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Star Wars: The Force Awakens (Trailer 2)
The Japanese trailer for Star Wars: The Force Awakens contains a surprising amount of new footage, including Finn, Rey and BB-8’s first moments together, the First Order’s troops and a potential reason...
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Crimson Peak & Mario Bava
The Film Theorists’ Frame by Frame explains that Guillermo del Toro’s Crimson Peak is a grand homage to horror pioneer Mario Bava. The prolific Italian filmmaker loved to use contrasting lighting,...
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The Matrix Trilogy in 90 Seconds
There is no spoon. Burger Fiction cut out all the bits of The Matrix Trilogy that didn’t move the plot forward, summing up the entire story in just 90 seconds. We love how they gave less than 30...
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Fictional Hotel Notepads
Herb Lester offers stationery based on six fictional hotels, including The Overlook Hotel (The Shining), The Great Northern Hotel (Twin Peaks) and The Green Man Inn (The Wicker Man). Available...
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Hacking Possible
YouTuber EviGL Павел made a reverse parody of the famous hanging hack scene from Mission Impossible. Why bother with fancy software when Windows can let you in? Oh right – for the huge “COPYING TOP...
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Scarface’s Little Friend
Julien’s is auctioning off the Colt AR15 rifle and M203 grenade launcher props that Tony Montana used in Scarface. The launcher was handmade for Brian De Palma’s film, but it was reused in Predator as...
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Copycat
Before Scary Movie and Scream, there was There’s Nothing Out There. Rolfe Kanefsky’s 1991 horror comedy copied horror movies to poke fun at them. But as Charlie Lyne notes in this documentary, Rolfe’s...
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No Small Parts: Richard Kiel
Brandon Hardesty sums up the life of Richard Kiel, most known for his role as Jaws, the only henchman to appear in two James Bond movies. Despite being successful at his craft, Richard had the modesty...
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The Huntsman: Winter’s War (Trailer)
Ah, the power of a well-made trailer. In the sequel to the mediocre Snow White and the Huntsman, Snow White’s evil stepmother and the Snow Queen are sisters. Two powerful and vindictive sisters. Link...
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Reused Movie Sets
What do The Big Lebowski, The Muppets, There Will Be Blood and Star Trek: Into Darkness have in common? They all shot scenes in the same exact mansion. Screen Rant highlights some films that headed...
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Midnight Special (Trailer)
A father does everything to protect his son, who possesses an incredible ability that made him a target for religious zealots and the US government. Michael Shannon, Joel Edgerton, Kirsten Dunst and...
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Buster Keaton: The Art of the Gag
Every Frame A Painting takes on “the greatest of all the clowns.” Buster’s visual comedy was both meticulously staged and genuine – he used illusions, perspective and daring stunts to come up with...
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Film is Fragile
Movie characters run as their world – the film itself – burns and melts. The Mill made this clever short film for the British Film Institute, a charity that restores British movie reels and archives...
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Serenity: Exploring the Genre Frontier
Digging Deeper explains the basics of Western and science fiction movies. He then points out how Joss Whedon’s Firefly and Serenity borrow and break free from both genres, particularly the Western’s...
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Capt. America: Civil War (Trailer)
The world’s governments want superheroes to be accountable for their actions, with Cap and Iron Man taking opposing stances. The film adaptation of Marvel’s hit comic book crossover appears to be much...
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The Hateful Eight Roadshow
On Christmas Day, The Hateful Eight will be presented as a roadshow at select theaters in the U.S. to showcase its 70mm widescreen format. The film was shot on 65mm film using half-century old Ultra...
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Superhero Movie Mistakes
Cracked points out some of the useless quirks of some superhero movies: totally unnecessary revisions, overusing characters and settings, and repeating origin stories. Do the opposite and you might...
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The Secret Life of Pets: Holiday Greeting
The stars of The Secret Life of Pets pose for Christmas greeting cards in the movie’s latest teaser. It seems like a typically cute but safe Holiday movie, but that hamster might make you think twice...
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Honest Fantastic Four Trailer
Screen Junkies gives Fox an A for effort and a flaming F for what it has done to Marvel’s first family. It takes a colossal effort to screw up a movie with literally hundreds of proven storyboards for...
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Batman v Superman: DoJ (Teaser)
Batman’s in over his head in the newest teaser for Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice. Who knew Ben Affleck would look great in the Dark Knight’s mask? Perhaps Matt Damon would be a good Robin. Or...
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