In this edition, take a look at what it was like growing up in the Harry Potter franchise, learn about the realism of spy surveillance in movies, and more.
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In this edition, check out Star Wars: The Clone Wars season 7 trailer Easter eggs, listen to some of Will Ferrell's stories from SNL, and more.
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The best female-directed movies of the decade include prestige flicks like Selma, blockbuster epics like Wonder Woman, and indie darlings.
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Is the U.S. Senate secretly working for Team Affleck? Certainly not, but they couldn't have helped Argo more if they'd tried. Heading into prestige pic season, Kathryn Bigelow's Zero Dark Thirty looked like a strong contender for several top prizes. Then came the controversies over the film's inaccuracies and its portrayal of torture, culminating in…
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Dave, 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…
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In the last major pre-Oscars guild awards, the WGA followed the PGA, the DGA, and the SAG (not to mention the HFPA, the BAFTA, and most every other film-related acronym you can think of) in feting Argo, this time for the excellent adapted screenplay by Chris Terrio. Mark Boal's Zero Dark Thirty nabbed the original screenplay award,…
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Zach 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…
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It's a given that any film "based on a true story" will harbor several inaccuracies, from minor factual errors to wholesale fabrications. But perhaps because it's based on such recent events, Kathryn Bigelow's Zero Dark Thirty has attracted more than its fair share of controversy over its portrayal of the hunt for Osama bin Laden.…
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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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This podcast contains spoilers for Django Unchained and Zero Dark Thirty. Dave, Devindra, and Adam chat with film critic Armond White about Quentin Tarantino's work in Django Unchained, as well as why Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance and Taken 2 are better films than Zero Dark Thirty. Be sure to check out Armond's Django review, as well as his…
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[The following article contains spoilers for Zero Dark Thirty] In the past month or so, it feels as though two opposing camps have been battling it out over Zero Dark Thirty: the film critics who laud it as one of the best films of the year, and commentators who believe that it in some way endorses torture or…
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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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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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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 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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The 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…
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Dave, Devindra, and Adam praise Kathryn Bigelow's new thriller, Zero Dark Thirty. 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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Dave, Devindra, and Adam discuss the politics of Zero Dark Thirty, praise the ingenuity of Girl Walk / All Day, ponder what's wrong at AMC, and take a look at Tom Cruise's latest. 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…
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Kathryn Bigelow's film Zero Dark Thirty has turned into one of the most acclaimed films of 2012, and most of us haven't had a chance to see it yet. Early screenings for critics groups and awards voters have led to massive amounts of positive conversation about the movie's craft, and some less positive conversation about…
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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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There'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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In America, we're told that if we work hard, we can accomplish anything. Jessica Chastain's character in Zero Dark Thirty, Maya, personifies that patriotic belief, as over the course of a decade she strives to capture the terrorist Osama Bin Laden. Her inspiring true story is the driving force behind the latest film from the Oscar winners behind…
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The long Thanksgiving weekend brought major buzz for two potential Oscar contenders: Tom Hooper's Les Miserables and Kathryn Bigelow's action procedural Zero Dark Thirty. Both films are from recent Best Director Oscar winners so expectations were predictably high for each. However, while Les Mis is a known property, a dramatization of the hunt for Osama Bin…
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Film release scheduling tends to get tricky around the end of the year. Not only do studios have to weigh all the usual concerns, they also need to keep an eye on the December 31 cutoff date for Academy Award qualification, and so they devise strategies to work around it or use it to their…
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The ad campaign for Kathryn Bigelow's Zero Dark Thirty, which chronicles the mission that led to the killing of Osama Bin Laden by a Navy SEAL team, has been pretty low-key so far. But then, the studio hasn't had to do much, as there has been a fair amount of publicity for the movie thanks…
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Loads of new posters have hit today, and the one that you see above is the fairly disappointing first image for Parker, which, as the pic suggests, stars Jason Statham as the title character. It's a movie I've held some hope for, as it follows in a line of films (Point Blank, Full Contact, Ransom)…
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Despite being based on true events that were extensively covered in the media, Kathryn Bigelow's Zero Dark Thirty has been shrouded in nearly as much secrecy as an actual military operation. But that's all part of the film's intrigue. Columbia's having fun playing up that angle, even covering the first teaser poster with thick black…
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