Gaga: Five Foot Two Trailer Gives you Cinema Verité Look at Pop Superstardom
Emmy-nominated filmmaker Chris Moukarbel (Banksy Does New York, Me at the Zoo) is bringing a cinema verité approach to one of pop’s biggest stars (possibly ever) in Gaga: Five Foot Two. The doc tracks the making and release of Lady Gaga‘s album “Joanne,” giving you a rare glimpse at the life of one of music’s most enigmatic stars. Gaga debuted the teaser last night at the Air Canada Centre prior to her concert, ahead of the film’s world premiere this Friday at the Toronto International Film Festival...
Star Wars: The Last Jedi: Here’s Your First Look at Non-Holographic Snoke
When we first encountered Supreme Leader Snoke (Andy Serkis) in Star Wars: The Force Awakens, he was a large, semi-opaque hologram, seated on a throne and hovering over Kylo Ren. Snoke’s general vagueness was, of course, by design. As the new trilogy’s version of the Emperor, Snoke is meant to be shadowy, powerful, and mysterious. But we’re living in the age of the internet hive mind, which means any and all mysteries will be puzzled over by thousands of fans,...
Here’s How They Made That Disgusting Greyscale Surgery Scene on Game of Thrones
Poor Jorah Mormont. The long suffering son of Lord Commander Jeor Mormont (the latter died believing his son was a failure and traitor to the family name) lived in exile in Essos, eventually finding himself commissioned to spy on Daenerys Targaryen. Initially pretending to be her advisor, Jorahn eventually fell in love with Dany, and believed her to be the best possible ruler of Westeros. Unfortunately for Jorah, Dany found out he had been sent to spy on her, and the poor guy was exiled yet again...
First Look at Mr. Robot‘s Rami Malek as Freddie Mercury
Rami Malek dazzles in the lead role of Mr. Robot, but taking on the legendary Queen front man is another challenge entirely. Malek is set to play the greatest voice in the history of rock, Freddie Mercury, in upcoming biopic Bohemian Rhapsody. Entertainment Weekly has released the first image of Malek in character and the results are uncanny.
Malek wasn’t sure if he could step into the rock icon’s skin,...
IT Reviews Suggest This is the Horror Film of the Year
IT reviews are out and they all indicate that this is a must-see Stephen King adaptation. A major draw will be the scares and seeing a new actor as Pennywise the clown, but the real satisfaction of the film promises to be the comprehensive way in which the story is told. Horror movies often bring in audiences by raising the death toll, but IT dives deeper. The collective memory of coming of age a la E.T.,...
Trophy Doc Takes Unflinching Look at World of Big Game Hunting
It takes a lot to rattle Brooklyn-based documentary maker Shaul Schwarz, who mingled with drug dealers to make his earlier feature Narco Cultura and weathered numerous war zones in his earlier career as a photojournalist. But two years ago, Schwarz was shaken to the core when he filmed game hunters killing an elephant in the wilds of Namibia. “That was really tough to be honest, because I’d never seen elephants before in the wild,” Schwarz recalls. “They’re such majestic animals,...
See Michael Fassbender in new, Riveting The Snowman Trailer
Tomas Alfredson‘s The Snowman is a film we’ve been patiently waiting for, and finally, a new trailer has arrived. Be warned, however; if you want to go into this adaptation of writer Jo Nesbø‘s terrific (and often terrifying) book without knowing much, you’ll want to avoid watching this trailer. The book has so many juicy, disturbing secrets to reveal, and no doubt Alfredson made the most out of them in his film, that’s why it might be best to avoid this and any other trailers...
Star Wars: Episode IX: Will Rian Johnson Take Over as Director?
While you’re probably still adjusting to the fact that Colin Trevorrow is no longer directing Star Wars: Episode IX, the film world is already into deep speculation on who might replace him. The most iconic film franchise in the world is currently without a leader for the final installment in the final trilogy of the Skywalker saga, so you can be sure the hunt is on. Some of the big time names that have been bandied about are Ava DuVernay,...
Venice 2017: Three Billboards Outside Ebbing Missouri Wows Festival
Things are looking good for Martin McDonagh’s Three Billboards Outside Ebbing Missouri, which had its’ world premiere at the Sala Grande in Venice and, as Deadline reports, was met with a roughly 10-minute standing ovation. This robust response is now the second film that Fox Searchlight has shown in Venice that has delighted and awed; they also enjoyed the world premiere of Guillermo del Toro’s The Shape Of Water last week, which was similarly feted.
Written and directed by McDonagh,...
Fall Read/Watch List: Check out These Books Before Their Cinematic Adaptations Arrive
Each year, there are a wide variety of new films that have been adapted from novels, biographies and memoirs. In 2017 alone, disparate movies like Fifty Shades Darker, The Shack, A Dog’s Purpose, The Zookeeper’s Wife and The Dark Tower were adapted from books. These films had little in common other than the commonality of being adapted from literary source material.
