Writer/Director Rebecca Daly on Exploring a Community on the Edge in Good Favour
For her third feature Good Favour director Rebecca Daly, working with co-writer Glenn Montgomery, left her native Ireland, where her first two films were set, for Belgium. She also centered her story more on an ensemble, in this case a remote religious community that’s upended when a young, mysterious man appears out of nowhere and joins them, rather than the more intimate stories anchored by female heroines of her first two films.
Daly’s debut feature was the thriller The Other Side of Sleep,
The VFX Magic Behind Spider-Man: Homecoming
Spider-Man: Homecoming star Tom Holland trained tirelessly to do as many of his own stunts as possible, but some of them were just too epic to do live. In stepped the team at Imageworks VFX, who just released an incredible video giving us a glimpse at the film’s incredible CGI.
Holland was charmingly awkward as the young Peter Parker, and his homemade super suit gave his character more realism. VFX Supervisor Theo Bialik described how the artists made a photorealistic version of Holland that could act out the most dangerous stunts.
That Intriguing Game of Thrones Daario Fan Theory Has Been Debunked
Game of Thrones fans continue to drum up and debate theories as they wait for winter to finally come. Though the creators repeatedly prove that shock and awe are key ingredients for this show, one popular fan theory has been solidly debunked with a recent casting announcement.
Sorry to say, Dany’s former lover Daario Naharis will not make an epic return. At least not in the way some watchers had hoped.
Go Behind-the-Scenes of Murder on the Orient Express
Director/star Kenneth Branagh’s Murder on the Orient Express is a beautiful caper that looks as lavish as the train on which the action takes place. This adaptation from Agatha Christie’s 1934 novel (Sidney Lumet’s version from 1974 is worth a watch as well) was shot on film, which Branagh explains in this new behind-the-scenes featurette was his way of making the film look “sharper, richer, more colorful and feels like you’re inside [the train].”
Meet the Granite Mountain Hotshots in the Timely new Film Only the Brave
Director Joseph Kosinski’s Only the Brave is based on the true story of the Granite Mountain Hotshots, an elite firefighting force within the Prescott Fire Department in Presscott, Arizona. Founded in 2002, the Granite Mountain Hotshots specialized in fighting wildfires. The term “hotshot” is a rarefied designation—they are the country’s top wildland firefighters, described as the Navy SEALs of firefighting. “The way they fight fires is very different than peole would think,” says Kosinski in the film’s press notes.
New Black Panther Photos Reveal Most Visually Stunning Marvel Film yet
Yesterday we shared the thrilling official trailer for Black Panther, which clearly shows that director and co-writer Ryan Coogler (he penned the script with his longtime collaborator Joe Robert Cole) looks to have crafted something totally different here for Marvel, a fittingly lush, eye-popping stand-alone film for T’Challa (Chadwick Boseman), better known as Black Panther.
Now Marvel and Walt Disney Studios have unleashed a fresh batch of photos from the film,
Can you Spot the 84 Different Film & TV References in This Gremlins Poster?
In Warner Bros. 1984 classic Gremlins (directed by Joe Dante, executive produced by Steven Spielberg), Randall Peltzer (Hoyt Axton), a struggling inventor, is looking for a Christmas gift for his son Billy. Randall heads down to Chinatown and visits an antique store, and there he encounters the adorable, furry creature known as a Mogwai. Although the owner refuses to sell the little monster to Randall, the owner’s grandson has other ideas, and sells him the Mogwai,
Could We See an all Female Marvel Film?
Tessa Thompson just looked deep into our souls and uncovered our greatest film franchise desires. Thompson is appearing in Thor: Ragnarok as Valkyrie (and generating heaps of praise), and the experience inspired a great idea. What if all the Marvel women made a movie together?
io9 reports that Thompson and a group of the other female stars already approached Marvel president Kevin Feige about the idea.
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Kate McKinnon Dominates this Week’s SNL Highlights
This week’s SNL was a knock out episode in what has already started out as a strong season. It’s always top notch when a comedian hosts, and Kumail Nanjiani was no exception. His opening monologue was an extension of his summer hit The Big Sick that tackled racial tensions. Nanjiani called out in hilarious fashion the atrocities of racism, namely attacking someone of the wrong race.
Nanjiani starred in some other solid sketches,
Blade Runner: 2049‘s Wild Alternate Titles
Blade Runner: 2049 is one of the most gorgeous, haunting sci-fi films in recent memory, and, in our opinion, one of the great sci-fi sequels of all time. The franchise’s glamour is reliant on its mysteries, and the creators were protective of them. Thirty years after the original, the title is pretty self-explanatory, and got us caught up to speed on where we’d be in the timeline. Rick Deckard has been missing for three decades and there are still Blade Runners hunting replicants.
