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‘The Dark Knight Rises’ - What Did You Think? By Russ Fischer/July 20, 2012 6:00 pm EST The third film in Christopher Nolan’s series of Batman movies is in theaters now. The Dark Knight Rises is Nolan’s biggest movie to date, and a particularly ambitious superhero film. This isn’t a movie in which fight scenes substitute for all the usual conversations between characters — in this film Nolan tries to bring everything together, from setpieces to fan service to deep character moments....

‘Total Recall’ Teaser Trailer By Russ Fischer/March 27, 2012 10:00 am EST I guess this should really be called the Total Recall Trailer Teaser Trailer, because once again this is essentially a trailer for a trailer. But at thirty seconds, this clip features enough footage to count as a standalone teaser. The full Total Recall trailer, showing off what director Len Wiseman has done with Colin Farrell, Kate Beckinsale, Jessica Biel, and Bryan Cranston, will be shown during the Celtics/Heat game on ABC Sunday April 1, and will then appear on Apple in extended form....

By Russ Fischer/Nov. 3, 2011 12:00 pm EST Deadline notes that Rise of the Planet of the Apes director Rupert Wyatt was already set for a sequel, thanks to the language in his deal. Now Andy Serkis is set for “multiple future installments of the series.” We’ve known that sequels have been considered for the film, and that screenwriters Rick Jaffa and Amanda Silver thought of this summer’s film as the first of a trilogy....

Best Comments Of The Week: Spoilers, Sequels/Remakes, Pixar In 2014, ‘Catwoman’ Costume, Trent Reznor, ‘Lone Ranger’ Dumped, Leo As ‘J. Edgar’, Harold & Kumar 3D, And Darabont’s Departure From ‘Walking Dead’ By Peter Sciretta/Aug. 13, 2011 2:00 pm EST Lets take a look at the most liked comments of last week. The comments are voted on by you, the /film readers and commenters, but /film editors make the final cut. I hope that in coming weeks we’ll have more longer-form thought provoking points, alongside the quick one-liners....

By Russ Fischer/March 10, 2011 5:00 am EST We’ve followed Gambit closely over the past year. That’s what happens when a rogue Joel and Ethan Coen script gets new life. The film is a remake of a ‘60’s romantic heist movie, and looks set to be the first post-Oscar performance from Colin Firth. (His deal was done before the Oscars were handed out.) Cameron Diaz co-stars and Michael Hoffman (The Last Station) directs....

Cool Stuff: K-Astro T-Shirt By Peter Sciretta/Aug. 10, 2010 10:00 am EST TeeFury’s tee of the day is a creation by Barrios titled “K-Astro”. Here is an explanation from the artist: “What would happen if you fused Fidel Castro and Astro from the Jetsons. You would end up with K-Astro. The dog face dictator of the near future.” As with all of teefury’s designs, the t-shirt costs only $9 (plus shipping)....

Dwayne Johnson Joins ‘The Monster Hunter’s Survival Guide’ By Germain Lussier/Nov. 18, 2011 4:00 pm EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Deadline broke the news of the casting. It sounds like a fun property with a ton of possibilities and I’m pretty much sold with the promise of The Rock battling a ton of monsters. There’s always the danger it could go more Van Helsing than Zombieland, though, as those two films came to mind when thinking of hunting monsters and a how-to-guide for doing so....

Exclusive: Two High-Res, Grindhouse-Flavored Images From Machete By Russ Fischer/July 7, 2010 8:21 pm EST Check out our two exclusive images after the break. Machete, co-directed by Rodriguez and Ethan Maniquis, expands upon the fake trailer created for Grindhouse, and stars quite a group of actors: Danny Trejo, Jessica Alba, Robert De Niro, Michelle Rodriguez, Lindsay Lohan, Cheech Marin, Jeff Fahey, Don Johnson and Steven Seagal. While a bunch of sites (including CHUD, Latino Review, Coming Soon, Rope of Silicon, FirstShowing and MovieWeb) all got images, ours are naturally the best....

First Look: Ellen Page And Rainn Wilson In James Gunn’s Super By Russ Fischer/Aug. 26, 2010 1:15 pm EST James Gunn’s strange homemade superhero film Super, starring Rainn Wilson, Ellen Page, Liv Tyler and Kevin Bacon, will soon premiere at the Toronto Film Festival. (On September 10, to be exact.) In anticipation of that event, Gunn has offered up the first still image showing Page and Wilson together. We saw them in footage debuted at Comic Con last month, but since then we’ve only seen images of Wilson and Tyler....

