‘Star Wars: The Clone Wars’ Featurette Takes You Behind The Scenes Of The Ahsoka Vs. Maul Lightsaber Fight If you aren’t watchingStar Wars: The Clone Wars, you probably missed one of the best lightsaber fights in the franchise’s history in last Friday’s episode. Ahsoka Tano and Maul clashed on Mandalore, and since executive producer and supervising director Dave Filoni knew that confrontation was a big deal for fans, he wanted to verify the lightsaber fight was taken to the next level....

‘The Morning Show’ Season 2 Gets Back To Shooting This Month, And The Entire Cast Is Back The Morning Showwas one of the staple launch shows for the Apple TV+ streaming service, and after earning multiple Emmy nominations earlier this year, the show will be getting back to production to continue shooting its second season later this month. Of course, that’s assuming any complications from the coronavirus pandemic won’t hold them back, so the hopeful start date is subject to change....

‘The Necessary Death Of Charlie Countryman’ Review: A Pointless Yet Fun Romantic Adventure [Sundance 2013] In terms of message, there isn’t really much toThe Necessary Death of Charlie Countryman. It’s a film about love and the trials and tribulations we endure for it. Which, in a way, is pretty much the theme of half the movies ever made. What makes the film so entertaining is that it’s kind of insane.Shia LaBeoufplays the title character, who ignores society and goes on a seat of his pants adventure across Bucharest, embracing every impulse and never knowing what’s coming next....

‘Thor: Ragnarok’ Almost Featured Fat Thor And Emo Loki Thor: Ragnarokis in theaters now, and it will have no problem taking the top spot at the box office. With directorTaika Waititibehind the camera, the franchise steered hard into comedic territory, even more than audiences have come to expect from the Marvel Studios superhero movies. ButThor: Ragnarokalmost headed into John Hughes territory with a sequence that ended up getting axed. In a recent interview, Taika Waititi revealed thatThor: Ragnarokalmost included a flashback to an adolescent Thor and Loki in a 1980s-style version of Asgard....

15 Things We Learned About Christopher Nolan This week a couple of good profiles have been published onChristopher Nolanin advance of his filmInterstellarhitting theaters next week. The two main articles come from theNew York Timesand theWall Street Journal, and I recommend checking out both pieces. Together, the profiles feature a great deal of interesting information on the filmmaker and his latest film which I thought might be of interest. I have collected 15 of most interesting tidbits for you after the jump....

A Nightmare On Elm Street Vs Saw – The Greatest Horror Franchise Ever [Round 5] Welcome to the Tournament of Terrors, a /Film bracket where we argue about the greatest horror franchise of all time, and you, the readers, get to decide the winners. The rules are simple: two iconic horror movie series enter the ring, each represented by a /Film writer ready to champion them. And you — yes, you, the person reading this right now — will vote on which one gets to move forward....

Aaron Paul Fought For One El Camino Scene To Stay In The Film With Aaron Paul set to reprise his role as Jesse Pinkman in the final season of"Better Call Saul,“it’s worth noting how integral he truly is to the tragic world of “Breaking Bad.” I think it’s pretty wild that series creator Vince Gilligan initially flirted with the idea of bumping him off in the first season, considering Jesse feels as synonymous with"Breaking Bad"as Bryan Cranston’s science teacher-turned-meth kingpin, Walter White....

Adam Driver Is Super Chill, Returns As Kylo Ren On The Fantastic First ‘Saturday Night Live’ Of 2020 Adam DriverhostedSaturday Night Livefor the third time this weekend, and the result was one of the best episodes of the season. Not only did it feature the return of Kylo Ren, but it had some truly weird and hilarious sketches that Adam Driver committed too 100%. He’s one of those dramatic actors who has equally as good comedic timing, and this episode lets him shine....

Ben Pearson’s Top 10 Movies Of 2017 As 2017 slowly disappears in our rear-view windows (good riddance!), the /Film staff is looking back on our favorite movies of last year. The year itself was awful in an almost incalculable number of ways, but at least we had a ton of fantastic movies to distract us from the constant barrage against truth and decency. Thankfully, many of last year’s movies were overflowing with those qualities, and I was able to get a steady diet of them amid heart-stopping set pieces, complex characters, and emotionally cathartic cinematic experiences....

Burke And Hare Cast Expanding - Isla Fisher, Tom Wilkinson And Paul Davis Join Up It’s all coming out now regarding the casting ofJohn Landis’Burke and Hare, the comedic horror film about the UK’s first acknowledged serial killers.Simon Pegg, the man who will be Burke, broke the news via Twitter thatDavid Tennant is no longer going to play Hare, and that Andy Serkis will be coming onboard instead. Now, the very next day, we learn thatIsla FisherandTom Wilkinsonhave also joined the lineup....

Cary Fukunaga Is Telling The Stories Of Everyday Ukrainian People In times of crisis, the best thing any of us could do is use our personal skills, the things that make us unique, to help. In filmmakerCary Fukunaga’s case, being on the ground to document the human toll of the war in Ukraine was his way of using his skills to make a difference. The director — who is perhaps best known for directing the entirety of season 1 of the HBO hit “True Detective” as well as directing Daniel Craig’s last Bond outing, “No Time to Die” — has been sharing his personal photos of survivors in Ukrainevia his Instagramsince March 24....

Casting Notes: Danny McBride Attached To ‘Used Guys’, Katherine Heigl Out Of ‘Adaline’, Gerard Butler In Antoine Fuqua’s ‘Afterburn’ We just talked about thepossibly-revivedNeighborhood Watch; now here’s news on another sci-fi comedy that has been kicking around for a while.Used Guyswas once meant to be directed by Jay Roach (Austin Powers, Meet the Parents) with Jim Carrey and Ben Stiller starring as men “in a future run by women, where cloned male slaves are traded like cars....

Cool Stuff: Celebrate Pixar With Hallmark’s 2020 Christmas Ornaments For ‘Onward’, ‘Inside Out’ & More Whenever Hallmark releases their line-up of ornaments for the new year, there are a plethora of them inspired by the movies of Pixar Animation. This year is no exception as the ornaments include characters fromInside Out, Finding Nemo, The Incredibles 2, WALL-E, Toy Story, Monsters Inc., and one of the recurring Easter eggs from all of Pixars movies....