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‘From Justin to Kelly’: Revisiting That WTF ‘American Idol’ Movie
The juggernaut known as American Idol is coming to an end after nearly 14 years on the air, and the conversation around its final season has focused on its musical legacy, gifting the world a constellation of bright stars like Jennifer Hudson (she won an Oscar!) and Katherine McPhee (she…
Why We’ll Never Forget Robert Mapplethorpe
Robert Mapplethorpe decided he was an important artist long before he was even making important art. Growing up in 1950s Queens, New York, he escaped to art school in Brooklyn, searching for a way to transform himself. He was the outcast who took drugs and dressed weird, until he found his…
Watch Fantastical Trailer for Steven Spielberg’s ‘The BFG’
The magical world of Roald Dahl’s classic book The BFG is further unlocked in the new trailer for the Steven Spielberg-directed film adaptation. The Disney film will hit theatres on July 1st. The book and film tell the tale of an orphan named Sophie who is whisked off by the BFG,…
Erik Bauersfeld, Voice of ‘Star Wars” Admiral Ackbar, Dead at 93
Erik Bauersfeld, the actor who provided the voice to the beloved Star Wars character Admiral Ackbar in a pair of films, died Sunday at his Berkeley, California home. He was 93. Bauersfeld’s manager confirmed the actor’s death to The Hollywood Reporter. Although best remembered for voicing Ackbar – his exclamation “It’s a trap!” in…
See Tom Hiddleston, as Loki, Deliver Chicago Weather Report
Weeks after Flavor Flav invaded a Salt Lake City news program to deliver a weather report, Thor villain Loki – or actor Tom Hiddleston – dropped into the Fox 32 studios in Chicago to explain in Marvel terms why an “intense,” tornado-producing storm system was making its way to the Windy City. “My…
Watch Steve Buscemi Mock John Kasich’s ‘Fargo’ Hatred on ‘Late Show’
Steve Buscemi visited The Late Show Friday, where the actor and Stephen Colbert discussed an unexpected topic: Republican presidential candidate John Kasich’s hatred toward the Coen Brothers classic Fargo. Buscemi read from the three pages of Kasich’s memoir Stand for Something that were dedicated to how Fargo was “graphic and brutal and completely unnecessary.” To…
‘Everybody Wants Some’: Meet Breakout Star Glen Powell
Maybe you knew a guy like Finnegan in high school or college: smart, charming, funny and irritatingly good at everything from nabbing pop flys on the baseball diamond to picking up young women at a night club. He’s a jock, for sure, but not the kind of bro that turned…
10 Best Movies and TV Shows to Stream in April
They say that April showers bring May flowers, but this month is bringing a veritable downpour of excellent things to stream. The eagerly anticipated second seasons of Netflix’s Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt and Amazon’s Catastrophe top the list of new arrivals; on the film front, we’ve got a high-school thriller for…
Nas Launches ‘Ghostbusters’-Themed Clothing Line
Nas’ HSTRY clothing line will be teaming up with Ghostbusters for a new collaboration. “Ghostbusters is every fun thing you can think of when it comes to the imagination when you think of supernatural or paranormal activity,” Nas says in a promotional video for the collaboration. “What kid doesn’t get inspired…
‘American Psycho’ at 25: Bret Easton Ellis on Patrick Bateman’s Legacy
Before American Psycho came out, 25 years ago this month, it was already the most controversial novel of the Nineties. Its vivid depictions of gruesome murders of women, men, children and animals preceded wherever it went. The original publisher dropped it and told author Bret Easton Ellis to keep the…
Jonah Hill to Direct Self-Penned ‘Mid ’90s’ Film
Jonah Hill will make his directorial debut for the forthcoming coming-of-age film, Mid ’90s, which is based on a script he wrote, according to Variety. While there aren’t a lot of details regarding the plot, sources told Variety that it centers on a young boy growing up in Los Angeles who is…
‘Texas Chain Saw Massacre’ Gas Station Turning Into Horror-Themed BBQ Pit
The Last Chance Gas Station from the original Texas Chain Saw Massacre, a key setting in the 1974 horror classic where Leatherface murdered a carload of teenagers, will soon be the home of a different kind of carnage, as the building is in the process of being restored as a…
20 Best Eighties-Gone-Wild Party Movies
This week, Richard Linklater unveils Everybody Wants Some!!, his terrific, poignant coming-of-age film that pays homage to both his experience as a collegiate baseball player and the sex-crazed, party-hearty teen comedies of the 1980s. In honor of the writer-director’s achievement, we’ve ranked the 20 films that best epitomized that era’s horn-dog…
Miles Ahead
What’s a labor of love? Take a look at what Don Cheadle does in Miles Ahead. Not only does he act the hell out of the role of the late jazz trumpeter Miles Davis — the raspy voice, the death stare, the hair, the attitude, the cocaine-fueled paranoia. Cheadle is…
Everybody Wants Some!!
