Early Buzz: Iron Man 2 After last night’s LA premiere and with the film scheduled to open this week in much of the world, the review floodgates are pretty much open on reviews forIron Man 2. While I don’t see the movie for a few more days, there is enough material out there to compile some profile of the basic response. Overall, the tone seems to be that this movie tries to do a lot, perhaps too much, and that the pacing suffers and the overall effect is less than that of the first film....

Edgar Wright Has Written Baby Driver 2, But He’s Not Sure When It’ll Happen We could live in a “Baby Driver 2” world, but Edgar Wright had other plans. The “Last Night In Soho” director recently sat down with his colleague, “No Time To Die” director Cary Fukunagato chat about being incredibly talented and wildly lovedand I guess they also both have movies out right now, so they talked a little bit about that too....

Greta Gerwig Is Planning Three More Sacramento Movies To Follow ‘Lady Bird’ Lady Birdmay have been the first in a series of films set in sunny Sacramento. In an interview withMoonlightdirectorBarry Jenkinson the new A24 Podcast, directorGreta Gerwigconfessed she was hoping to make a quartet of films in theLady Birdsetting. Super indie movie studioA24 just launched a podcast, and they managed to rustle up two extremely impressive hosts for the first episode:Moonlightdirector Barry Jenkins andLady Birdfilmmaker Greta Gerwig....

How To Watch ‘Malignant’ At Home (Welcome toHow to Watch, where we get down to brass tacks and tell you “Hey, here’s how you’re able to watch this thing.” In this edition:Malignant.) This fall,James Wanreturns to horror directing withMalignant. Wan’s latest is an R-rated fright flick inspired by giallo films of the 1970s, and you’ll be able to see it somewhat soon. Below, I’ve put together all the info you need regarding when and where you can seeMalignant, including info on how to watchMalignantat home....

Indiana Jones 4: 27 New Photos And The History Of The Crystal Skulls Paramount has finally released the press kit forIndiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. I’ve included 27 production photos after the jump, followed by an except from the film’s production notes talking about the history behind the mystery of the Crystal Skulls. THE HISTORY BEHIND THE MYSTERY Eighty Years of Exploration and Study Reveal the Secrets of Crystal Skulls … Maybe...

Iron Strange Hot Toys Figure Brings Some Intriguing ‘Avengers: Endgame’ Concept Art To Life Whenever a major movie is being developed, there’s loads of concept art created to help find the right style for the film’s production design and characters. That means there are a lot of fascinating and cool ideas that never end up being seen on the big screen, and that’s especially true when dealing with something as sprawling as the Marvel Cinematic Universe....

It’s Time To Recognize That ‘Little Nicky’ Is One Of Adam Sandler’s Best Movies (Welcome toThe Unpopular Opinion, a series where a writer goes to the defense of a much-maligned film or sets their sights on a movie seemingly beloved by all.)Before Adam Sandler hit us with his lazy vacation period (you know what films I’m talking about), it was always easy to identify his worst movie:Little Nicky.The film was a financial disaster, his first flop after an unstoppable rise from the cult hitBilly Madisonto the hugely successfulBig Daddy....

LOL: Watch Matt Damon Crash Chris Hemsworth’s ‘Thor: Ragnarok’ Interview Matt Damonhas stayed far from the comic book movie genre, but he had his first brush with superheroics after he crashed an interview with the God of Thunder himself.Chris Hemsworthwas promoting the upcomingThor: RagnarokonJimmy Kimmel Live,and naturally, Damon had to hop in on an interview with his favorite talk show host. Or rather, his favorite talk show host who keeps him trapped in a green room backstage....

Making A Movie: Distributing A Niche Documentary “Making a Movie” is a series of columns that chronicles our attempt tomake, market, and distribute a film with Stephen Tobolowsky in 2014. A lot of people have asked me how we’re planning to distribute the film we’re making with Stephen Tobolowsky this year. The film is shaping up to be some hybrid between a documentary and a concert film, and it may only appeal to a very specific audience....

Meet The New Toy Story 3 Characters: Dolly And Mr. Pricklepants As you may have noticed over the past month, Disney has been teasing the release of Pixar’sToy Story 3by releasing more information, photos and video of each of the new characters, week by week. We’ve been trying to keep track of all the new characters as they have been revealed. After the jump you can see the new toys, Dolly and Mr....

Michael Bay To Direct Adaptation Of Book By Embattled ‘A Million Little Pieces’ Author? Here’s what we know: according toVariety, Dreamworks is working to preemptively buy the rights toI Am Number Four, the first novel in a projected six-book sci-fi series, eyeingMichael Bayto produce and possibly direct. The unpublished novel is being shopped around with the two authors represented by a single pseudonym. But the interest level rose when reports surfaced that one of the writers isJames Frey, who rose to fame, then infamy, as the author of the partly fictional ‘memoir’A Million Little Pieces....

Movie Review: Shrek The Third When King Harold falls ill, Shrek and Princess Fiona become King and Queen of Far, Far Away. But Shrek wants to return to a simpler, quieter childless life in the swamp and thus goes on a quest to find the only other remaining heir to the land, a loser teenage high school boy named Artie (a nod to the legend of King Arthur). Meanwhile, Prince Charming has been reduced to a lowly childrens birthday stage performer....

New ‘Soul’ Trailer Unlocks The Music Of Life, Reveals Additional Voice Cast “Life is full of possibilities,“Jamie Foxx’s Joe Gardner says in the newSoultrailer. “You just have to know where to look.” It’s just the kind of inspiring message we might need right now from the Pixar film, which Disney is debuting on Disney+ this December. In the wake of the direct-to-streaming move, Disney has released a newSoultrailer that reveals the Disney+ premiere date and new additions to the voice cast....