Before & After: Watch What Crowdfunding Did for Aurora in 2 Trailers

On April 26, 2013, Aurora was posted on the crowdfunding site Kickstarter. Aurora’s an ambitious sci-fi love story set after a human-created apocalypse has destroyed the Earth and left the machines they created to protect them in control. The machines, led by a super-computer named Kronos, take over under the guise of creating a utopia. Sixty years later, the protagonist, Andrew (Julian Schaffner), finds himself living in this Kronos-ruled world when he meets Calia (Jeannine Wacker),

Masterminds Trailer Delivers a Solid Gut-Punch

This trailer for Masterminds starts off like so many armored car/ bank heist thrillers – the set up is a news broadcast of the theft in a shaky, blurry camera and a newscaster's voice over explaining the audacity of a bank robbery– but it all changes, and becomes wonderfully Galifianakian, with a bullet in the pants, “It feels like it just grazed my biscuits, right in between stuff,” Zach Galifianakis says.

This tease for Masterminds is chock full of the raw fun and sensationally silly escapades we've come to expect from America's preeminent clown (he can really act,

It’s Hard to Tell Who’s Crazy in the New Mad Max: Fury Road Trailer

While watching the new Mad Max: Fury Road trailer, the phrase that resonates is, “Oh, what a day! What a lovely day!”

Director George Miller’s trailer is a breathtaking tease for the return of the Mad Max ‘franchise’ after a 30-year gap. We get a snippet of context for the high adrenaline car chases. We get a Charlize Theron with a fantastic buzz cut and four unidentified girls trying to escape,

Fall Films Show Family Affairs Gone Bad (and Beyond)

As we look ahead to fall, we see several intriguing films coming out that focus, in one way or another, on family. While every year brings plenty of movies that focus on family matters, this year boasts what might be the single most astonishing film about a family ever created—Richard Linklater's masterpiece Boyhood. This gorgeous, meditative dance with time exposed the beauty, love, hardship and turmoil of one single family over 12-years, a feat of filmmaking that is all the more breathtaking for being in the service of a film that actually moves you. This fall’s family-centered films are a touch darker,

Mutants, Maleficent & Tom Cruise: Summer Blockbuster Season is Upon us

Godzilla thrashes and trashes his way into theaters this weekend, marking the unofficial start of summer blockbuster season (you could argue The Amazing Spider-Man 2 kicked off the increasingly earlier start to tent pole season on May 2). In the coming weeks, some of the year’s biggest films are hitting theaters, including mutants, mutating robots, turtles who are also mutants, Maleficent, Tom Cruise, monkeys riding horses,

2014 Tribeca Film Festival at a Glance—5 Hot Docs

The 2014 Tribeca Film Festival begins its 13th season today with the world premiere of the Nas documentary Time is Illmatic. It’s a fitting opening film for the festival—the incredibly talented rapper, songwriter and actor was born in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, eventually moving to the Queensbridge Houses in Long Island City, Queens, where he would get a thorough education in hip hop. The film, by multimedia artist One9, focuses on Nas’s groundbreaking 1994 debut album, 

CinemaCon 2014: Sony Teases The Amazing Spider-Man 2 & More

What better way to enjoy Sony Pictures’ presentation than after a few cocktails? The studio is hosting a pre-event cocktail reception in The Colosseum Lobby at Caesar’s before they unveil their 2014 films. Classy. President, Rory Bruer is the man on hand to give folks a glimpse of everybody’s favorite web-slinger, as well as everybody’s favorite undercover cops, to name a few of the films that’ll be teased during their presentation.

Peter Parker (Andrew Garfield) faces a host of super villains in The Amazing Spider-Man 2,

CinemaCon 2014: Disney Unveils Maleficent, Million Dollar Arm & More

It's day three of CinemaCon and the schedule is packed. Alternative content and event cinema companies, fro Arts Alliance to Screenvision, will be hosting a special exhibit in the Palace Ballroom at Caesar's Palace this morning, followed by Walt Disney Studios exclusive presentation.

Disney Chairman Alan Horn and executive vice president of distribution Dave Hollis will host the presentation, which includes a screening of Million Dollar Arm presented in Dolby Atmos.

CinemaCon 2014: Universal Unveils Summer Lineup

While it’s an inexact science figuring out how much a festival crowd’s enthusiasm means for the future of a film, the screening of Universal’s Neighbors at SXSW must have delighted many in the studio. Hundreds of people waited patiently, in the rain, for roughly an hour to see director Nicholas Stoller’s movie and roared with laughter for just about all of its running time. Universal is offering a look at their summer slate today at CinemaCon,

CinemaCon 2014: A Peek at Paramount’s Summer Lineup

Paramount’s got a slate of massive films coming out in the next few months, with perhaps it most marquee release bookending the run—Christopher Nolan’s Interstellar, coming on November 7. Nolan himself will be on hand at CinemaCon, as he was in 2012 when he showed a five minute clip of The Dark Knight Rises during a Warner Bros. presentation. Tonight at CinemaCon, Paramount will be showcasing some of their upcoming films for eager audiences at 6:30pm.

