Blu-Ray For Only $22.99 By Peter Sciretta/March 12, 2013 1:00 pm EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links.

Halle Berry Pretty Sure She’ll Return For ‘X-Men: Days Of Future Past’ By Angie Han/March 1, 2013 8:20 am EST Bryan Singer’s X-Men: Days of Future Past only has one new star right now, but in the meantime his roster of returning actors just keeps growing. A few weeks ago, the filmmaker said he wasn’t sure whether or not Halle Berry would re-join her old teammates. According to Berry herself, though, the deal is all but signed....

Jason Clarke To Star In ‘Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes;’ Story Begins 15 Years After ‘Rise’ Ended By Russ Fischer/Feb. 19, 2013 10:26 am EST After many years of playing smaller roles, Jason Clarke started to move up in films like Public Enemies, and was terrific in Lawless, which helped him land in Zero Dark Thirty. It’s that last one that is pushing him into a new zone for casting directors, and he’s now landed the lead role in Dawn of the Planet of the Apes....

Joe Carnahan In Talks To Direct Military/Drug Trade Thriller ‘Sugar Bandits’ By Russ Fischer/April 30, 2013 1:45 pm EST After Joe Carnahan’s The Grey turned into a hit with critics and audiences, the director has worked on a couple projects that ended up going nowhere (Daredevil) or in directions that weren’t amenable to him (Death Wish). That’s an all-too-familiar situation for the director, who has worked for years to make films such as Killing Pablo and White Jazz....

Josh Brolin Says ‘Oldboy’ Hammerfight Scene Took Five Weeks To Prep, Sets Tone For Film By Germain Lussier/Nov. 8, 2013 3:00 pm EST To fans, there are certain aspects of Spike Lee’s Oldboy that have to be consistent with Chan-wook Park’s original. One of those is the hallway scene. In the original, Oh Dae-su wreaks havoc on a bunch of thugs in a hallway with nothing but a hammer. And it’s breathtaking sequence....

Kingdom Trailer: DirecTV’s Gritty MMA Family Television Drama By Peter Sciretta/July 31, 2014 1:10 pm EST DirecTV has released the first trailer for their newest exclusive television series Kingdom. The series is a gritty family drama set in the Mixed Martial Arts world. Frank Grillo (Prison Break), who was also in Gavin O’Connor’s 2011 MMA-set feature film Warrior, stars as Alvey Kulina, an MMA legend and owner of a Venice California-based Mixed Martial Arts gym....

Larry Charles Writing, May Direct ‘The Man Who Sued God’ Remake By Russ Fischer/May 30, 2014 6:00 am EST Larry Charles (Curb Your Enthusiasm, Seinfeld, Borat) has been hired to write a remake of The Man Who Sued God, the 2001 Australian film that was a tidy hit in its home country when released almost fifteen years ago. And while the decision hasn’t been made yet, Charles could end up directing as well, making it his follow-up to the Sacha Baron Cohen comedy The Dictator....