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‘The 15:17 To Paris’ Trailer: Real-Life Heroes Play Themselves In Clint Eastwood’s Terrorist Train Attack Film By Hoai-Tran Bui/Dec. 13, 2017 7:06 am EST There are plenty of Hollywood movies about true, astonishing, larger-than-life stories. Many of them go on to become an award-winning biopic or a crowd-pleasing family movie and Clint Eastwood would know, having directed his fair share of biographical films. And the director continues his streak of inspiring true-life films like American Sniper and Sully with his newest film, The 15:17 to Paris....

‘The Dark Tower’ TV Series Plans Unveiled, Idris Elba To Return As Roland The Gunslinger By Angie Han/Sept. 21, 2016 1:30 pm EST Even by fantasy franchise standards, MRC’s adaptation of Stephen King’s The Dark Tower looks pretty damn ambitious. Next year brings the much-anticipated movie starring Idris Elba and Matthew McConaughey, but that’s just the first piece in the puzzle. Also in the works is a companion TV series that’ll fill in some of the the universe’s intricate backstory....

‘The Lost City Of Z’ Finally Has A Spring 2017 Release Date By Ethan Anderton/Oct. 15, 2016 10:00 am EST The rest of the cast includes Robert Pattinson plays his exploration partner Henry Costin. Other supporting stars include Sienna Miller as his wife Nina Fawcett and Tom Holland as another explorer. That’s a solid assembly of talent, and this could be a solid film to break up the monotony of April releases that has only recently been interrupted by the Fast and Furious franchise....

‘The Nightmare Before Christmas’ Sequel Is Coming…as A Comic Book By Hoai-Tran Bui/Aug. 1, 2017 9:00 am EST What’s this? There are sequels everywhere, and now Tim Burton’s Gothic stop-motion animated classic The Nightmare Before Christmas is getting one too. Only it’s not a sequel meant for the cinemas. The Nightmare Before Christmas sequel is coming in the form of a comic book, nearly 25 years after the original first waltzed into theaters....

Boomerang Is Finally Making It Easier To Watch Classic Cartoons Like ‘Looney Tunes’ & More By Ethan Anderton/March 10, 2017 2:00 pm EST When I was growing up in the ’90s, channels like Nickelodeon, The Disney Channel, and Cartoon Network were gaining popularity and figuring out exactly what they wanted to be in the rapidly expanding world of cable television. The result was plenty of experimental cartoons that maybe shouldn’t have been expressly for kids (such as Ren & Stimpy and Johnny Bravo), but that also meant that there were classic cartoons from decades past that were finding traction with the children of parents who grown up with them a generation before....

Christopher Nolan Probably Hates This ‘Dunkirk’ NBA TV Spot By Jacob Hall/May 2, 2017 1:30 pm EST Movie marketing is a tricky thing, especially in an age where movie trailers themselves are dissected like mini-films on their own. There’s a genuine art to selling a film, to crafting a campaign that appeals to people from all backgrounds. But it’s all a balancing act – it’s easy to misrepresent a movie in the name of getting more butts in the seats and it’s easy to do something totally insane and crass in in an attempt to sell a movie to an audience that doesn’t closely follow movie news....

Cool Stuff: Massive ‘Back To The Future’ LEGO DeLorean Time Machine Is Pretty Heavy By Ethan Anderton/March 16, 2018 6:00 am EST The way I see it, if you’re going to build a time machine, why not make it out of tens of thousands of building blocks? That’s exactly what master builders Russell Søren-Larsen and Ryan “The Brickman” McNaught did when they were got permission from Universal Pictures to create a massive replica of the Back to the Future DeLorean time machine out of thousands of LEGO bricks....

Cool Stuff: The Ultimate Collection Of John Williams Music From Steven Spielberg’s Films By Ethan Anderton/Feb. 17, 2017 5:00 am EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Find out about this new ultimate Steven Spielberg and John Williams score collection below. John Williams & Steven Spielberg: The Ultimate Collection is an updated sampling of critically acclaimed, award-winning, chart-topping compositions that come from some of the most iconic films ever made....

Explore Detailed 3D Floor Plans From TV Sets Of ‘The Office’, ‘Parks And Recreation’ & More By Ethan Anderton/Feb. 3, 2017 5:30 am EST Though the production design of shows like The Office and Parks and Recreation do their best to make the primary locations feel like a real place, it’s a sad reality that fans will never be able to walk through the offices of the Dunder-Mifflin Paper Company or the Pawnee City Hall....

First Reactions To The ‘Aquaman’ Test Screenings Surface By Hoai-Tran Bui/Aug. 27, 2018 1:00 pm EST Aquaman gave a select few audience members permission to come aboard for early test screenings of the Warner Bros. DC Extended Universe film. So what’s the verdict? A little murky, since audience members didn’t share more than a few vague reactions to the comic book movie. But for the most part, it seemed like Aquaman made quite a splash....