All of us remember our first taste of freedom, especially Texas writer-director Richard Linklater (Boyhood). He’s damn sure the sweet deliverance of independence never quite blows our minds the way it does on our first few days of college. Home? Parents? Responsibilities? Goodbye to all that. Getting shitfaced and fucked…
Adam Sandler, David Spade Team for ‘Do-Over’ Comedy Tour
Adam Sandler will unite with David Spade, Nick Swardson and Rob Schneider for The Do-Over comedy tour, which features seven American performances in May. The brief jaunt, presented by Netflix and featuring “special guests,” will kick off May 19th in San Francisco and conclude on the 27th in Uncasville, Connecticut, according to…
Watch Daisy Ridley’s Raw ‘Force Awakens’ Audition
Footage from Daisy Ridley’s emotional audition for Star Wars: The Force Awakens is available to watch in a preview clip from a documentary that will appear on the upcoming DVD release. Director J.J. Abrams tasked the relatively unknown actress with reading from a difficult scene in which Kylo Ren (Adam Driver) interrogates and tortures Ridley’s character,…
‘Miracle Worker,’ Sitcom Star Patty Duke Dead at 69
Patty Duke, the prolific actress who won an Oscar for her portrayal of Helen Keller in the, The Miracle Worker, has died, according to The Hollywood Reporter. She was 69. “This morning, our beloved wife, mother, matriarch and the exquisite artist, humanitarian and champion of mental health, Anna Patty Duke, closed…
See Dennis Hopper Ogle Tub Full of Nude Women in Lost Doc
Decades before Shia LeBeouf transformed from blockbuster actor into head-scratching performance-art weirdo and Joaquin Phoenix grew a beard for a mockumentary about his career as a rapper, Dennis Hopper explored his own mythos in a unique documentary that is now getting a new life. Fresh off the breakout success of his…
Han Solo’s ‘Force Awakens’ Leather Jacket Up for Auction
The leather jacket Harrison Ford’s Han Solo wore in the blockbuster Star Wars: The Force Awakens will hit the auction block, with all proceeds from the unique item benefitting charity. The jacket, which is currently being auctioned off by If Only, also comes autographed by Ford. The current bid on the…
See Kiefer Sutherland’s Debut Country-Music Video ‘Not Enough Whiskey’
As Kiefer Sutherland, star of 24 and countless movies, preps the release of his debut album — an Americana and country outing dubbed Down in a Hole — he already knows what people might be thinking. “If I hear about an actor doing a music project, my eyes are the…
How Superhero Movies Became Too Big To Fail
There’s a scene roughly halfway through Batman v Superman in which Bruce Wayne’s loyal butler cautions his billionaire vigilante boss against going to war against the alien savior of Metropolis. “Men fall from the sky and gods hurl thunderbolts,” Alfred tells his master. “That’s how it starts.” Spoken like a man…
Robert De Niro, Tribeca Film Fest Pull Anti-Vaxxer Documentary
Robert De Niro and the organizers of the Tribeca Film Festival have withdrawn a controversial anti-vaccination documentary from the fest’s schedule following the backlash toward Vaxxed: From Cover-Up to Conspiracy’s filmmaker and some of the discredited science featured in the documentary. “My intent in screening this film was to provide an opportunity for…
Robert De Niro Defends Anti-Vaxxer Film for Tribeca Film Fest
The upcoming Tribeca Film Festival has come under heat for its screening of a documentary that promotes the anti-vaccination movement. In a statement, Robert De Niro defended the screening of Vaxxed: From Cover-up to Catastrophe while also distancing himself as part of the anti-vaccination movement. “Grace [Hightower, De Niro’s wife] and I have…
Operation Iraqi Truth: New Documentary Reveals Why War Is Hell
“I had a couple before, to settle myself,” says Michael Ware, sipping a beer at an Irish pub in Manhattan. It’s just after 3 p.m. on a Friday and the bar is lined with haggard-looking figures. Ware, who spent seven years covering the war in Iraq for Time and CNN, fits…
My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2
You can’t go home again, at least in this movie. You can feel the strain all over this sequel to 2002’s My Big Fat Greek Wedding. The charm of the original snuck up on us 14 years ago. The film’s star Nia Vardalos carved the script out of her own…
Watch Jonah Hill Blast Guns, Wisecracks in ‘War Dogs’ Trailer
