What Are The Most Pirated Movies Of 2014?
What are the most pirated movies of 2014? The Wolf of Wall Street and Frozen top the list, which also includes Captain America: The Winter Soldier.
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2014 MTV Movie Award Nominations
The 2014 MTV Movie Award nominations have been revealed. American Hustle, Wolf of Wall Street & The Hunger Games: Catching Fire are among the leaders.
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2014 Oscar Winners: '12 Years A Slave,' 'Gravity' And 'Dallas Buyers Club'
Here are the 2014 Oscar Winners, updated live as Ellen DeGeneres hosts the 86th annual Academy Awards from Hollywood, California.
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2014 Independent Spirit Awards Winners: '12 Years A Slave' Dominates
12 Years A Slave Took Home five Independent Spirit Awards Saturday Night leading into Oscar Sunday. Dallas Buyers Club and Fruitvale Station also did well.
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See Posters For The 2014 Best Picture Nominees Redone In LEGO
Even before we found out "everything is awesome" in The LEGO Movie, LEGO movie stuff was pretty "awesome" on the internet. The LEGO video games made new fans, and reimagined posters using the construction toys are fairly common place. Huge trailers are regularly adapted into stop motion LEGO versions. Even so, those adaptations are usually…
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'Gravity', '12 Years A Slave' Are Big Winners At 2014 BAFTA Awards
The British Academy of Film and Television Arts unveiled the winners of their 2014 awards this weekend, just two weeks ahead of the Academy Awards. The biggest winner of the night was Gravity, which took home six awards, but Best Film remained out of Alfonso Cuarón's grasp. That prize went instead to 12 Years a Slave, which secured…
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'12 Years A Slave' And 'Gravity' Tie At Producers Guild Awards
American Hustle took home the big prize at the SAG Awards on Saturday night, but as it turned out, its moment in the sun was fleeting. 12 Years a Slave and Gravity regained their awards season momentum at the Producers Guild of America Awards on Sunday night, as both won the top trophy in a…
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The /Filmcast Speaks To Armond White About Heckling Claims: "It's A Smear Campaign"
12 Years a Slave was my favorite film of the year, so I was pretty disappointed when I read in outlets such as The Guardian and Variety that former /Filmcast guest Armond White had heckled Steve McQueen during the New York Film Critics Circle Awards. Sure, White was no fan of 12 Years a Slave, as demonstrated in our /Filmcast…
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Best Movies Of 2013, According To IMDb Users
Over the past few weeks, and for the next few months, discussions will center on the best films of 2013. I did a list, the /Filmcast did a list and innumerable others will do the same leading up to the moment the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences crowns their best film of the…
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The /Filmcast's Top 10 Films Of 2013
In this episode (#255) of the /Filmcast, Dave and Devindra run down their top 10 films of 2013, discuss the movies they're looking forward to in 2014, and argue about how terrible The Lone Ranger was, relatively speaking. Be sure to check out this piece by Scott Mendelson on his worst films of 2013. You can always e-mail us at slashfilmcast(AT)gmail(DOT)com, or…
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Germain's Top Ten Films Of 2013
Looking back on 2013, it's hard to spot one overriding trend other than "great." Like any other year, the superhero movies, sequels, adaptations and remakes were present, but most of them were disposable and forgettable. The greatness in 2013, not surprisingly, was from the original and unexpected movies. Films born out of the mind of…
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Read Many Of 2013's Best Screenplays, From '12 Years A Slave' To 'The Wolf Of Wall Street'
If you're both 1) desperate for some distraction from the holiday hubbub and 2) eager to get a leg up on the rest of your office for the annual Oscar pool, here's a way to kill two birds with one stone. Over thirty screenplays for some of 2013's top films have just been made available,…
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2014 Golden Globe Nominees Include '12 Years A Slave', 'American Hustle'
While most of the West Coast was still curled up in bed, Aziz Ansari, Zoe Saldana, and Olivia Wilde got up bright and early this morning to announce the nominees for the 71st annual Golden Globes. 12 Years a Slave and American Hustle led the film nominations, with an impressive seven each. The latter didn't…
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'12 Years A Slave', 'Breaking Bad' Lead 2013 Screen Actors Guild Nominations
Ah, December: The month when all the awards buzz that's been circulating throughout the year starts to solidify into actual nominations. 12 Years a Slave has been considered a strong favorite to win the season since moment it premiered at Telluride, and this morning the Screen Actors Guild threw their support of the slavery drama by…
