2013 Domestic Box Office Was Biggest Ever For all the hand-wringing about the decline of the movie industry, 2013 was actually a pretty good year for movies. In fact, by one measure, it was actually thebestyear for movies. Ever. In cinema history. The gross domestic box office take for last year was the highest ever, beating a record set just one year earlier. Hit the jump to see just how much money Hollywood made in 2013....

A Brief History Of The Spahn Movie Ranch, An Important Location In Quentin Tarantino’s ‘Once Upon A Time In Hollywood’ In 2000,TheL.A. Timespublished a first-person accountwritten by former census bureau trainee Virginia Leaper, who recalled a sunny California Day during the Spring of ‘70, where she’d been assigned (on the last day of training) to survey the infamous Spahn Movie Ranch, where the Manson Family had allegedly plotted the ritualistic murders of actress Sharon Tate and six others....

Ahsoka Tano Was Nearly In ‘Attack Of The Clones’, According To Dave Filoni Fan favoriteStar Warscharacter Ahsoka Tano will soon appear in live-action for the first time inThe Mandalorianseason 2. But in a recent interview, writer/producerDave Filonirevealed that the character’s very first appearance almost happened in live-action – and several years earlier than anyone expected. It turns out Ahsoka nearly appeared inStar Wars: Attack of the Clonesinstead of debuting inStar Wars: The Clone Wars....

All The Movies Bill Clinton Watched In The White House: From ‘Coyote Ugly’ To ‘Saving Private Ryan’ DuringBill Clinton’s time in office, the President watched a total of 171 movies, ranging from comedies to dramas to fantasy pictures. The President has eclectic taste in movies, and based on what he watched from 1993 to 2001, he’s got pretty good taste, too. Thanks to some damn fine reporting, you may now discover every single movie Clinton watched as President....

Andy Garcia To Star In Cuban American ‘Father Of The Bride’ Remake It’s time for another trip down the aisle.Andy Garciais set to star in Warner Bros.' latestFather of the Brideremake, which will center on a Cuban-American family. It will be the third iteration of this story, following the 1950 Spencer Tracy-starring film and the 1991 Steve Martin version. Deadline reports that Garcia has closed a deal to star in and executive produce Warner Bros....

Breaking Bad Recap: Episode 5 “Mas” Is The Season’s Riveting Game-Changer (Guest: Natasha Vargas-Cooper) We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. /Film will be recapping and discussing each episode of the third season ofBreaking Bad. For this installment, /Film discourses withNatasha Vargas-Cooper, a sharp-witted, caps-friendly writer atThe Awland author of the new bookMad Men Unbuttoned, due this July from HarperStudio.A spoiler warning applies after the jumpfor the recap and for the comments section....

Celebrated Animators The Quay Brothers Return With A New Feature The twin animatorsStephen and Timothy Quaymade their name based on a stunning set of short films such asThe Cabinet of Jan SvankmajerandStreet of Crocodiles. The latter was based on the short story collection of the same name by Polish authorBruno Schulz. Now the Quay Brothers are embarking upon the production of their third feature film, which will be based upon Schulz’s other published work:Sanatorium Under the Sign of the Hourglass....

Check Out The Full Sight & Sound “Greatest Films Of All Time” List For 2012; Enjoy Some Of The Weirder Votes Cast A couple weeks ago there was a lot of talk thanks to the release of the first wave of Sight & Sound’s once-a-decade poll of the “greatest films of all time.” Thecritics pollsawVertigounseatCitizen Kaneas the “top film of all time,” and much talk was generated about the list overall....

Christopher Nolan’s ‘Interstellar’ Won’t Be Quite The Same Script Steven Spielberg Considered Shooting OK, quick recap: in 2006,Steven Spielbergsparked to the idea of a film based around the idea of using wormholes for time travel. The project came to be calledInterstellar,and was scripted byJonathan Nolan. It turned into the focal point for an audience that hoped Steven Spielberg would make at least one more serious sci-fi movie. But Spielberg setInterstellaraside, in part to makeRobopocalypse....

Chuck Palahniuk’s Choke Gets A Greenlight, Sam Rockwell To Star Chuck Palahniuk is the biggest untapped resource producing books today. His breakthrough novel Fight Club, was made into one of the most brilliant films of the last 10 years. Yet none of his other novels have gone into production since, Until now. According to the author’s officialfansite(a great site about not just Chuck but also authors and writing),Chokehas finally been given the greenlight....

Clint Eastwood’s ‘Sully’ Will Be The First Film Shot Almost Completely With IMAX Cameras Late last year, Warner Bros. set aSeptember 9, 2016release date forSully, the true story about Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger, a pilot who heroically landed a U.S. Airways liner in the Hudson River just off the coast of Manhattan back in 2009. So far only the above photo is what we’ve seen from the drama directed byClint Eastwoodand starringTom Hanksin the title role, but some interesting new details about the movie have just surfaced....

Cool Stuff: Dan Mumford’s ‘Futurama’ Print Goes Into The Sewers Of New New York It may not be as long-lived asThe SimpsonsorSouth ParkorFamily Guy, butFuturamawill forever and always have a special place in our hearts.Matt Groening’s animated sci-fi sitcom was as lovably oddball as its characters — the kind of show that can laugh at the end of the universe, wring heartfelt romance out of aMagic School Bus-esque adventure, and ribStar Trekand its fans with the affection of a fellow fan....

Cool Stuff: New ‘Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker’ Funko POPs Include Ben Solo, All-The-Jedi Rey & More We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Over a year afterStar Wars: The Rise of Skywalkerbrought the Skywalker saga to an end, there’s a new wave of Funko POPs bringing some of the biggest spoilers to life. As part of this month’s Funko Fair 2021 reveals, the collectible toy creators have unveiled a couple different versions of Rey inspired by two of the character’s climactic moments in the movie....