Todd Phillips’ War Dogs follows two 20-something Miami Beach stoners (Jonah Hill and Miles Teller) who land a $300 million deal with the U.S. government to arm the Afghan military during the Iraq War. The plot sounds implausible, but is based on a true story documented by Guy Lawson in a…
Meet the Man Behind Boba Fett’s Mask in New ‘Star Wars’ Doc
The Force Awakens has sparked a tremendous amount of excitement for a new generation of Star Wars stories, but the success of J.J. Abrams’ film has also rekindled a widely shared nostalgia for George Lucas’ original trilogy. Judging by the trailer for Jon Spira’s Elstree 1976 — an upcoming documentary…
Actors, Film Studios Create Georgia Boycott Over Anti-LGBT Law
Anne Hathaway, Julianne Moore, Seth MacFarlane, Lee Daniels and Harvey Weinstein have joined a call to boycott filmmaking in Georgia should the state’s governor sign a controversial “religious freedom” law that many view as discriminating against the LGBT community, Reuters reports. Nearly 40 Hollywood players, from actors and actresses to directors, writers,…
Garry Shandling, Star of ‘The Larry Sanders Show,’ Dead at 66
Garry Shandling, star of The Larry Sanders Show and It’s Garry Shandling’s Show, has died. TMZ reports that he was not suffering from a specific illness but was in a hospital at the time of his death. Police confirmed the actor’s death to The Associated Press. He was 66. The comic…
30 Best Music Biopics of All Time
Many musicians secretly want to be actors — and most actors (not-so-secretly) want to be musicians. And for those thespians who don’t start their own bands with words like 30 Odd Foot of Grunts or Bacon Brothers in their names, the next best thing is to play a real-life musical…
I Saw the Light
Bitch all you want about a British actor, Tom Hiddleston — Loki from The Avengers, for fuck’s sake — taking on the role of Alabama-born Hank Williams, the singer-songwriter who influenced generations of country music performers who came after. Sure, Hiddleston is 35 and playing a music icon who died,…
Ethan Hawke on Biopics, Chet Baker, and Breaking Out
When Ethan Hawke turned 40 a few years ago, he did a couple of things. “One is I got my motorcycle license,” Hawke says, splayed out in the corner booth of a Manhattan cafe. “I had it before, but I got it again. But when I went to buy a…
Paul McCartney Set to Sail in Latest ‘Pirates of the Caribbean’
Paul McCartney will make a cameo in Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Even though production on the fifth movie in the Pirates franchise has wrapped, directors Espen Sandberg and Joachim Rønning will film an extra scene with McCartney and tack it onto the project. It’s unclear what role…
Born to Be Blue
Everything that makes Ethan Hawke an extraordinary actor — his energy, his empathy, his fearless, vanity-free eagerness to explore the deeper recesses of a character — is on view in Born to Be Blue. Hawke plays Chet Baker, the jazz artist on trumpet and vocals who hit heartthrob status in…
Bill Murray’s New Job: Poetry Editor
Bill Murray continues his habit of popping up in unexpected places – from passed out front row at the Late Show to being dumbfounded by a last-second shot at the NCAA basketball tournament – this Friday when the actor shares some of his favorite poems in the upcoming issue of O. In celebration…
’30 Rock,’ ‘White Shadow’ Actor Ken Howard Dead at 71
Ken Howard, who won an Emmy and a Tony Award during his career, has died. He was 71. According to the SAG-AFTRA guild (via The Hollywood Reporter) where he served as president, he died at his home near Los Angeles. The cause of death has not been announced. Howard most recently…
9 Crazy Things We Learned From Pee-wee Herman’s 92Y Event
Paul Reubens, the actor-comedian behind everyone’s favorite grey-suited manchild Pee-wee Herman, may be the worst person to ask about the character’s legacy. Before a rare public screening of Pee-wee’s Big Holiday at New York’s 92nd Street Y Tuesday night, the writer-actor sat down with film critic Joe Neumaier to discuss his…
The Mystery of James Franco: Inside His Manic Days and Sleepless Nights
In the basement of a crumbling old mansion in Los Angeles, two women dressed in 19th-century garb are beating each other senseless. One wears a white blouse with lace detailing; the other, a black frock and a gloppy stripe of blood down her face. They brawl in a stone-walled chamber,…
Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice
