The Morning Watch: 'Captain Marvel' VFX Breakdown, Penn Jillette Reviews Magic In Movies & More
In this edition, watch a Captain Marvel VFX breakdown of several sequences, see what Penn Jillette thinks of magic in movies and TV, and more.
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11 Gothic Romances That Redefine "Valentine's Day Movie"
If you want something new to watch with the person you love, you can't go wrong with these gothic romance movies, which put a dark and twisted spin on Valentine's Day viewing.
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Magic Movies: The Best Films About Magic And Magicians
Do you love magic movies? In this list I take a look at the best films about magic and magicians, ranked from 1953's Houdini to 2016's Now You Can See Me 2.
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Over 30 Movies Being Adapted Into TV Shows, Ranked From Worst To Best Idea
Hollywood is developing over 30 television shows based on feature films. I attempt to rank the concepts of all of the movies being adapted into TV shows.
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'The Illusionist' TV Series In Development; 'Westworld' Near Series Order At HBO
A day rarely goes by of late without news on a new film-to-TV development. The latest news is of an Illusionist TV series, based on the 2006 film from director Neil Burger and stars Ed Norton, Paul Giamatti and Jessica Biel. A couple things will be changed, as is so often the case with these…
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The Best Movies About Vaudeville You Probably Haven't Seen
To quote Martin Short's SCTV character Irving Cohen, “years ago there was a thing called a-vaude-a-ville.” Vaudeville was theatrical circuit in the late 19th century and early 20th century where, for a few cents, you'd go to see a stream of short plays, musical or comedy acts. Many of the earliest film comedians got their…
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/Filmcast Ep. 147 - Bridesmaids (GUEST: Tasha Robinson From AV Club)
This week, Dave, Devindra, and Adam wonder what's happened to the careers of Trey Parker and Matt Stone, take sides over Blue Valentine, praise the combination of Werner Herzog and 3D, and discuss the appropriateness of Hunger Games casting. Special guest Tasha Robinson joins us from AV Club. You can no longer listen to the Book of…
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This Week In DVD & Blu-Ray: Blue Valentine, I Saw The Devil, The Illusionist, Black Death, No Strings Attached, And More
This Week in DVD & Blu-ray is a column that compiles all the latest info regarding new DVD and Blu-ray releases, sales, and exclusive deals from stores including Target, Best Buy and Fry’s. BLUE VALENTINE If you're lucky, you won't be able to identify with Blue Valentine. If you're less lucky, it will remind you…
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Best Movies Of 2010 That You Probably Haven't Heard Of
As the year comes to an end, anybody and everybody are posting their best of the year lists. Most of these lists contain variations of the same 15 or 20 films. To break the mold, some are even posting lists of the best films of the year that you probably haven't seen. I find that…
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Page 2: Spider-Man, Seth Rogen, Harry Potter, JJ Abrams, Back To The Future, Conan O'Brien, WALL-E, Cameron Diaz, Ghostbusters And More
What is Page 2? Page 2 is a compilation of stories and news tidbits, which for whatever reason, didn’t make the front page of /Film. After the jump we’ve included 35 different items, fun images, videos, casting tidbits, articles of interest and more. It’s like a mystery grab bag of movie web related goodness. If…
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'How To Train Your Dragon' Leads Nominations For 38th Annual Annie Awards
The International Animated Film Society ASIFA-Hollywood has announced the nominees for the 38th Annual Annie Awards, and the DreamWorks feature How to Train Your Dragon leads the pack with more than ten nods. But there's a caveat; that and the full list of nominations after the break. This will be the first Annie Awards after…
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THR's 2010 Awards Watch Animators Roundtable
It's award season, and The Hollywood Reporter has begun posting their series of roundtable discussions with the contenders. Earlier this month they posted an one-hour discussion between screenwriters Aaron Sorkin (The Social Network), Simon Beaufoy (127 Hours), Michael Arndt (Toy Story 3), John Wells (The Company Men), Todd Phillips (Due Date) and David Lindsay-Abaire (Rabbit…
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Our Analysis Of The 15 Films Eligible For The 2010 Best Animated Feature Oscar
Let the battle for second and third Best Animated Feature of the year begin. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has just announced their short list of 15 features that are eligible to be nominated for Best Animated Feature at the 83rd Annual Academy Awards and right out of the gate, competition is…
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U.S. Movie Trailer: The Illusionist
In June, we posted the international movie trailer for Sylvain Chomet's The Illusionist, which looked amazing. I got a chance to screen the film at the Telluride film festival, and it is a visually stunning testament to the art of 2D animation. The film is set to be released in the states (in limited theaters)…
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International Movie Trailer: The Illusionist, By Sylvain Chomet
We've shown you quite a good bit of material from Sylvain Chomet's The Illusionist, including a Russian trailer. But this UK trailer for the film is the best look yet; it has a lot of new footage, and the quality is much higher than anything we've seen so far. We knew from stills that the…
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Sales: Sony Classics Takes Animated Film The Illusionist; LionsGate Picks Up The Lincoln Lawyer
I didn't have much doubt that a distributor would quickly move on Sylvain Chomet's The Illusionist. (Refer back to our previous articles detailing the film, which has origins in an unproduced screenplay by the great Jacques Tati and features a character very much designed after Tati.) In fact, I didn't have much doubt that it…
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Watch The Lovely Trailer For Sylvain Chomet's Animated The Illusionist
I'm about as interested as it is possible to be in Sylvain Chomet's upcoming The Illusionist. My interest is based on the fact that the film is the intersection of Chomet's visual sense, somehow both a quaint and fantastic evocation of the everyday as seen in The Triplets of Belleville, and the storytelling impulse of…
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First Footage From Sylvain Chomet's The Illusionist
A new YouTube video gives us the first online look at moving footage from Sylvain Chomet's The Illusionist, and what we see is simply stunning. The film has premiered this week at the Berlin Film Festival to some wonderfully positive reviews, the most encouraging of which come from those who had doubts about Chomet's previous…
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New Images From Sylvain Chomet And Jacque Tati's The Illusionist
Creating a ‘traditionally animated’ feature, which is to say a film created by drawing 2D images rather than tweaking 3D models, either physically or virtually, is most definitely a very time consuming exercise (I take issue with the term ‘traditionally animated’ as I’m not sure what’s untraditional about the art of stop-motion). Unsurprising, then, that…
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