The World We Knew Trailer: Chariots Of Fire’s Struan Rodgers Stars In A Paranoid Thriller [Exclusive] “You know you’re going to die here, right?” Six criminals pack into a supposed safe house and are forced to stay there for the span of a single night without killing each other or letting their checkered histories get the better of them. If that sounds like the premise of a Quentin Tarantino movie, well, that’s exactly the vibe that the indie film “The World We Knew” is going for....

This Week In Trailers: Waiting For Superman, Sound Of Noise, Countdown To Zero, Thieves By Law, Calvin Marshall Trailers are an under-appreciated art form insofar that many times they’re seen as vehicles for showing footage, explaining films away, or showing their hand about what moviegoers can expect. Foreign, domestic, independent, big budget: I celebrate all levels of trailers and hopefully this column will satisfactorily give you a baseline of what beta wave I’m operating on, because what better way to hone your skills as a thoughtful moviegoer than by deconstructing these little pieces of advertising?...

Watch The Gorgeous Opening Scene Of Mamoru Hosoda’s Belle “Belle” (竜とそばかすの姫, Ryū to Sobakasu no Hime which translates to “The Dragon and The Freckled Princess”) comes to us from Mamoru Hosoda and Studio Chizu, and today we’ve got the entire opening scene. When you can pull your eyes away from the first image (and I expect to see cosplay pics on my Twitter if you dress like this), you have to watch....

Why Steven Spielberg Always Wanted To Tell The Wright Brothers Story Steven Spielberg’s Cold War thrillerBridge of Spiesis out in a few weeks, but while promoting it he revealed there’s another historical story he’s been itching to tell. The director confessed he’s “always wanted” to do a project aboutOrvilleandWilbur Wright, credited with inventing the first airplane at the turn of the 20th century. Find out why after the jump. During aTwitter Q&A, Spielberg andBridge of SpiesstarTom Hankswere asked what historical figure or premise they’d want to tackle next....

Will Cabin In The Woods Be The Latest MGM Casualty? MGM’s dire financial troubles have already spelled doom or delay for several films: the next Bond movie was indefinitely postposed,The Hobbitis delayed to the point where Guillermo del Toro walked as director, and theRed Dawnremake is shelved for the time being, because the studio doesn’t have enough money to release the film. Now the horror movieCabin in the Woods, written and produced byJoss Whedonand directed byCloverfieldwriterDrew Goddard, looks like the latest casualty of the studio’s misfortune....

Woody Allen’s Deal To Make An Amazon Series Is Freaking Him Out Amazonis pulling in talent left and right. Spike Lee, Jean-Pierre Jeunet, Jim Jarmusch, Terry Gilliam, and perhaps one stranger signee than any other:Woody Allen. When he signed the deal to make a TV series for Amazon, Allen joked “I don’t know how I got into this. I have no ideas, and I’m not sure where to begin.” Or we thought that was a joke, an expression of the anxiety that is one of his hallmarks....

Worst Weekend Ever? ‘Bucky Larson’ Earns 0% On Rotten Tomatoes; ‘Creature’ Breaks Records With Poor Box Office Performance Whenever something likePaul Blart: Mall Copgrosses $31 million in its opening weekend despite the disapproval of critics, a slew of articles and blog posts come out wondering whether movie writers are out of touch with the general public. But this weekend, at least, the average filmgoer and the average critic seemed united in their near-universal disdain for both the porn “comedy"Bucky Larson: Born to Be a Starand the indie horrorCreature....

You Can Make It Rain Vengeance With The Batman Soundtrack - Listen Now We are only a week away from finally getting a glimpse of Matt Reeves’gloomy, noir-filled worldof “The Batman,” but the best way to bide your time till then is to listen to the entirety of “The Batman” soundtrack on repeat. Yes, you heard that right: now you can make yourself utterly familiar with the crescendos ofMichael Giacchino’s superb (and downright breathtaking) score for the film, which has beenreleased in its entirety....

‘Indiana Jones 5’ Director James Mangold Teases Sequel That Pushes Toward “Something New” For the first time ever, someone other thanSteven Spielbergis directing anIndiana Jonesmovie. Spielberg was initially on board to directHarrison Fordin his final outing as the adventuring archeologist inIndiana Jones 5. But the project kept getting delayed and pushed back due to script rewrites and other issues, and Spielberg decided to hand the sequel over to someone unexpected –James Mangold, director ofLogan,Ford v Ferrari, and more....

‘Life Itself’ Is A Beautiful Tribute To Movies, Criticism, And Of Course Roger Ebert [Movie Review] Editor’s Note:The following review was originally published on January 20th 2014 after a screening at the Sundance Film Festival. The review is being republished as the movie is hitting theaters. A movie about the life of a film critic might sound a tad indulgent, but there’s never been another film critic with the influence and character ofRoger Ebert....

‘Molly And The Moon’: Kristen Bell And Jonathan Groff Reunite In An Original Musical Film By ‘How I Met Your Mother’ Creators Love is an open door, and theMolly and the Moonis an open door forFrozen 2co-starsKristen BellandJonathan Groffto play a couple in a musical once again — but this time, in live-action. An original musical fromHow I Met Your MothercreatorsCarter BaysandCraig Thomas,Molly and the Moonreunites theFrozenandFrozen 2co-stars in a film inspired by a Thomas' personal experience of having a baby born with a rare genetic disorder....

‘No Time To Die’ Director Cary Fukunaga Came Up With An Idea To Make The End Of ‘Spectre’ A Dream We still have a few months before we can seeDaniel Craig’s final James Bond film,No Time to Die. But back when everyone thought this movie was coming out in April, directorCary Fukunagasat down for an interview with filmmaker Miranda July and talked about all the hectic work that went into crafting a Bond film....

‘Once Upon A Time In Hollywood’ Spoiler Review: Quentin Tarantino’s Funny, Melancholy Masterwork Who could’ve guessed thatOnce Upon a Time in Hollywood, once thought of as “Quentin Tarantino’s Charles Manson movie”, would end up being one of the sweetest films of the director’s career? Beneath the rampant speculation, beneath the True Crime trappings, beneath the bursts of shockingly graphic violence,Once Upon a Time in Hollywoodhas a warm, loving heart. It’s a melancholy film – a film about endings, and beginnings....