Alamo Drafthouse Named ‘Best Overall Theatrical Experience’ Chuck Walton has just completed his journey of seeing 100 movies in 100 days at 100 different movie theaters across the country, in search of the perfect summer moviegoing experience. The results of his findings can be found onFandango. Walton gave the top award, “Best Overall Theatrical Experience” to our favorite movie theater in the universe — the Alamo Drafthouse. Here is what Chuck wrote:...

Biblical Epic Trend Continues As Warner Bros. Acquires ‘Pontius Pilate’ Script Even as Hollywood continues to churn out paranormal romances and fairy tale retellings, it’s time to brace ourselves for the next white-hot trend: Biblical epics. The newest project to fall into this category isPontius Pilate, an account of one of the most infamous villains of all time. In the Bible, Pilate presides over Jesus Christ’s trial. Although he’s reluctant to condemn Jesus, Pilate eventually sends him to the cross under pressure from Jewish leaders and an unruly crowd....

Cannes Line-Up Includes New Films From The Coen Brothers, Nicolas Winding Refn, Alexander Payne, And Roman Polanski The lineup for the 2013 Cannes Film Festival was released this morning, and as ever it is a list that represents great promise and potential for the coming year in film. A number of films that we fully expected to see on the list are here:Only God ForgivesfromNicolas Winding Refn,Inside Llewyn Davisfromthe Coen Brothers,Behind The CandelabrafromSteven Soderbergh, along with openerThe Great GatsbyandSofia Coppola’s Un Certain Regard headlinerThe Bling Ring....

Casting Notes: Owen Wilson Works With Woody Allen; New Projects For Ethan Hawke, Kristin Scott Thomas And Kevin Bacon Owen Wilsonis often thought of in light of his broad comedies, but he’s not stuck doing silly stuff. There’s his long association with Wes Anderson, a project currently in the works with James L. Brooks, and now Wilson has signed on to be inWoody Allen’s next movie. We don’t yet know what the film is called or whether it is a drama, a comedy or something in between....

Cool Stuff: ‘Battlestar Galactica’ Top Gun Mug Replica After a long day of flying around in a Viper attempting to preserve the precious few human beings left in the galaxy, a pilot needs a drink. And the best of the best drink out of this.Quantum Mechanix Inc. has created a 1:1 prop replica “Top Gun” stein fromBattlestar Galactica, perfect for pretending you just wasted some frakkin' toasters and need to kick back....

Cool Stuff: This Official ‘LEGO Ninjago Movie’ LEGO Set Is The Third Largest Ever Released There have been more and more LEGO sets tied in with movies in recent years, especially sinceThe LEGO Moviesparked a whole cinematic universe of movies featuring the building block toys. WithThe LEGO Ninjago Moviearriving in September, there’s a brand new line of LEGO sets bringing several vehicles, settings and all the characters from the movie, but none are quite as impressive as one particular set....

Could ‘The Conjuring 4’ Explore The Satanic Panic Hysteria Of The 1980s? The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do Itis a hit, which means it’s only a matter of time beforeThe Conjuring 4is announced. But where does the franchise go next?The Devil Made Me Do Itbrings Ed and Lorraine Warren, the ghost hunting couple played byPatrick WilsonandVera Farmiga, out of the 1970s and into the 1980s. That opens a world of possibilities....

Cult Favorite ‘Possession’ Getting A 4K Re-Release In October The 1981 filmPossessionhas become something of a cult phenomenon in recent times due to it resting comfortably in the rare overlap in the cinephile Venn diagram between artsy-fartsy/Criterion snobs and horror hounds. Now, in honor of the film’s 40th anniversary, it will be getting the 4K treatment with a remastered theatrical re-release that will premiere at Fantastic Fest 2021 next month before heading to theaters in October....

Daily Podcast: Obi-Wan Kenobi, Morbius, And Bruce Willis Retires On the July 28, 2025 episode of /Film Daily, /Film editorial director Peter Sciretta is joined by /Film news writer Ryan Scott to talk about the latest film and TV news, including “Obi-Wan Kenobi,” “Morbius,” and Bruce Willis. Opening Banter: It’s April Fools Day! In the Water Cooler: Ryan has seen “Morbius” and gives his spoiler-free reaction. In The News: Morbius Pulls in $5....

Eternals Is A ‘New, Special Step’ For The MCU, Kevin Feige Says It’s a joyous Tuesday to Marvel fans, as the fanfare for Chloe Zhao’s “Eternals” has begun. The Marvel Cinematic Universe’s twenty-sixth film has just premiered in L.A., launching a countdown for an upcoming wider release next month. Today, the cast and director of the superhero picture, along with longtime Marvel producer and studio president Kevin Feige, held a virtual press conference ahead of the film’s theatrical release....

First Look: Renesmee From ‘The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part I’ [UPDATED] UPDATE:As some have noted, this photo of Mackenzie Foy is not a still fromBreaking Dawn, but from a photoshoot with the actress. We apologize for the confusion, and blame the veryTwilight-esque field of flowers. The title treatment below is the real deal, so the post stands. Here are two tidbits from the first part ofBreaking Dawn, the final chapter(s) inThe Twilight Saga....

Fox Searchlight Bringing UK TV Series ‘Absolutely Fabulous’ To The Big Screen Back in the spring,one of the editions of Sequel Bitsbrought news that the gestating big screen adaptation of the 90s UK TV seriesAbsolutely Fabulouswas finally coming together with an eye towards shooting later this year. Now that’s been confirmed as Fox Searchlight has just come on board to co-produce and co-finance the film with BBC, and they’ll also distribute the film worldwide....

Hulk And Hawkeye Get The Spotlight In New ‘Avengers: Age Of Ultron’ Images If we had any complaint about the firstAvengers, it was that there wasn’t nearly enough ofMark Ruffalo’s Hulk orJeremy Renner’s Hawkeye. Fortunately,Kevin Feigehas alreadypromisedto remedy that lack inAvengers: Age of Ultron, and the latest batch of images indicate that he plans to deliver. Hulk and Hawkeye figure prominently in these new stills, along with Iron Man (Robert Downey Jr....