Here’s why two Amazing Sequences Didn’t Make it Into Spider-Man: Homecoming
In the first international trailer for the now officially critically acclaimed Spider-Man: Homecoming, there's a sequence at the very end that had fans salivating. You'll catch it below at the 1:36 mark—it's the moment where Spidey and Iron Man swing and fly, respectively, above the streets of New York City, a crime-fighting duo for the ages.
And then there's this thrilling moment, also at the 1:36 mark, where Michael Keaton's Vulture comes crashing through a hotel atrium,...
This Video Shows the Crucial Events that led to the War for the Planet of the Apes
War for the Planet of the Apes is one of the best summer blockbusters in recent memory. Don't talk our word for it, just read the gushing reviews. Yet, perhaps you’re a little foggy on the details of what, exactly, has led to the epic battle between humans and apes? Luckily 20th Century Fox has you covered with a brand new video that bridges the six years between Rupert Wyatt’s Rise of the Planet of the Apes ...
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2 Has Started Filming
Potter fanatics can rejoice as Warner Bros. has announced that the filming of Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2 is officially underway. The film will pick up in 1927 where the original left off to detail the escape of the infamous wizard Grindelwald.
This will be JK Rowling’s second go at script writing, her first being the original film, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them. David Yates (Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince) will also return to direct the second installment of the five-film series...
Watch the Beginning of Spider-Man: Homecoming
Last week we gave you the good news; the early buzz around Spider-Man: Homecoming was really good. We also shared with you how the events in Homecoming will play a part in the upcoming Avengers: Infinity War. Now, with the film heading to theaters this Friday, Sony has released Peter Parker's personal vlogs, which also happened to lead up to the beginning of the film itself. ...
Talking to The Journey’s Director Nick Hamm on Facing Ireland’s History Head-on
Belfast-born producer-director Nick Hamm has worked mostly in British television, although he's also directed theater and movies. As a filmmaker, he's drawn to stories that are contemporary, set close to home and involve real-life characters. 2011's Killing Bono was a comedy about teenage rockers upstaged by the Dublin schoolmates who founded U2. Hamm's new movie, The Journey, is a sometimes comic drama that fictionalizes a pivotal 2006 van ride shared by two confirmed enemies: Sinn Fein leader Martin McGuinness (Colm Meaney) and Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) founder Ian Paisley (Timothy Spall)...
Watch the Thrilling new Trailer for Christopher Nolan’s Dunkirk
It’s always a big deal whenever Christopher Nolan releases a new film, and his upcoming Dunkirk needs to be on your radar. Shooting his first historical drama, depicting a crucial moment during World War II, Dunkirk has quietly released some of the best trailers of the summer. Warner Bros. has dropped the latest, a thrilling, minute-long look at the series of events that helped change the tide of the war.
Dunkirk is based on the massive rescue operation that was mounted to save more than 330,000 British and Allied troops who were pinned down on beach...
Sony Drops Teaser for Steven Spielberg’s Iconic Sci-Fi Slow Burn Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Talk about a sly, under-the-radar (pun intended, you’ll see why) film tease. Over the long, hot July 4th weekend, Sony released a brand new teaser for Steven Spielberg’s seminal sci-fi slow-burn Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977), which of course begs the question; are they re-releasing the film? It sure looks that way, considering along with the teaser, a website has popped up which celebrates the 40th anniversary of the classic film.
The teaser,...
American History Through Film: What to Watch the Week of the Fourth
Whether today sees you at the end of your long weekend, already looking to wind down from too much barbecue and rosé, or you hardly got a break at all, supplement your Fourth festivities with an all-American film roster. In lieu of titles touting their patriotism right in the name (Captain America, Independence Day, and that ilk), these picks turn a gimlet eye on the U.S. at distinct moments, and ask viewers to consider the complicated totality of what it means to be American...
Women Directors Made the Best Movies of the Summer
Director Patty Jenkins has been reaping breathless headlines since Wonder Woman’s premiere — having made a summer blockbuster that isn’t rote or corny, with a lead, relative newcomer Gal Gadot, who deservedly looks like the breakout star of the summer, the film has exceeded all of Warner Bros.’ box office expectations and met with critical success. Audiences are broadly into a superhero film about a woman, made by a woman, and the ripple effect of headlines continues...
Stunt Performer Annabel Wood is a Real Life Wonder Woman
When she hears the word action, Annabel Wood’s job is to take the command literally. She very often makes her living dying. All in all, Wood has died more times than she can count – and she keeps coming back from more. She’s a stunt performer, and one of the best in the business. She leaps off cliffs and castle walls, dodges speeding cars and motorcycles, and, dons prosthetics to become an ice zombie and charge into a camp prepared to do her worst...
