Watch the First Official Ghostbusters Trailer
The first official trailer for Ghostbusters is here, and it takes only 40 seconds for Kristen Wiig's Erin Gilbert to be covered in ectoplasm. A brief set up introduces who our Ghostbusters are; Erin Gilbert (Wiig) is the brainiac ("Erin, no one's better at quantum physics than you!); Kate McKinnon is Jilian Holtzman, the brilliant engineer, Melissa McCarthy ...
Ian McShane Joins Adaptation of Neil Gaiman’s American Gods
If you're not a fantasy fan, and are fairly ignorant of Neil Gaiman's skill set or prolific career, you might be excused for scoffing at being handed his novel "American Gods," a nearly 500 page book that follows an ex-con named Shadow who joins some huckster named Mr. Wednesday (these names!) on a road trip across America, only the ...
Tina Fey Embraces the Absurd in Whiskey Tango Foxtrot Clip
Journalist Kim Barker's book "The Taliban Shuffle" might not sound, on first blush, to be the kind of story that would be adapted into a film starring Tina Fey. Barker was a reporter for ProPublica and the South Asia bureau chief for The Chicago Tribune from 2004 to 2009, and her book covers her experiences in Afghanistan ...
Zoe Saldana is Nina in New Trailer
Last year, Netflix released What Happened, Miss Simone?, a critically acclaimed, Oscar-nominated documentary that utilized rare archival footage, never-before-heard recordings and her most beloved work to tell the story of one of the 20th century's most potent singers, Nina Simone. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=moOQXZxriKY Simone is such an iconic figure that news that a biopic was also being produced was hardly surprising, ...
Idris Elba & Matthew McConaughey Join Stephen King’s The Dark Tower
Stephen King fans, rejoice; The Dark Tower adaptation is happening, and its' two leads are Idris Elba and Matthew McConaughey. Entertainment Weekly broke the news that a film adaptation of King's epic The Dark Tower series is nearing its' production start date, after years of near misses and development hell. To give you a sense of how long this project ...
Go Deep With New Finding Dory Trailer
Ellen DeGeneres and Albert Brooks return for the long-awaited sequel to Finding Nemo, which picks up six months after the first film. In Finding Dory, the titular clown fish (DeGeneres) is enjoying a quiet life, that is, until she joins Nemo on a class trip to see manta rays migrate back home, compelling the practically amnesiac Dory to find out where her original ...
Andy Samberg Unveils Secret Lonely Island Movie Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping
Andy Samberg brought some big news to Jimmy Kimmel Live last night; his Lonely Island Crew (Samberg, Akiva Schaffer and Jorma Taccone) will be releasing their first feature length film on June 3. Produced by the omnipresent Judd Apatow, Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping features Samberg as singer/rapper Conner4Real, facing a potential career catastrophe after his sophmore album tanks. This being an Apatow ...
All Hail the Camera Operator in new Game of Thrones Season 6 Featurette
Game of Thrones stars Sean Savage, Ben Wilson, David Morgan, and David Worley are prominent figures in this new featurette HBO has just released. No, you've never heard of them, but these camera operators are crucial members of the GOT production team. You can think of the camera operator as a translator between what the director sees in his head and what you ...
Dwayne Johnson is NOT Vin Diesel in This new Ballers Trailer
While a lot of the buzz coming from HBO lately has gone to the great Vinyl, and Girls is enjoying another good season, Ballers has a lot going for it as it heads into its' second season. First, it's a got a great premise; retired NLF defensive end Spencer Strasmore (Dwayne Johnson) is now a financial manager for current players, dealing with ...
X-Men: Apocalypse Drops Teaser on Instagram
X-Men: Apocalypse will hit theaters in three months, on Memorial Day, so we've got more teasers, trailers and clips coming our way. This little taste of why the film's got Apocalypse in its' title was dropped on Instagram, highlighting what looks like potentially the darkest X-Men film yet. Check it out here. Here's the film's boilerplate, in case you haven't been ...
New Batman v Superman Clip Shows Epic Rooftop Battle
After the Oscars wrapped, Ben Affleck appeared on Jimmy Kimmel Live and shared this new Dawn of Justice clip, which features the longest uninterrupted fight between the titular superheroes. The question has always been how in the world Batman was going to even stay competitive in a fight with Superman, and the answer was always going to be his gadgets. ...
Oscars 2016: Spotlight Surprises With Best Picture Win
A genuinely surprising Oscars wrapped with Tom McCarthy's Spotlight winning Best Picture over equally likely contenders The Revenant and The Big Short. Mad Max: Fury Road cleaned up the technical awards, which wasn't surprising, but Mark Rylance beating out Sylvester Stallone for Best Supporting Actor sure was. Despite five nominations, Star Wars: The Force Awakens didn't pick up a single award (but droids C-3PO, R2-D2 and ...
The Most Anticipated Horror Films of 2016
The highly awaited Sundance hit The Witch finally premiered in theaters last weekend after months of being shrouded in mystery, and with its arrival begins a deluge of high-pedigree horror that will stalk and stumble its way onto screens throughout the rest of 2016. There are some highly awaited sequels (spiritual and otherwise), many offerings ...
The Comic Anarchy of Sacha Baron Cohen and The Brothers Grimsby
A few months ago, Sacha Baron Cohen’s long-retired Borat dropped by at Jimmy Kimmel Live, showing off his famous comic chops and eliciting ecstatic whoops from the studio audience. The occasion for the visit? Baron Cohen’s newest film, an action comedy called The Brothers Grimsby, which promises to introduce a new charming misfit to the ...
Know Your Oscar Nominees: Live Action, Animated & Documentary Short Films
We've covered a slew of the either often overlooked or misunderstood nominated categories for this year's Oscars. Earlier today we published our technical guide to visual effects, and in the past week or so we've looked at editing, costume design, and sound mixing and editing. Now we're going to shift our focus a bit and ...
Berlinale 2016: A Recap
With Meryl Streep presiding over the festival’s international jury, the 66th Berlinale handed out awards yesterday and drew to a close. The Golden Bear went to Fuocoammare, or Fire at Sea, a tragic and topical Italian-French co-production from the director Gianfranco Rosi. Taking place on the Sicilian island Lampedusa, the documentary thoughtfully and powerfully examines ...
Disney Unveils New Alice Through the Looking Glass Trailer
Walt Disney Pictures dropped a new Alice Through the Looking Glass trailer at “The Wonderful World of Disney: Disneyland 60” special on Sunday night. If you're not hip to what's happening in Wonderland, here's a quick refresher: Alice (Mia Wasikowska) is returning to a Wonderland that's under siege, reuniting with friend and foe alike, to face off against Time itself, or in ...
New Batman v Superman Batmobile Clip
From their clever partnership with Turkish Air and these two great Super Bowl spots, to the last official trailer (which was, by far, the best of the bunch), Warner Bros. has been feeding us ample Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice bits. The latest little taste of titanic battle between Gotham's Dark Knight and Metropolis's alien god is a ...
Watch the New Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Sword of Destiny Trailer
Netflix dropped a fresh Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Sword of Destiny trailer, and it reminds us once again of how Michelle Yeoh as Yu Shu-Lien is still one of the most underrated bad asses in film this century. You remember her from Ang Lee’s 2000 Academy Award-winning original film, and now she's the center of ...
Judd Apatow Brings the Love to Netflix
The warts and all view of relationships we know and love from Judd Apatow’s comedies is set to become bingeable with today’s premiere of his Netflix series Love. Love follows dorky nice guy Gus (Paul Rust) and freewheeling tough girl Mickey (Gillian Jacobs) as they embark on a relationship. The half hour comedy series was ...