In the battle between Batman and Superman, I pick Wonder Woman for the win. It’s not that the Caped Crusader and the Man of Steel don’t get in their licks in Zack Snyder’s Freudian free-for-all between two mama’s boys — it’s just that Gal Gadot’s wowza of a Wonder Woman…
‘Defending Your Life’ at 25: Albert Brooks on Making a Comedy Classic
If heaven exists, what would it look like? It’s one of life’s big questions, and if you believe what you see in the movies, it’s a place full of white fluffy clouds and friendly angels pining for their life back on our Big Blue Marble. But that’s not how Albert Brooks…
Adam Sandler, David Spade Take Another Shot in ‘The Do-Over’ Teaser
Adam Sandler’s next Netflix project, The Do-Over, will arrive May 27th and has received its first action-packed teaser. The 30-second spot doesn’t offer much in the way of details, but does pack in plenty of blockbuster tropes played for laughs. There’s overzealous gun play, an outrageous car crash, women in bikinis giggling at…
Tribeca Fest Recruits Coppola, J.J. Abrams, Ricky Gervais for ‘Talks’
Francis Ford Coppola, J.J. Abrams and Ricky Gervais will participate in the “Tribeca Talks” series of the 2016 Tribeca Film Festival, running April 13th to 24th in New York City. Alfonso Cuarón, Jodie Foster, Patti Smith, Joss Whedon, Olivia Wilde, Samantha Bee and Baz Luhrmann will also appear at the…
‘Allegiant’ Fail: Why YA Movies Dying Is Bad for Everyone
Welcome to the Scorch! Bella Swan and Edward Cullen may live forever in the supposed bliss of a deathless union, but the genre they jumpstarted has proven to be decidedly mortal. It was only a few short years ago that the blitz of post-Potter YA adaptations — characterized by dystopian settings, a…
Why We Still Love Pee-wee Herman
Recently, archaeologists made a startling discovery. Excavating a hitherto undiscovered burial chamber in the Great Pyramid, they came across a series of hieroglyphics in which, amid the depictions of ancient pharaohs and Egyptian gods, was a familiar figure: pale, knock-kneed, clad in a pinched grey suit and a red bow…
Questlove to Score Kid Cudi-Featuring Thriller ‘Vincent N Roxxy’
Questlove will provide the score for the upcoming romantic drama Vincent N Roxxy. The feature will premiere at Tribeca Film Festival in New York City next month. According to Film Music Reporter, the thriller follows a suburban loner, played by Emile Hirsch, and a punk rocker, played by Zoë Kravitz, who…
Dan Harmon Will Produce ‘Bubbles’ Biopic About Michael Jackson’s Chimp
Fresh on the heels of the surreal romance Anomalisa, Dan Harmon is bringing that stop-motion-animation magic to tackle another kind of relationship: the one between Michael Jackson and his pet chimpanzee. As Deadline Hollywood reports, the Community creator recently picked up the screenplay for Bubbles, which tells Jackson’s life story through the eyes of…
Robert De Niro, Martin Scorsese Reuniting ‘Taxi Driver’ Cast for 40th Anniversary
Robert De Niro, Martin Scorsese, Jodie Foster and other key members of the 1976 film Taxi Driver will reunite April 21st at the Tribeca Film Festival for a 40th anniversary celebration of the neo-noir classic. Cybill Shepherd and screenwriter Paul Schrader will also take part in the Beacon Theatre festivities, which includes a…
‘Krisha’: How a Home Movie Became an Indie Film Sensation
Krisha Fairchild is the kind of person who shrieks with infectious laughter as she tells you that one of her index fingers was recently bitten off by “a nasty-ass” dog. Of course, she probably wasn’t laughing about it at the time — 40 years after earning her first professional credit,…
Krisha
You’ve probably never encountered a one-woman car-wreck like Krisha (Krisha Fairchild) in a movie before; you may have seen her stirring up trouble at one of your own family gatherings, however, or if you’re particularly unlucky, staring back at you in the mirror. A sixtysomething woman with a hippy-dippy look…
The Divergent Series: Allegiant
If you’re not mad as hell, so mad that you’re not gonna take it anymore, then you damn well ought to be. The Divergent Series: Allegiant is another one of those cynical Hollywood cash grabs that takes the third book in bestselling juvie-lit trilogy (see Twilight and The Hunger Games)…
How ‘Midnight Special’ Proves You Can Make Science Fiction for Adults
