HBO Reveals new Game of Thrones Season 8 Footage

We figured HBO might drop a teaser for their mammoth upcoming season during the Oscars last night. Sure enough, the good people at the premium cable network delivered, giving us our first glimpse at actual footage from Game of Thrones 8th and final season. It sure beats watching someone make a Cersei pancake.

The teaser includes looks at HBO’s massive slate, including Damon Lindelof’s Watchmen and,

Cold War‘s Oscar-Nominated DP Lukasz Zal on the Perspective of Love

*In the run-up to this Sunday’s Oscars telecast, we’re sharing some of our favorite interviews with nominees. 

Cinematographer Lukasz Zal won the prestigious Silver Frog Award at Camerimage for his work on Pawel Pawlikowski’s Cold War, a ravishing look at a romance over the course of 30-years and several thousand miles through Europe. Zal had worked with Pawlikowski on Ida, the director’s previous masterpiece,

Keep Your Eyes Peeled for the Late Stan Lee in Captain Marvel

The legacy of Stan Lee will live on for decades to come in his visionary creations in print and on screen. Gone, but certainly not forgotten, Lee will appear in the upcoming Captain Marvel. As is a tradition of all MCU films, Lee will have a cameo role and the film’s directors shared the first details about where we’ll spot him.

Fox 5’s Kevin McCarthy asked directors,

Oscars 2019: Four of Our Favorite Sequences

This week we’ve been taking a trip down recent memory lane. We’ve been sharing some of our favorite interviews with Oscar-nominees, which has reminded us of the sequences that made the year a special one in film. You know the way certain sequences walk out of the theater with you? Here are four scenes that did just that for us, playing in our minds long after the credits rolled.

The Casino Fight in Black Panther

Ryan Coogler’s groundbreaking Black Panther had so much going for there were any number of sequences that fit the bill.

Roma‘s Oscar-Nominated Production Designer on Recreating Mexico City in the 1970s

*In the run-up to this Sunday’s Oscars telecast, we’re sharing some of our favorite interviews with nominees. 

Alfonso Cuarón’s Roma is one of the most astonishing film experiences of the year. The word experience fits, as Cuaron and his team created a lush soundscape that’s nearly as captivating as the shimmering black-and-white cinematography. Then there’s Roma‘s exquisite design, which recreates Cuaron’s hometown of Mexico City,

Here are Your 2019 Oscar Nominees

Here’s your full list of this year’s Oscar nominees. A few reminders on what folks have been talking about in the lead up to Sunday’s telecast.

Ryan Coogler’s Black Panther has made the list for Best Picture (one of 7 nominations the film received). This is historic; Black Panther is the first superhero film to ever earn the honor. Coogler’s Marvel epic joins BlacKkKlansman, Bohemian Rhapsody, The Favourite,

The Favourite‘s Oscar-Nominated Production Designer Re-Makes History

*In the run-up to this Sunday’s Oscars telecast, we’re sharing some of our favorite interviews with nominees. 

England’s Queen Anne, who only reigned from 1707 to 1714, is hardly the most notable female British sovereign, but to watch her played by Olivia Colman in director Yorgos Lanthimos’s The Favourite, one might wonder why this the first we’re hearing of her in so long. True to history,

Getting Inspired With Black Panther‘s Oscar-Nominated Costume Designer Ruth E. Carter

*In the run-up to this Sunday’s Oscars telecast, we’re sharing some of our favorite interviews with nominees. 

Part of Black Panther costume designer Ruth E. Carter‘s many responsibilities included steeping the characters of the fictional world of Wakanda in a wardrobe that spoke to the real Africa, while retaining the mythic quality that the reclusive, technologically advanced nation required. We saw this in her work on the bald,

Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse’s Oscar-Nominated Directors on Being Bold

*In the run-up to this Sunday’s Oscars telecast, we’re sharing some of our favorite interviews with nominees. 

Directors Bob Persichetti, Peter Ramsey, and Rodney Rothman asked themselves a question: how could they tell a story and be as wild and bold as they could adapting a comic book to the big screen that hadn’t been seen before. Enter Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse. Now the three are Oscar-nominated directors,

How BlacKkKlansman‘s Oscar-Nominated Composer Channeled Jimi Hendrix

*In the run-up to this Sunday’s Oscars telecast, we’re sharing some of our favorite interviews with nominees. 

Terence Blanchard landed on this year’s Best Original Score Oscar shortlist by crafting the stirring score for Spike Lee’s BlacKkKlansman. Based on a true story and set in 1971, the movie casts John David Washington as Ron Stallworth, a black cop who infiltrates the Ku Klux Klan with his Jewish colleague (Adam Driver) by impersonating a white supremacist over the phone.

