In this edition, learn about the unique challenges of the Star Trek: Picard VFX, find out how accurate some hostage negotiation scenes are, and more.
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In this edition, check out Star Wars: The Clone Wars season 7 trailer Easter eggs, listen to some of Will Ferrell's stories from SNL, and more.
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The list of most rented Redbox movies is released, revealing that Americans who frequent the superstore DVD kiosk have pretty similar tastes in movies.
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In the latest edition of /Answers, the /Film crew gathers to name the best movie pirates. And no, we didn't pick Jack Sparrow.
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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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By this point in the awards race, it's usually pretty clear who the frontrunners are. Most of the guilds have already thrown their support behind a few favorite films, which typically then go on to fare well at the Academy Awards. Nevertheless, there were a couple of mild surprises when the WGA announced its 2014 Writers…
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Following SAG and the PGA, the Writers Guild of America has just unveiled its list of nominees for the 2014 nominees. For anyone who's been watching the awards race, the list won't contain many surprises. The WGA likes American Hustle and Dallas Buyers Club just as much as everyone else does. Additionally, several of the most notable absences…
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It's been an amazing year for films, possibly the best one since I started writing/talking about film seriously back in 2007. Devindra and I had a spirited discussion of our top 10 films of the year, but for those who prefer a shorter, 9-minute long version of that podcast episode, you can find a video…
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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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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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If you haven't seen Captain Phillips yet, buy a ticket for this weekend right now (we can wait). Aside from it being one of this year's best films, its also becoming one of this year's controversial movies. Captain Phillips tells the true story of the hijacking of the ship Maersk Alabama, and how Captain Phillips heroically…
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At this point, there probably aren't many people who expect a feature film to be a 100% accurate depiction of events, even when it proclaims that it is based on a true story. The idea of dramatic license is well-understood, but there's always a related question: when does dramatic license steer a project too far…
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Dave and Devindra are joined by Dan Trachtenberg to discuss what makes a genre film great, and also take another look at Gravity's deceptively simple yet emotionally complex script. Also, Dan makes a shocking revelation about how many times he's watched Kickboxer. 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…
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Captain Phillips is not an inaccurate title for Paul Greengrass' latest movie, but it is an incomplete one. While the drama does indeed chronicle the 2009 hijacking of the Maersk Alabama from the point of view of the titular hostage, this isn't really an epic about a brave captain battling vicious pirates. (Or not just…
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This weekend's Captain Phillips doesn't spend too much time dwelling on its protagonist's history, but maybe that's because it doesn't need to. Maybe we've already spent the past twenty years watching it play out. A new supercut suggests that Tom Hanks has spent most of his career starring in one really long film called Tom Hanks:…
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These days, the word "piracy" more readily brings to mind tech-savvy downloaders scouring Google than dangerous criminals sailing the high seas. But in 2009, the capture of the MV Maersk Alabama by Somali pirates served as an unhappy reminder that the latter kind haven't entirely disappeared. Paul Greengrass' Captain Phillips chronicles the dramatic hijacking and…
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Tom Hanks stars in Captain Phillips, the new film from United 93 director Paul Greengrass. He's the captain of the ship Maersk Alabama, which was hijacked by Somali pirates in 2009. The first trailer showed the beginning of that hijacking, but this second trailer is more detailed and intense as it shows the actions and personalities of…
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One word comes to mind watching the first trailer for Paul Greengrass' latest film Captain Phillips: Intense. Few filmmakers are better at creating incredible tension and drama out of real world situations, and it appears the director of United 93, Bloody Sunday and two Bourne movies has done it again. This time he's joined by…
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Briefly: Sony has just announced release dates for two very different projects I'd very nearly forgotten about. Variety reports that Paul Greengrass' reality-based Somali pirate tale Captain Phillips is now slated for a March 22, 2013 opening, while Salim Akil's music-themed drama Sparkle will hit August 10, 2012. The former stars Tom Hanks as real-life hero…
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