In this edition, watch a Wonder Woman featurette looking at the female talent behind the camera, James McAvoy does Great British Bake-Off, and more.
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Over 40 beloved British movies are free to watch on Google Maps, if you can find them. The Google Maps movies include Shaun of the Dead, Skyfall, and more.
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In this ediiton, watch a computer animated ThunderCats opening remake, learn about how real science can make superpowers possible, and more.
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In our countdown of the 10 best action movies of the decade, we pay tribute to the films that kicked our asses over the last ten years.
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See a new collection of Hero Complex Gallery Blacklight artwork featuring some impressive fleuorescent film prints from your favorite movies.
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The massively successful Jumanji Welcome to the Jungle box office has pushed the movie to become one of Sony's most successful releases ever.
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A story has been making the rounds saying some leather gloves in Skyfall, brought to wardrobe by Daniel Craig, may have cost the movie millions of dollars.
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Details about writer Peter Morgan's lost James Bond movie that eventually transformed into Skyfall have surfaced, giving us a look at what could have been.
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Sam Mendes won his first Oscar with his directorial debut. Since then, the director has had a diverse career. Here are all the Sam Mendes films ranked.
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Kan Bonfils, an actor who appeared in Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace, Batman Begins and Skyfall, died earlier this week while rehearsing for his latest play. He was prepping a show called Dante's Inferno in London when he collapsed and was unable to be revived. The cause of death was unknown. Bonfils appeared as…
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While imperfect, the Bechdel Test has proven a handy tool for surveying the general shape for women in cinema. It's been surprising and disappointing to see how few titles pass the three criteria, that a film have 1) more than two female characters, 2) who talk to each other, 3) about something other than a…
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Dave, Devindra, and Laremy (author of Film Critic) discuss some great new films screening at SIFF, muse on the greatness of Linklater's Before franchise, and wonder which timeline Community season 4 came from. Be sure to check out Rachel Sklar's piece on Afternoon Delight, Nick Schager's take on M. Night's absence, and Laremy Legel's review of After Earth. You can always e-mail us at slashfilmcast(AT)gmail(DOT)com, or…
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After all that chatter about Sam Mendes' hesitation to return for the next James Bond pic, and all that fanfare about which other filmmakers might land the job, the latest word is that Mendes is looking likely to helm the next installment after all. And possibly even the one after that. Hit the jump to…
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Every great hero needs a signature mode of transportation. A huge muscle car, a distinctive motorcycle, or maybe a spaceship that looks like a hamburger. Whatever their pleasure, the latest art exhibit by the Hero Complex Gallery has got it covered. The show is called Righteous Rides...And the Dudes Who Drive Them and it will…
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Well before the unprecedented international success of James Bond's 23rd adventure, Skyfall, MGM was looking ahead to his 24th film and beyond. Sam Mendes then delivered a tour-de-force entry into the franchise which almost doubled the gross of the series' previous highest grossing film. Even before its release, screenwriter John Logan began working on the sequel. MGM slated the…
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Anyone in the mood for a few chuckles should find them in one of the three videos embedded after the jump. We've got the ending of Return of the Jedi, if the film had been directed by Star Wars Episode VII director J.J. Abrams; Bane causing the black out at the Super Bowl; and an Honest Trailer…
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There's been some talk already about whether Harrison Ford might return for the Blade Runner sequel, but now Sean Young would like to express her interest in the new film as well. Read her comments after the jump. Also: Expendables 3 will shoot this fall, says Dolph Lundgren Skyfall hits digital HD and then Blu-ray/DVD…
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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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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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2012 didn't want for long-awaited blockbuster releases, what with The Dark Knight Rises, The Avengers, Skyfall, The Hunger Games, and The Hobbit all opening this year. But the one YouTube visitors spent most time poring over, it turns out, wasn't a movie at all. The website has released its list of the 10 most popular…
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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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Movies, in general, have happy endings. The hero triumphs over adversity and the audience leaves the theater feeling good. But what if the bad guy won? What if the bomb went off? While the happy ending dominates cinema, some of the best movies of all time have taken the 'dark ending' route, and now some…
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The Bond films have a rich tradition of elaborate opening credits sequence featuring ever-more complex blends of animation, graphics, and film footage. For Skyfall, director Sam Mendes went to Daniel Kleinman, who created a long credits sequence featuring a procession of underwater images, shadow combat, and, naturally, women. Kleinman has been with Bond since Goldeneye, with the…
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Why wait for DVD? The "bonus features" on many older DVD releases (and laserdiscs, for the '90s folks) pale in comparison to some of the effects breakdowns and other filmmaking explanations that are available in video form all over the internet. The entire internet is now a cache of info about the creation of films,…
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Part way into the new James Bond film, Skyfall, 007 is led to a deserted island, wherein waits the film's villain, Silva. But this isn't your typical deserted island -- it's no sandy outcrop with a couple palm trees and a few buried, empty bottles of rum. No, this is a portrait of urban blight…
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Odds are if you've been to the movies in the past four weeks, you saw Wreck-It Ralph, Argo, Flight or Skyfall. They're the top four movies at the box office at the moment and each have their own merits. One is great family fare with fun geeky spin. The next is a taut thriller in…
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This week, Dave, Devindra and Adam review Skyfall and discuss its place in the James Bond Canon. Special guest Matt Singer joins us from Criticwire. Be sure to check out Matt's 007-themed articles at Criticwire, including his Best Bond Films Ever and his query as to whether you are truly a Bond fan if Daniel…
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