Pop Culture Imports: 'Slumdog Millionaire,' 'Unorthodox,' 'Les Misérables,' And More
In this week's Pop Culture Imports, the best foreign movies and TV streaming now include Slumdog Millionaire, the 2019 Les Misérables, and more.
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Hear An Exclusive From The 'Les Miserables' Mini-Series Soundtrack
We have an exclusive from John Murphy's Les Miserables min-series soundtrack, which is a lot more experimental than you might expect.
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The Morning Watch: Creating The Millennium Falcon For 'Solo', Hidden CGI In Movies & More
In this edition, Industrial Light and Magic shows the steps of creating the Millennium Falcon for Solo, check out hidden CGI in movies, and more.
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Hugh Jackman Announces 2019 World Tour To Perform Songs From 'The Greatest Showman' & More
If you love the musical stylings of Hugh Jackman more than his turn as Wolverine, you'll probably want to hit up the Hugh Jackman world tour coming in 2019.
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'Les Misérables' First Look: You Won't Forget David Oyelowo, Dominic West, And Lily Collins In The PBS Masterpiece Miniseries
PBS Masterpiece and BBC released a Les Miserables first look at the miniseries adaptation of Victor Hugo's novel starring Dominic West and David Oyelowo.
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Everyone's Favorite Aussie: The 15 Greatest Hugh Jackman Moments
With Logan now in theaters, join us as we count down the 15 greatest Hugh Jackman moments, from musical performances to super-heroics.
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You Taste Of America: Sacha Baron Cohen's Finest Moments On Film
With The Brothers Grimsby arriving in theaters, we have assembled the best Sacha Baron Cohen scenes as a reminder of this guy's crazy career.
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LOL: Watch Hugh Jackman Sing Les Mis Spoof 'Wolverine The Musical'
Hugh Jackman appeared on the BBC and performed Wolverine The Musical, a spoof of "Who Am I from Les Miserables. Watch Hugh sing Wolverine The Musical.
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Rob Thomas Doing Modern Spin On 'Les Miserables' For Fox Television
Though the book has been around for 150 years, and the Broadway musical for over 30, Les Miserables had a big comeback last year thanks to Hollywood. Tom Hooper's hit adaptation, which won three Oscars including Best Supporting Actress, brought Victor Hugo's story into the public conscious like never before. Now the story is being…
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Gallery: Scott C's Great Showdowns For The 85th Annual Academy Awards
2013 seems to be the year of Oscar-themed pop culture art. Gallery 1988 did an amazing event, Mondo is preparing their own extravaganza and Scott Campbell has been adding to his Great Showdowns. All this week leading up to the 85th Annual Academy Awards, Campbell has been immortalizing some of this year's Best Picture nominees…
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Mondo Reveals First Three Oscar Posters: 'Les Miserables,' 'The Master' And 'Paranorman'
Oscar nominees might have a gut-wrenching experience waiting to hear their name called (or not) during the Academy Awards but at least they don't have posters to buy. For the second year in a row, Mondo has announced they'll be selling posters by multiple artists for different Oscar-nominees. The first three have just been revealed and, with…
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Cool Stuff: Gallery1988's 2013 Oscar-Inspired Poster Print Series
We've got a bunch of cool movie art for you today. The Academy and Gallery1988 commissioned a small group of artists to create original screen prints inspired by this year’s nine Best Picture nominees. After the jump you can see some of them, including: AMOUR by artist Matt Owen, ARGO by Anthony Petrie, BEASTS OF THE SOUTHERN…
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/Filmcast Ep. 214 - Gangster Squad
Dave, Adam, and Devindra discuss this year's Oscar nominations, and explain why you should watch LA Confidential instead of Gangster Squad. You can always e-mail us at slashfilmcast(AT)gmail(DOT)com, or call and leave a voicemail at 781-583-1993. Download or Play Now in your Browser: Subscribe to the /Filmcast: SHOWNOTES What We've Been Watching David (11:42): The Incredibles (Blu-ray)…
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2013 Golden Globes Award Winners And Live Blog; 'Argo' Wins Best Picture And Director [UPDATED With Videos]
For the 70th year, the Hollywood Foreign Press handed out their Golden Globe Awards Sunday night. Hosts Tina Fey and Amy Poehler entertained an audience of TV and movie fans there to bestow awards to shows like Girls, Modern Family, Smash, Breaking Bad, Homeland and Downton Abbey and films like Lincoln, Argo, Django Unchained, Life of Pi, Silver Linings…
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85th Academy Award Nominations: 'Beasts Of The Southern Wild,' 'Lincoln,' And 'Silver Linings Playbook' Earn Major Recognition
Emma Stone and Seth MacFarlane woke up at the crack of dawn this morning to announce the nominees for the 85th Academy Awards. Academy members nominated nine contenders for Best Picture, with Amour, Argo, Beasts of the Southern Wild, Django Unchained, Les Miserables, Life of Pi, Lincoln, Silver Linings Playbook, and Zero Dark Thirty all…
