Solo: A Star Wars Story opens in a few days, and everyone is supremely excited because making a prequel to Star Wars is a slam-dunk idea that can’t fail. Most fans are content to sit back and wait for the film to open, but true fans know that...
Eighteen feature films, more than 40 major characters, 10 years of stories, six Infinity Stones: There’s a lot going on in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. It may seem daunting to try and recall all that’s happened before the premiere of...
As a wise woman once said, “All movies are lies and anyone who watches them is a sinner.” OK, she wasn’t so much “wise” as she was “living in an old boat in the woods behind my house,” but it was said by someone and you can’t...
A Quiet Place was released this weekend to big acclaim and even bigger box office.
The movie is not only impressive for the fact that it’s an original non-franchise horror film that’s largely dialogue free, but that the co-writer and...
We got an exclusive look into the day(-lewis) planner of three-time Academy Award winning actor Daniel Day-Lewis now that he’s retired from acting.
5:45 a.m. Wake up. Notify doctor if I’ve had the dream where I get shot by John Wilkes Booth...
Editor's note: After we'd published two of these columns, we discovered that Noel Mellor already has a well-established podcast and book called "Adventures in VHS." We chose the name at the last minute and neglected to check whether anyone was...
The arena. The Pongitron. “How’s that for a bad hit, Team Leader?” The Ball Chase. The music of Guns N’ Roses. The liberation of Pong City One.
Any of these phrases instantly brings to mind one of the most notorious cult films of all...
I’m a simple man. I’ve been married for 26 years, I have two wonderful daughters, and I like to sit back at the end of the week and lose myself in a great film. And while that’s gotten even easier with MoviePass, some people on the internet...
Academy Award ballots are secret, of course, closely monitored by an accounting firm that hardly ever accidentally names the wrong movie Best Picture. But the average Oscar voter is an elderly white man, so it's pretty easy to get them to talk....
In November 2017, a California film critic named Brennan Huff went viral after posting a controversial essay on acclaimed filmmaker Paul Thomas Anderson. Not only did Huff model his piece on Kendrick Lamar’s “DNA” lyrics, but he also posted...
Scientists predict that many films will be released in 2018, continuing a trend that has endured since the beginning of cinema, well over 10 years ago. What will some of these movies be? They will be these!
Your 2018 Movie Preview
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Movie theater loyalty programs certainly aren’t new, but the larger chains have split in terms of how to keep you coming. AMC’s Stubs program promises free refills on a large popcorn or going into a “Stubs Premiere” line at the concession...
(As far as you know, this is a transcript of a secret audio recording at the Pixar offices in Emeryville, Calif.)
PIXAR EXEC #1: Congratulations, everybody! Coco is finished, and it's great!
PIXAR EXEC #2: After 18 movies about toys,...
Cinema is all about reflecting the human experience, and whether we think about it or not, eating is a large part of our lives. There are many instances of characters eating on film, but what about those times when the food is just tantalizingly...
The DC Extended Universe has had a rocky start. Man of Steel divided fans, and Batman v Superman and Suicide Squad were largely disappointments. But Warner Bros. has a renewed sense of confidence after the success of Wonder Woman and the release...