It started with a single mental image: Two men in a car, driving down dark Southern backroads in the middle of the night, with no lights on. “I couldn’t get it out of my head,” writer-director Jeff Nichols says, squinting as the sunlight pours through the picture window in his…
Watch Epic, Action-Packed New ‘X-Men: Apocalypse’ Trailer
Death, destruction, hot mutant-on-mutant action: the final trailer for X-Men: Apocalypse promises that Marvel’s most famous Homo superior superheroes will be in for some blockbuster-sized battles. Expanding on the footage that we saw last December, this new glimpse at Bryan Singer’s fifth X-Men film showcases a much larger scale than…
My Golden Days
Yes, it’s in French with English subtitles. Don’t worry. Nothing gets lost in translation as this coming-of-age tale brims over with humor, heartbreak and ravishing romance. Arnaud Desplechin’s My Golden Days is a prequel of sorts to the writer-director’s 1996 bout of swirling eroticism, My Sex Life, or … How…
Midnight Special
You’re going to hear people talking shit about Jeff Nichols’ unforgettable and unclassifiable Midnight Special. The alien element will bring lazy comparisons to other cinematic close encounters; John Carpenter’s Starman resonates most in theme and careful pacing. But Nichols is his own man. And in this spellbinding sci-fi chase movie,…
George Takei Blasts Academy’s ‘Patronizing’ Response to Oscars Controversy
George Takei has slammed the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ response to a letter protesting two sketches shown during this year’s Oscars that were considered derogatory to Asians. Speaking to the New York Times, Takei said of the Academy’s “patronizing” statement, “It was a bland, corporate response.” In a statement…
Hacker Pleads Guilty to Stealing Celebrity Nude Photos
The hacker who infiltrated the iCloud accounts of Jennifer Lawrence, Kate Upton, Gabrielle Union and dozens of other female celebrities — leading a massive leak of nude photographs — has pleaded guilty to charges of felony computer hacking, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Ryan Collins faces up to five years in…
Ang Lee, Sandra Oh, George Takei Protest Asian Jokes at Oscars
Director Ang Lee, actress Sandra Oh and Star Trek star George Takei are among 25 members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences of Asian descent who have signed a letter protesting two derogatory skits about Asians that aired during the Oscars, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Host Chris…
Harrison Ford, Steven Spielberg Set for Fifth ‘Indiana Jones’ Movie
Harrison Ford and Steven Spielberg will reunite for a fifth Indiana Jones movie, set to arrive in theaters July 19th, 2019, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The film follows 2008’s attempted reboot, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, which found Ford teaming up with Shia LaBeouf, who played…
Watch Magical First Trailer for Tim Burton’s ‘Miss Peregrine’
20th Century Fox has just dropped the first trailer for Tim Burton’s latest down-the-rabbit-hole fantasy, Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children. Adapted from Ransom Riggs’ 2011 novel of the same name, the film tells the story of a 16-year-old boy named Jacob Portman (Hugo’s Asa Butterfield) whose morbid curiosity is piqued…
Watch Demented Redband Trailer For Seth Rogen’s ‘Sausage Party’
Murder, mayhem, and cartoon food dropping f-bombs — these are just a few of the things you’ll see in the the redband trailer for Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg’s Sausage Party, an (extremely) R-rated animated comedy about supermarket items who learn the terrifying truth about what humans are buying them for. The…
Johnny Depp: Donald Trump Is a Brat
During a recent appearance at Arizona State University, Johnny Depp spoke candidly about his disdain for Donald Trump. The actor had previously imitated the frontrunner for the GOP’s presidential nomination in a Funny or Die film. Depp was part of a Q&A at ASU where he discussed his role in the…
9 Things We Learned from Repentant Drone Operators
In “The Untold Casualties of the Drone War,” Rolling Stone profiled four former members of the drone program who publicly criticized America’s use of unmanned aircraft strikes in an open letter to President Barack Obama. “This administration and its predecessors have built a drone program that is one of the most devastating driving forces…
How ’10 Cloverfield Lane’ Redefines Movie Franchises
