Game Night Gets Wildly Out of Hand in New Trailer
Game nights often get a dull reputation. If your suburban night of Pictionary and Charades could use a refresh, this couple has some suggestions. What could spice up a murder mystery party more than live ammo and kidnapping? Max (Jason Bateman) and Annie (Rachel McAdams) are here to find out. The new Game Night trailer dives deeper into the character development and wild antics we’ll see.
Bateman seems perfectly cast as the average joe amid madness.
A Peek Inside the Baby Driver Sound Editing Bay
We recently spoke with Julian Slater who provided the sound design, editing, and mixing for Baby Driver. In conjunction with the amazing work of Oscar nominated editor, Paul Machliss, Baby Driver was one of the most stunning films of the year. Slater has since scored two Oscar nominations for his epic feat that synched the killer soundtrack with an incredible array of effects. IndieWire released a short video that will take you inside Slater’s editing bay to witness the magic in action.
Expect Your First Look at Solo: A Star Wars Story to Air During Super Bowl
While you’re watching the scrappy Philadelphia Eagles, the NFL’s version of Han Solo, play the mighty New England Patriots (the Empire, obviously) this Sunday night, you’ll likely also get your first look at Solo: A Star Wars Story. The film, which is due out on May 25, has yet to release a single still image, let alone a teaser trailer. As we speculated last week, and now all but confirmed by The Hollywood Reporter,
Full Tracklist For Kendrick Lamar’s Black Panther Soundtrack Revealed
Kendrick Lamar might not have won the album of the year at the Grammys this past Sunday, but his performance of his song “XXX,” from his most recent album “DAMN.,” both opened and stole the show. Lamar is, simply put, at the very top of the music world, a man respected and renown for his abilities as a performer, writer, hit-maker and a conscientious, forward-looking artist.
For this reason and many others,
Zachary Quinto Will Become a Paranormal Investigator for In Search Of
Zachary Quinto is again going where Leonard Nimoy has gone before. The original Spock hosted docuseries In Search Of from 1977 to 1982. History Channel announced today that it is rebooting the show and has ordered 10 episodes.
Quinto has been tapped to take over hosting duties. The actor will investigate a paranormal topic in each episode from aliens to time travel. The Unsolved Mysteries style program will feature witnesses and experts in the field.
The Leftovers Director Will Helm the Watchmen Pilot
Good news for Rorshach and the gang. Damon Lindelof has recruited The Leftovers director Nicole Kassell to his new show, HBO’s Watchmen. Kassell, who drove the meaty storyline of priest Matt Jamison (Christopher Eccleston) in The Leftovers, will direct the pilot.
It’s always a good sign when creative teams stick together on new projects, and Kassell has proven she is supremely talented. Kassell’s episodes No Room at the Inn and It’s a Matt,
The First Purge Promotes the Deadly Tradition Through a Political Ad
The Purge: Election Year became the most popular of the franchise, bringing in $118.6 million worldwide on a $10 million budget. The premise, in which society purges all its homicidal desires in a single night, has grown more overtly political over the three films. The fourth is set to be a prequel revealing the rise of the violent election platform.
The trailer for The First Purge hits all the cringe spots that the films exploit.
Baby Driver‘s Oscar Nominated Editor Paul Machliss on Marrying Music to Mayhem
Of all the masterly edited films of 2017, it would be hard to argue any were quite as revolutionary as Baby Driver. Edgar Wright’s music-charged heist flick was so flawlessly designed and edited it seemed almost as if the songs on the soundtrack had been recorded specifically for the scenes they amplified. In our interview with supervising sound editor Julian Slater, we learned, among other things, that the brilliantly matched music-and-turbo-charged-getaways were so complicated,
Living Biblically‘s Showrunner on Bringing the Bible to CBS—in a Comedy
A.J. Jacobs’ best seller, The Year of Living Biblically: One Man’s Humble Quest to Follow the Bible as Literally as Possible, is now a new television sit-com that premiered on CBS on February 26, 2018. Mad Men’s Jay R. Ferguson plays Chip, a journalist who consults a priest (Ian Gomez) and a rabbi (David Krumholtz) for guidance when he is rocked by two life-changing events, the death of a friend and the news that his wife is having a baby.
Alexander Skarsgård Redefines the “Strong, Silent Type” In First Trailer for Netflix’s Mute
Blade Runner fans are in for a treat with Netflix’s new movie, Mute, by Warcraft director Duncan Jones. Alexander Skarsgård stars as a mute bartender, Leo, in futuristic Berlin. The movie is centered on Leo’s quest to find his girlfriend who has mysteriously disappeared. Despite his silence, Leo is not one to back down from a fight; the trailer opens with Leo throwing a bottle at and getting into a brawl with a patron who was a little too persistent with his girlfriend,
Shazam! Production is Officially Underway
Lightning is about to strike in the DCEU. Shazam! Director David F. Sandberg announced that production has begun on the film with the classic shot of a clapboard. Shazam! will bring to life every kid’s fantasy of joining their favorite legion of superheroes in the fight against crime.