Black Panther’s Oscar-Nominated Composer on his Global Collaboration

The minute Ludwig Göransson finished reading an early draft of Black Panther sent to him by director Ryan Coogler, the Swedish-born composer knew exactly what he needed to do. “I called up Ryan and said ‘I have to go to Africa,'” recalls Göransson, who is now reaping the benefits of his due diligence. Additional to the Best Score Emmy he won, Göransson is also vying for an Academy Award this Sunday for his Black Panther music.

Roma’s Oscar-Nominated Sound Team on Making a Music-Free Film

Water sloshes in a rooftop laundry tub, a faucet runs, and the strains of a tinny radio shift to the quiet chatter of a family at home. Alfonso Caurón’s Roma depicts the daily life of Cleo (Yalitza Aparicio), an indigenous maid in a white, middle-class Mexico City household, an employee who gradually emerges as a seventh member of the family for whom she works. Cuarón punctuates her days, shepherding four children out of bed,

Can You Spot All the Iconic Easter Eggs in the First Twilight Zone Trailer?

This is it. The universe has shifted and that mysterious door is opening once more. Watch the new trailer carefully and ask yourself this question. Do you dare cross over into The Twilight Zone?

As you can see, I am a TZ junkie. I own all five seasons on DVD and then bought them again on digital. There didn’t used to be any of these measly 13-episode seasons either.

Taron Egerton Dazzles as Elton John in New Rocketman Trailer

Elton John is such an icon, it is difficult to imagine there was a process for him to become what we know him as today. The latest Rocketman trailer teases the wild transformation of shy songwriter Reginald Dwight into the outrageous rock god Sir Elton John.

We admit that Taron Egerton initially seemed like an odd choice to play the musician, but seeing him shift from insecurities to a dazzling performer,

New Captain Marvel Spots Tease Connection to Avengers

There’s a new Captain Marvel spot that connects Brie Larson’s superhero to Iron Man, Captain America, and Thor. It’s very effective. We’re guessing most people will be even more enthused by the second new video, but we’ll get to that in a minute.

This first spot is about the fluid path to becoming a hero. For folks like Tony Stark, that path is forged through his brilliance and ability to build just about anything.

Off With Their Wigs! Mary Queen of Scots‘s Hair & Makeup Genius Jenny Shircore

*In the run-up to this Sunday’s Oscars telecast, we’re sharing some of our favorite interviews with nominees. 

This holiday season we’ve been graced with not one but two incredible examples of hair and makeup mastery. The first came in Yorgos Lanthimos’ hilarious The Favourite, which captures the lunacy at court (and in the bedroom) of Queen Anne (a sensational Olivia Colman), who close friend Lady Sarah (Rachel Weisz) goes to war,

The Favourite‘s Oscar-Nominated DP on Creating one of the Year’s Most Ravishing Films

*In the run-up to this Sunday’s Oscars telecast, we’re sharing some of our favorite interviews with nominees. 

Before The Favourite came his way, Robbie Ryan had never worked with Yorgos Lanthimos, but he did admire the Greek director’s offbeat art house films Dogtooth and Killing of a Sacred Deer. So when Lanthimos invited Ryan to shoot his 18th-century black comedy about Queen Anne (Olivia Colman) and rival courtiers (Rachel Weisz and Emma Stone),

How Amazon is Keeping Lord of the Rings Secrets Safe from Prying Eyes

You may think you know everything there is to know about the road to Mordor, but there are apparently more secrets to discover. J.R.R. Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings series has become one of the most popular book series ever written, but Amazon is being extremely protective of the newest adaptation.

Amazon Studios chief Jennifer Salke revealed the incredible measure the creatives are taking to keep the TV series under wraps.

The 5 Luminous Worlds Created by This Year’s Oscar-Nominated Production Designers

The Oscar-nominated films of 2018 took us places painstakingly real and realms that were gloriously dreamy. Thanks to these professional world-builders, we get to experience a Queen’s court and a King’s homeland that we otherwise would never see. From the African inspired design of Black Panther to a spaceship headed for the moon in First Man, this year’s crop of films gave us breathtaking places and spaces. Here are some of our favorite contributions by the current Oscar-nominated production designers.

Captain Marvel Will Have two Post-Credits Scenes

As the first reactions to Captain Marvel are pouring in following a press screening by Marvel Studios last night, spoiler-free nuggets of information are being revealed. As is the norm with the Marvel Cinematic Universe, many of the films come accompanied with post-credits scenes that tease upcoming releases and the interplay between the MCU’s many superheroes. So it’s not surprising that such is the case with Captain Marvel.