Interstellar, Noah, Fury & More: 2014 Movie Preview

Now that we’ve put a bow on one of the greatest years in recent film history, it’s time to look ahead at the slate of films coming out this year.

We're taking just a small bite here, and we're breaking it down by four genres that have a robust selection of films coming out—science fiction, action/adventure, superhero and historical/period pieces.

Science Fiction

There are a lot of really exciting projects in the sci-fi genre from some very talented directors and huge stars,

Weekend Watch List: Wolf of Wall Street, American Hustle & More

Just about everybody’s aware that Martin Scorsese and Leonardo DiCaprio are back with their fifth film together in their Wall Street bacchanal The Wolf of Wall Street. But Marty and Leo aren’t the only game in town. We take a quick look at what’s out in theaters this weekend as we wind down this incredible year in film.

 The Wolf of Wall Street

Based on the book by stockbroker and former cretin Jordan Belfort,

Trailer Talk: Holiday Weekend Special

There’s some great films coming out, and there's still a lot of greats left in theaters.  Let’s take a quick tour of what’s out there so you have an excuse to take a two hour (or more) break from the festivities and enjoy some quality time with your cinematic friends.

Thor: The Dark World

Thor's back in the second installment and he's got a whole lot of trouble brewing.

7 Films We’re Excited About Playing at Toronto International Film Festival

The Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) starts tonight, and the slate is packed with enticing projects. An Elmore Leonard adaptation (the last of his illustrious career, Life of Crime, based on his 1978 crime novel “The Switch”), Spike Jonze’s intriguing Her, and the hotly anticipated return to the director’s chair for Alfonso Cuaron in his space-disaster epic Gravity.

TIFF’s movie schedule is dense with films we’re really excited about,

Trailer Talk: Evaluating What’s Coming out in Three Minutes or Less

The end of this week saw the release of trailers for several of next fall’s most hotly anticipated film releases. Here’s our take on what to expect based on our extensive deep dives into their sub-three minute trailers…

The World’s End

Is it lazy to just write about films in terms of those that have come before them? What about writing about two movies that haven’t come out yet?

CinemaCon Showcase: Twentieth Century Fox’s Upcoming Film Releases

So we’ve gotten a peek at Paramount, Warner Bros., Universal Pictures, Walt Disney Studios, and Sony Pictures upcoming slate of films during our time at CinemaCon.

Here’s a trailer roundup for you from Twentieth Century Fox, which includes a good cross section of animation, comedies, and big-time action blockbusters.

Epic (May 24)

This 3D animated adventure directed by Chris Wedge and based on William Joyce’s children’s book “The Leaf Men and the Brave Good Bugs”

CinemaCon Showcase: Walt Disney Studios and Sony Pictures’ Upcoming Films

So we’ve gotten a peek at Paramount, Warner Bros. and Universal Pictures’ upcoming films in our first two days at CinemaCon, and today Walt Disney Studios and Sony Pictures are offering a glance at what they’ve got on tap.

Here’s a trailer roundup for you to whet your pallet. This spring and summer are looking like a monstrously good time to be at the movies.

–WALT DISNEY STUDIOS–

CinemaCon Showcase: Warner Bros. and Universal Pictures’ Upcoming Films

CinemaCon continues apace today in Las Vegas, with a look at the 21st century moviegoer, a retrospective on some of the top grossing films of 2012, and the CinemaCon Trade Show to name a few events. While we’ve been reporting from the Con, we’ve already gotten a chance to sample Paramount Pictures upcoming slate of films, and today both Universal Pictures and Warner Bros. are showcasing their upcoming slate.

Trailer Talk: We Evaluate What’s out and What’s Coming out

Trying to decide what film to see today? Well, we’ll evaluate your options based solely on the three minutes we’ve been given via their trailers.

We’ve already covered Oz the Great and Powerful with our interview with Gary Jones, costume designer extraordinaire, but here's a look at some other films in the theaters this weekend you can choose from (admittedly the first will be a touch hard to find).

Welcome to The Credits

Just as it sounds, The Credits is an online magazine that celebrates the hard work and creativity that goes into making the movies and television shows we all love. Often we’re leaving the theater, changing the channel or clicking through to the next episode on Hulu by the time the credits roll; we’d like to hit the pause button in order to take a better look at some of the names on the screen.

The Credits is sponsored by the Motion Picture Association of America and celebrates our large and diverse creative community.