The Rise of Shailene Woodley:The Spectacular Now Star Shines Bright
...upcoming YA slate has a little bit of the Hunger Games' bite (Divergent, which we’ll discuss in a bit) but is mostly made from more sensitive stuff—consider them YA films for the soul. The Spectacular...
Paper Towns Screenwriters Scott Neustadter and Michael Weber
When I originally met screenwriter Michael Weber, he was doing publicity for a small-budget 2013 film entitled The Spectacular Now that he co-scripted with his writing partner, Scott Neustadter. That film, which...
Oscar-Nominated Disaster Artist Screenwriters on the Art of Adaptation
...beloved books into screenplays. In 2013, their cinematic adaptation of Tim Tharp’s novel The Spectacular Now arrived in theaters to rave reviews. A year later, their adaptation of John Green’s bestselling novel...
“Irish Wish” Director Janeen Damian Makes a Rom-Com Dream Come True with Lindsay Lohan
...the film turned out to be a family affair, too. “I think the music is really spectacular in Irish Wish, and Michael worked really hard on that,” Damian gushed. “Michael actually has...
The World’s End: What's Behind our Apocalypse Obsession?
...Testament is a pretty spectacularly terrifying apocalypse story. In Norse mythology, Ragnarök is a series of violent events that includes myriad natural disasters and the eventual flooding of the entire world. In...
Fashion Lessons From 10 Golden Globe Nominated Actors & Actresses
When we looked at the Golden Globes list of acting nominees, we were struck by how these characters would make really compelling fashion icons. Seriously. Aside from being a spectacular year for film,...
Game of Thrones Director Jeremy Podeswa on Last Season's Toughest Episode
...look like, we agreed it had to be incredibly vast and spectacular, but then we feared we couldn’t do it properly with the resources we had, so there was talk to reduce...
Looking at 3 Incredible Moments From Battle of the Bastards
...of the Basards," we looked at not only the entire, sensational 69-minutes, but also detailed, thanks to HBO, how they shot the Battle of Winterfell. It's been a truly spectacular season, one in which we...
A Monster Calls Promo Lands on 'Face Your Fears' Day
...and this promo reminds us, A Monster Calls is the kind of family film that dares to be different. Director J.A. Bayona on the set of his visually spectacular and stunningly emotional drama A...
"Top Gun: Maverick" Soars as Critics Hail Riveting Sequel
...Nelson (@SirJeffNelson) May 10, 2022 The single greatest thing about the stratospherically spectacular #TopGunMaverick? The sheer love & utter reverence it has for its predecessor, credit Joseph Kosinski for delivering the single...
Christopher Nolan's "Oppenheimer" Called "Best and Most Important Film This Century" By Another Film Legend
...premiered in Paris, the first reactions were uniformly gushing. “A truly spectacular achievement,” “Fearsome,” and “A character study on the grandest scale.” Here’s a brief peek. Christopher Nolan’s #Oppenheimer is truly a...
"Blue Beetle" First Reactions: A Funny, Poignant, Exciting Film Led by a Stellar Xolo Maridueña
...hoping that star Xolo Maridueña’s Jaime Reyes/Blue Beetle becomes a part of Gunn and Safran’s new-look DC Universe. Maridueña stars as Jaime Reyes, a college graduate who inherits some spectacular (and unpredictable)...
“Dune: Part Two” Reactions: A Modern-Day Sci-Fi Masterpiece
...performance from Timothee Chalamet The first MUST SEE blockbuster of the year pic.twitter.com/jVEkDQsS74 — Diego Andaluz (@thediegoandaluz) February 15, 2024 #DunePartTwo is SPECTACULAR. Villeneuve delivers a sweeping, majestic, epic journey into beautiful...
Stars Remember the Legendary, Singular James Earl Jones
...actor James Earl Jones (Star Wars, The Lion King), I wanted to celebrate one his funnier milestones, reading Letterman’s best Top Ten List, reciting commercial jingles with his spectacular, powerful, booming voice....
Talking Points: Eleven Intriguing Items From the World of Film From the Past Week
...to Scott Neustadter and Michael Weber, the guys who debuted with (500) Days of Summer and have since penned the book-to-film screenplays of Sundance favorite Spectacular Now and the upcoming adaptation of...
Brush Up On The Spectacular 2013 Oscar Award Short Film Nominees
While we eagerly await the 85th Academy Oscar Awards Show, here’s an oft-overlooked category you can quickly catch up on: the Oscar-nominated Short Films of 2013 have just been announced. And let us tell you,...
“Nope” VFX Supervisor Guillaume Rocheron on Creating That Spectacular Alien Creature
Jordan Peele’s extraterrestrial spectacle Nope has a secret you may not know about: the sky itself is a digital recreation. And among the roughly 700 effects shots in the film, VFX supervisor...
Best of Summer: “Nope” VFX Supervisor Guillaume Rocheron on Creating That Spectacular Alien Creature
As we’ve done for the past few summers, we’ve compiled a few of our favorite interviews to highlight in this last week of August. This is by no means a comprehensive list,...
The Return of Smell-O-Vision, the Advent of 4D Cinema, and the Brave New World of Sensory Film
...you find your local theater has transformed into a spectacular, free-wheeling cinematic tour de force; the game-changing advancements in sensory cinema have only just begun. **Image source: Getty Images, Video credit: Simnoa...
A Q&A With Greig Fraser, Cinematographer on Zero Dark Thirty
...Osama Bin Laden. One of the most talked about scenes of the year (arguably, of the new decade) is the spectacular, harrowing final raid on Bin Laden’s compound, all shot using night...