First Look: Martin McDonagh’s ‘In Bruges’ Follow-Up ‘Seven Psychopaths’ By Russ Fischer/Feb. 9, 2012 10:00 am EST Seven Psychopaths, directed by In Bruges writer/director and playwright Martin McDonagh, is one of my most-anticipated movies of 2012. (A list which, as predicated, is already completely in need of an update or revamp after Sundance.) The reason is simple: McDonagh has a unique and compelling voice, and the film features a killer cast: Colin Farrell, Woody Harrelson, Christopher Walken, Sam Rockwell, Tom Waits, Gabourey Sidibe, Abbie Cornish, and Olga Kurylenko....

Gallery: Scott C’s ‘Great Showdowns’ Return To Gallery 1988 By Germain Lussier/Sept. 18, 2012 4:00 pm EST If you’ve ever dreamt of seeing your favorite, obscure little movie made into art, odds are Scott Campbell has done it. For several years now, on an almost daily basis, Campbell creates a Great Showdown. The concept is simple. Pick a movie, pick two opposing forces in that movie, and paint it on a small, five inch high canvas....

Jeff Bridges In Talks For ‘R.I.P.D.’ By Russ Fischer/April 28, 2011 5:14 pm EST RED director Robert Schwentke is still prepping R.I.P.D., the film that will feature Ryan Reynolds as an undead police officer, based on Peter Lenkov’s comic of the same name. There was a point where Zach Galifianakis was possibly going to feature as the other major cop character, but scheduling uncertainty led to him bailing on the project....

Let The Right One In Director Taps Oldman, Firth, Fassbender And Thewlis For His Next Film By Russ Fischer/June 4, 2010 7:44 am EST Let the Right One In director Tomas Alfredson was initially slow to lock down a follow-up film. He was a part of The Danish Girl for a while, before walking away. (Lasse Hallström directed instead.) Now Alfredson is making a film called Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy, which is now casting....

New Behind The Scenes Stills From Tarsem’s Snow White Movie ‘Mirror, Mirror’ By Russ Fischer/Jan. 13, 2012 5:00 am EST The Great Snow White Race of 2011 resulted in two films: Universal’s Snow White and the Huntsman, a Lord of the Rings-style action film starring Kristen Stewart, Charlize Theron and Chris Hemsworth, and Relativity’s Mirror, Mirror, a lighter, more family-oriented comedy featuring Lily Collins, Julia Roberts and Armie Hammer. Mirror, Mirror will be the first to theaters, with a March 16 release date....

New Photos: ‘Transformers: Dark Of The Moon’ By Russ Fischer/March 31, 2011 8:00 am EST With the approaching release of Transformers: Dark of the Moon, images from the film are starting to get out into the wild. It seems like there are certain requirements for any Transformers stills that don’t feature robots: they’ve got to have explosions, Shia LaBeouf running, or characters appearing to cautiously move through a location. And now we’ve got an image to cover each one of those bases for the third film....

Olivia Thirlby Cast Opposite Karl Urban In ‘Judge Dredd’ By Russ Fischer/Sept. 3, 2010 10:00 am EST There’s a new Judge Dredd film getting underway, and it’s possible that this one will be a lot better, or at least far more faithful to the source comic series, than the ’90s film starring Sylvester Stallone as the helmeted, law-giving Dredd. Karl Urban plays Dredd this time out, and now Olivia Thirlby has signed on as Cassandra Anderson, aka Judge Anderson....

Page 2: Terminator, X-Men, Emma Watson, Muppets, Green Lantern, Morgan Spurlock, The Tree Of Life, Rebecca Black, Star Wars By Peter Sciretta/April 21, 2011 4:00 pm EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. The t-shirt of the day on Teefury is a movie car mash-up design called “Ultimate 80’s Ride”. One of the reasons Harry Potter actress Emma Watson has decided to leave Brown University involves the constant teasing from students....

Paramount Will Definitely Make A Fourth ‘Paranormal Activity’ By Russ Fischer/Jan. 2, 2012 10:14 am EST Here’s something that won’t be any surprise at all: Paramount is going to continue the mega-successful Paranormal Activity series. ‘Mega-success’ is relatively easy to achieve with these films, given that even the most expensive one came in well under the average small drama budget, and went on to earn more than $200m across the world....

POTD: November 12th 1955 – Never Forget By Peter Sciretta/Nov. 12, 2010 9:00 am EST Today is the 55-year anniversary of the famous Hill Valley lightning storm. Dan Meth has created the above image so that we shall “never forget.” Hopefully someday the Hill Valley preservation society will raise enough money to restore/fix the clock. POTD: November 12th 1955 – Never Forget By Peter Sciretta/Nov. 12, 2010 9:00 am EST...

The Sorcerer’s Apprentice Tries To Get A Lead On Inception By Peter Sciretta/May 27, 2010 4:02 pm EST The worst thing about Disney’s The Sorcerer’s Apprentice is the release date. No one in Hollywood wants to go up against Christopher Nolan’s Inception, even a film which is aiming at a clearly younger demographic. I’ve heard from a number of sources that Sorcerer’s is actually pretty good and will surprise people who see it....