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'Lincoln' Leads 65th Annual BAFTA Nominations, But Steven Spielberg Snubbed For Best Director
The list of nominees for the 65th annual British Academy of Film and Television Arts Awards (also known as BAFTA) feel oddly familiar, yet throw a few curveballs. For example, Steven Spielberg's Lincoln leads the nominees with ten nominations, including nods for Best Picture, Actor, Adapted Screenplay and Supporting Actor and Actress. However it's director…
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Producer's Guild Of America Best Of 2012 Nominations Include 'Argo,' 'Django Unchained,' 'Lincoln,' 'Zero Dark Thirty'
We're already at the point in the award season where a few films have been solidified as the big winners and prime Oscar candidates. Zero Dark Thirty, Moonrise Kingdom, Silver Linings Playbook, and Lincoln have been awards frontrunners for weeks, and will likely continue to dominate slates of official accolades until the season ends with…
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Germain's Top Ten Movies Of 2012
2012 was an incredibly good year at the movies. Looking back at the almost 200 films I saw that were released this calendar year, many were in contention for this list. But in the end, there can be only 10. These ten films, ranked in reverse order, are the ones that most stuck with me…
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On The Directorial Decisions Of Tom Hooper In 'Les Misérables'
I was delighted to finally have the chance to catch Tom Hooper's Les Misérables last night and despite a few significant missteps (e.g. Russell Crowe as Javert), I found it totally brilliant and engrossing. Nonetheless, I've been reading a bunch of criticism on the internet about Hooper's directorial decisions, most pointedly regarding the look and sound of…
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The /Filmcast: Bonus Ep. - Les Misérables (GUEST: Joanna Robinson From Pajiba)
In this episode, Dave and Joanna Robinson from Pajiba discuss their love of Tom Hooper's Les Misérables. You can always e-mail us at slashfilmcast(AT)gmail(DOT)com, or call and leave a voicemail at 781-583-1993. Download or Play Now in your Browser: Subscribe to the /Filmcast:
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Germain's 10 Most Anticipated Films Of 2012 Revisited: Was I Right Or Wrong?
Around this time every year, for as far back as I can remember, I pick and write about the ten movies I'm most looking forward in the coming year. Here on /Film I did it for the movies of 2011 as well as the movies of 2012 and, in the coming days, I'll do it…
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VOTD: Samuel L. Jackson And Anne Hathaway Spar Over Sadness
This holiday season Samuel L. Jackson and Anne Hathaway both have prominent supporting roles in films that aren't exactly cheerful. In fact, it's safe to say, with no spoilers, that in both Django Unchained and Les Miserables, characters played by both actors experience some horrid moments. The video below might give away a couple small…
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2013 Golden Globe Nominations Highlight 'Zero Dark Thirty,' 'Django Unchained,' 'Lincoln'
This morning Megan Fox, Ed Helms, and Jessica Alba announced the nominations for the 2013 Golden Globes. The Hollywood Foreign Press Association, the organization behind the event, is famous for nominating films and performances simply based on their star factor -- if there's an actor that members of the HFPA want to hang out with,…
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'Lincoln' And 'Silver Linings Playbook' Lead 2012 Screen Actors Guild Nominations
The end of the year is approaching and that means award season. Every year it starts with regional critic groups and then slowly gets to the bigger, more influential groups leading up through the Academy Awards. If a film hopes to gain an Academy Award nomination, its first major hurdle is the Screen Actors Guild.…
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'Les Miserables' Review: This Big, Bold, Moving, Hollywood Musical Is One Of The Year's Best
There's a moment about 30 minutes into Tom Hooper's musical adaptation of Les Miserables where you're either with it or not. Anne Hathaway, beaten and bruised, hair raggedly cropped short, sings the iconic song "I Dreamed a Dream." She does so on her own, in a single long-take close-up that lasts at least three minutes.…
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Early Buzz: 'Les Miserables' Delights Audiences At First Screenings
Tom Hooper follows up his Oscar-winning The King's Speech with a film version of the stage musical classic Les Miserables, and the first public screenings of the film were met with great enthusiasm, first by a New York City audience, then by LA viewers. Sure, the deck was stacked in favor of Hooper and the…
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'Les Misérables' UK Trailer Lets The Audience Hear Russell Crowe's Voice In Song
While we've seen a teaser and extended production trailer for Tom Hooper's new adaptation of Les Miserables, this UK trailer is the fullest, most traditional look at the film to date. It has a lot of footage we haven't previously seen, and introduces most of the primary cast, including Hugh Jackman, Russell Crowe, Anne Hathaway,…
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