The New Mutants to be the First in a Trilogy of X-Men Horror Films
The first trailer for director Josh Boone’s The New Mutants delivered on a promise he made a while back; that this would be the first horror film in the X-Men universe. The trailer delivered the goods, and proved that Boone, Marvel and 20th Century Fox were serious about taking the X-Men into dark new territory.
In a conversation with IGN,
Doctor Strange Issues Spooky Warning in new Thor: Ragnarok Spot
There’s a surprising amount of new footage in this Thor: Ragnarok 30 second spot, including a fun bit of showboating by Tessa Thompson’s Valkyrie (who is being singled out as one of the film’s best characters), Hulk doing his Hulk thing (part of his story arc, no doubt), and a bit of arch spookiness from Thor’s old pal, Doctor Strange (Benedict Cumberbatch).
Director Taiki Waititi has infused
This Brand new Black Panther Trailer is the Best Thing You’ll See all Week
Happy Monday, gang. Marvel Studios has dropped a new Black Panther trailer, and it’s likely going to the best thing you see all week. Director and co-writer Ryan Coogler (he penned the script with his longtime collaborator Joe Robert Cole) looks to have made a legitimate mind-blower here, the first stand-alone film for T’Challa (Chadwick Boseman), better known as Black Panther.
We first met T’Challa in Captain America: Civil War,
The 55th Annual New York Film Festival: The Best From Week Two
The 55th edition of the New York film Festival wraps up on October 15. On the one hand, it’s been a superb smorgasbord that testifies to the continuing capacity of feature films to tell great, relevant, unexpected stories. On the other hand, I’m stuffed (but only temporarily). Here is a roundup of films from the second week of the festival’s main slate, plus one documentary about a Hollywood icon.
Disturbingly Accurate (I Should Know) Portrait of SIngle,
Here’s Hope that Beetlejuice Could be Coming Back
Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice! We are hoping the same old trick will get our favorite gross out ghoul back on the big screen.
Our chances of resurrecting Beetlejuice are looking better today after Deadline announced that Beetlejuice 2 has a writer officially attached. Warner Bros. has tasked Mike Vukadinovich with penning the sequel. Vukadinovich wrote the Sundance sci-fi flick Rememory starring Peter Dinklage and Julie Ormond. He also was a writer on upcoming projects Marvel’s Runaways and Disney’s Mr.
The Epic Final Trailer for Stranger Things 2
Friday the 13th turned out to be our lucky day. With exactly 2 weeks to go before Stranger Things 2 binge watching begins, the final trailer has been unleashed.
Another Halloween in the 1980s, another string of strange events. Will Byers (Noah Schnapp) had a pretty miserable first season, but it doesn’t look like things turn around for the poor kid. It’s been a year since the events of season 1 occurred that ended with Will being rescued,
Gambit Gets a Valentines Day Release Date
Fresh off the announcement of Gore Verbinski’s direction of the Marvel Comics film, Gambit, Twentieth Century Fox has set a release date for the much anticipated motion picture. The superhero film is set to hit theaters February 14th, 2019.
The long awaited film will follow in Deadpool’s footsteps with a Valentine’s Day release. The fellow X-Men spin-off had very favorable sales and generated a total of 783 million dollars worldwide,
Ai Weiwei’s Heartbreaking, Mesmerizing Documentary Human Flow
Human migration is natural; borders and checkpoints and barbed wire are not. War causes mass suffering, but the indifference of the comfortable exacerbates it unimaginably. Tolerance and compassion are in short supply when they are needed more than ever. These ideas are central to Human Flow, the artist Ai Weiwei’s heartbreaking but mesmerizing documentary on the worst refugee crisis (the United Nations estimates there are currently 65 million people displaced globally) since World War II.
How the Marshall Costume Designer Recreated the 1940s with Authentic Vintage Pieces
Ruth E. Carter’s designs have recreated some of the most powerful, tragic, triumphant, and moving stories in American history. She has already had a momentous career designing the costumes for the 2016 television remake of Roots, Denzel Washington’s stunning turn as Malcolm X, and the transcendent Martin Luther King Jr. biopic, Selma. Carter’s work is a master class in meticulous research meeting visionary creativity and it’s most recently displayed in new release,
Behind The Scenes of The Walking Dead Season 8
AMC just released a behind the scenes look at Season 8 of The Walking Dead that is a pretty good highlight of everything we love about the show. It also strongly foreshadows the violence to come.
Rick, played by Andrew Lincoln, has united a formidable army to fight Negan and the Saviors, but they are ruthless. Last season was almost too much for us to bear from these conscienceless monsters. Season 8 is going to be total war between the groups and the cast and crew are all but preparing us for a lot of losses.
