Early Buzz: Francis Ford Coppola’s Tetro Is “Unsatisfying” Francis Ford Coppola’sTetrohas premiered at the Cannes Film Festival to a mixed to lukewarm response. It seems like most critics aren’t too impressed with Coppola’s first original screenplay since 1974’s The Conversation. Here is a quick round-up of the early festival buzz:Variety: “Tetro is still a work of modest ambition and appeal.” … “Coppola’s gradual lifting of the dramatic lid over the course of more than two hours frankly feels old-fashioned and labored....

Early Reaction: ‘Iron Man 3’ Is Not The Superhero Movie You’re Expecting, And Why That’s A Good Thing After getting out ofIron Man 3I was inundated with text messages from friends and colleagues asking not only how it was, but more than not how it compared against the first two films. This seems to be the question more and more nowadays. When I sawMonsters Universityat CinemaCon, people asked how it compared against the original and more than not, how it placed in my ranking of the Pixar filmography....

Eighteen Films Eligible For 2011 Best Animated Oscar Mean Five Nominees Possible In 2010,only 15 films were eligiblefor the Best Animated Film Oscar. Under the current rules, at least 16 films have to be eligible to have more than three nominees and this year that’s looking likely. Eighteen films have been deemed eligible to be nominated forBest Animated Featureat the84rd Annual Academy Awardsand it’s a very crowded field. Pixar usually is a sure thing but as their film,Cars 2, underperformed – at least in Pixar terms – that leaves the door open for movies likeThe Smurfs, Rango, Puss in BootsandMars Needs Moms....

Euphoria Season 2 Trailer: The Hit Series Returns In January The full trailer for “Euphoria” season 2 has just premiered, and it has us feeling anything but euphoric. The drama-filled sneak peek sees the return of teen drug addict Rue (Zendaya), along with classmates Kat (Barbie Ferreira), Maddy (Alexa Demie), Cassie (Sydney Sweeney), Nate (Jacob Elordi), and, of course, Jules (Hunter Shafer). The series' January return marks the first full season since 2019, when Season 1 ended with Rue’smusic-filled relapseaccompanied by Zendaya and Labrinth’s soulful song “All For Us....

Finally Hear What BB-8 Sounds Like In ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ LEGO Commercial Even thoughStar Wars: The Force Awakensisn’t out until December 18th, some fans have already decided that their new favorite character is the adorable little ball droid known asBB-8. The character debuted in thefirst teaser for the film, rolling across a desert service, its little motor whirring as it moved as quick as it could. However, we’ve yet to here what the little droid actually sounds like....

First Look: BD Wong As Dr. Hugo Strange In ‘Gotham’ I stopped watchingGothamafter the first season, but people I know and trust have told me the show has gotten a lot better in the second season as they’ve evolved in to a more serialized show. The Fox crime drama is set to return later this month (Monday,February 29) and we’ve begun to learn more about the upcoming episodes. Last week we learned thatJada Pinkett Smith’s Fish Mooneywill return to Gotham for a few episodes, and now we have our first look atJurassic ParkandMr....

FX’s ‘Fargo’: Watch The First Seven Minutes Right Now FX’sFargowon’t premiere for another couple of weeks, but with all the good TV shows coming up on the horizon, why not get a head start on this one? The network has released the first seven minutes of their newCoen Brothers-inspired miniseries, starringMartin FreemanandBilly Bob Thornton. Watch the FX Fargo Seven Minutes clip after the jump. Watch the Opening: FX Fargo Seven Minutes Fargothe miniseries isn’t really a remake ofFargothe movie....

How The Hilarious ‘Ralph Breaks The Internet’ Disney Princess Scene Came To Be Ralph Breaks the Internetsends Ralph and Vanellope into the larger universe of the world wide web, but it is a pit stop at the Disney-owned fan site OhMyDisney.com that provides the opportunity for the most talked about scene in the film: Vanellope ends up coming face to face with a room filled with the iconic Disney Princesses....

Idris Elba Hosts ‘Saturday Night Live’, Proving This Man Needs To Star In More Comedies Idris Elbais best known for his roles in shows likeThe WireorLuther, and big screen performances in the likes ofPacific Rim, Thor, Beasts of No NationandMolly’s Game. But he’s certainly not known for his comedic chops. However, we’re hoping that changes after his hosting debut onSaturday Night Livethis weekend. Not only was Idris Elba surprisingly hilarious, but he was extremely comfortable, and the result was an exceptional follow-up tolast weekend’s stellar episodewith John Mulaney....

John Wick Has A Higher Body Count Than Jason Voorhees And Michael Myers Combined Slashers ain’t got nothin' onJohn Wick. In the span of three movies,Keanu Reeves’s well-dressed assassin has bumped-off more people than horror icons Jason Voorhees and Michael Myers combined. That’s no small feat. It also means the only way to solve this rivalry is to makeJohn Wick vs. Michael vs. Jason. Bloody Disgustinghas done the lord’s work, crunched the numbers and figured out that the kill count total of all threeJohn Wickfilms surpasses that of theHalloweenandFriday the 13thfranchises – combined....

Kung Fu Panda: The Emperor’s Quest Premieres At The New Dreamworks Theater At Universal Studios Hollywood This week, Universal Studios Hollywood opened theDreamworks Theaterwith the premiere ofKung Fu Panda: The Emperor’s Quest. /Film was among the first to experience the new attraction and get the scoop on its potential for the future of Universal Studios. The opening of the Dreamworks Theater at Universal Studios is significant. Now that Universal is the distributor for Dreamworks Animation, all the Dreamworks characters can join the Minions, King Kong, the Mummy,Jurassic Park’s dinosaurs andThe Fast and the Furiousgang at Universal Studios theme parks....

Larry Fessenden Directing US Remake Of The Orphanage The longthreatenedpromised US remake ofThe Orphanagehas found its director and, frankly, I couldn’t be happier.Larry Fessendenis the man, and as well as signing on to helm this picture through production, he’s already co-written the remake script with the original’s producer,Guillermo del Toro. This is very possibly not going to be a fashionable opinion but I see no reason why they won’t make a better film than J....

Luc Besson Is Already Writing ‘Valerian 3’, And Why The First Film Can’t Bomb This Weekend French filmmakerLuc Besson(The Fifth Element) hasValerian and the City of a Thousand Planetscoming out this week, but he’s already hard at work writing the script forValerian 3. What’s that, now? Oh,Valerian 2? Pssh, that script is already done. Who do you think you’re dealing with, here? This is Besson, baby! He finished that sucker a month ago, got bored in the interim, and started crafting yet another sequel....