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Sally Menke, Quentin Tarantino’s Longtime Editor, Has Died At 56 By Russ Fischer/Sept. 28, 2010 7:51 am EST Terrible news today, as the LA Times reports that Sally Menke, the editor who cut all of Quentin Tarantino’s films, was found dead this morning. She had disappeared while hiking yesterday, and an extensive search of Griffith Park was undertaken by police after friends reported her missing. Her body was found at the bottom of a ravine in Beachwood Canyon....

Superhero Bits: Justice League, Captain America 2, X-Men First Class, Dark Knight Rises, Black Friday By Germain Lussier/Nov. 25, 2011 3:00 pm EST Want to see a few Black Friday comic deals? How about read Christian Bale’s comments on his Dark Knight Rises co-stars? What do Marvel and DC heroes have to say about Thanksgiving? Does Hayley Atwell think she’ll be back for Captain America 2 and which emotion does Michael Fassbender feel when thinking about an X-Men First Class sequel?...

The JustifiedCast S3E04 - The Devil You Know (GUEST: Joanna Robinson From Pajiba) By David Chen/Feb. 8, 2012 7:46 pm EST Dave Chen chats with Joanna Robinson from Pajiba about this season’s fourth episode, “The Devil You Know.” Can Neal McDonough do a decent preacher impression? And how does Boyd deal with a potential uprising in his ranks? Tune in to find out. E-mail us and let us know what you thought of the episode, as well as of the podcast, at justifiedcast@gmail....

The Sound Of ‘Drive’ By Germain Lussier/Nov. 21, 2011 7:00 am EST When discussing Nicolas Winding Refn’s awesome crime drama, Drive, several things can be singled out as exceptional. Ryan Gosling’s performance for one. His relationship with his neighbor played by Carey Mulligan. The film’s refusal to give you a straight answer and, of course, the collected soundtrack. The music selected, the score as well as the sound mix, which features some incredibly blown out gunshots, screeching tires and blows to the head, are all totally off the charts....

Three Minute ‘Prometheus’ International Launch Trailer Wows With New Footage By Germain Lussier/April 29, 2012 5:32 pm EST If anyone is hungry for the best look at Prometheus yet, this brand-new, three-minute international launch trailer delivers the goods. Longer than each of those trailers, this one is filled with way more story and spoilers than the other two combined. Check it out below. Thanks to Empire Magazine for posting this trailer which aired over the weekend in the UK....

Tom Cruise In Final Negotiations For Adam Shankman’s ‘Rock Of Ages’ By Adam Quigley/Feb. 11, 2011 5:28 am EST Briefly: Tom Cruise has been circling Hairspray director Adam Shankman’s adaptation of the Broadway hit Rock of Ages — the jukebox musical built around classic rock hits from the ’80s — since October, but now he’s finally closing the deal. He’s set to play Stacee Jaxx, an “arrogant and charming star at the top of his career”....

VOTD: ‘127 Seconds’ By Germain Lussier/Dec. 9, 2010 5:00 am EST As people continue to pass out in theaters across the country watching the graphic, real life violence in Danny Boyle’s 127 Hours, it’s about time audiences fought back, right? Since the film is so brutal and serious, there’s no better way to do that than to make it a punchline an the comedy troupe Dr. Cool Sex did just that with 127 Seconds....

VOTD: Conan O’Brien’s 60 Minutes Inner Monologue By Peter Sciretta/May 3, 2010 8:00 pm EST In yesterday’s edition of video of the day, we posted Conan O’Brien’s interview from 60 Minutes, the first time he could contractually talk on television about what happened since leaving the Tonight Show. While his verbal answers said one thing, his expressions said a lot more. Funny Or Die have put the interview through a futuristic though analyzer to reveal Conan’s real inner monologue....

Watch Raw Early Disney Animation Starring Mickey Mouse Precursor ‘Oswald The Lucky Rabbit’ By Russ Fischer/June 19, 2012 9:30 am EST A piece of Disney trivia that isn’t exactly new, but might be unknown to casual fans, is that Walt Disney’s defining character Mickey Mouse has his roots in another animated figure that Disney animated for producer Charles Mintz and Universal before he struck out on his own. Oswald the Lucky Rabbit was the star of Universal’s first animated series, in 26 cartoons produced in the ’20s and ’30s by Disney and Ub Iwerks....

Watch The First Scene Of Xavier Gens’ Claustrophobic Thriller ‘The Divide’ By Angie Han/March 11, 2011 8:00 am EST One of the films premiering in the Midnighters section of SXSW this weekend is Xavier Gens’ The Divide, about a group of eight strangers who find shelter in a basement when a huge explosion demolishes New York. It’s a fun premise for a psychological thriller, if not exactly an original one, and the first teaser had me curious see how the film would turn out....