Well, it worked. The typically secretive J.J. Abrams made no attempt to hide how nervous he was about the daring and experimental launch of his latest project — “I don’t know if this is going to work,” he admitted to Rolling Stone — but the impresario’s fears were ultimately unfounded. Despite…
Don Cheadle: Why I Had to Make My Miles Davis Biopic
There’s a reason that, in an age when everyone from Hank Williams to the Notorious B.I.G. has been blessed with a biopic, a musical giant like Miles Davis had long eluded big-screen treatment. For starters, the idea of trying to do justice to the jazz legend’s multifaceted career with a…
Hello, My Name Is Doris
Watching Sally Field is one of the pleasures of going to the movies. From Norma Rae to Lincoln, Field has always used the camera lens to make direct communication with a character and an audience. Hello, My Name is Doris doesn’t often give her the material she deserves. But even…
Watch Tom Hanks’ Hopeful, Humorous ‘A Hologram for the King’ Trailer
Tom Hanks is starring in A Hologram for the King, the film adaptation of Dave Eggers’ acclaimed 2012 novel. In its first trailer, Hanks’ character, the struggling businessman Alan Clay, finds himself at a crossroads while living his American life a la Talking Heads’ disillusionment anthem, “Once in a Lifetime.” He…
Watch Hilarious Redband Trailer for Lonely Island Comedy ‘Popstar’
The Lonely Island is returning to theaters this summer with their first movie since 2007’s Hot Rod, and the trailer for the comedy trio’s new feature promises a no-holds-barred music mockumentary that does for Justin Bieber what Walk Hard did for Johnny Cash. Starring Andy Samberg as a pop sensation…
The Brothers Grimsby
If you hide inside an elephant’s vagina, the boy elephant who’s fucking her is likely to splooge all over you. For that and other bits of carnal comic knowledge, thank Sacha Baron Cohen. The Cambridge-educated creator of Ali G, Borat and Brüno has never ducked bodily fluids. Not if they’re…
Watch Spider-Man Swing Into ‘Captain America: Civil War’ Trailer
Captain America and Iron Man clash once more in the tense, thrilling new trailer for the latest addition to the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Captain America: Civil War. The clip establishes the stakes of the latest Marvel blockbuster, in which Steve Rogers/Captain America (Chris Evans) leads a crew of Avengers not pleased with new government regulations being…
10 Cloverfield Lane
Talk about a sneak attack: 10 Cloverfield Lane seems to have come out of nowhere. You might notice that the production company Bad Robot has been keeping the movie under wraps (they shot it under the title Valencia). The reason? The better to shock you senseless with, my dears. And here…
Eye in the Sky
It’s a setup for a moral debate on drone warfare. That Eye in the Sky is nowhere near that dry and academic is a tribute to director Gavin Hood (Tsotsi), who uses a tight script, by Guy Hibbert, to hold us in a vise and keep squeezing. The suspense is…
City of Gold
So far, Jonathan Gold is the only food critic to win a Pulitzer Prize. Nothing in Laura Gabbert’s admiring documentary City of Gold can quite match Gold’s tasty prose, occasionally heard here in whispery-soft voiceover. But there’s a surprise on the menu. That’s Los Angeles itself. For as Gold, in…
Watch ‘Star Wars’ Droid BB-8 Jam With Reggie Watts on ‘Corden’
Reggie Watts is such a master improviser, he can turn droid bloops into funk loops. James Corden’s Late Late Show bandleader brought out his “muse,” Star Wars: The Force Awakens droid BB-8, for an intergalactic jam during Tuesday’s show. “I’ve been working very closely with this muse,” Watts says in the clip, teasing their jam…
The Program
A careening crash course on the most publicly disgraced athlete since O.J. Simpson, Stephen Frears’ Lance Armstrong biopic is the rare film of its kind that doesn’t spare even a sprinkle of sympathy for its subject. A more compelling movie may have explored the reasons behind the champion cyclist’s behavior,…
’10 Cloverfield Lane’: How J.J. Abrams Made a Secret Sequel
“I don’t know if this is going to work.” Barely five weeks have passed since Star Wars: The Force Awakens became the highest-grossing film in domestic box office history — which hasn’t stopped J.J. Abrams from being so excited about his next project that he impulsively snagged a coach ticket on…
Creative Control