As the fall movie season gets underway,...
Game of Thrones VFX Reel Reveals how They Built the Battle Beyond the Wall
While the chatter from the super kinetic seventh season of Game of Thrones begins to fade, some of the key folks who helped bring the season to life are showing off their work. Perhaps the most technically ambitious season yet, including massive set pieces, a lot of digital work, and the show’s usual array of incredible locations mixed with stage and green screen work, season 7 brought out the best from some of the most highly respected below-the-line creatives in the industry...
Is Leonardo DiCaprio Going to be the Next Joker?
This would be the casting coup of the century for any superhero-related film, even more so than nabbing Christian Bale for the Dark Knight trilogy—The Hollywood Reporter has it that Warner Bros. is shooting for the moon on their Joker origin film, hoping that by bringing Martin Scorese onboard as producer, they may be able to lure his muse, Leonardo DiCaprio, to take up the iconic role.
The news that Warner Bros...
True Detective Season 3 is Happening
HBO has made it official, folks: True Detective season 3 is happening, and it’s bringing in a bunch of serious artists to right the ship after a rocky season 2. Creator/showrunner Nic Pizzolatto has joined forces with the great David Milch (Deadwood, Luck) and Oscar-winning Moonlight actor Mahershala Ali for a season set in the Ozarks. Now, word is that another piece of the puzzle has been added; director Jeremy Saulnier, whose two features,...
Watch a Clip From Guillermo del Toro’s The Shape of Water
Guillermo del Toro films are always an event, and his latest, The Shape of Water, is currently the talk of the Venice Film Festival. Fox Searchlight has released the first clip from the film, which features Sally Hawkins as a lonely woman named Elisa, who works as a janitor at a top-secret government laboratory. The lab is home to one very special inhabitant, a humanoid creature that lives underwater (think of an amphibian-human without language but with incredible grace)...
War for the Planet of the Apes Eyes Oscar Gold
In the nearly 50 years since Planet of the Apes first premiered, the franchise has been at the forefront of moviemaking technology and emotional storytelling. It has endured as a plotline that continues to draw audiences in and the narrative reached a peak with this year’s War for the Planet of the Apes. 20th Century Fox is hoping that the technical achievements and top tier performances will push the movie into new Academy Award territory...
Marvel and Sony Plan to Reunite Spider-Man: Homecoming Screenwriters for the Sequel
The Spiderman: Homecoming team is hoping to recreate the winning recipe that made the swinging superhero a hit this summer. According to THR, screenwriters Chris McKenna and Erik Sommers are in final negotiations to return for the sequel. Tom Holland is definitely set to reprise the web-slinging title role and the creative team will be complete if director Jon Watts gets locked in for the sequel.
The writing duo nailed the adolescent tone that made the comics so popular and eased the teenage crime fighter into the adult world of the Avengers...
Luke Takes on Darker Look in New Star Wars: The Last Jedi Image
While we patiently await a new trailer for Star Wars: The Last Jedi, our good friend (in our minds) Mark Hamill has done his level best to give us updates, tidbits and peeks at the next installment in the franchise. The latest, once again courtesy of Hamill’s Twitter feed, is a cover image of Luke Skywalker with a much darker look on the Hungarian film magazine Cinemania Mozimánia.
Perhaps Luke felt the need to take on these darker shades thanks to his exile on Ahch-To and the disturbances he was feeling in the Force...
Wonder Woman‘s Etta Candy is Tasked with a Mission of Her Own
When Wonder Woman premiered this summer, a true star was born. Sure there’s Gal Gadot who is graceful, powerful, and flawless in every way, but we’re talking about Etta Candy. Earlier this week we got to hear Etta (Lucy Davis) tell her side of the story.
As Steve Trevor’s assistant, Etta was tasked with the job of helping Diana Prince acclimate to her new London surroundings. She promised that she wasn’t afraid of a little “fisticuffs” and she may soon get the chance...
Watch this Adorable Homemade Recreation of the Thor: Ragnorak Trailer
Marvel made a brilliant decision when they tapped New Zealand director Taika Waitit to helm Thor: Ragnarok. The trailers have looked so good—both funny and exciting—that they’ve broken some pretty significant viewing records. However, Hungarian filmmaker Ákos Varga has proved that you don’t need a supersized budget to make an incredible trailer. All it takes is some markers and whole lot of cardboard.
Varga and his friends recreated the entire trailer shot for shot...
Game of Thrones: Watch 1st Episode of HBO’s 7-Part Behind-the-Scenes Series Now
With the end of every season of Game of Thrones comes your own, long winter. It’s always sad saying goodbye to the drama queens and kings of Westeros, especially this season, with the end so near (and yet, the final season so far, far away).
HBO feels your pain (and enjoys your ratings), so they’ve prepared a 7-part behind-the-scenes series, diving into the nitty gritty details on what it took to make season 7.
The series,...
