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‘Sesame Street’ Big Bird Puppeteer Caroll Spinney Has Passed Away At 85 Caroll Spinneymay not be a name that you’re familiar with, and there’s a chance you may have never seen his face. But you’ve undoubtedly seen his work, and he might have even shaped your childhood. Spinney is the puppeteer behind Sesame Street character Big Bird, as well as the grumpy Oscar the Grouch. After 50 years with the show, hired personally byJim Hensonhimself, Spinney retired last fall, and this year he said his final farewell, having passed away at 85 years old....

‘Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse’ Almost Introduced Australian Spider-Man, Read The Script Page Here Last weekend’s release ofSpider-Man: Into the Spider-Verseunleashed a handful of new superpowered Spider-People who had never been seen on the big screen before. In fact, many of them were characters who fans thought they’d probably never see in a Spider-Man movie, let alone on screen with each other alongside Peter Parker and Miles Morales. But there’s (at least) one version of Spider-Man who was considered for an appearance in the movie, but ended up being abandoned: Australian Spider-Man....

‘Star Trek: Discovery’ Will Launch Later Than Expected Star Trek: Discoverywas originally scheduled to set sail in January 2017, but has been pushed back four months. hit the jump to learn more about the new Star Trek: Discovery release date. Star Trek: Discover Release Date Changed To May 2017 CBS has issued a new press release today revealing that Star Trek’s highly anticipated return to television will now launch in May 2017....

‘Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker’ Forces Rose Tico Into The Background And That’s A Major Mistake Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalkerarrived in theaters this past weekend with what can be charitably defined as an impossible set of expectations. No matter who wrote and directed the film, this latest chapter was always going to be the concluding chapter in both a new trilogy ofStar Warsfilms,andthe concluding entry in a 40-plus year franchise of nine connected stories....

‘The Master’ Teaser Clip - Paul Thomas Anderson’s Latest Stars An Unstable Joaquin Phoenix A week after getting our first glimpse ofPhilip Seymour Hoffmanas religious leader Lancaster Dodd inPaul Thomas Anderson’sThe Master, we now have a first teaser to go with it. We don’t get to see much more of Hoffman here, but what we do get is a nice long look atJoaquin Phoenix’s Freddie, a charismatic young drifter who becomes Hoffman’s second in command....

‘We Are Little Zombies’ Trailer: Orphans Start A Band, But This Film’s Frenetic Style Is Its Big Draw If you thought Edgar Wright captured a video game sensibility in his movie adaptation ofScott Pilgrim vs. The World, just wait until you get a load ofWe Are Little Zombies, the debut feature film from directorMakoto Nagahisa. This movie, which centers on a group of teenaged orphans who form a band, incorporates live-action, stop-motion, animation, and all manner of visual flair to create something that’s startlingly different from what we’re used to seeing in a movie....

‘Westworld’ Season 3 Trailer: Bring Yourself Back Online Westworldseason 2 essentially rebooted the entire show, moving beyond the park and introducing a whole new world for characters to explore. That means you may expect a new experience withWestworldseason 3, and a new main character, too – played byAaron Paul. A newWestworldseason 3 trailer arrived during the SDCC panel, and you can glimpse it below. Westworld Season 3 Trailer At the end ofWestworldseason 2, Dolores (Evan Rachel Wood) managed to escape the park in a manner so complicated that I won’t even bother to recount it here....

‘Zombieland: Double Tap’ Director Ruben Fleischer And Star Jesse Eisenberg On The Sequels' Long Road To The Big Screen It’s been ten years sinceRuben Fleischer’sZombielandwas the breakout surprise of October 2009 and, believe it or not, the sequel is finally here. Those who followed the rumors in the intervening decade must have felt thatZombieland: Double Tapwas never going to happen; despite the obvious enthusiasm from starJesse Eisenbergand the rest of the cast, the production delays, casting concerns, and screenwriter turnover made it tough to imagine a sequel ever seeing the light of day....

/Answers: The Best Movie Gunfights Of All Time Every week in/Answers, we attempt to answer a new pop culture-related question. This week’s edition asks “What is your favorite movie gunfight of all time?“As always, we have submissions from the /Film writing crew and podcast team. If you’d like to share your favorite movie gunfight, please send your thoughts to slashfilmpitches@gmail.com for a chance to be featured on the site. Find our choices below!...

/Film LA: The Studio Ghibli Collection Runs January 26-February 12 So-CalStudio Ghiblifans jealous that New Yorkers got to see new prints of these classic animated films projected on the big screen won’t have to wait long to get their turn.The Studio Ghibli Collectionmakes its way to Los Angeles, at both the Egyptian and Aero Theaters, from January 26-February 12. Fourteen films produced by Ghibli:Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind(1984),Castle in the Sky(1986),My Neighbor Totoro(1988),Kiki’s Delivery Service(1989),Only Yesterday(1991),The Ocean Waves(1993),Porco Rosso(1992),Pom Poko(1994),Whisper of the Heart(1995),Princess Mononoke(1997),My Neighbors the Yamadas(1999),Spirited Away(2001),The Cat Returns(2002) andHowl’s Moving Castle(2004), will screen both in their original language with subtitles as well as dubbed Englis for younger audiences....

20 Movies To Watch During Christmas Week 2014 The Christmas vacation week has been a great time for movies for many years now. Knowing that people are on vacation and (possibly) eager to escape the odd family obligation or two, studios plan big releases for Christmas day, which is also conveniently one of the last big release dates of the year, making the time also a prime spot for the release of films with big award season campaigns....

20 Years Later, Terrence Malick’s ‘The Thin Red Line’ Retains Its Poetic Grandeur As One Of The Best ’90s Films If the definition of an auteur is a director whose authorship is self-evident from their signature filmmaking style — so much so that you could theoretically identify their movies without seeing a name credit — then Terrence Malick is a winning candidate for the title. Left unchecked, Malick’s style of whispery voiceovers and immaculately framed nature scenes can be overbearing....

A Computer Has Predicted The Most Likely ‘Game Of Thrones’ Season 8 Deaths We have to wait until 2019 to find out which characters are going to die in the next season of HBO’sGame of Thrones…or do we? A data scientist has crafted an algorithm that’s crunched the numbers and predicted the most likely candidates to bite the dust in the upcoming eighth and final season, based on things like the characters' houses, their title, gender, and more....