Interview

Actor

The Girls Are Back: Filming Starts for Ab Fab: The Movie

Our favorite British television duo is back and about to flourish on a screen almost as big as they are – yup, you guessed it – Fox Searchlight and BBC Films have begun filming a movie version of the hit sitcom – Absolutely Fabulous. For six seasons we loved watching the fumbling fashionista Edina Monsoon (Jennifer Saunders) and her best friend and sidekick, the alcohol plied former model Patsy Stone (Joanna Lumley) muddle through their Ab Fab life accompanied by a wickedly funny cast of characters.

By  |  October 21, 2015
Thoughts After Repeated Viewings of Final Star Wars: The Force Awakens Trailer

Now that we’ve had nearly 12 hours to digest the 2:36 worth of new footage in the final Star Wars: The Force Awakens trailer, we can start to put some of the pieces together.

First, the trailer again, so you can go through it with us point-by-speculative-point:

The events of the original Star Wars trilogy (let alone the prequels) seem to have faded into myth.

By  |  October 20, 2015
Prepare to Weep: Pixar, 20 Years Strong, Delivers This Delightful Montage

As the theme of the very first Toy Story reminds us, we've “got a friend” – in Pixar. This new montage also reminds us nobody is better at eliciting genuine emotion than Pixar has been for the past 20 years. Through the good and bad times, the Pixar characters have been there for us.

Grab some tissues before you watch. The first 30-seconds of this montage is dedicated to friends from Pixar's past who taught us lessons about growing up,

By  |  October 20, 2015

Interview

Actor

Behold the New, Final Star Wars: The Force Awakens Trailer

At long last, the final Star Wars: The Force Awakens trailer landed just moments ago during halftime of the Eagles/Giants Monday Night Football game, and like millions of people around the country, we were absolutely floored by it. It was always likely going to be a doozy, considering this was the trailer that J.J. Abrams had been holding for his final big reveal, and sources we trust who had gotten sneak peeks indicated as much.

By  |  October 20, 2015
New Star Wars: The Force Awakens Teaser: A Sky Filled With TIE Fighters

In just eleven seconds, the latest teaser for Star Wars: The Force Awakens shared by Walt Disney Studios Twitter page manages to pack in a lot of information. It opens with the iconic sound of TIE fighters playing against a black screen, and then it’s a close-up of a very concerned looking Rey (Daisy Ridley), looking up into the sky with her trusted droid BB-8 and finding a sky filled with the First Order’s improved fighters,

By  |  October 20, 2015
Watch Fifty Shades of Grey “Dance” Clip as Film Comes to HBO

Fifty Shades of Grey fans, rejoice—Anastasia Steele (Dakota Johnson) and Christian Grey (Jamie Dornan) are bringing their classy kink to the small screen, premiering on HBO on Saturday, November 21 at 8 p.m. EST. Having watched the film in the theater amongst strangers, you can now relax at home and enjoy director Sam Taylor-Johnson’s (Nowhere Boy) adaptation of the mega-selling book by E.L. James, from a script by Kelly Marcel (Saving Mr.

By  |  October 19, 2015
Long Held Rumors and Myths Surrounding Aladdin Finally Answered

Here’s a scoop for Disney Aladdin fans. To promote the release of the Aladdin: Diamond Edition (Blue-ray/DVD/Digital), Ron Clements and John Musker, directors of The Little Mermaid, Aladdin and Hercules sat down with E! News!, answering questions and debunking myths.

Musker discussed how the location of Aladdin came to be called Agrabah – It was the time of the first Gulf War and Roy Disney told composers Howard Ashman and Alan Menken they could not place the story in Baghdad.

By  |  October 19, 2015
Watch New Star Wars: The Force Awakens Teasers in Lead-up to Trailer

As we’re all well aware by now, the new, and final, Star Wars: The Force Awakens trailer will air during tonight’s Monday Night Football game between the Philadelphia Eagles and the New York Giants, which begins at 8:15 EST. Tickets for the film’s December 18 premiere are already on sale today. Yesterday we shared the new poster with you. And now we’re giving you a few little glimpses of some of the main characters that Disney has released on their Twitter page to tease tonight’s full trailer.

By  |  October 19, 2015

Interview

Art Director

Awesome New Star Wars: The Force Awakens Poster, Plus Final Trailer Tomorrow

We were prepared for the news about the new Star Wars: The Force Awakens trailer coming tomorrow, but this new poster was a welcome surprise. We can identify every character depicted on the poster save one—who’s the goggle wearing alien beneath Rey’s left hand?

The poster was part of Lucasfilm’s announcement that the trailer for The Force Awakens will debut on Monday Night Football tomorrow, October 19,

By  |  October 18, 2015
NYFF: Bridge of Spies is Spielberg & Hanks at Their Best

Last week, at the New York Film Festival, we were treated to a preview of what will certainly be one of the biggest films of the year, Bridge of Spies. Set to open today, October 16, this historical thriller covers the 1960 Cold War crisis that followed the shooting down of an American U-2 spy plane over Soviet territory and the capture of its pilot, Francis Gary Powers.

