Watch the 53rd New York Film Festival’s Super Enticing Trailer
The 53rd New York Film Festival begins on September 25, and there’s a lot of reasons to be excited for this year’s stellar slate. The NYFF is simply a special festival—eschewing awards, maintaining a low-key appeal that keeps the focus on the craft of filmmakers—this year’s festival has films big and small in a slate that is, once again, a boon for film lovers.
Here’s the trailer that the NYFF just released, giving you enough of a taste of what’s to come to warrant any New York-based film lover just go ahead and buy tickets.
How Well do you Know Star Wars? Take Our Quiz
Recently the co-author of the book “Star Wars: Absolutely Everything You Need to Know” shared some interesting facts about everyone’s favorite galaxy on StarWars.com. We’re talking details you probably have never thought about (like how many credits a bounty hunter is being paid for a job, or, which docking bay Han Solo uses in Mos Eisley), but now that they’ve been gathered you may, like us, find yourself suddenly very curious about the hidden lifeforms living inside a clone’s nostril (seriously,
The Martian‘s New Trailer Arrives Amid Great Reviews
You had to like the odds that The Martian would be a very good film. Based on a very good book by Andy Weir, scripted by a screenwriter with major sci-fi chops in Drew Goodard (Buffy the Vampire Slayer, The Cabin in the Woods), directed by the man who made two of the greatest sci-fi films of all time in Ridley Scott (Alien, Blade Runner), and starring Matt Damon as marooned astronaut Mark Watney,
Director Jon Favreau Shares The Jungle Book Teaser
Director Jon Favreau (Iron Man) shared a little peek at his upcoming The Jungle Book on Instagram, whetting the appetite of fans of Rudyard Kipling’s stories and Disney’s own classic animated film. Favreau's The Jungle Book is a live-action film, and from this teaser (a full trailer is expected today), there's reason for excitement.
The Jungle Book centers on Mowgli (newcomer Neel Sethi), a boy who’s been raised by a family of wolves.
Wicked Good: Black Mass, Spotlight & 7 Killer Boston Films
This movie season it’s the city of Boston that’s a major scene stealer
What are the signs that we’re shifting out of sluggish summer into tweedy autumn? Changing leaves, cool nights and, of course, early Oscar forecasting. Coming straight out of the festival circuit two films—Black Mass and Spotlight—are attracting awards chatter that’s threatening to reach a roar. And both films happen to be set and tell distinctly Boston true stories.
The Visit & 23 More Great Horror Films About Crazy Family Members
With M. Night Shayamalan’s The Visit opening today, his take on creepy, murderous grandparents terrifying the grandkids, we thought to take a look at movies that explore the most horrifying horror of all: family horror.
Horrible Hubbies and Dastardly Dads:
Do husbands really have to try so hard to make their wives go nuts? In Gaslight they do. Gaslight (1940 British version,
Lady Gaga Terrifies in American Horror Story: Hotel Teaser
The hallways and rooms of the Hotel Cortez are alive in the new teaser for Ryan Murphy’s American Horror Story: Hotel. The 30-second sneak peak gives us our first look at all the major characters. The teaser is titled ‘Hallways,” and as we take a trip through those creepy corridors we are introduced to the ridiculously talented ensemble cast set to the freaky and repetitive score, “Bury Me” by Brodinski.
Star Wars: The Force Awakens: Meet the First Order
With more information trickling onto StarWars.com’s massive, universe-spanning database, we’re starting to get a clearer picture of the pecking order of the First Order, the latest iteration of the Galactic Empire. In The Force Awakens, it's the First Order that will be giving the Jedis and other assorted good guys (we're looking at you, Han, Chewy, R2D2, C3P0 and BB-8) major trouble. Also, those fighting The First Order are no longer the Rebel Alliance,
Game of Thrones Director Jeremy Podeswa on Last Season’s Toughest Episode
Jeremy Podeswa has directed some of the most ambitious television episodes of the last ten years. Rome, Six Feet Under, The Walking Dead, True Detective, Homeland, True Blood, American Horror Story, and Boardwalk Empire are on his resume. He’s been nominated for three Emmys—one for the HBO miniseries The Pacific, one for a 2011 episode of Boardwalk Empire, and now one for his work on the episode of “Unbent,
Rooney Mara and Cate Blanchett Smolder in Carol Trailer
Today the Weinstein Company released their first full-length trailer for director Todd Haynes’ Carol, the studio’s Palme D’Or competition entry at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival (earning co-star Rooney Mara a tie for Best Actress with Emmanuel Bercot for Mon Roi.) An Official Selection for competition at the New York Film Festival and the BFI London Film Festival, Carol looks to be a major player come awards season.
