21st Century Spielberg Ranked From Worst To Best
Join us as we rank the 21st century filmography of Steven Spielberg.
Read MoreJoin us as we rank the 21st century filmography of Steven Spielberg.
Read MoreIn this edition, watch a bunch of The Boys season 2 bloopers, see what a historian thinks of how presidents have been potrayed in movies, and more.
Read MoreThe latest episode of the 21st Century Spielberg podcast takes a look at two very different "war films" from Steven Spielberg: War Horse and Lincoln.
Read MoreEvery month, Netflix adds movies and it taketh movies away. Here are some of the best TV shows and movies leaving Netflix in February 2020.
Read MoreChris Evangelista's Top 10 Movies of the Decade feature films from Martin Scorsese, Todd Haynes, Jonathan Glazer, George Miller, David Fincher, and more.
Read MoreThe Best movies streaming right now: a surprisingly funny history lesson from Steven Spielberg, a horror classic that invented an entirely new genre, a Martin Scorsese crime epic, a '70s mystery movie starring Gene Hackman and more.
Read MoreFrom Kill Bill to Lincoln, to the dozens of the streaming service's originals, here are the best tv shows and movies coming to Netflix in February 2018.
Read MoreWhen two of the most successful and revered filmmakers of all time have trouble getting their movies made, you know the system is broken. Steven Spielberg and George Lucas were among the speakers at a University of Southern California event this week and both addressed the sad state of business in Hollywood, with Spielberg predicting…
Read MoreDave, Devindra, Germain, and Russ chat about their thoughts on this year's Academy Awards. How funny and offensive was Seth MacFarlane? Who still remembers Chicago? What the hell were Paul Rudd and Melissa McCarthy doing up there? Tune in and find out! You can always e-mail us at slashfilmcast(AT)gmail(DOT)com, or call and leave a voicemail at…
Read MoreHere are the winners of the 85th Oscars. It was a rather strange year, with only the sixth tie in the history of the awards (for Sound Editing) an excess of references to Chicago, and a surprise win in the Best Director category for Ang Lee. (And those who expected Jessica Chastain to take the Best…
Read More2013 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…
Read MoreOscar loves a good historical drama, and this year's crop of Best Picture nominees has plenty that fit that mold, whether realistically (Zero Dark Thirty) or metaphorically (Beasts of the Southern Wild). But few of the films can actually boast of having made history. In depicting the passage of the Thirteenth Amendment abolishing slavery, Steven…
Read MoreZach Galifianakis' talk show Between Two Ferns made its triumphant return to Funny Or Die yesterday with a special Oscar Buzz Edition. In Part one of this special, which we posted yesterday, Galifianakis talked to Oscar contenders Jennifer Lawrence (Silver Lining Playbook), Anne Hathaway (Les Misérables), Christoph Waltz (Django Unchained), Naomi Watts (The Impossible) and Amy…
Read MoreOne benefit of making a film such as Lincoln is that the movie turns into more than just a story -- as a portrait of American history Lincoln is something that has interest beyond the multiplex. And so we now have multiple TV news magazine pieces about the film and the process of creating it.…
Read MoreAt this point, the only thing standing between Ben Affleck and a Best Director Oscar would seem to be the pesky fact that he wasn't nominated for the award. Nevertheless, Affleck and his film Argo have turned into an awards juggernaut, starting with the Best Motion Picture (Drama) and Best Director awards at the Golden…
Read MoreWe'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…
Read MoreMost of you probably know some of the story of Steven Spielberg's Lincoln: the director has wanted to make the film for years, but needed to secure the proper script, the proper actor, and timely financing. Things finally came together in 2011, and the result is Spielberg's best film in several years, and a particularly…
Read MoreEmma 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…
Read MoreThe 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…
Read MoreLater this week, Daniel Day-Lewis will almost certainly be handed his fifth Best Actor Oscar nomination for his work in Steven Spielberg's Lincoln. Knowing that, the film's history seems almost unreal. Lincoln was more years than usual in the making as Spielberg struggled not only to lock down the right story to tell about the…
Read MoreWith just days to go until Oscar nominations are announced, the Writers Guild of America has unveiled its list of nominees for their top screenplay awards. As expected, many of these are films that have picked up plenty of accolades already. It'll surprise no one to see that Zero Dark Thirty, Moonrise Kingdom, and Lincoln are among the…
Read MoreWe'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…
Read MoreThe Alamo Drafthouse brand is beloved among moviegoers for their plush theaters, but it's revered for their impeccable taste in movies. Whether programming a film festival or picking up indies for distribution, they've demonstrated an eye for films that aren't just good, but unique. With 2012 on its way out, the company has just released its list…
Read MoreIn this episode, Dave, Devindra, and Adam chat about the spate of hot new sci-fi film trailers, lament the preachiness of Flight, and get really troubled by Compliance. Special guest Joanna Robinson joins us from Pajiba. Be sure to check out the bad language in Lincoln, the science of high framerates, and how Tolkein retconned his own books.…
Read MoreThis 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,…
Read MoreThe 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.…
Read MoreThere's a lot to be said for timing when it comes to film awards, and in that respect things couldn't have worked out better for Kathryn Bigelow's Zero Dark Thirty. While most audiences won't even have a chance to see the film until early next year, the first screenings of the movie have drawn rave…
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