By  |  October 16, 2015
Godzilla vs. Kong Officially Happening, Despite Their Huge Size Difference

It’s official: the most iconic monsters in film history will be doing battle in 2020. Legendary Pictures announced that following Kong: Skull Island (2017) and Godzilla 2 (2018), the two biggest, baddest beasts of them all will be fighting each other in 2020 in Godzilla vs. Kong. It took some fancy studio footwork to make it happen—Legendary will be partnering with Warner Bros. to release Kong: Skull Island and the monster mash-up,

By  |  October 15, 2015
A Very Murray Christmas Gives you the Gift of Bill Murray

Imagine spending Christmas with Bill Murray. Now imagine spending Christmas with Bill Murray while he sings, dances, and generally radiates his essential Murray-ness with George Clooney, Miley Cyrus, Chris Rock and more. Stop imagining, it’s happening. Netflix’s expands it’s original offerings this winter with this Christmas special, A Very Murray Christmas, with the man himself starring in a musically-driven holiday special set inside New York City’s iconic Carlyle hotel.

The conceit is tidy: Murray’s preparing to host a live,

By  |  October 15, 2015
New Star Wars: The Force Awakens Trailer Coming October 19

It's been widely reported that the next, and last, Star Wars: The Force Awakens trailer will be released next Monday, October 19. And, next Monday is also the day you can pre-order your The Force Awakens tickets for the December 18 release.

ScreenCrush and Making Star Wars are both confirming that the new and final trailer will come next Monday,

By  |  October 15, 2015

Interview

Actor, Director

There is Only Fast and Slow in Thrilling new Race Trailer

“Out there, there ain’t no black and white, there’s only fast and slow. Nothing matters, not color, not money, not even hate. For those 10 seconds you are completely – free,” says Jesse Owens (Stephan James), the subject of Stephen Hopkins' biopic Race. James was memorable as the young John Lewis in Selma. Here, playing another transformative 20th century figure, he'll be unforgettable.

On Tuesday Focus Features released a 15-second teaser trailer

By  |  October 15, 2015

Interview

Actor, Sound Designer

New The Last Witch Hunter Clip Emphasizes Sound Design

Vin Diesel’s voice alone qualifies as a marvel of sound design. The man’s deep, gravely timber is so absurdly manly that moviegoers about lost their minds when it was paired with the sentient tree-creature Groot in Guardians of the Galaxy. Diesel says all of five words in the movie, yet his work helped turn Groot into one of the most beloved sci-fi brutes since Chewbacca.

From the Fast &

By  |  October 14, 2015
Turning Mad Max: Fury Road Into an 8 Bit Video Game

Back in August we shared with you CineFix’s great rendering of Hayao Miyazaki’s Princess Mononoke as an 8-bit video game. (Okay, you can’t technically play these 8 bit videos, so it’s more like they’ve been turned into old video game films). The gang is back and they’ve turned one of the best films of 2015 into a classic 1980s video game. The whole gang’s here, including the polecats,

By  |  October 14, 2015

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Actor

Race Chases the Man Who Changed History in 10.3 Seconds

Jesse Owens was already a legend before he took the world stage at the 1936 Olympics. A year prior he set three world records and tied another at the 1935 Big Ten track meet—in less than an hour. It was, and still is, "the greatest 45 minutes ever in sports."

Owens was the greatest track and field athlete alive, specializing in sprints, hurdles and long jumps. When he flew to Berlin to participate in the 1936 Olympics,

By  |  October 14, 2015

Interview

Sound Designer

The 10 Best Star Wars Sound Effects (& Where They Come From)

The StarWars.com editorial staff like to huddle to discuss and debate their favorite elements of the Star Wars franchise, ranking the best starfightersbest bounty hunters and best Yoda quotes, to name just a few.

Their most recent topic of debate speaks to the importance of post production, and specifically, how the filmmakers involved in sound design make a huge impact on how a viewer relates to the film.

By  |  October 13, 2015
New Daredevil Season 2 Trailer Teases The Punisher & Elektra

The devil of Hell’s Kitchen. The Man Without Fear. Call him what you want, but Matt Murdock (Charlie Cox), the star in Marvel’s Daredevil, is going to be facing some major challenges come season 2. Following their turn at New York’s Comic-Con, Marvel and Netflix have released this season 2 teaser, which features blink-and-you’ll-miss-it hints of Jon Berenthal’s Frank Castle (better known as The Punisher) and Elodie Yung’s Elektra. You get a glimpse of The Punisher heading down a hospital corridor and Elektra putting on her mask. 

By  |  October 13, 2015

Interview

Actor

Check out This Awesome Animated X-Files Teaser

Mulder, Scully, the Smoking Man—they're all here in this very cool animated teaser for The X-Files six-episode event series. The spot aired during last night's episode of Gothamand it brilliantly teases the two-night season premiere by rendering in beautifully stylized animation a lot of what we loved about the original show. (If you're interested in why they chose this specific color palette for the animation,

By  |  October 13, 2015