Posts

‘Boss Level’ Director Joe Carnahan On The Future Of Theaters And Streaming [Interview] There are certain directors who could easily be a character in one of their own movies.Joe Carnahanis one of those filmmakers. He’s got an energy and personality that would feel right at home in his more fast-talking, adrenaline-fueled movies. Of course, Carnahan starred in his first movie,Blood, Guts, Bullets and Octane, and appeared in his bombastic popcorn movieThe A-Team,as well as his one night-gone-wrong in Los Angeles film,Stretch....

‘Carol’ And ‘Bridge Of Spies’ Lead The 2016 BAFTA Nominations For those who follow and obsess over the Hollywood awards season, the British Academy Film Awards are often a breath of fresh air. Or a surprising curveball. A bucket of water to face. Seeing how the film tastes across the Atlantic diverge and converge with American opinions is often fascinating. Plus, the BAFTAs set aside a few categories to focus exclusively on British films and filmmakers, which always allows for some very interesting, very surprising films to step into the spotlight....

‘Chucky’ TV Series Will Blend The Horror Of Original Film While Expanding The Ever-Changing ‘Child’s Play’ Saga Child’s Playis a very fluid franchise, and that might be the key to its longevity. While other horror franchises have died off,Child’s Playis still going strong, even in the wake of an unnecessary remake.Don Mancini, who has been behind the series since the beginning, is now bringing the story of the killer Good Guy doll to TV with theChuckyTV series....

‘Deadpool 2’ Spoofs ‘The Walking Dead’ In New TV Spots; Tickets Go On Sale Thursday ADeadpoolandThe Walking Deadcrossover would do amazing numbers, but it looks like the closest thing we’ll get to that are a fewDeadpool 2TV spots that aired after the season premiere ofFear the Walking Dead. Two of the bloodiest franchises in movies and TV combined their might on Sunday night.Deadpool 2released a string of TV spots duringTalking Dead, the live TV aftershow that dissected the season premiere of theWalking Deadspin-off,Fear the Walking Dead....

‘Donnie Darko’ Director Richard Kelly Reviews David Fincher’s ‘Gone Girl’ I’ve always loved hearing filmmakers discuss movies. We’ve often printed interviews where we ask filmmakers about their favorite films and the /Filmcast has tried to bring on directors to review the latest big screen movies. That hasn’t been as constant of a feature as David Chen and I originally planned, because as it turns out, people in the movie industry generally don’t like to publicly bas other filmmaker’s projects and we generally only got yeses from those directors who had a positive take on the film at hand....

‘Joker’ Director Todd Phillips Gives The Definitive Answer About What Happens To Zazie Beetz’s Character One of the questions people have after watchingJokeris, “What happened toZazie Beetz’s character?” Without spoiling anything yet, we’ll just say that her fate is left somewhat ambiguous in the final cut of the movie. But now director and co-writerTodd Phillipsis coming in to provide a definitive answer about her fate. One of the scariest scenes in Joker is when Beetz’s character Sophie puts her daughter to bed and emerges into her apartment’s living room, only to discover Arthur Fleck (Joaquin Phoenix) sitting on her couch....

‘Kung Fury’ Trailer: Kung Fu, Robots, Nazis, Dinosaurs, Vikings, Mutants And Gods In One Movie Think of your favorite crazy, low-budget off the wall genre movie. Imagine that as “normal,” and maybe you’re able to understand the madness that isKung Fury. Directed byDavid Sandberg, it’s the story of a renegade kung-fu cop who travels back in time to kill Adolf Hitler. I know what you’re thinking: “Been there done that.” But not like inKung Fury....

‘Nathan For You’ Season 4 Trailer: The Best Show You’re Not Watching Returns This Fall Even if you don’t know the nameNathan Fielder, there’s a good chance you’ve encountered at least one of the viral stunts the comedian has executed through his Comedy Central TV seriesNathan for You. The series is a parody of reality TV shows where small business are helped by consultants who are experts in entrepreneurship, with Nathan Fielder offering up terrible ideas to help drum up interest in various small businesses....

‘Nobody Speak’ Trailer: Hulk Hogan’s Sex Tape Lawsuit Meant More Than You Think When news spread ofHulk Hoganhaving a sex tape leaked online, it felt like nothing more than tabloid gossip. But when the former wrestler and reality TV star began a legal battle between his rights to privacy and the freedom of the press, the story turn a much more significant turn, one that makes this lawsuit even more important than most realize....

‘Reprisal’ Trailer: Oh, Good! Another Bruce Willis Movie To Forget About Have you heard ofActs of Violence, First Kill, Marauders, Extraction, ViceorThe Prince? They’re allBruce Willisaction thrillers that you’ve likely forgotten about or never even heard of, and they’re all movies that have come out within the last four years. That just goes to show you how often Bruce Willis is churning out forgettable fodder for action-hungry audiences who will watch anything while eating a Little Caesar’s pizza....

‘Shazam!’ Reveals More Details About Its Villain And That Tricky ‘Captain Marvel’ Name The firstShazam!trailer lit up San Diego Comic-Con like the lightning bolt on the superhero’s chest, signaling a bright and fun future for Warner Bros.' DC Extended Universe. And now while fans eagerly await the comic book movie’s release in 2019, directorDavid F. Sandbergis feeding into the hype with a few more details about the film’s mysterious villain played byMark Strong, and how they plan to circumvent that tricky situation over the hero’s original name....

‘Tenet’ Has Fewer VFX Shots Than Most Romantic Comedies, Described As “The Hardest Movie Any Editor Has Ever Had To Cut” Tenetis finally coming to movie theaters around the world later this month, even though the United States will have to wait until early September. In support of the film, some new tidbits about the mysterious production have been surfacing online from directorChristopher Nolanhimself. Though he’s not giving away any new plot details, he has revealed that not only does this movie somehow have fewer visual effects shots than most romantic comedies, but it was also probably one of the hardest movies for any editor to tackle....

‘The Muppets Movie’ Books A Fun Musical Cameo; Bret McKenzie Of ‘Flight Of The Conchords’ Contributing Songs First up, the two items in the headline are not related, though withBret McKenzieis working withJason Segelon songs forThe Muppets Movie, and with hisFlight of the ConcordsdirectorJames Bobindirecting the Muppet film, don’t be surprised to see him end up in the film. So hit the break to find out about the musical cameo, and to get a bit more info about Bret Mackenzie’s work on the movie....