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Results Of The Slashfilm/Totally Rad Show Summer Movie Game You may remember a competition that commenceda few months back, pitting /Film against The Totally Rad Show in their annual Summer Movie Game. The purpose of the game was to predict the top ten highest grossing domestic films of the summer—and in order, no less. The teams? /Film’sPeter Sciretta,David ChenandRuss Fischervs. TRS’sDan Trachtenberg,Alex Albrecht, andJeff Cannata. Well gentlemen, the summer is over....

Sequel Bits: ‘The First Purge’, ‘Glass’, ‘Don’t Breathe 2’, ‘Avatar 2’, And More In this edition of sequel bits: America is extra terrifying right now thanks to a certain individual currently occupying the White House. You know who I’m talking about.The Purgefranchise knows this, too, and is using it to their advantage with the marketing forThe First Purge. After apostermaking use of an infamous red baseball hat,The First Purgealso released this brief little teaser....

Sequel Bits: ‘The Hobbit’, ‘The World’s End’, ‘The Muppets… Again’, ‘The Hangover III’, ‘Anchorman 2’ Who wants to see the first trailer fromThe Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug? Well, too bad, because it’s not coming for another few months. Also after the jump: Jackson promised that the first trailer would hit sometime this summer, though he was vague on specifics. The openings of Warner Bros.‘Man of SteelorPacific Rimseem like decent possibilities, or perhaps Hall H at San Diego Comic-Con....

Steven Spielberg Gave Advice To Christopher Nolan For ‘Dunkirk’ Christopher Nolan’s recentDunkirkis not your typical war epic. It’s not so much obsessed with focusing on battles as it is avoiding them. Yet Nolan wasn’t above looking to past war films for inspiration, particularly one of the most famous war films ever made:Steven Spielberg’sSaving Private Ryan. In a new interview, it’s revealed that Steven Spielberg gave advice to Christopher Nolan during the making ofDunkirk....

Suicidal ‘10 Things I Hate About You’ Spinoff ‘10 Things I Hate About Life’ In The Works; Hayley Atwell To Star 10 Things I Hate About YouhelmerGil Jungerhas already revisited his hit 1999 teen comedy once, with a 2009 ABC Family series of the same title that lasted just once season, and now he’s preparing to head back into familiar territory once again. Well — familiar-ish, anyway. Junger is set to direct10 Things I Hate About Life, a sorta-sequel with a suicidal twist....

Superhero Bits: Petition Against Zack Snyder, Loki Chooses A Side In Civil War & More How many people have signed a petition to removeZack Snyderfrom theDC Comicscinematic universe? What would a scout trooper helmet designed byWayne Industrieslook like? Which side wouldLokibe on in Marvel’sCivil War? When can you see a new clip fromCaptain America: Civil War? All that and more in this edition ofSuperhero Bits. Ben Afflecksays his son thinksHenry Cavillis the realSupermanin thisGood Morning Americainterview....

Terminator Salvation: Warner Bros Wants PG-13 Edits, McG Is Fighting For His R-Rated Vision When production first began onTerminator Salvation, rumors began to circulate that Warner Bros wanted the film to be PG-13. At Comic-Con last year,McGassuredfans in attendance that he is under no pressure to deliver a PG-13 rating. Referring to the studio executives for this film, McG explained “I’ve been given their blessing to make the picture…and if it’s a rated R picture, then that’s that....

The Best TV Shows And Movies Coming To Disney+ And Hulu In July 2021 Summer is coming on fast! We’re nearly halfway through June, and July is just around the corner. It will bring with it humidity, fireworks, BBQs, and new movies and TV shows onDisney+andHulu. So crack open a beer, fire up the grill, and check out the Best TV Shows and Movies Coming to Disney+ and Hulu in July 2021 below....

The Curious Connections Between ‘Star Wars’ And The James Bond Series (Welcome toThe Movies That Made Star Wars, a series where we explore the films that inspired (or help us better understand) George Lucas’s iconic universe. In thisedition:theJames Bondfilms) Ever since the 1962 release ofDr. No, James Bond has occupied a place in the hearts of cinema-goers. The films were brash and adventurous in a new way, offering a realism in their stunts and thrills that hadn’t been at the forefront of cinema to that point....

The Graduate Ending Explained: What Are You Going To Do Now? Released in 1967, Mike Nichols' coming-of-age comedy “The Graduate” follows an insecure recent college grad named Ben Braddock (Dustin Hoffman) who has an affair with his older neighbor, the seductive Mrs. Robinson (Anne Bancroft), then falls for her daughter Elaine (Katharine Ross). Despite knowing about his tryst with her mother and other uncertainties, Elaine becomes interested in Ben. However, her father (Murray Hamilton) forces her to quit college and marry her classmate Carl, whom she briefly dated....

The Manor Star Barbara Hershey Shares About Scares And Swears [Interview] Growing older can be a little scary. Not only do you have to worry about your body and mind potentially failing you, but people just treat you differently. Older folks are often pushed aside, their voices ignored even when they’re screaming. That’s the premise behind the latest “Welcome to the Blumhouse” movie “The Manor,” starring Barbara Hershey as an aging dancer who is forced into a nursing home after having a mild stroke....

The Return Of Page 2 There has been so much movie news lately that night after night, there is a bunch of stories that end up on “the cutting room floor”. From time to time on /Film, we’ve had a link blog column called Page 2 which rounds up a bunch of the stuff that didn’t deserve a full post or maybe we just didn’t have enough time to get to....

The Star Trek: Voyager Plotline Jeri Ryan Wishes She Could Do Differently If you ask someone what their favorite “Star Trek” series is, “Star Trek: Voyager” probably won’t be the first choice — or even the second. Debates surrounding the series run hot, from the various characters within its ensemble to how it resolved the story of the U.S.S. Voyager’s travels through the Delta Quadrant. Even the series' stars have their own thoughts on how things were handled; Jeri Ryan, who played fan-favorite character Seven of Nine, is no different....