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‘Only God Forgives’ International Trailer By Angie Han/July 4, 2013 12:00 pm EST Most of us are off today for Independence Day here in the States, but of course for the rest of the world it’s just a plain old Thursday. Which I guess is why this new international trailer for Nicolas Winding Refn’s Only God Forgives is hitting on a day we Americans like to spend sleeping in, lounging around outside, and generally avoiding being cooped up inside with our computers....

‘Stage Fright’ Red-Band Trailer: That’s Not What You Do With A Power Saw By Russ Fischer/March 5, 2014 9:30 am EST Based on this Stage Fright red-band trailer, if you infuse the classic ’80s slasher formula with a little bit of Glee and some of the revisionist energy of Scream, you get Stage Fright. (No relation to the 1987 film of the same name.) The shocker is set in a camp for theater kids where the production of one play turns into the catalyst for a series of killings that are rooted a decade in the past....

‘Stories We Tell’ Trailer: Sarah Polley’s Documentary Makes You Question Everything By Germain Lussier/March 5, 2013 12:50 pm EST The calendar might only say “March,” but I doubt I’ll see many movies this year better than Sarah Polley’s Stories We Tell. Since I saw it at Sundance (read my review here) I haven’t been able to stop thinking about it, or accurately convey to people – without spoilers – just why it’s so great....

By Angie Han/June 25, 2013 11:21 am EST Omnibus films are tricky beasts. Their very structure tends to make them wildly uneven, particularly if the director and stars change between each segment. But even if the occasional dud is all but unavoidable, a couple of really great pieces can make the whole thing worth watching. The Turning consists of seventeen interconnected shorts, each based on the short story collection of the same title by Aussie author Tim Winton....

25 Things I Learned On The Set Of ‘The Wolverine’ By Peter Sciretta/May 28, 2013 9:00 am EST It is five in the morning and I’m standing in a street lined with Japanese houses covered with snow. The elaborate set was built in a huge parking lot that was built for the 2000 Olympic games. Flakes of snow fall as ninjas run and ride motorcycles along the rooftops. Hugh Jackman is hanging off the top of a snow plow as it barrels down the street, away from a crowd of masked ninjas....

Ang Lee Eyed For Moses Biopic ‘Gods And Kings’ After Steven Spielberg Drops Out By Angie Han/March 15, 2013 8:00 am EST Lee hasn’t entered talks just yet, but he’s reportedly “intrigued” by the project. Of course, Lee has plenty of other options as well. He just signed on to direct the FX pilot Tyrant, and has been circling the Cleopatra movie that David Fincher recently vacated. Spielberg, meanwhile, continues to work on his delayed sci-fi flick Robopocalypse among other things....

By Germain Lussier/Jan. 10, 2013 1:23 pm EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. The information came from a new interview Affleck did with MTV. It’s the second part of the interview. Get More: Movie Trailers, Movies Blog And here’s the quote: Does this seem like a good fit for Affleck? Are you disappointed he won’t tackle The Stand or one of his Matt Damon projects next?...

Chris Pine To Star For David Gordon Green In ‘The Line’ By Russ Fischer/Jan. 29, 2014 6:30 am EST David Gordon Green has been quite productive; he had two films in festivals last year, Prince Avalanche and Joe, and now we know what we might see from him at tests in 2015. Green is set to make a thriller called The Line, with Chris Pine starring. The script is from Sang Kyu Kim, producer and writer on The Walking Dead....

Dakota Johnson And Charlie Hunnam To Star In ‘50 Shades Of Grey’ By Germain Lussier/Sept. 2, 2013 9:00 am EST The news broke on the Twitter feed of the book’s author, EJ James. The film is set for an August 2014 release. Here’s the official press release for Johnson. And here’s the release for Hunnam: Charlie Hunnam will star as Christian Grey, the lead male character in Universal Pictures and Focus Features’ highly anticipated film adaptation of “Fifty Shades of Grey,” it was announced today....

Geek Deal: Farscape: The Complete Series For 69% Off By Peter Sciretta/Feb. 12, 2013 10:00 am EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links.

HBO’s First ‘Girls’ Season 4 Teaser Sets Hannah Up For A Fall By Angie Han/Aug. 22, 2014 11:45 am EST HBO’s Girls has been off the air for about five months now, and it won’t be back on for another five months or so. So HBO just wants to make sure you don’t forget about it in the meantime. With production now underway, the network has revealed the first Girls Season 4 teaser, which shows Hannah Hovarth (Lena Dunham) headed for a big fall....

