In this ediiton, watch a Hamilton reunion on The Tonight Show, see what VFX artists have to say about Scott Pilgrim vs the World, and more.
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In The Morning Watch, check out a Disney short film created by this year's summer interns, rundown the different kinds of time travel in fiction and more.
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The music for Edgar Wright's Shaun of the Dead has never been released. But Mondo will finally release the Shaun of the Dead Score for the first time.
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In Part 1 of our FilmAid broadcast, Rian Johnson discusses his work on Looper and Breaking Bad, drops some hints at his next project, weighs in on the digital vs. film "debate," and explains why it's fun to make dog fart sounds with his mouth. If you want to support the cause we're promoting, please head over to filmaid.org/slashfilm and…
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In a weird way, special effects are never less noticeable than when they're done really well. The best artists are able to blend the real and the unreal so seamlessly that it's all but impossible to tell where one ends and the other begins. So it's cool to get a chance to see the painstaking…
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In 2012, nitpicking movies became the latest online craze. Everyone got wrapped up in it. Some may blame the movies, but I blame fans with video editing skills who make videos like the ones below. Three of the year's most discussed movies - Rian Johnson's Looper, Ridley Scott's Prometheus and Christopher Nolan's The Dark Knight…
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With 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…
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Heading into 2012, two films many of us were looking forward to were the new movies from Rian Johnson and Judd Apatow: Looper and This is 40. Now that we've seen them, why not see a bit more? After all, whether or not you loved or loathed either film (read my review of each at these…
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It's practically tradition among geeks at this point to bemoan the lack of recognition for genre movie come Oscar season each year. Even within the screenplay categories, which often give recognition some of the year's more offbeat offerings, sci-fi films rarely seem to make the cut. And Jason Reitman thinks that's just not fair. In a…
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At their core, all narrative features are lies. We can will ourselves to believe we're watching superheroes save Manhattan, but we know deep down that what we're really seeing is costumed actors zipping around on wires and jumping in front of green screens. And like all great, big whoppers, the more moving parts there are,…
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One of our most anticipated films of 2012, and subsequently one of the most analyzed, had to be Rian Johnson's Looper. The time-traveling sci-fi action film with heart was entertaining but left us with lots and lots of unanswered questions. The director himself not only acknowledged that, but embraced it, which suggests he'd enjoy the…
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For years, DVD extras have given general audiences great insight into how the assembly process for films works. Now the internet is taking over, as filmmakers can bring video directly to fans. Looper director Rian Johnson has taken to the idea more than most, releasing things such as his "live" commentary tracks discussing the making of…
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Even when director Rian Johnson spends 15 minutes talking about some of Looper's unanswered questions, it's still not enough. Since its release a couple weeks ago, Johnson's time-traveling sci-fi thriller has been quite divisive, both thanks to its content and time travel paradoxes. Fans have enjoyed debating not only the intricicies of the film, but Johnson's…
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In this special episode, Dave, Devindra, and Adam chat extensively with writer/director Rian Johnson about his inspirations for Looper, the making/distribution of the film, and some of its most contentious plot points. Be sure to check out Charlie Jane's great article about messy time travel, as well as Dave Chen's Skype profile photo. You can always…
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Rian Johnson is a good pitchman when it comes to getting people to see his movies a second time. During the release of his second film The Brothers Bloom, Johnson released a commentary track for the film, the idea being that fans could put the track on an iPod (or whatever) and listen to it…
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Looper is exactly the kind of movie we all say we want, mixing a tried and true genre with new ideas and interesting themes. It's not based on an old property, it's not a sequel or franchise. Instead Looper is original and sure to spawn lots of discussion. We have writer/director Rian Johnson to thank for…
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Dave, Devindra, and Adam invite you to check out the under-appreciated Dredd, lament the lost career of Ed Wood, sing the praises of Shawn Ryan's Last Resort, and opine that Headhunters got the "foreign movie" pass. Tasha Robinson from AV Club joins us for this episode. You can always e-mail us at slashfilmcast(AT)gmail(DOT)com, or call…
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We've been pretty high on the idea of Rian Johnson's third film, Looper, since the movie was first announced, especially as we learned that Joseph Gordon-Levitt would play a near-future assassin who kills mob victims illicitly sent back in time. Add Bruce Willis as the older version of the same character, who becomes a target…
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Hopefully after the release of the excellent film Looper, writer/director Rian Johnson will enter the elite group of filmmakers that film fans recognize on the street. That, obviously, has not happened yet. Thursday night, Johnson posed as an usher at Arclight Cinemas in Hollywood, CA and introduced the midnight screening of his film. He didn't…
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A nugget of hope for what would be the most anticipated sequel of all time is just one of the many things in today's Sequel Bits. After the jump read about: Tim Burton and Winona Ryder didn't sound enthused about Beetlejuice 2. Take a peek at the Reaping stage from The Hunger Games: Catching Fire…
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Excited for Looper? You should be. Rian Johnson's return to the big screen featuring Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Bruce Willis, Emily Blunt, Jeff Daniels, Paul Dano and a whole bunch of time-travelling awesomeness is fantastic. Lots of new posters, videos and more have been popping up leading up towards the September 28 release and now two videos of…
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Rian Johnson's third film Looper came in as my most anticipated movie of 2012. While so many other films from that list have fallen short in my estimation, I can say that Looper is an excellent film, surprising and thrilling, and a great example of science fiction. This is not a Looper review; that will…
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Dave, Devindra, and Adam explain why CinemaNow is a disaster and discuss the pleasures of the found footage genre by delving into the horror anthology film V/H/S. 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…
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The best sci-fi movies aren't defined by their sci-fi elements. Hovercars, cool guns, time travel and other sci-fi tropes are merely used to put a unique spin and visual style on a story with themes universal to almost any genre. And if it does that by blowing your mind with some cool stuff? All the better.…
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Though Rian Johnson's sci-fi film Looper doesn't open for a month, you're soon going to be hearing a lot about it. It has its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival next week and /Film will be on the scene. The film, which stars both Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Bruce Willis as a character named Joe,…
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This is a pretty neat little thing. We've seen the trailer(s) for Rian Johnson's third film Looper, which features Bruce Willis as the older version of a futuristic hitman played by Joseph Gordon-Levitt. Time travel enables JGL's character to make a small fortune bumping off mob targets, but it also puts his older self into…
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Marketing a film can be tough but when you've got an intriguing, original idea like Rian Johnson's Looper, it almost sells itself. The film opens September 28, but will play both Toronto and Fantastic Fest before that. It stars Joseph Gordon-Levitt as a man who kills people sent back to him from the future. When…
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