Video: How Michael Mann Influenced Christopher Nolan’s ‘The Dark Knight’ If you ask me,Christopher Nolan’sThe Dark Knightis a masterwork, not just as a superhero movie but as a film. But like most great filmmakers, Nolan wears his film influences on his sleeves, and it’s very evident in his work. We’ve talked previously about how Nolan’s love for the James Bond franchise has shown up in his films from time to time (For instance,The Dark Knight Risesopening sequence wasclearly inspired by 1989’s Licence to Kill)....

VOTD: ‘Evil Dead’ Tribute Animation Be it movies, music, painting or something else, the best art inspires action in the people who view it. Sometimes that inspiration can lead you to change your life, or maybe simply inspires more art.Daniel Kanemotois a hugeEvil Dead fan and when he sawOlly Moss'2010 Mondo posterfor Sam Raimi’sThe Evil Dead, he was so inspired by the image he decided to do a little animation showing his love of the franchise....

VOTD: The Cinematography Of The Films Of Quentin Tarantino If you’re an observant love of cinema, aside from likely knowing each and every film directed byQuentin Tarantino, you know that it’s fairly easily to recognize his work. This isn’t just because of the extensive dialogue and endless homages to classic, obscure films, but simply by the way he shoots his movies. From dancing scenes to trunk shots to sprawling overhead God’s eye sequences, Tarantino has a very distinct style....

Watch: Pixar Short ‘Dante’s Lunch’ Introduces Us To The Determined Dog From ‘Coco’ While Disney/Pixar’sFinding Dorydidn’t make a splash at this year’s Academy Awards, the studio did take home a trophy for the short film attached that was attached to it, Alan Barillaro’s adorablePiper. Now the company has released its latest short,Dante’s Lunch, which serves as a nice introduction to the determined, long-tongued dog that will appear in Pixar’s Dìa de Muertos filmCocowhen it comes out later this fall....

‘A Hologram For The King’ Trailer: Tom Hanks Finds Himself In Saudi Arabia Tom Tykwer’s last movie was one of the stranger thingsTom Hankshas ever done.Cloud Atlas, co-directed by the Wachowskis, had Hanks playing a number of different roles spanning genres, continents, and centuries. It was an intriguing reminder that Hanks, who could easily coast on popularity and charisma at this point, is still the kind of actor who takes risks....

‘At The Ready’ Review: High School Police Recruitment Documentary Lends Humanity To A Fraught Subject [Sundance 2021] Wearing bulky Kevlar vests and bulletproof helmets, a squadron of law enforcement personnel prepare to enter a residence. It’s an image that is primed to make one automatically raises one’s hackles — given the sociopolitical landscape in the past 10, 20 years, we know exactly how this scene will play out. But then you notice howyoungthey all are....

‘Atomic Blonde’ Confirms Charlize Theron’s Place In The Action Movie Pantheon Note:This review originally ran following the world premiere ofAtomic Blondeat the SXSW Film Festival. It is in theaters today. In a nutshell:Atomic Blondeis about a badass, bisexual British secret agent who fights like John Wick and seduces like James Bond who travels to Germany days before the fall of the Berlin Wall to recover some stolen intelligence. She wears a number of amazing outfits, kills a whole bunch of bad guys, and just looks terrific as she struts through noisy nightclubs and desolate alleyways to a soundtrack of ’80s synth pop....

‘Avengers: Endgame’ Has Already Passed $2 Billion At The Global Box Office It’s been 12 days since the global release ofAvengers: Endgame, and the movie has already past the $2 billion mark at the worldwide box office. After winning a second weekend at the domestic box office and raking in truckloads more money around the world, it’s now the fastest movie to reach $2 billion, and that was already an exclusive club to be in with only four other movies reaching the global box office milestone....

‘Black Panther’ Star Angela Bassett Says There Have Been Five Versions Of The ‘Wakanda Forever’ Script It’s honestly still a shock to think thatChadwick Bosemanis no longer with us, taken away far too soon after a hard-fought (and entirely private) battle with cancer. In the meantime, Marvel head honchoKevin Feigehas tasked returning directorRyan Cooglerwith the seemingly gargantuan responsibility of moving ahead with theBlack Pantherfranchise in Boseman’s honor. Now,Entertainment Weekly reportsthat starAngela Bassettis giving us some brief insight into the numerous changes necessitated by Boseman’s irreplaceable loss for the upcomingBlack Panther: Wakanda Forever....

‘Chambers’ First Look Photos: Netflix’s Psychological Horror Series Goes Straight For The Heart With Jordan Peele’sUsmaking big box office bankin theaters and getting everyone buzzingabout the metaphors and allegoriesat the center of the story, people feel like horror is making some kind of comeback. The fact is horror never left. Some people just weren’t looking in the right place. And soon enough, you won’t have to look very far at all for some new scares....

‘Fear Paris’ Teaser: A Horror Anthology From Joe Dante, Xavier Gens And Timo Vuorensola A brand new horror anthology has been given a green light. It’s calledFear Paris, and will feature multiple connected stories from directors such asJoe Dante(Gremlins, The Hole),Xavier Gens(Hitman), andTimo Vuorensola(Iron Sky) which will explore the supernatural underbelly of France’s capital city. Casting is now underway and two more directors will soon join the project, which will start shooting this summer....

‘Game Of Thrones’ Season 7 Images Feature Scheming And Scowling And A Big ‘Ol Dragon A few months ago, we heard that the dragons inGame of Thronesseason 7would be the size of 747 jet airliners. Now, a batch of images from the penultimate season of HBO’s flagship series have revealed the dragons and they don’t appear to bequiteas big as 747s. However, they’re still big enough to stomp an entire army into red goo and burn their remains into a fine ash, so let’s not get too caught up on the little details....

‘Halloween Ends’ Won’t Be The Final ‘Halloween,’ Says Writer Danny McBride [Exclusive] Universalrevealedplans for two moreHalloweensequels last week.Halloween Killswill pick up where the 2018 sequel left off.Halloween Endspromises (threatens?) to end the series once and for all. That will be the 11th sequel, and if you include the Rob Zombie remake and its sequel, there will be 13 movies total. EvenFriday the 13thhasn’t made it to 13.WriterDanny McBrideand writer/directorDavid Gordon Greenwere at WarnerMedia’s Television Critics Association party for their new HBO showThe Righteous Gemstones....