In the Heart of the Sea Trailer Introduces Real Whale Behind “Moby-Dick”
Maybe you haven’t read Herman Melville’s “Moby-Dick,” but you know Moby-Dick. That is, you know at a minimum that Moby Dick’s a killer whale (you might even know he's a sperm whale), and you also probably know that one of the things Melville used his monstrous creation to illustrate was the implacable power of nature, and man’s puniness in the face of it. What you might not know is that Melville’s masterpiece was based on the accounts he'd heard and read of the doomed whaleship Essex in 1920,
Hollywood vs the Elements: Top 5 Challenges of Shooting Everest
In 1996 two expeditions set out in an attempt to reach the summit of the world’s highest mountain, when they were hit with a deadly blizzard. Everest tells the story of their bid for survival in some of the harshest conditions nature has to offer. Here are some of the difficulties the cast and crew of Everest faced in an attempt to authentically recreate the ordeal:
- Lugging equipment up mountains
Tigers, Bears, Panthers, Oh My! Watch The Jungle Book‘s First Trailer
Yesterday director Jon Favreau (Iron Man, Chef) shared this teaser of his upcoming film The Jungle Book. Now Walt Disney Pictures has released the first full-length trailer for the live-action adventure, as well as a few choice photos.
Based on Rudyard Kipling's stories and inspired by Disney's 1967 animated version, The Jungle Book follows a boy named Mowgli (Neel Sethi) who has been raised by wolves.
Guillermo del Toro’s Crimson Peak Terrified Stephen King
One of the most creative directors alive, and a horror master to boot, Guillermo del Toro (Pan’s Labyrinth, Hellboy, Pacific Rim), has teamed with a stellar cast (Jessica Chastain, Tom Hiddleston, Mia Wasikowska) for his haunted house film Crimson Peak. Legendary and Universal Pictures have released this new clip, via Yahoo! Movies, introducing us the Sharpe family (Chastain plays Lady Lucille Sharpe,
Rocky Trains Adonis in New Creed Trailer
Who better to train an underdog boxer fighting more than just a title than the underdog boxer? There hasn’t been this much anticipation over a film involving Rocky Balboa (Sylvester Stallonne) since Rocky IV, only now Rocky’s training young Adonis Creed (Michael B. Jordan) in Creed. Directed by Ryan Cogler, the young comer who teamed up with Jordan for the potent Fruitvale Station,
Watch the 53rd New York Film Festival’s Super Enticing Trailer
The 53rd New York Film Festival begins on September 25, and there’s a lot of reasons to be excited for this year’s stellar slate. The NYFF is simply a special festival—eschewing awards, maintaining a low-key appeal that keeps the focus on the craft of filmmakers—this year’s festival has films big and small in a slate that is, once again, a boon for film lovers.
Here’s the trailer that the NYFF just released, giving you enough of a taste of what’s to come to warrant any New York-based film lover just go ahead and buy tickets.
Director Jon Favreau Shares The Jungle Book Teaser
Director Jon Favreau (Iron Man) shared a little peek at his upcoming The Jungle Book on Instagram, whetting the appetite of fans of Rudyard Kipling’s stories and Disney’s own classic animated film. Favreau's The Jungle Book is a live-action film, and from this teaser (a full trailer is expected today), there's reason for excitement.
The Jungle Book centers on Mowgli (newcomer Neel Sethi), a boy who’s been raised by a family of wolves.
Wicked Good: Black Mass, Spotlight & 7 Killer Boston Films
This movie season it’s the city of Boston that’s a major scene stealer
What are the signs that we’re shifting out of sluggish summer into tweedy autumn? Changing leaves, cool nights and, of course, early Oscar forecasting. Coming straight out of the festival circuit two films—Black Mass and Spotlight—are attracting awards chatter that’s threatening to reach a roar. And both films happen to be set and tell distinctly Boston true stories.
The Visit & 23 More Great Horror Films About Crazy Family Members
With M. Night Shayamalan’s The Visit opening today, his take on creepy, murderous grandparents terrifying the grandkids, we thought to take a look at movies that explore the most horrifying horror of all: family horror.
Horrible Hubbies and Dastardly Dads:
Do husbands really have to try so hard to make their wives go nuts? In Gaslight they do. Gaslight (1940 British version,
Game of Thrones Director Jeremy Podeswa on Last Season’s Toughest Episode
Jeremy Podeswa has directed some of the most ambitious television episodes of the last ten years. Rome, Six Feet Under, The Walking Dead, True Detective, Homeland, True Blood, American Horror Story, and Boardwalk Empire are on his resume. He’s been nominated for three Emmys—one for the HBO miniseries The Pacific, one for a 2011 episode of Boardwalk Empire, and now one for his work on the episode of “Unbent,
Room Will Likely Break Your Heart
For readers of Emma Donoghue’s novel of the same name, the idea of watching a film adaptation of a book that was at turns devastating and impossible to put down begs the question; can I put myself through this again, but also, how could I not?