Shazam!
How Does Your Favorite Movie Monster Size Up?
The joy of monster movies is often seeing how much destruction an enormous mutant can wreak on a city, or lost island, as the case may be. Visual effects artists often fill the entire screen with King Kong’s eyes or dwarf Dwayne Johnson with a silverback gorilla that doesn’t even fit on the poster to emphasize their enormous proportions. Godzilla and Kong are slated for a showdown in 2020, but we often don’t get to see giants of the screen side by side.
First Ant-Man and the Wasp Trailer Reveals Marvel’s Tiniest Super Duo
Well, we thought Marvel Studios might want until the Super Bowl to reveal the first Ant-Man and the Wasp trailer, but we’ve been wrong once before. Here’s your first look at director Peyton Reed’s sequel to his fun, funny caper original, which he took over from Baby Driver‘s Edgar Wright and, against the odds—considering how beloved Wright is and how excited fans were to see his vision for Ant-Man—delivered a delicious,
The Lucky Ones Who Saw Black Panther Are Hailing the King
Black Panther premiered last night in Los Angeles, and the reactions are more electric than Wakandan vibranium. Reviews are embargoed until February 6, but the excitement already took over Twitter. Fans and critics alike are gushing over Ryan Coogler’s film. Perhaps USA Today’s Brian Truitt described it best as, “simply awesome.”
#BlackPanther is simply awesome. Extremely bold and as touching as it is thrilling, it boasts GOT-style intrigue, crazy innovative action and a deep bench of memorable characters.
Will Ferrell Brushes Off His George W. Bush Impression for Saturday Night Live
One of the most successful SNL alums returned on Saturday to reprise his most famous impersonation. The legendary sketch comedy show is in a heyday with golden material coming out of the White House. Will Ferrell returned to remind viewers, however, that former President George W. Bush used to be at the center of the show’s punchlines.
Ferrell retired as a regular cast member in 2005, but has returned as a guest host four time since.
T’Challa Utilizes Crazy Awesome Technology in New Black Panther Spot
The long wait for Marvel’s Black Panther is almost over, and every teaser they release is more exciting than the last. The 60th Annual Grammy Awards were filled with exciting performances and surprising moments. Among them was a 30-second TV spot for Black Panther. We got a really good look at the Black Panther’s high tech super suit, more closeups of the amazing Wakandan technology,
The Title Sequence Isn’t Disappearing – It’s Headed Back To The Big Screen
It appeared quietly, in the right corner of your Netflix screen a few months ago: the “skip intro” button. A translucent shortcut customized by the streaming service built to work both with any series, cold open or no, meant to allow binge-watchers to expedite their viewing experience. In the past, new features and redesigns have come and gone on the site without a word, but the button almost immediately created quite a stir. Most notably,
Sundance 2018: A Conversation with the Director and Cast of Daring Heist Film American Animals
Whether it’s the reluctant exploitation of a super skill in Baby Driver or the stylish and sophisticated execution of Ocean’s Eleven, heist movies are an American cinematic staple. The masterminded plans, daring escapes, and thrilling shootouts look easy on screen, but what would happen in a real life do-it-yourself caper? Enter Sundance selection, American Animals.
In 2004, Warren Lipka, Spencer Reinhard, Chas Allen, and Eric Borsuk fell headlong into a reckless amateur effort to break out of the mundanity of their lives.
Sundance 2018: The Tale Composer Delicately Threads a Fragile Story of Adolescent Abuse
For decades, documentarian Jennifer Fox had convinced herself that the sexual abuse she’d suffered as a child was consensual. In revisiting her memories and the events under the light of adulthood, Fox had a reckoning with the true nature of the events. Her memoir, starring Laura Dern as Jennifer, is laid bare in Sundance premiere The Tale. After decades of employing coping mechanisms to avoid the atrocities of sexual abuse she experienced as a child,
Meryl Streep to Make Rare TV Appearance in Season 2 of Big Little Lies
With 4 Golden Globes and 8 Emmy wins, Big Little Lies was the talk of the TV year. Avid reader Reese Witherspoon sparked the passion project when she began pushing for an adaptation of the Liane Moriarty novel. Nicole Kidman, Laura Dern, and Alexander Skarsgård came on board for a star studded first season cast. Now, the explosive HBO drama has caught the eye of record holding Oscar nominated actor,
