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Angie’s Top Ten Films Of 2013 Thanksgiving was over a month ago, but now seems as good a time as any to thank the cinema gods for the fantastic films we got in 2013. With the usual caveats that this is more of a personal “favorites” list than an objective “best of” list, and that there are plenty of great films that weren’t included for the simple and shameful reason that I never got around to seeing them, here are the movies that made me laugh, howl, jump, and/or weep over the last twelve months....

Anthony Hopkins Cast In Exorcism Film The Rite Anthony Hopkinsis the first to board a film calledThe Rite, a supernatural thriller from New Line. The studio has had the property for a while, and casting Hopkins suggests that it is really moving forward.Mikael Hafstromdirects fromMichael Petroni’s script. But what is the film about? Read on…THRoffers that Hopkins will play “a priest who is an expert in exorcisms and whose methods are not necessarily traditional....

Awards: DGA Nominations, ‘Kubo And The Two Strings’ Gets Historic Costume Designers Guild Nomination The Directors Guild of America has unveiled the nominations for the 67th annual DGA Awards. Hit the jump to see the nominees and learn aboutKubo and the Two Strings' historical nomination from the Costume Designers Guild. The DGA has namedDamien Chazelle(La La Land),Garth Davis(Lion),Barry Jenkins(Moonlight),Kenneth Lonergan(Manchester by the Sea) andDenis Villeneuve (Arrival) for its top feature film award....

Batgirl Has Begun Filming, New Logo Revealed In Set Photo We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Na na na na na na na na, Batgirl! The upcoming Warner Bros. film “Batgirl” has begun filming, according to anInstagram post from Bilall Fallah, who is directing the film with Adil El Arbi. Fallah lists his location on the social site as Gotham City, which seems appropriate. In the post, he says, “#BATGIRL🦇 DAY 1 !...

Bill Skarsgard Says ‘It Chapter 2’ Will Be A ‘Very Different Experience’ It: Chapter 2is gearing up to shoot this summer, and Pennywise himself just provided an update on the project. In a new interview, actorBill Skarsgardsaid that when it comes to the horror sequel, audiences can expect “a very different experience” than the first film.Andy Muschiettistarts shootingIt: Chapter 2in July, and the hype for the sequel to his 2017 horror-hit is already through the roof....

Christoph Waltz To Direct German Romantic Comedy Christoph Waltzmay have earned worldwide fame thanks to his portrayal of Hans Landa inInglourious Basterds, leading to a flood of possible work in the United States, but he isn’t leaving the European film industry behind. Waltz will direct a romantic comedy in Germany, based on a script he’s been working on for some time.THRsays Waltz will makeAuf Und Davon(Up and Away) from his own script, which is loosely based onMeike WinnemuthandPeter Praschl’s novel of the same name....

Colin In Black And White Trailer: Ava DuVernay And Netflix Tell The Story Of Colin Kaepernick Colin Kaepernick took a stand by kneeling, and now he wants to tell you his story in"Colin in Black and White,“a new limited series coming to Netflix later this month. In 2016, Kaepernick — then a quarterback for the San Francisco 49ers — famously took a knee during the national anthem as a show of protest against police brutality and racial injustice....

Cool Stuff: Dan Mumford’s Trippy Art Pays Tribute To ‘Close Encounters,’ ‘Gremlins’ & More With the plethora of prints out there paying tribute to our favorite movies and TV shows, it’s always nice to have an artist whose style is uniquely their own. That’s why we loveDan Mumfordso much. We’ve featured plenty of Dan Mumford’s work before, but now he has a solo show coming to Gallery 1988 in Los Angeles this weekend with a whole new slate of pieces paying tribute to the likes ofClose Encounters of the Third Kind, Gremlins, Dune, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Oozeand more....

Denis Villeneuve Was Free To Put “Personal Stamp” On ‘Dune,’ Stellan Skarsgard Promises Denis Villeneuve’sDunecast can’t stop heaping tons of praise on the director. The latest actor to put in his two cents about the acclaimed filmmaker isStellan Skarsgard, who promised that Villeneuve is being given almost complete creative freedom on the film by Legendary and Warner Bros., and also took the chance to tease some (vague)details. In an interview withColliderwhile at the Toronto premiere for his new filmHope, Skarsgard gushed about working with theArrivalandBlade Runner 2049director and assured that the auteur has been given “pretty free” reign over the film by the studio:...

Edgar Wright To Direct ‘Grasshopper Jungle’ At Sony WhileEdgar Wrightis set to make the relatively mysteriousBaby Driveras his next film, the director has also set up another project to develop as a potentialBaby Driverfollow-up. Wright has come on boardGrasshopper Jungle, which will adapt the YA novel byAndrew Smith. The book centers on a teenage kid who somehow conjures up a plague that sets an army of six-foot-tall praying mantises on his town....

Eli Roth’s ‘Death Wish’ Remake Casts Lead Villain Eli Roth’sDeath Wishremake has castBeau Knappas the film’s lead villain… which is a sentence that actually speaks volumes about the kind of movie the newDeath Wishwill be. After all, Michael Winner’s original didn’t have a a lead villain, a choice that, by design, makes it one of the more disturbing revenge movies ever made. Let’s talk about this. But first, let’s plow through the new stuff....

Elisabeth Moss Just Gave An Explosive, Emmy-Worthy Showcase In This Week’s ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ (We’re going to kickstart our weeklyThe Handmaid’s Talereview by answering one simple question: Who suffered the most?) As bleak as this show has gotten,The Handmaid’s Talewill always remind us how impeccably filmed it is, and how stupendously acted. And “Holly” really is the epitome of that. “Holly” is an incredible showcase forElisabeth Moss(who will definitely submit this one for Emmy consideration) and a realization of whatThe Handmaid’s Talecan be when it’s not aggressively throwing dreary imagery at us every few minutes....

Every Season Of Star Trek: The Next Generation Ranked Worst To Best Gene Roddenberry’s landmark series “Star Trek” changed the course of science fiction history when it debuted in 1966. Roddenberry imagined that humanity would learn to coexist peacefully in aprogressive future, and a few of the series’coolest gadgetspredicted actual achievements in science. Most importantly, audiences were invested in the characters: Captain James T. Kirk (William Shatner), Mr. Spock (Leonard Nimoy), and the rest of the crew of the USS Enterprise became instant icons in pop culture....