This Week In Trailers: The Canal, All This Mayhem, Bokeh, The Keeper Of Lost Causes

This Week In Trailers: The Canal, All This Mayhem, Bokeh, The Keeper Of Lost Causes Trailers are an under-appreciated art form insofar that many times they’re seen as vehicles for showing footage, explaining films away, or showing their hand about what moviegoers can expect. Foreign, domestic, independent, big budget: What better way to hone your skills as a thoughtful moviegoer than by deconstructing these little pieces of advertising? This week we get skeeved out by an Irish ghost story, go skateboarding down under, catch up with the director ofKlownto see his seriously un-funny follow-up, and go to Iceland before the entire population disappears....

July 20, 2025 · 5 min · 1000 words · Jessica Carlson

This Week's 'Supergirl' Episode Delayed Out Of Respect After Paris Attacks

This Week’s ‘Supergirl’ Episode Delayed Out Of Respect After Paris Attacks Following a series of coordinated attacks late Friday night, the city of Paris is still recovering with citizens on edge. Even today,some sort of panic eruptednear a memorial for the victims killed on Friday after a false alarm scared a group of mourners. And out of respect for those still recovering and unnerved from the tragedy, CBS is making some changes to their TV schedule this week....

July 20, 2025 · 2 min · 393 words · Roberto Michael

Uncharted Featurette Reveals The Toughest Stunt Tom Holland Has Ever Done

Uncharted Featurette Reveals The Toughest Stunt Tom Holland Has Ever Done Tom Holland has been involved in plenty of stunts over the past few years, beginning with hisacrobatic Spider-Man audition. Despite his action-heavy role in six Marvel movies and counting, the actor has revealed that his most intense stunt work to date was done outside the Spidey suit. The stunt in question was performed for"Uncharted,“the long-awaited adaptation of the popular video game series of the same name....

July 20, 2025 · 3 min · 433 words · Curtis Lamb

VOTD: How 'When Harry Met Sally' Breaks Genre Conventions [Video Essay]

VOTD: How ‘When Harry Met Sally’ Breaks Genre Conventions [Video Essay] Romantic comedies where a man and a woman who are at odds eventually fall in love are a dime a dozen. That’s a story that has been kicked around Hollywood for decades, but audiences keep eating it up. More often than not, nothing new is brought to the table in these movies, but in the case ofWhen Harry Met Sallyin 1989, directorRob Reinerand writerNora Ephroncrafted a romantic comedy that adhered to the conventions of the genre but also played with them in a new way....

July 20, 2025 · 2 min · 337 words · James Harris

Watch The First 5 Minutes Of Showtime's The Man Who Fell To Earth

Watch The First 5 Minutes Of Showtime’s The Man Who Fell To Earth If you were looking for a David Bowie-influenced cash grab, you’ve come to the wrong place. Showtime has released a five minute snippet of theirupcoming adaptationof “The Man Who Fell To Earth,” and while Bowie may have dazzled as a yearning, misunderstood alien who is desperately trying to save his home planet in the 1976 movie adaptation, the Showtime series seems to strike adecidedly different tone....

July 20, 2025 · 3 min · 489 words · Charlotte Gonzalez

Who Was Responsible For 'Star Wars: The Force Awakens' Title?

Who Was Responsible For ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ Title? Star Warsfandom cranked up to a new level last week whenDisney finally announcedthe official title toStar Wars Episode VII. The title, in case you’ve avoided the internet in the days since, isStar Wars: The Force Awakens. While fans debated the lack of the “Episode VII” in the title, the more interesting conversation concerns what, exactly, the title tells us about the movie....

July 20, 2025 · 2 min · 383 words · Amber Grimes

Why Gene Hackman Initially Turned Down Clint Eastwood's Unforgiven

Why Gene Hackman Initially Turned Down Clint Eastwood’s Unforgiven There are some actors who you just know, regardless of what movie they are in, will always be utterly compelling to watch on screen. If the movie is great, they match the material. If the movie is a pile of garbage, their disinterest and resentment of what they are doing makes for its own unique magic. A perfect example of this isGene Hackman, one of the most reliable American actors of the last 60 years....