‘A Better Life’ Trailer, Plus Posters And Images By Germain Lussier/Feb. 24, 2011 2:30 pm EST Watching the trailer for A Better Life, you’d never guess it’s from Chris Weitz, the director of American Pie, The Golden Compass, About a Boy and The Twilight Saga: New Moon. There’s no big concept here, it’s a small film full of unknowns about an illegal immigrant in Los Angeles working hard to make a better life for his son....

/Film LA: Guillermo Del Toro ‘Cronos’ Signing And Screening By Germain Lussier/Nov. 29, 2010 1:30 pm EST Charismatic and talented film director Guillermo del Toro is seemingly everywhere these days. Whether he’s interviewing Edgar Wright, producing movies, or creating new TV series’, it seems the jolly man behind Pan’s Labyrinth, The Devil’s Backbone and the Hellboy films has his nose in everything. Yet del Toro knows none of his more recent work would be possible without his feature film debut Cronos....

‘Prometheus’ Teaser Poster By Russ Fischer/Dec. 14, 2011 2:15 pm EST Now we’ve got a teaser poster which builds on one of the first official images released from the movie — that shot of a giant head which I still think looks eerily like Alien designer H.R. Giger. With that small bit of light emitting from the image, it even looks like a vague reference to the one-sheet for Alien, but perhaps I’m just reading too much into it....

‘Rampart’ Trailer: Woody Harrelson Makes The Bad Lieutenant Look Like A Boy Scout By Russ Fischer/Nov. 18, 2011 1:30 pm EST From the moment I heard about Rampart the movie placed high on my ‘must-see’ list. The Messenger director Oren Moverman reunites with Woody Harrelson and Ben Foster to tell a story about the LAPD’s disgraced Rampart division, with a script originally written by LA crime master James Ellroy. Ice Cube is a good cop and Ned Beatty is in the movie, as are Sigourney Weaver and Steve Buscemi....

‘Star Trek 2’ Script Due In December, J.J. Abrams Still Not Confirmed To Direct By Germain Lussier/Nov. 12, 2010 2:20 pm EST There are very few movies that get a full post about a cryptic script status and a director not being confirmed, but Star Trek 2 qualifies. The 2009 Trek reboot was almost universally praised and the franchise is one of the most classic and successful in film history. A sequel was announced almost immediately after the first film and given a June 29, 2012 release date earlier this year....

‘Tai Chi 0’ Trailer: The First Step To Becoming A Hero Is Learning To Take A Beating By Russ Fischer/Aug. 24, 2012 4:30 pm EST We saw a teaser trailer for Tai Chi 0 a while back, and now there’s this full theatrical trailer complete with Wild Wild West-style steampunk CGI and a little dubstep to make this martial arts fantasy complete. In actuality, this looks more fun than that suggests....

‘The Darkest Hour’ Concept Art Revealed By Peter Sciretta/Aug. 9, 2011 7:30 am EST In September of2010, I was lucky enough to visit the set of The Darkest Hour in Moscow Russia. I will be posting updates and interviews from the set visit in the coming months. Summit Entertainment has provided the group of visitors an exclusive look at concept art of the locations from the film. The Timur Bekmambetov-produced alien invasion movie titled The Darkest Hour has been described as a 28 Days Later-type thriller following a group of American tourists visiting Moscow Russia when an alien invasion occurs....

‘The Help’ Trailer And New Photos By Russ Fischer/April 18, 2011 4:27 pm EST The trailer has landed for The Help, the Tate Taylor-scripted and directed adaptation of Kathryn Stockett’s novel of the same name. The story follows Skeeter (Emma Stone), a young college grad who, incensed by the treatment of the women who work as maids in her hometown of Jackson, Mississippi, decides to write a book from the perspective of ’the help....

‘Wreck-It Ralph’ Trailer: A Little ‘Toy Story,’ A Little ‘Tron,’ And A Big Lug Of A Hero By Russ Fischer/June 6, 2012 9:30 am EST Yesterday we saw some new images from Disney’s Wreck-It Ralph, the film in which John C. Reilly voices a video game bad guy who decides he doesn’t want to be the villain any longer. So he skips out of the game he’s anchored for 30 years and moves on to new digital pastures....

Acquisitions: Roadside Attractions Takes ‘Biutiful’; Magnolia Grabs Andrew Jarecki’s ‘All Good Things’ By Russ Fischer/Aug. 25, 2010 6:30 pm EST Two weeks ago there was word that the small company Roadside Attractions would be the outfit to distribute Alejandro González Iñárritu’s Biutiful in the US. Now there is confirmation that the company has bought rights to the film and will bring it to US theaters in December. How many theaters? Good question....