'Isle Of Dogs' Featurette: See The Work That Goes Into Creating These Very Good Dogs
A new Isle of Dogs featurette shows off the meticulous behind-the-scenes work that goes into creating these very good stop-motion dogs.
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'Isle Of Dogs' Reviews Round-Up: They're Good Dogs
An early Isle of Dogs reviews round-up reveals that Wes Anderson has a very good movie about very good dogs on his hands.
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'Isle Of Dogs' Clip: Wes Anderson Stages A Dog Fight
The first Isle of Dogs clip shows off Wes Anderson's latest stop-motion animated film, about a pack of wild dogs living in a garbage dump. Isle of Dogs opens March 23, 2018.
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'Detective Pikachu' Cast Grows More Baffling As Ken Watanabe Joins
The Detective Pikachu cast grows as star Ryan Reynolds is joined by Ken Watanabe in the bizarre live-action adaptation of the video game.
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New 'Isle Of Dogs' Poster Shows Off Wes Anderson's Pack Of Motley Mutts
Behold the wall of puppers on display in the new Isle of Dogs poster. Wes Anderson's star-studded new stop-motion movie hits theaters in March 2018.
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'The Sea Of Trees' Trailer: Matthew McConaughey Finds Himself Lost In Gus Van Sant's New Drama
A24 will soon release Gus Van Sant's newest film, The Sea of Trees, which stars Matthew McConaughey and Ken Watanabe. Watch The Sea of Trees trailer.
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'The Sea Of Trees' Trailer: God Is Waiting For Matthew McConaughey
Written by Chris Sparling (Buried), Gus Van Sant's drama stars Matthew McConaughey, Ken Watanabe, and Naomi Watts. Watch The Sea of Trees trailer now.
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'Sea Of Trees' Japanese Trailer: Matthew McConaughey Finds Himself In Purgatory
Roadside Attractions picked up Sea of Trees for distribution, but a domestic release date has yet to be set. Watch a Japanese Sea of Trees trailer now.
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'Shanghai' Trailer: Long-Delayed John Cusack And Chow Yun-Fat Mystery Appears In The US
After sitting on the shelf for years, a film starring John Cusack, Chow Yun-Fat and Gong Li finally gets US release; here's the Shanghai trailer.
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'Doctor Strange' Shortlist Lists Three Possible Actors For The Ancient One
There are a few big characters in Marvel's Doctor Strange, which acts as one of the first salvos in Marvel's big Phase Three story set. The primary is obviously Doctor Strange himself, to be played by Benedict Cumberbatch. There's at least one villain, who may be played by Daniel Bruhl, and may or may not…
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John Goodman And Ken Watanabe Join 'Transformers: Age Of Extinction' Cast
Two new voices joined the Transformers Age of Extinction Cast. They are John Goodman and Ken Watanabe as Autoboys Hound and Drift. Read more here.
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'Godzilla' Japanese Trailer And Cool IMAX Poster
Watch the Godzilla Japanese trailer which focuses on the Japanese backstory of the creature and Ken Watanabe. And check out the cool Godzilla IMAX poster.
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'Godzilla' Japanese Trailer: Give Ken Watanabe A Close-Up
Briefly: Here's the Japanese trailer for next year's Godzilla, from director Gareth Edwards. This is mostly the same as the trailer debuted yesterday in the US -- the effects shots are all the same, for example. But Japan's own Ken Watanabe gets a better introduction in this trailer. While the domestic trailer showed the actor…
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'Godzilla' Teaser Trailer
Monsters director Gareth Edwards is the man entrusted by Toho, Legendary, and Warner Bros. to revamp Godzilla -- or more properly, to bring him back to speed as the giant nuclear monster that owns the hearts of moviegoers. Edwards said this week, "To me, he’s like a force of nature, like the wrath of God or…
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Full Trailer For Japanese 'Unforgiven' Remake
Here's the full trailer for a film we've been curious about for a while: the Japanese remake of Clint Eastwood's Unforgiven. Ken Watanabe stars in the role that stands as one of Eastwood's defining moments. There are no subtitles in this trailer, but anyone familiar with Eastwood's original will know all they need to understand…
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John C. Reilly Could Be Joining The 'Guardians Of The Galaxy'
What Clark Gregg is to The Avengers, John C. Reilly could soon be to the Guardians of the Galaxy. HitFix is reporting the Oscar-nominated actor known for roles in Boogie Nights, Chicago and Step Brothers has been offered the role of Rhomann Dey in James Gunn's 2014 cosmic Marvel team-up movie. The role is basically…