Shot in a widescreen black-and-white that entices as it chills, Creative Control sees a future that’s almost here — you know, a place where where communication is mostly digital. Director and co-writer Benjamin Dickinson (First Winter) is a protean talent. The dude also stars as David, an ad exec at…
Filmmaker Lilly Wachowski, Formerly Andy, Comes Out as Transgender
Filmmaker Lilly Wachowski, formerly Andy, has come out as a transgender woman in a periodically funny, often moving note published via Chicago’s LGBTQ paper, Windy City Times. The statement recounts the events that prompted her decision to come out, and also touches on the numerous issues facing many in the transgender community, including a lack of support networks…
Sacha Baron Cohen Explains Departure From Freddie Mercury Biopic
Sacha Baron Cohen told Howard Stern he dropped out of the long-in-the-works Freddie Mercury biopic over disagreements with Queen over how the film would portray the more salacious aspects of the late singer’s life. “There are amazing stories about Freddie Mercury,” Cohen said on The Howard Stern Show Tuesday. “The guy was wild. I mean he…
‘Kurt and Courtney’ Director Preps Whitney Houston Documentary
Filmmaker Nick Broomfield — known for controversial documentaries like Kurt and Courtney and Biggie and Tupac — is helming a new film about Whitney Houston for BBC Two. Per the network, Whitney “goes in search of the forces that made and then destroyed the singer who has been described as having one of…
Billie Joe Armstrong, ‘Ghostbusters’ Doc Highlight Tribeca 2016
A punk comedy starring Green Day’s frontman, docs on everything from Ghostbusters superfans to Scientology to soccer star Pelé, and an adaptation of a Dave Eggers’ book starring Tom Hanks highlight the remainder of the 2016 Tribeca Film Festival’s lineup. Lee Kirk’s comedy Geezer stars Green Day singer-guitarist Billie Joe Armstrong…
‘Star Wars,’ ‘Deadpool’ Lead 2016 MTV Movie Awards Nominations
Star Wars: The Force Awakens may not have won the Oscar for Best Visual Effects, but it’s getting another shot at winning some major hardware. MTV announced the nominees for the 2016 MTV Movie Awards, and the latest installment of the beloved space saga blasted ahead of the field with…
Sacha Baron Cohen on Trump, Gross-Out Gags and His Shocking New Comedy
If Donald Trump didn’t exist, Sacha Baron Cohen would have had to invent him. Not since the halcyon days of Borat and Brüno has anyone so effectively goaded Americans into revealing the anger and ignorance that burbles just beneath the surface. The frighteningly popular presidential candidate leading a rally in…
‘Deadpool’: Watch Exclusive Behind-the-Scenes Fight Footage
Philip J. Silvera is one of Hollywood’s premiere stunt choreographers, having worked on major projects for film (Iron Man 3), television (Daredevil) and video games (Star Wars: The Old Republic). But his latest gig, coordinating the elaborate fight sequences in Marvel box-office smash Deadpool, turned out to be one of…
Nina Simone’s Daughter Defends Zoe Saldana, Slams Biopic
Lisa Simone Kelly, the daughter of Nina Simone, has defended Zoe Saldana following the backlash stemming from the actress’ appearance in the long-delayed, controversial biopic Nina. However, Simone Kelly, like many members of the Simone family, remained critical of the biopic itself. “It’s unfortunate that Zoe Saldana is being attacked so…
Tony Dyson, Creator of ‘Star Wars” R2-D2, Dead at 68
Tony Dyson, a special effects supervisor and robotics expert who built the iconic R2-D2 droid for the Star Wars franchise, was found dead on the Maltese island of Gozo where he lived. He was 68. An autopsy is being carried out to determine exact cause of death, but investigators said foul play…
London Has Fallen
There should be a term — maybe even a prison term — for hacks who keep making the same junk movie over and over again. How about sucker punchers? Let me illustrate. In 2013’s Olympus Has Fallen, a North Korean paramilitary block invades the White House to capture the President…
Graham Nash: ‘Bernie Sanders Is One of Us’
Even though Hillary Clinton won big over Democratic opponent Bernie Sanders on Super Tuesday, rock legend Graham Nash is encouraging Americans to keep Feeling the Bern. “I want to tell you something about Bernie Sanders. As far as I’m concerned, his campaign has always been about ordinary people, ordinary Americans trying to make…
