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Queen of Katwe (Trailer)
An adaptation of Tim Crothers’ eponymous book about chess prodigy Phiona Mutesi, one of the first Ugandan Woman Candidate Masters. Born and raised in a poor neighborhood, Phiona learned chess from a...
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Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk (Teaser)
“It’s sort of weird, being honored for the worst day of your life.” Billy Lynn and a handful of other American soldiers are honored as war heroes after serving in Iraq. In the midst of the celebration,...
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Modern Movie Trailer Tropes
Cracked points out the go-to tricks of today’s movie trailers. There’s the overly long title presentation with imposing fonts for action movies, the folk guitar intro for indie movies, and our...
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My Scientology Movie (Teaser)
BBC journalist Louis Theroux’s Scientology meta-documentary is a making-of of itself. Predictably stonewalled by the group, Louis decides to use actors to reenact testimonies from former members, which...
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The BFG (Trailer 2)
The latest trailer for Steven Spielberg’s adaptation of Roald Dahl’s book gives us a better look at the BFG and his even B’er but not so F neighbors such as Fleshlumpeater and Bloodbottler. Who names...
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No Small Parts: Oscar Isaac
No Small Parts takes a brief look at the career of one of the most charming and popular character actors today. Like fellow Star Wars actor Domnhall Gleeson, Oscar rose to fame relatively quickly, but...
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The Red Turtle (Trailer)
Co-produced by Studio Ghibli with Wild Bunch and Why Not, director Michaël Dudok de Wit’s first feature length film is about a castaway who meets a magical giant red turtle. If you don’t want any...
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Wreck-It Ralph Honest Trailer
Screen Junkies takes on 2013’s blockbuster animated feature Wreck-it Ralph, a movie that’s about accepting who you are – as long as who you are is a hero, a princess or a soldier. #cy-bugsarepeopletoo....
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What is a Production Assistant?
Colin West McDonald was a Production Assistant (PA) at RocketJump. Here he talks to us about what PAs do with the help of behind-the-scenes footage. PAs are the maids and butlers of the film world, but...
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Don’t Think Twice (Trailer)
Keegan-Michael Key plays an improv comedy group member who finally gets his big break, causing his peers to reflect on their careers. Written and directed by and starring Mike Birbiglia along with...
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Finding Dory (Trailer 2)
The forgetful fish Dory realizes that her parents might still be out there and goes out to find them with the help of Nemo, Marlin and her new friends from a marine life institute. We bet the octopus...
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Creative Spark: Deborah Cook
Deborah Cook (Fantastic Mr. Fox, The Boxtrolls, Coraline) is a costume designer who specializes in making clothes for stop-motion puppets. She spoke with the Oscars about what her job entails, the...
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Morgan (Teaser)
“She is an it. And it has no rights.” Kate Mara plays a “corporate troubleshooter” sent to a remote location to investigate a rapidly evolving genetically engineered being. Also starring Paul Giamatti,...
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Great Rule Breaking Films
(Flashing lights) CineFix shares its picks of movies whose greatness lay in throwing convention out the window. There are movies that acknowledge the audience, movies that don’t have stories, and...
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Welcome to a Supercut
Welcome to the party, pal! Burger Fiction presents a compilation of scenes in which characters either welcome the audience or other characters to the scene, providing a quick and easy path to...
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Wiener-Dog (Trailer)
Originally bought as a present for a young cancer survivor, a dachschund puppy ends up being passed around from one miserable owner to another in this “Lassie for misanthropes.” Written and directed by...
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What Makes a Movie Great
Now You See It lists some of the common criteria that we use to deem a movie “great”: introducing or perfecting a cinematic technique, influencing or defining pop culture, etc. But for many of us, the...
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Lo and Behold (Trailer)
Legendary filmmaker Werner Herzog explores the good and bad effects of our increasing dependence on the internet by speaking with both experts and his fellow laymen, including a few unfortunate...
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No Small Parts: Liam Cunningham
Brandon Hardesty gives us a quick look at the career of Irish actor Liam Cunningham, most known for his role as the world-weary Onion Knight Ser Davos Seaworth in Game of Thrones. We’re fortunate that...
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Fargo: A Video Essay
Candice Drouet breaks down the quintessential Coen brothers film. Fargo builds on a simple trick to mess with our expectations and drive its point home: that we get by partly by blocking out the...
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