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Martin Scorsese Casts Andrew Garfield And Ken Watanabe In 'Silence'
Each time Andrew Garfield's name comes up for a project these days, it's seemingly bigger and more impressive than the last thing. He was crucial to David Fincher's The Social Network, he re-imagined your friendly neighborhood Spider-Man, and now arguably the greatest living filmmaker has tapped him to star in his new project. Martin Scorsese…
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Gareth Edwards' 'Godzilla' Adds Ken Watanabe As Filming Begins In Vancouver
Gareth Edwards' Godzilla reboot has been kept under very tight wraps through most of its development process, but one aspect of the film that's no secret is its top-notch cast. Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Bryan Cranston, Elizabeth Olsen, David Strathairn, and Juliette Binoche(!) have all boarded over the past few months. Now, with principal photography underway, one…
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Japanese 'Unforgiven' Teaser: Ken Watanabe Takes Over A Clint Eastwood Signature Role
Here's a brief look at footage from Unforgiven (Yurusarezaru mono), aka the Japanese remake of Clint Eastwood's 1992 western, here with Ken Watanabe in the lead role. We're given quick glimpses of the scenery, as well as what appears to be the town to which Watanabe's swordsman, newly out of retirement, heads to collect a bounty. We…
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Remake Bits: Get A Taste Of The Japanese 'Unforgiven,' Plus 'Oldboy,' 'Mortal Kombat,' And Simon West Takes Over 'Heat'
Conan the Barbarian isn't the only guy getting the Unforgiven treatment. The 1991 Clint Eastwood western has become a genre landmark, essentially nailing shut the concept of the anti-hero created when the spaghetti western subgenre flowered with A Fistful of Dollars in 1964. Now Ken Watanabe is playing the Eastwood role in a Japanese-produced remake…
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Ken Watanabe To Star In Japanese 'Unforgiven' Remake
The relationship between samurai films and westerns goes back many years, thanks in large part to remakes of Akria Kurosawa films; his 1954 film Seven Samurai was remade as the western The Magnificent Seven in 1960, and the defining Sergio Leone/Clint Eastwood movie A Fistful of Dollars remade Kurosawa's Yojimbo, without explicit credit given to Kurosawa. Now there is a major…
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Gary Oldman Won't Be In 'Akira', Ken Watanabe Offered Colonel Role Instead
Say what you will about Jaume Collet-Serra's live-action Akira, but the casting folks have been making some pretty intriguing choices so far. Okay, so Garrett Hedlund and Kristen Stewart haven't exactly gone over great with the fans. But the first two actors we heard of getting offers were Helena Bonham Carter and Gary Oldman, with…
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Ken Watanabe To Direct His First Film, Based On The Famed 442nd Infantry Regiment?
Ken Watanabe has worked as an actor in Japan for over twenty years, and since his breakout western role in The Last Samurai, he's become a fan-favorite character actor. Now, as Watanabe is about to be seen in Christopher Nolan's Inception, there is word that the actor is in talks to make the leap to…
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Movie Trailer: Shanghai
You'd think an epic WWII espionage thriller set in Shanghai, starring John Cusack and directed by Mikael "1408" Håfström would be an easy sell. But maybe not, if it's really just a trip to dullsville. Shanghai was pushed around on the Weinstein Company schedule for a while last year before being pushed off indefinitely. We've…
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Christopher Nolan Talks Inception
The shroud of mystery around Christopher Nolan's new film Inception is beginning to dissolve. That was inevitable. As the film gets closer to release, the previously well-concealed plot has to be revealed. So now we know for certain -- confirming many rumored explanations of the film's story -- that Leonardo DiCaprio is "a specialist in…
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37 New High Resolution Photos From Christopher Nolan's Inception
When the trailer for Christopher Nolan's new film Inception began to screen attached to early press screenings of Sherlock Holmes, movie bloggers around the internet (including our own David Chen) attempted, from memory, to recall the imagery from the new teaser. It wasn't an easy task considering all the craziness that happens in the new…
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Christopher Nolan's Inception Begins Shooting In Tokyo
We've heard recently that the budget for Christopher Nolan's Inception might be sky-high, as in north of $150m, and now we know that the film has begun shooting in Tokyo. Cue eager photographers trying to get a glimpse of Leonardo DiCaprio, Ken Watanabe and Joseph Gordon-Levitt as they move from trailer to set to shoot…
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