Director Lenny Abarhamson’s Room premiered to some pretty spectacular reviews at the Telluride Film Festival, and as it heads to the Toronto International Film Festival it does so with major buzz.
Great Quotes From J.J. Abrams About Making Star Wars: The Force Awakens
The Internet is abuzz with speculation this morning that a new trailer for Star Wars: The Force Awakens will be coming next week, while The Force Awakens global toy unboxing live stream event is happening now. If you’re looking for more concrete Star Wars info, however, the Associated Press’s Jake Coyle nabbed an interview with Star Wars: The Force Awakens director J.J.
The Danish Girl Looks Utterly Moving
The word “Oscar” has been unavoidable ever since people learned Eddie Redmayne would be starring in Tom Hooper's The Danish Girl, playing transgender artist and pioneer Lili Elbe. Fresh off his Oscar win for his astonishing transformation into Stephen Hawking in The Theory of Everything, all anybody needed to hear was "Redmayne" and "transgender artist" to grant him his second nomination for Best Actor in a row.
Why Taylor Swift Gave the Best Speech Last Night at the VMAs
At the VMAs last night, Taylor Swift did something pretty classy after accepting the award for Best Female Video for "Blank Space"—she thanked her director, the prolific Joseph Kahn, and had him come up on the stage to accept the award alongside her. Then Kahn, as any proper director must, went on to name members of his crew, from his cinematographer Christopher Probst to his stylist, Edda Gudman, and then offered a shout out to his mom,
Director David Ayer Shares Suicide Squad Wrap Photo
Can you pick out the various bad guys that star in David Ayer’s upcoming Suicide Squad in this sprawling wrap photo? Can you find the Enchantress (Cara Delevigne), Deadshot (Will Smith), and the Killer Croc (Adele Akinnuoye-Agbaje)? Ayer (Fury, End of Watch, Training Day) is perhaps the perfect director to tackle the story of a bunch of supervillains taking on a suicidal black ops mission, and if the Comic-Con trailer and this wrap photo of what appears to be a pretty happy group of stars and filmmakers are any indiction,
Must-See Doc: He Named Me Malala Trailer Debuts
If you've never heard the story, you should read up on Pakistani activist Malala Yousafzai, and then you should see acclaimed director Davis Guggenheim's documentary about her when it's released on October 2.
At the age of 15, Yousafzai was targeted for speaking out on behalf of girls’ education in her region of Swat Valley in Pakistan. She was shot in the head. The result wasn't Yousafzai's death, but rather international media outrage and the emboldening of the intended target.
The Iron Giant: Signature Edition Re-Entering Theaters With 2 New Scenes
Yahoo! Movies! gives us this glimpse of Brad Bird's (The Incredibles, Ratatouille, Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol) 1999 classic The Iron Giant, now being re-released into theaters after getting remastered, including the addition two all-new scenes. The Iron Giant was two-time Oscar winner Brad Bird's debut, and is the story of an unlikely friendship between a rebellious boy named Hogarth (voiced by Eli Marienthal) and a giant robot,
M. Night Shyamalan’s Surprising Choices While Making The Visit
Much has been made about the odyssey of M. Night Shyamalan’s film career. He had one of the most explosive debuts in modern film history, bursting onto the scene with The Sixth Sense, his 1999 blockbuster that resonated with audiences and had that incredible twist ending. The twist ending became the young director's hallmark, as would his ability to make intimate, uncannily creepy films. He followed The Sixth Sense up with two more hits—his ordinary man who is actually a superhero film,
The Witch Will Freak You Out
“What were out in this wilderness to find, leaving our country, kindred, our father’s houses, for what? For the kingdom of God. Let us pray.”
These are the words that open The Witch trailer, writer/director Robert Eggers' (The Tell-Tale Heart, Hansel and Gretel) feature film debut that plants us in a world at once very American but also weirdly, creepily, alien—17th century New England, 62 years before the Salem witch trials.
Things Go Bump in the Night in 1st Victor Frankenstein Trailer
James McAvoy is Victor Von Frankenstein and Daniel Radcliffe is his loyal assistant Igor in 20th Century Fox's Victor Frankenstein. So that’s a pretty good start there. Told from Igor’s perspective, this seemingly kinetic take on Mary Shelley’s deathless classic looks like good fun. At 1:30 in, your first glimpse at a now very much alive monster promises that director Paul McGuigan screenwriter Max Landis are not pulling any deadly punches.