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Independent Spirit Awards Nominations Led By '12 Years A Slave'
The best award set of the season is usually the Independent Spirit Awards -- that's the ceremony where filmmakers cut loose, and it's the set of awards that is most likely to highlight actual achievement, rather than doling out statues to whoever campaigned the hardest for their Oscar. Today the nominations of for the 2014…
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/Filmcast Ep. 252 - 12 Years A Slave (GUEST: Armond White From City Arts)
Dave and Devindra discuss Steve McQueen's latest film, 12 Years a Slave. Armond White joins us from City Arts. Be sure to check out Armond's review of 12 Years a Slave. You can always e-mail us at slashfilmcast(AT)gmail(DOT)com, or call and leave a voicemail at 781-583-1993. Also, like us on Facebook! Download or Play Now in your Browser: Subscribe to the /Filmcast: SHOWNOTES Credits…
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George Clooney, Julie Delpy, Jonas Cuaron And More Discuss Screenwriting In 50-Minute Video
One of the highlights of each new Oscar season is the set of roundtable discussions created by THR. In each of these, the trade gathers a set of people involved in various films likely to be highlighted in the awards season, and just allows them to talk about making movies. They can be pretty great,…
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'12 Years A Slave' 2-Minute Spoiler-Free Video Review
Steve McQueen's Hunger dazzled me with its meticulously constructed tableaus, its daring long takes, and its incredible central performance by Michael Fassbender. When I saw that film, I believed its director to be one of the best filmmakers on the planet. It boggled my mind that that was McQueen's first feature film - if that was where…
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'12 Years A Slave' Review: An Effective, Jarring Piece Of Art [TIFF]
Based on the true story of Solomon Northup, a free northern man who was kidnapped and sold into bondage in the 1840s, 12 Years a Slave doesn't shy away from the horrific aspects of a slave trade that existed for hundred of years, sweeping up more than 12 million souls. Familial separation, abuse, torture, the…
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'Gravity,' '12 Years A Slave,' 'Rush, 'Fifth Estate' And 'Labor Day' Among Toronto Film Festival 2013's First Wave
One of the most prestigious film festivals in North America, the Toronto Film Festival, has begun to announce its line up for 2013. The event takes place September 5-15 and as usual, the line-up includes pretty much every highly-anticipated awards contender scheduled for release through the end of the year. Just a few examples are…
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'12 Years A Slave' Trailer: Chiwetel Ejiofor Is Robbed Of His Freedom
The new film from director Steve McQueen (Shame, Hunger) is based on the true story of Solomon Northrup, a free black man who was kidnapped and held as a slave for over a decade. In 12 Years a Slave, Chiwetel Ejiofor plays Northrup, and we see his horrific journey and what amounts to years of…
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Chiwetel Ejiofor Leads A Star-Studded Cast In New 'Twelve Years A Slave' Pics
The name Solomon Northup may not ring a bell for most people, but Steve McQueen and his star-studded cast could help change that this winter with Twelve Years a Slave. Chiwetel Ejiofor stars as Northup, a free man who was tricked and sold into slavery as an adult. He spent a dozen years working on…
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How Long Should You Be Dating Someone Before You Get Them A Christmas Gift?
The holidays bring their own uncertainties, especially when you're newly dating someone. When is the right time to get your date a gift?
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Steve McQueen's Star-Studded 'Twelve Years A Slave' Adds Michael K. Williams [UPDATED]
I'm starting to suspect Steve McQueen watches the same TV we do. The British director of Hunger and Shame has already cast Sherlock's Benedict Cumberbatch, Saturday Night Live's Taran Killam, and Raising Hope's Garret Dillahunt in his upcoming Twelve Years a Slave, and he's now added another small-screen favorite. Michael K. Williams, a.k.a. Omar Little…
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Brad Pitt Joins Steve McQueen's 'Twelve Years A Slave'
Here's an update to the developing news on Steve McQueen's third film, Twelve Years a Slave, that is pretty minor in terms of word count, but potentially huge for the movie. We know that Chiwetel Ejiofor will play Solomon Northrup, a free black man kidnapped in Washington in 1841 and made to serve as a…
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'Hunger' Director Steve McQueen Making '12 Years A Slave' With Chiwetel Ejiofor
Steve McQueen followed his debut film Hunger with Shame, which reunites him with actor Michael Fassbender and will premiere shortly at the Venice Film Festival. Now he's got his post-Shame project set: a film called 12 Years a Slave, in which Chiwetel Ejiofor will star. McQueen wrote the film with Red Tails screenwriter John Ridley,…
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