It’s All Happening: ‘Almost Famous’ Might Be Getting A Broadway Musical By Ethan Anderton/Sept. 24, 2018 3:30 pm EST Almost Famous is a favorite among pretty much the entire /Film staff. Maybe it’s because the story of a young journalist caught up in the hustle and bustle of rock and roll isn’t too dissimilar from our own lives as we cover the daily beat of movie and television news, sometimes trekking across the world to visit film sets, attend movie premieres and interview Hollywood’s biggest stars....

Japan’s ‘Godzilla: Resurgence’ Lands A Fall Release Date In The US By Ethan Anderton/Sept. 4, 2016 11:00 am EST Toho Company Ltd. has already brought back Godzilla in a big way over in Japan. Shin Godzilla (or Godzilla: Resurgence as it’s known in the United States) marked the 31st film the long-running monster movie franchise (the 29th produced by Toho), and the film has been quite the hit overseas. In its opening weekend, the film pulled in $6....

By Hoai-Tran Bui/Sept. 20, 2017 2:00 pm EST Or something of the sort. Vaughn launched the floundering X-Men franchise back into relevancy with, ironically, a flash to the past with 2011’s refreshing and bright X-Men: First Class. The superhero movie was set in the 1960s and was anticipated to be the first of several period-set X-Men movies, with a possible sequel centering around a young Wolverine in the ’70s. But the Kingsman came calling and Bryan Singer returned instead to direct X-Men: Days of Future Past....

Netflix Extends Agreement To Keep ‘Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown’ Streaming “For Months” Following Bourdain’s Death By Ben Pearson/June 12, 2018 4:30 pm EST Superstar chef Anthony Bourdain took his own life last Friday, sending a shockwave through the food world and leaving his family, friends, and fans to mourn him. But fans and newcomers alike will be able to spend more time with Bourdain through their devices, because Netflix has announced that the streaming service has extended their agreement to keep Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown on the streaming platform “for months”....

New ‘Moana’ Clips Spotlight A Smaug-Like Crab And A Wise Old Grandma By Angie Han/Nov. 2, 2016 3:30 pm EST Disney Animation’s Moana has shown us quite a bit of Maui (Dwayne Johnson) and Moana herself (Auli’i Cravalho) at this point, but the latest marketing materials shine a light on two of the supporting players. One is Gramma Tala (Rachel House), one of the few in the village who encourages Moana’s dreams of exploration....

Rian Johnson Changed Kylo Ren’s ‘The Last Jedi’ TIE Fighter Due To A Toy Mistake By Chris Evangelista/Feb. 19, 2018 1:30 pm EST Just in case you have some preconceived notion that franchise moviemaking is purely an artistic endeavor, here’s a story about toys. Star Wars: The Last Jedi ended up changing the design of Kylo Ren’s TIE Fighter in the hit sequel after laying eyes on a toy. It’s no secret that toys can play a big part in big blockbuster moviemaking....

The Best Oddball Heist Movies You’ve Never Seen By Rob Hunter/April 5, 2017 8:00 am EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. (Welcome to The Best Movies You’ve Never Seen, a series that takes a look at slightly more obscure, under-the-radar, or simply under-appreciated movies. In this edition: some of the best oddball heist/robbery movies you’ve never seen.)You’d be forgiven for not knowing this as it’s hardly being used as a marketing point, but Zach Braff has a new film hitting theaters this week....

The Morning Watch: Batman Vs Pennywise, Ridley Scott Dissects ‘Blade Runner’ & More By Ethan Anderton/Sept. 25, 2017 5:00 am EST (The Morning Watch is a recurring feature that highlights a handful of noteworthy videos from around the web. They could be video essays, fanmade productions, featurettes, short films, hilarious sketches, or just anything that has to do with our favorite movies and TV shows.) In this edition, director Ridley Scott breaks down his favorite scene from the original Blade Runner....

Two ‘Black Panther’ Characters Confirmed As ‘Infinity War’ Survivors, Here Are The Key Players Still Alive In The MCU By Ben Pearson/July 25, 2018 5:00 pm EST While some of our favorite heroes in the Marvel Cinematic Universe were seemingly erased from existence at the end of Avengers: Infinity War, we now have word about two Black Panther characters who can be added to the list of Infinity War survivors. So who was spared by Thanos’s snap, and who are among the remaining forces who could possibly right this wrong in Avengers 4?...

‘Avengers: Infinity War’ Clip Finds Shuri Schooling Bruce Banner By Chris Evangelista/April 18, 2018 12:30 pm EST If you need a quick pick-me-up, please enjoy this brief Avengers: Infinity War clip. Here, everyone’s favorite new Marvel character Shuri teaches Bruce Banner a thing or two about a thing or two. Everybody loves Shuri! Thanks to Black Panther and Letitia Wright’s winning performance, Black Panther’s younger sister has become one of the most enjoyable members of the Marvel Cinematic Universe....