July 20, 2025 · 4 min · 776 words · Kelly Nichols

'Back To The Future:' Behind The Scenes Game Videos And 3D Art Print

‘Back To The Future:’ Behind The Scenes Game Videos And 3D Art Print Today, October 25, is the day it all began. This morning 25 years ago, Marty McFly snuck into Dr. Emmett Brown’s lab and blew out the speakers at the start ofBack to the Future. To celebrate the occasion, the film is screening at severalAMC Theaters this evening, the trilogy comes out onBlu-ray Tuesdayand several featurettes focusing on theupcomingBack to the Futuregamehave appeared online....

July 19, 2025 · 2 min · 326 words · Jennifer Gilbert

'Boyhood' Star Ellar Coltrane Joins James Ponsoldt's 'The Circle'

‘Boyhood’ Star Ellar Coltrane Joins James Ponsoldt’s ‘The Circle’ BoyhoodbreakoutEllar Coltranehas finally booked his first grown-up movie role. He’s set to star inJames Ponsoldt’s technological thrillerThe Circle, alongside a star-studded cast that also includesEmma WatsonandTom Hanks. Get more details on the Ellar ColtraneThe Circlecasting after the jump.THRbroke the Ellar ColtraneThe Circlenews. Based on the novel byDave Eggers, the film follows a recent college grad named Mae (Watson) who books a job at a cutting-edge tech corporation calledThe Circle....

July 19, 2025 · 3 min · 443 words · Michael Alvarez

'Brahms: The Boy 2' Review: A Movie So Boring It's Almost Impressive

‘Brahms: The Boy 2’ Review: A Movie So Boring It’s Almost Impressive No one walks into a movie calledBrahms: The Boy 2expecting a masterpiece, but for the love of Brahms, why is this thing soboring?William Brent Bell’s follow-up to his mostly okayThe Boyhas a new group of people being plagued by a tiny antique doll, and expands the mythology, taking it to increasingly silly places. But silly would be fine ifThe Boy 2was at least a little bit entertaining....

July 19, 2025 · 4 min · 743 words · Thomas George

'Dark Shadows' Character Posters And International Trailer (With Bonus Alice Cooper)

‘Dark Shadows’ Character Posters And International Trailer (With Bonus Alice Cooper) What to make ofDark Shadows? IsTim Burton’s adaptation of / sequel to the ’60s supernatural soap opera itself a sort of giant melodrama, or a supernatural comedy, or something else? Or all of the above? ‘All of the above’ is what Burton would have made twenty years ago, and there are certainly moment sin the first US trailer for the film that suggest that Burton is working in closer to his own classic mode than we’ve seen from him in a while....

July 19, 2025 · 3 min · 458 words · Jeanette Ramsey

'Despicable Me 3' Trailer: Gru Has A Flamboyant, Villainous Twin Brother Named Dru

‘Despicable Me 3’ Trailer: Gru Has A Flamboyant, Villainous Twin Brother Named Dru While summer is reserved for big blockbuster action, there will be a few family friendly endeavors trying to snag the attention of all the kids who will be out of school for the season. There’sThe Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul, franchise starters likeCaptain Underpants: The First Epic MovieandThe Emoji Movie, and threequels such as Pixar’sCars 3andDespicable Me 3....

July 19, 2025 · 2 min · 409 words · Andrew Bowman

'Django Unchained' International Trailer Offers Fresh Footage, New Dialogue

‘Django Unchained’ International Trailer Offers Fresh Footage, New Dialogue A new international trailer has just hit forQuentin Tarantino’s “Southern-fried Western"Django Unchained. While the new video hits most of the same beats, explaining how bounty hunter Dr. King Schultz (Christoph Waltz) comes to join forces with slave Django (Jamie Foxx) to track down the murderous Brittler brothers and rescue Django’s wife (Kerry Washington), the new video offers some fresh new footage and dialogue along the way....

July 19, 2025 · 2 min · 265 words · Mary Watts