Fake Shemps and Rogue Princesses
LinkIt’s one of our pet peeves – replacing actors in the middle of a TV series or in movie sequels as if nothing happened. Writer Rex Sorgatz takes a look at this Hollywood monkey business, and how...
View ArticleHow Streaming Services Ruin Movies
LinkJust because you’ve got a widescreen doesn’t mean you’re seeing movies the way they were filmed. Many films were shot in an even wider aspect ratio, and streaming services are cutting off the edges...
View ArticleTomb Raider (Trailer 2)
LinkThe second trailer for the Tomb Raider reboot wants to prove just how faithful it is to the spirit of the video game reboot. In other words, prepare to wince and gasp in what appears to be one long...
View ArticleThe Work of Hiromasa Yonebayashi
Link“Not to pursue reality, but to replicate an impression of emotions.” Channel Criswell pays homage to former Studio Ghibli animator and director Hiromasa “Maro” Yonebayashi. Maro-sama’s work uses...
View ArticlePacific Rim Uprising (Trailer 2)
Link(PG-13) “Someone let them in. Someone from our world.” The latest trailer for Pacific Rim Uprising shows that our young heroes are thrust reluctantly into their roles when the kaiju unexpectedly...
View ArticleThe Avengers: Defining an Act
LinkSpurred by David Fincher’s comment that Marvel’s three-act structure is constricting and formulaic, Lessons from the Screenplay sets out to define what exactly an act is, using The Avengers as an...
View ArticleAnt-Man and the Wasp (Trailer)
LinkThe Avengers now have two size-shifting heroes. Paul Rudd, Evangeline Lilly and Michael Douglas reprise their roles in Ant-Man and The Wasp. The titular heroes team up to overcome an equally...
View ArticleThe Girl With the Dragon Tattoo: Outlier
LinkAfter defining a movie act and looking at the oft-used three-act structure, Lessons from the Screenplay looks at a film that breaks those conventions. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo has an odd...
View Article10 Brilliant Thrillers
LinkLooking for movies that will have you itching to know what happens next? Look no further than thrillers. CineFix presents its top 10 picks from the genre, from ones that dole out fear or absurd...
View ArticleMarvel Studios 10th Anniversary T-shirt
Price: $28 | BuyMarvel Studios celebrates its 10th anniversary in May 2018. They made this graphic tee to commemorate its successful decade. It lists all of its movies, from Iron Man to Ant-Man and...
View ArticleA Quiet Place (Trailer)
LinkA family tries its best to keep quiet in a post-apocalyptic world haunted by mysterious creatures that attack anything that makes a sound. John Krasinski stars and directs alongside Emily Blunt in...
View ArticleCassette Tape Movie Posters
Price: ~$10+ | BuyJordan Bolton Design makes movie and TV show posters that look like stacks of cassette tapes. The title and cast are on the cassette tapes’ spines, each with a different retro...
View ArticleBlade Runner 2049: VFX Breakdown
LinkWe’ve seen how they made some of the eye candy in Blade Runner 2049, but this 10-minute clip from VFX house Framstore offers a plethora of effects breakdowns from Denis Villeneuve’s science fiction...
View ArticleYou Know It’s Stanley Kubrick If…
Link(PG-13, Gore) ScreenPrism breaks down the trademarks of a Stanley Kubrick film, from scenes and shots that were symmetrical and clean, yet cold and unnerving, to their pessimistic view of...
View ArticleFahrenheit 451 (Teaser)
Link“A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.” Michael B. Jordan and Michael Shannon star in this HBO movie adaptation of Ray Bradbury’s classic novel about a bleak future in which so-called “firemen”...
View ArticleHidden Meaning in The Truman Show
Link(PG-13: Language) Wisecrack’s alien film critic Garyx Wormuloid takes on Peter Weir’s sci-fi classic, The Truman Show. Despite the overabundance of jokes in the video, it still does a good job of...
View ArticleStudio Ghibli Fest 2018
Get TicketsNine of Studio Ghibli’s animated masterpieces are coming to select theaters in the US. You can book individual screenings or the entire series, which includes My Neighbor Totoro, Spirited...
View ArticleRams (Teaser)
Link“Only something that is well made can be beautiful.” Helvetica, Objectified and Urbanized filmmaker Gary Hustwit shares a sneak peek at his upcoming documentary about legendary industrial designer...
View Article4 Brilliant Movie Shots
LinkCineFix continues its list of its best movie shots of all time with an episode that focuses on the cinematic potential afforded by the camera lens. They pick one shot each for the telephoto, the...
View ArticleProspect (Teaser)
LinkThe upcoming science fiction thriller Prospect is about a woman and her father trying to mine gems in a toxic alien moon filled with dangerous inhabitants. As if that wasn’t bad enough, they end up...
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