Jamie Foxx Could Be Quvenzhane Wallis’ Daddy Warbucks In ‘Annie’ By Angie Han/April 29, 2013 2:45 pm EST Jamie Foxx and Quvuenzhane Wallis were opponents in a way at this year’s Oscars, with his Django Unchained and her Beasts of the Southern Wild both vying for Best Picture. But come next Christmas, the two could be the bestest of friends. Foxx has entered talks to star in Sony’s reboot of Annie, playing the Daddy Warbucks figure to her spunky young orphan....

Louis C.K., Kevin Hart Join Universal’s Animated Pets Movie By Angie Han/Jan. 24, 2014 2:30 pm EST The folks that created the Minions are preparing to bring you another adventure involving adorable animated critters. Louis C.K., Kevin Hart, and Eric Stonestreet (Modern Family) have joined the voice cast of an untitled Universal Studios / Illumination Entertainment picture about pets in New York City. At the helm are Chris Renaud, who co-directed both Despicable Me movies, and Yarrow Cheney, who co-directed the adorable Minion mini-movie “Puppy....

Michael Douglas On His ‘Ant-Man’ Gig: “Sometimes, You’ve Got To Shake Them Up” By Angie Han/Jan. 14, 2014 11:52 am EST The recent casting of Michael Douglas in Edgar Wright’s Ant-Man came as a big surprise for a couple reasons. One was that, up until Douglas was announced, there had been no confirmation that the film would feature two different Ant-Men. Another was that, well, this is Douglas we’re talking about....

Page 2: Blade Runner, Mr. Brainwash, Hangover 2, Andy Samberg, Green Lantern, Anchorman, Morgan Spurlock, True Blood, Spider-Man, Tron, Big Lebowski, Sesame Street By Peter Sciretta/May 20, 2011 8:00 am EST TT Games will release LEGO Harry Potter: Years 5-7 by this Christmas. Watch a short trailer for True Blood Season Four. The Sixth Wall lists 10 Sci-Fi Movies and TV Shows That Got the Science Wrong. Imperial Death Star Converse-parody t-shirts....

Peter Dinklage Boards ‘X-Men: Days Of Future Past’ [Updated] By Angie Han/Feb. 14, 2013 1:15 pm EST Peter Dinklage relies on nothing but his wits to get ahead on Game of Thrones, but now he’s looking to pick up some real powers. The Golden Globe winner has just boarded Bryan Singer’s X-Men: Days of Future Past, in a role that has yet to be revealed. Dinklage is the first fresh face in the cast, which so far consists of returning stars from X-Men: First Class (James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Jennifer Lawrence, Nicholas Hoult) and the original X-Men trilogy (Patrick Stewart, Ian McKellan, Hugh Jackman, Anna Paquin, Ellen Page, Shawn Ashmore)....

Sam Worthington And Zoe Saldana Officially Sign For Three ‘Avatar’ Sequels By Germain Lussier/Jan. 14, 2014 3:23 pm EST The Hollywood Reporter was among the first to report this news. While there aren’t many details out there on the films, one potential piece of info is that the characters now have kids. Deadline reports filming will start December 2014 or January 2015 with four months of prep beforehand. Here’s the full press release:

Speculation: Could Aaron Johnson Be Cast In X-Men: First Class? By Peter Sciretta/May 28, 2010 1:00 pm EST Could Kick-Ass star Aaron Johnson possibly be in line to play young Scott Summers (aka Cyclops) or young Magneto in Matthew Vaughn’s X-Men: First Class? Last week, Johnson was spotted “taking a meeting” with Vaughn and newly announced First Class star James McAvoy, who has signed on to play young Charles Xavier (aka Professor X)....

VOTD: The Cast Of ‘Downton Abbey’ Reenacts ‘Breaking Bad’ On ‘The Colbert Report’ By Germain Lussier/Dec. 14, 2012 11:10 am EST Leave it to Stephen Colbert to combine two of TV’s best shows in a way no one would expect. On Thursday’s episode of The Colbert Report, the host took a story about First Lady Michelle Obama getting an advanced copy of the third season of Downton Abbey ahead of its BBC America premiere and turned it on its head....

Watch Quentin Tarantino And Steve Buscemi Rehearse Scenes From ‘Reservoir Dogs’ By Germain Lussier/Jan. 23, 2014 9:00 am EST Every once in a while, something amazing pops up on the internet, maybe a piece of history from a time before WiFi and iPhones, something most of us never imagined we’d get to see. Old interviews, behind the scenes documentaries and sometimes even set footage from movies of the ’70s, ’80s and ’90s occasionally appear online and it’s like Christmas all over again....