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Sicario: One Brilliant Moment
Link(SPOILERS, Gore) CineFix breaks down the first half-hour of the hit action film Sicario, in which the heroine’s team is repeatedly warned of an attack. The long wait, enhanced by great music, gives...
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Dark Knight Batpod Movie Prop
LinkProp Store is auctioning off one of the six Batpod motorcycles that were made for and used in The Dark Knight and The Dark Knight Rises. It’s in display-only setup and is slightly damaged, but this...
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Collateral Beauty (Trailer)
LinkWhen his daughter passes away, a man begins writing and mailing letters addressed to Love, Time, and Death to cope with his loss. To his surprise, all three meet with him. Will Smith, Helen Mirren,...
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Gold (Trailer)
LinkWhere there’s treasure, there are thieves. Set in the late ’80s to the ’90s, Gold is about Kenny Wells, a down on his luck businessman who partners with a geologist to find gold in Indonesia....
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Miss Hokusai (Trailer)
Link“With two brushes and four chopsticks, we’ll get by anywhere.” Miss Hokusai is a feature-length adaptation of the eponymous manga about the life of Sakae, who grew up in the shadow of her father,...
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Free Fire (Red Band Trailer)
Link(PG-13: Language) An arms deal goes horribly wrong. That’s it. This ’70s action comedy stretches out an action flick staple: the abandoned building shootout. Stars Armie Hammer, Brie Larson,...
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Alien: H.R. Giger’s Beautiful Monster
Link(Gore) YouTuber kaptainkristian summarizes the contribution of painter H.R. Giger to sci-fi and filmmaking. His sexual biomechanical design for the xenomorph is at once terrifying and beautiful,...
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Great Character Introductions
LinkCineFix enumerates some of the ways movies introduce their characters along with shining examples of each method. There’s Indiana Jones’ slow approach, James Bond’s slick intros, Darth Vader’s...
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How Godzilla Changed Monster Movies
LinkFrame by Frame explains that the original Godzilla’s real enemy was time. Given only 6 months to finish the film, director Ishiro Honda eschewed stop motion in favor of rubber suits, puppets and...
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Miss Sloane (Teaser)
Link“I was hired to win.” A cold-blooded lobbyist may have bitten off more than she can chew when she is tasked to push gun control measures in the United States. In a world where everyone tries to...
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All Eyez on Me (Teaser)
Link(PG-13: Language) A biographical film about the life and career of ’90s rapper Tupac Shakur, aka 2Pac. The movie appears to touch on most of his adult life, from his rise to fame to his tragic and...
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Nightcrawler: Empathy for the Antihero
Link(SPOILERS, PG-13: Language) Many of our favorite characters are people that we wouldn’t want as friends. Lessons from the Screenplay uses Nightcrawler to show how writers can make characters that...
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Nocturnal Animals (Trailer)
LinkA writer sends his ex-wife a manuscript of his upcoming novel. It appears to be a thinly veiled threat. Tom Ford’s thriller is based on Austin Wright’s novel Tony and Susan. Starring Amy Adams,...
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Swearing in Film
Link(NSFW: Language) Swear words are often used in movies for humor or to make characters seem edgy. But Now You See It points out that they can also be used to clue us in on characters’ relationships...
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Moana (Trailer)
LinkThe first trailer for Disney’s upcoming film introduces the proud and happy-go-lucky demigod Maui, played by Dwayne Johnson, a band of adorable pirates, and some of the best digital animation we’ve...
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Operation Avalanche (Trailer)
Link“This is like one of those good lies. Like Santa Claus and the Easter Bunny.” Operation Avalanche is a satirical mockumentary by Matt Johnson and Matthew Miller (The Dirties) about two young and...
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Ordinary World (Trailer)
LinkGreen Day’s Billy Joe Armstrong stars in this family comedy as a dad still hoping that his band will get together even after a decade-long “hiatus.” When his family forgets his birthday, he throws...
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Fist Fight (Trailer)
LinkThis madcap comedy sees the unlikely duo of Ice Cube and Charlie Day playing two teachers as they prepare to turn their schoolyard into a prison yard. We have no idea why Ice wants to beat up the...
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Fences (Trailer)
LinkIn 1950’s Pittsburgh, an aging and formerly talented baseball player now works as a trash collector to provide for his family. Denzel Washington stars in and directs this adaptation of August...
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Doctor Strange (Teaser 2)
Link“The Avengers protect the world from physical dangers. We safeguard it against more mystical threats.” The Doctor conjures his cape out of thin air, Kaecilius provides comic relief, and reality...
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