10 Commandments of Turning ‘Hamilton’ Into a Movie Musical
Hamilton — the Broadway sensation that’s added a long-overdue splash of color to the Great White Way, revitalized America’s origin story, and revolutionized musical theater in the process — is going to be a movie. That’s not a fact, but it’s inevitable: Broadway and Hollywood are becoming more symbiotic by the…
‘Star Wars’ Goes EDM: How Beatmakers Turned Iconic Sound Effects Into Music
The sound design crafted by Ben Burtt and his team for the Star Wars saga is just as iconic and evocative as John Williams’ soaring fanfare. Burtt’s work — spanning from 1977’s A New Hope on through 2015’s multi-billion dollar smash The Force Awakens — is as instantly recognizable as…
The Wave
When you think of disaster movies, you picture the all-star extravaganzas of the 1970s, when a who’s-who of famous faces fought to survive four-alarm fires, flash floods, killer-bee swarms, etc. — essentially a big-screen Love Boat episode with catastrophe sauce drizzled over it. Or you imagine the steroidal post-digital versions…
Morgan Freeman Adds Dramatic Spin to Justin Bieber’s ‘Love Yourself’
There aren’t many voices that are quite as soothing as Morgan Freeman’s. Couple that reassuring tone with Freeman’s reading of lyrics from Justin Bieber’s “Love Yourself” and it gives the tune an interesting, funny interpretation, which was likely not the singer, Ed Sheeran and Benjamin Levin’s original intention for the kiss-off…
Nina Simone Estate Slams Biopic Star Zoe Saldana
The estate of Nina Simone took umbrage with a quote tweeted by actress Zoe Saldana, who will portray the late singer in a controversial, upcoming biopic. Saldana has faced immense criticism over her casting in Nina due to her lack of both singing experience and resemblance to the singer and civil rights activist. She…
‘Force Awakens’ Digital, DVD Release Dates and Bonus Footage Unveiled
Star Wars: The Force Awakens will be available digitally on April 1st, while the special Blu-ray and DVD editions will arrive on April 5th. The DVD and Blu-ray releases will come with a bevy of bonus features, including deleted scenes and a documentary chronicling the making of The Force Awakens that will include interviews with the…
25 Movies We Can’t Wait to See at SXSW 2016
Austin, Texas, is known for a lot of things: breakfast tacos, extraordinary live music, the miraculous disease-curing magical goo that the locals call “queso.” But for film fanatics, the appeal of the Lone Star State’s bastion of wonderful weirdness can be boiled down to one specific thing: the SXSW Film…
Zootopia
The last thing you’d expect from a new Disney animated marshmallow is balls. But, hot damn, Zootopia comes ready to party hard. This baby has attitude, a potent feminist streak, a tough take on racism, and a cinema-centric plot that references The Godfather, Chinatown and L.A. Confidential. The kids, paying…
First ‘Ghostbusters’ Trailer Finds Paranormal Retaking New York
The uproarious first trailer for Ghostbusters, the reboot of the beloved comedy series that now boasts an all-female paranormal-hunting crew, has arrived. As evidenced by the preview, the reboot promises creepy ghosts, retooled proton weapons and plenty of ectoplasm. The film takes place 30 years after the original Ghostbusters team saved…
David Byrne Concert Doc Leads 2016 Tribeca Film Fest Lineup
Robert De Niro’s Tribeca Film Festival, originally cobbled together as a way of helping New York City get back on its feet after 9/11, has slowly grown into one of the film world’s most diverse and expansive annual events. On Thursday, the fest revealed 51 of the 101 features that…
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot
WTF is comedy diva Tina Fey doing in Whiskey Tango Foxtrot, a film based on Kim Barker’s memoir about covering the war beat as The Chicago Tribune’s South Asia bureau chief from 2004 to 2009? Barker called her book The Taliban Shuffle: Strange Days in Afghanistan and Pakistan. It’s an…
See FIDLAR Reenact Iconic Film Scenes in Hilarious #MatineeMonday Supercut
When garage-rock outfit FIDLAR was gearing up to release 2015’s Too, Ryan Baxley – brother-in-law of singer Zac Carper, director of the group’s music videos and unofficial fifth band member – came up with the idea. He called it “#MatineeMonday”: a weekly series of one-to-15-second-long Instagram videos of the bandmates reenacting scenes from…
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