WatchSpider-Man: Homecoming, Thor: Ragnarok & Black Panther Closely for Avengers: Infinity War Clues
In the last ten years, more than 30 films based upon Marvel comic book characters have premiered, more than five times what was produced between 1944 – when the first iteration of Captain America was released – and 2000, a span of 56 years. Though not even ten years old, the Marvel Cinematic Universe has already garnered an immense following. Beyond a mere surge in quantity, the films that have been arising out of the MCU have been smashing box office records and attracting attention unlike ever before...
Watch this Moving Star Wars: The Last Jedi & Han Solo Behind-the-Scenes Video
In 2015, Lucasfilm established a program with the BFI Film Academy to hire trainees to work on the new Star Wars films. What this means is people like Brahim Buhai, who was born in a refugee camp in north western Africa, found himself as a young man working on the Han Solo spinoff film in the video department. The trainee program was designed to give young people like Brahim the opportunity to learn filmmaking skills on-the-job,...
Early Buzz: Spider-Man: Homecoming one of Marvel’s Best
The review embargo has been lifted on Spider-Man: Homecoming, and you’ll be happy to know that critics love the film. Director Jon Watts, star Tom Holland and a lively supporting cast have delivered the Spider-Man film fans have been waiting for. Equal parts charming, goofy teen drama and riveting superhero flick, Homecoming appears to be that perfect Marvel concoction; funny, fast-moving and genuinely thrilling. Here’s a spoiler free roundup of some of the reviews:
The Hottest New Romance on Game of Thrones was Improvised
Earlier today, we shared this story about Game of Thrones showruners David Benioff and D.B. Weiss discussing the breakneck tempo (including two huge battles) that will make season seven special. In their interview with Entertainment Weekly, Benioff and Weiss also discussed another hot topic; the burgeoning love affair (we hope) between the Wilding Tormund Giantsbane (Kristoffer Hivju) and Brienne of Tarth (Gwendoline Christie) that was ignited last season. It began with a look that Tormund gave Brienne when she arrived at Castle Black in episode four...
Star Wars: The Last Jedi‘s Adam Driver Says Film Creates new Rules for Franchise
As Kylo Ren, Adam Driver is one of the central figures in the new Star Wars trilogy, embodying the petulant, powerful Sith Lord wannabe, a Darth Vader acolyte and potent user of the Dark Side of the Force. He’s also an excellent promoter, helping goose interest in a franchise that needs little help by talking about all the things he loves, and we should be excited about, in Rian Johnson’s upcoming The Last Jedi...
Watch the First Trailer for Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle
Dwayne Johnson as a brawny adventurer? Yeah, we’ll buy that, but what's intriguing about Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle is that in reality, Johnson's playing a high school kid. Sony has released the first trailer for Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle trailer, which follows four teenagers who discover the ancient game of Jumanji (they’re bored during detention) and find themselves sucked into the game’s realm, where they become the games avatars, embodied by the aforementioned Johnson,...
Game of Thrones Showrunners Discuss Epic Scope and Scale of Season 7
HBO has been giving us a lot of really great behind-the-scenes intel on Game of Thrones lately. We've met Ramin Djawadi, the man behind the show's music, we've spent time with the special effects team and learned a bit about how they set fire to people (responsibly!), and we've unpacked the latest trailer for season seven, which hinted at an action-packed, quicker-than-usual pace. As this is the penultimate season of the show and,...
Josh Brolin Reveals First Look at X-Force Leader Cable in Deadpool 2 Photo
Ryan Reynolds isn’t the only member of the Deadpool 2 cast who can take to Instagram to whet our appetites about the film. Yesterday Reynolds shared this photo of him, in full Deadpool kit, and Hunt for the Wilderpeople breakout star Julian Dennison on the set, and now co-star Josh Brolin is joining the fun. Brolin is playing Cable, the time-traveling leader of the X-Force, the adult son of the X-Men's Scott Summers (Cyclops)...
Hunt for the Wilderpeople‘s Julian Dennison is in Deadpool 2
Julian Dennison was phenomenal as Ricky Baker in Taika Waititi’s glorious ode to his native New Zealand Hunt for the Wilderpeople, which stood out in crowded field of great films last year. As a foster child who finally finds a warm home, only to see a tragedy upend his newfound sense of family and security. So he and Uncle Hec (Sam Neil, a beloved Kiwi) went on the run in the bush, triggering a national manhunt and making them brand new outlaws...
The Greatest Showman Trailer Showcases All-Star Cast in Promising new Musical
There might be no business like show business, but without P.T. Barnum there would be no show business. It is Barnum’s beloved rags-to-riches tale that is celebrated in the upcoming film The Greatest Showman, directed by up-and-comer Michael Gracey. Part biography, part grand-scale musical, the film will feature original musical numbers by celebrated songwriting/composing duo Benj Pasek and Justin Paul, known for their work with La La Land and the new Broadway hit Dear Evan Hansen...