A Sizzling Teaser for Season 2 of The Flash
The Flash returns to the CW Network on October 6, bringing back our favorite lightning-struck superhero Barry Allen (Grant Gustin) for season two. Here comes Jay Garrick, the first Flash (?), who has come to warn the current Flash and everybody else that their world is in danger! This prompts the reasonable question from Cisco Ramon (Carlos Valdes) of exactly how many worlds there are? Many, apparently, but the important take-away here is ours is in danger.
Room Will Likely Break Your Heart
For readers of Emma Donoghue’s novel of the same name, the idea of watching a film adaptation of a book that was at turns devastating and impossible to put down begs the question; can I put myself through this again, but also, how could I not?
Director Lenny Abarhamson’s Room premiered to some pretty spectacular reviews at the Telluride Film Festival, and as it heads to the Toronto International Film Festival it does so with major buzz.
Jake Gyllenhaal Loses it All in Demolition Trailer
Jake Gyllenhaal plays an investment banker on the brink after losing his wife in director Jean-Marc Vallé’s (Wild, Dallas Buyers Club) latest film, Demolition. Only it’s not quite as simple as that sounds. With a script from Bryan Sipe, Demolition looks at a man who finds that he wasn’t paying close enough attention to life, and is trying to mourn someone he didn’t try hard enough to truly know.
The Late Show With Stephen Colbert Era Gets Off to Great Start
The Late Show With Stephen Colbert started with a bit of The Colbert Report patriotic absurdity—there was our host, joining Americans from all over the country in a duet of “The Star Spangled Banner,” from bowling alleys to mechanic shops to baseball fields—ending with an umpire yelling “play ball!” The umpire? Watch and see who it is:
Thus begun Stephen Colbert’s reign as the host of the The Late Show,
Boardwalk Empire’s Production Designer on Building Havana & Atlantic City
Bill Groom is a three-time Emmy winner as production designer on HBO’s series Boardwalk Empire. He’s now been nominated a fourth time for his work for the last season of one of the most ambitious mob-centric TV show in history. Centered on the rise of gangster and would-be credible businessman Enoch "Nucky" Thompson (Steve Buscemi) in prohibition-era Atlantic City, Boardwalk Empire offered a panoramic vision of the power players vying for control of the liquor trade and more, from Chicago's Al Capone to New York's Lucky Luciano and Meyer Lansky.
Mysterious Secret Weapon at the Starkiller Base in Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Force Friday wasn’t just a massive merchandising bacchanal (although it was that), it was also a chance for some new information on the film to be released. One such tidbit was the official naming of the Starkiller Base, which has been added to Starwars.com’s database. Described as an “ice planet converted into a stronghold of the First Order,” the Starkiller base is “armed with a fiercely destructive new weapon capable of destroying entire star systems.”
New Teaser Connects Black Panther to Avengers: Age of Ultron
With Marvel’s Avengers: Age of Ultron available today on Disney Movies Anywhere (DMA), the studio is releasing a few new bonus features to remind fans (as if they needed reminding) about how interconnected the vast Marvel universe really is. DMA is available via iTunes, Google Play, and Walmart’s VUDU, and adds more devices next week as Roku and Android TV come on board.
The latest example clues us in on a few hints to the Black Panther’s ghostly presence in Age of Ultron.
Sam Smith Will Sing Your Spectre Title Song
It was always going to be hard to top Adele's thrilling, gorgeous song "Skyfall" for the last James Bond film. Adele's "Skyfall" won an Academy Award® and a Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song, the Brit Award for British Single of the Year, and the Grammy Award for Best Song Written for Visual Media. For a quick refresher, have a listen to what was, in our opinion, the greatest title song in the modern Bond era.
Watch This Avengers: Age of Ultron Blooper Reel
If you're curious how they were able to actually make Avengers: Age of Ultron, look no further than our interview with the film's production designer, Charles Wood, right here. If you're wondering what prominent authors and scientists think about the possibility of an sentient artificial intelligence becoming Ultron-like (evil, that is), you can read this piece to find out. Or, if you want to watch Chris Evans forget possibly the easiest line in the film,
Star Wars: The Force Awakens: Force Friday is Upon Us
BB-8 in a Hot Wheels, Kylo Ren's mask, a Lego Millennium Falcon—all this and more is available at retailers around the globe as ‘Force Friday’ is officially underway. It's a merch extravaganza, inspired, of course, by Star Wars: The Force Awakens, and following the 18+ hour global live unboxing event on YouTube, where the new product range were officially unveiled. Now more than the 3,000 retail locations in the U.S.
