‘A Christmas Carol’ Trailer: Guy Pearce Is Totally Scrooged In This Dark Adaptation Of The Dickens Classic A Christmas Carolhas always had elements of horror. It is, after all, a story about ghosts. But what if someone cranked all that spookiness up tenfold? The result might look like this new BBC miniseries adaptation, which looks like a full-blown horror movie take on the Charles Dickens classic.Guy Pearceplays the greedy Ebenezer Scrooge, who finds himself confronting all sorts of creepy goings-on....

‘Alien Sleeper Cell,’ From The Producer Of ‘District 9,’ In Development The title “Alien Sleeper Cell” conjures up a very specific scenario. Aliens pass for humans and live among us until, triggered by a cataclysmic event, they rise up to take over the humans. Which, actually, sounds a lot like the ABC showV. That’s probably a good thing because any image that title brings to mind is more evocative than the actual information that’s out there for the new projectAlien Sleeper Cell....

‘Argo’ Fact Vs. Fiction: The CIA Weighs In Last week marked the 35th anniversary of the start of the Iran hostage crisis, perhaps best known to some moviegoers as “the thing that happens inArgo.” But while learning history by watching Hollywood thrillers may be enjoyable, it’s not really the best way to get an accurate account of events. So the CIA has taken the occasion to fact-checkBen Affleck’s 2013 Best Picture winner via Twitter....

‘Brain On Fire’ Trailer: Chloë Grace Moretz Needs A Miracle In The True Life Story After makingNovember Criminalsand an adaptation ofSusannah Cahalan’s memoir,Brain on Fire, back-to-back, actressChloë Grace Moretzdropped outof all future projects. The actor wanted to slow down and reassess her choices. We’ve seen her in quite a few roles over the last few years, but right now she only has a handful of movies coming up, such as theSuspiriaremake and writer-directorGerard Barrett’sBrain on Fire, which co-starsTylerPerry,Jenny Slate,Richard Armitage, andCarrie-Anne Moss....

‘Creed II’ Is About More Than Revenge, According To Michael B. Jordan Creed IIwill have Adonis Creed facing off against Victor Drago, son of Ivan Drago – the man who killed Adonis' father, Apollo. That setsCreed IIup to seem like less of a boxing drama and more of a revenge thriller. But according to starMichael B. Jordan, there’s a lot more toCreed IIthan simple revenge. According to the actor,Creed II’s story is more layered than a simple synopsis might suggest....

‘Gravity,’ ‘12 Years A Slave,’ ‘Rush, ‘Fifth Estate’ And ‘Labor Day’ Among Toronto Film Festival 2013’s First Wave One of the most prestigious film festivals in North America, theToronto Film Festival, has begun to announce its line up for 2013. The event takes place September 5-15 and as usual, the line-up includes pretty much every highly-anticipated awards contender scheduled for release through the end of the year. Just a few examples are theJackie BrownprequelLife of Crime, Matthew McConaughey inDallas Buyers Club, the star-studdedAugust: Osage County, Idris Elba inMandela: Long Walk To Freedom, Steve McQueen’s12 Years A Slave, the West Memphis Three filmDevil’s Knot(above), Jason Reitman’s latestLabor Day, Jason Bateman’s debutBad Words, Ron Howard’sRush, the Wikileaks filmThe Fifth Estate, Mike Myers’ documentarySupermench, Matthew Weiner’sYou Are Here, Hugh Jackman inPrisoners, Keanu Reeves’Man of Tai Chiand Alfonso Cuaron’s space drama,Gravity....

‘Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 2’ Trailer Breakdown: Going Through The New Preview Frame-By-Frame TheGuardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2trailerarrived a few days ago, following hot on the heels ofa brisk sneak previewthat had been assembled to play in theaters withDoctor Strange. And as you’d expect from any second preview, the new batch of footage is longer, more polished and full of more shots to overly examine, should that be your unhealthy hobby....

‘Knives Out’ Footage Showcases Rian Johnson’s Mystery Movie Follow-Up To ‘The Last Jedi’ [CinemaCon 2019] Rian Johnsonis following upStar Wars: The Last JediwithKnives Out, a star-studded mystery movie that released its first footage to the crowd at CinemaCon. According to Johnson himself,Knives Outis a tribute to the locked-room mysteries of Agatha Christie, with Daniel Craig’s Detective Benoit Blanc meant to evoke Christie’s Hercule Poirot. Ready to piece together the clues and solve theKnives Outfootage reaction mystery?...

‘Poltergeist’ Is Coming To Universal Halloween Horror Nights They’re heeere:Poltergeistis finally coming to Universal’sHalloween Horror Nights. The popular annual event at the Universal Studios theme park has been paying tribute to classic horror movies with elaborate mazes since it was first launched in 1991, and yet it had never yet gotten around toTobe Hooper’s iconic 1982 film. Until now. Poltergeist at Universal Halloween Horror Nights Universal Studios Hollywood and Universal Orlando Resort announced that they are bringing Halloween Horror Nights guests “into the light” with new mazes inspired by the seminal supernatural horror film,Poltergeist....

‘Short Circuit’ Animators Kim Hazel And Riannon Delanoy On ’80s Cartoons And Inspirations For Their Disney+ Shorts [Interview] Season 2 of Disney’s experimental short seriesShort Circuitjust launched on Disney+ and if you’re lacking your daily dose of fun, you might want to check it out. This season features five shorts from animators across the studio, that vary wildly in their tones and styles. I spoke with two of the filmmakers behind the wonderfully creative shorts,Dinosaur BarbarianandSongs to Sing in the Dark....

‘Silicon Valley’ Season 3 Trailer: Stephen Tobolowsky Is Pied Piper’s New CEO If you’ve been reading /Film awhile, you know that character actorStephen Tobolowskyholds a special place in our heart thanks to David Chen’s outstanding podcastThe Tobolowsky Files, as well as his documentary,The Primary Instinct. And now the star of movies likeGroundhog Dayand shows such asCalifornicationis heading to one of the best comedies on television. The first trailer for the third season of HBO’s seriesSilicon Valleyhas just arrived, and it shows that the future of Pied Piper is a bit uncertain as the company is getting a new CEO following the events of last season that saw Laurie Bream (Suzanne Cryer) and Raviga Capital removing Richard Hendricks (Thomas Middleditch) as the CEO of his own company....

‘Terminator: Dark Fate’ Character Featurettes Give A Spotlight To The Main Cast Terminator: DarkFateis stepping up its marketing campaign with the release of a set of five new featurettes spotlighting the main characters of the newTerminatorsequel. While Sarah Connor and the T-800 need no introduction, the long gap in betweenDark Fateand its canonical predecessorT2: Judgment Dayrequires a little explanation as to what they’ve been up to these past 28 years. And how do the new characters of the Grace, Dani Ramos, and the Rev-9 come into play?...

‘The Boss’ Red-Band Trailer: Melissa McCarthy And Peter Dinklage Get Into A Sword Fight Melissa McCarthy may not be returning for theGilmore Girlsrevival, to the endless disappointment ofGilmore Girlsfans, but don’t worry — she’s got plenty of other stuff to keep her busy in the coming months. Not only will she appear as one of the new fab four in Paul Feig’sGhostbustersreboot, she’s also starring inThe Boss, which reunites her with herTammydirector (and real-life husband)Ben Falcone....