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More Cameos Rumored For 'Batman v. Superman: Dawn Of Justice'
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Obviously, **spoilers ahead** but there are many that would argue we're in the time when everyone should just accept spoilers as a way of life. At any rate, we already know that it will be more than the Dark Knight and Man Of Steel appearing in "Batman v. Superman: Dawn Of Justice." Zack Snyder's superhero showdown is pretty much launching WB's DC-verse slate, and as such, they are cramming in as many characters as possible. Heroic Hollywood reports that Aquaman (played by Jason Momoa) and The Flash (played by Ezra Miller) will appear in the movie, albeit in brief cameos. Aquaman will be held prisoner in a "containment chamber" and audiences will see his hand slap the glass. Meanwhile, The Flash will stop a robbery. So basically, you'll see Aquaman's hand and The Flash as a blur of movement. Hooray. What other surprises will there be? At this rate, »
- Kevin Jagernauth
Exclusive: Tense Trailer For Texas Thriller 'Two Step'
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For those of you who like to dance, maybe you've got the two-step down cold. It requires your right and left feet to be in sync, or when it comes to writer/director Alex R. Johnson's "Two Step," it amounts to a balance between genre thrills and emotional impact, and today we have an exclusive new trailer for the film. Starring Beth Broderick, James Landry Hébert, Skyy Moore, Jason Douglas and Ashley Rae Spillers, the film tracks the intersection of directionless college dropout James and career criminal Webb. Kicked out of college, James visits Grams, his only remaining family member who dies shortly after his arrival. While settling Grams' affairs, James learns she's been the victim of the 'Grandparent Scam', in which someone posing as James has been slowly bilking her out of thousands of dollars. But before James can go looking for the culprit, he shows up at the front door, »
- Kevin Jagernauth
No Time Like the Present: "Tomorrowland" and the Cinema of Brad Bird
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You had only to look at the collected films of Brad Bird to know that Tomorrowland would be in large part a reverie for yesterday. The Iron Giant (1999) was such a friendly evocation of Cold War sci-fi that it belongs, in paperback form, tucked away in the back of a school library. The Incredibles (2004) was a tribute to 60s comics, 60s modernism, and the jazzy vibe of Thunderball-era Bond movies. Ratatouille (2007), with its story of talking rats in a timeless Paris, was a very classical kind of animation. More than anything else Pixar has put out—though Finding Nemo (2003) might come close—its style operates in the vernacular of what Disney animation used to mean in the 50s. Even Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol (2011), whose place in Bird's filmography is largely to show if he could handle live action (he can!), is the biggest throwback of that franchise. Its plot centered »
- Duncan Gray
Watch: 'Transparent,' 'Jane the Virgin' and 'The Goldbergs' Creators Reveal Comedy Secrets
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Read More: 7 Pieces of Solid Writing Advice from 'Jane the Virgin' On Tuesday night, Variety hosted a panel featuring some of the best comedy writers that television has to offer. Cynthia Littleton, Variety’s managing editor of TV, questioned Adam F. Goldberg ("The Goldbergs"), Mike O'Malley ("Survivor's Remorse"), Jennie Snyder Urman ("Jane the Virgin"), and Jill Soloway ("Transparent") -- a group representing all of the different platforms, including broadcast, cable, and streaming, that have supported the comedy genre. The panel covered an array of topics -- including the importance of storytelling, the differences between hour-long and half-hour shows, the categorization of drama versus comedy and the influence of the platform on the show’s content. With Emmy nominations approaching, the video above provides valuable insight into the writers' rooms of this year’s potential Emmy »
- Conor Soules
'The Look of Silence' Wins Sheffield Doc/Fest 2015 Feature Audience Award
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Read More: 'A Syrian Love Story' Wins Grand Jury Prize at Sheffield Doc/Fest The 2015 edition of the Sheffield Doc/Fest concluded last week. The six days of the documentary film festival included: 184 screenings, 25 immersive, interactive and Virtual Reality projects, displayed in three gallery spaces, 93 industry sessions and pitches; plus in the Marketplace, 1,400 MeetMarket meetings and 450 Crossover Market meetings. Audiences were asked to vote for their favorite short and feature length documentary as well as their favorite project at the Interactive Exhibition in the Millennium Gallery. The 2015 Audience Award winners are: Feature: "The Look of Silence" / dir. Joshua Oppenheimer / prod. Signe Byre Sørensen / Norway, Indonesia, Finland, Denmark, UK 2014 Short: "Dear Araucaria" / dir. Matt Houghton / prod. Alistair Payne-James and Francesca Boyce / United Kingdom »
- Elle Leonsis
Watch: Nicolas Cage Unravels After The Bp Oil Spill In First Trailer For 'The Runner'
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Nicolas Cage has an extensive filmography: if you name it, he's probably done it (how many Hollywood figures can you think of that would star in the Christian themed apocalypse movie "Left Behind"?). The actor's latest left turn is into the realm of ripped-from-headlines drama… sort of. Read More: Interview: David Gordon Green & Nicolas Cage Talk Flawed Father Figures Of 'Joe,' Evading Southern Clichés And More In "The Runner," set against the aftermath of the 2010 Bp oil spill, The Cage plays Colin Price, an idealistic but flawed New Orleans congressman who is forced to confront his dysfunctional life after his career is destroyed in a sex scandal. Connie Nielsen plays Deborah, Colin's wife and a high-powered attorney with political ambitions of her own, and Peter Fonda plays Colin's father, also a politician. "Mad Men" star Bryan Batt takes the role of Mark Lavin, a Wall Street type who rolls with big. »
- Kevin Jagernauth
Jack Antonoff On Why He Turned Life On Tour Into A Star-Studded Web Series
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Jack Antonoff's new web series "Thank You and Sorry" is just as eclectic and interesting to watch as his career. The frontman of the band Bleachers lends himself to so many different projects, including serving as the former guitarist for the Grammy-award winning band fun. and the co-songwriter for artists like Sara Bareilles and Taylor Swift. Read More: Watch: Lena Dunham Directs the Music Video 'I Wanna Get Better' by Bleachers Antonoff has always kept things fresh for his work and everyone who follows it, and "Thank You and Sorry" is no exception: Gorgeously shot in black and white, the new six-part series serves as a part-documentary, part-comedy. Co-starring Olivia Wilde, Rosie Perez and Colin Quinn, the show serves as a completely honest look at life on tour, and all the emotional, hilarious and bizarre things that come with it. Indiewire spoke with Antonoff on the show's conception, stylistic »
- Sarah Choi
Jason Schwartzman & Taylor Schilling Talk The Raunchy Sweetness Of ‘The Overnight,’ The Hero Penis & More
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As halves of two Los Angeles couples in the new film “The Overnight,” Taylor Schilling and Jason Schwartzman embody the distinctive tones that director Patrick Brice achieves via his dark sex comedy narrative. Schilling plays Emily, a recent transplant to La with her husband Alex (Adam Scott), who finds it difficult to work up the courage to meet new friends. Fate intervenes when Kurt (Schwartzman) and his wife Charlotte (Judith Godrèche) strike up conversation with Emily and Alex in a Silverlake park, and a pizza dinner date at Kurt and Charlotte’s is planned for later that night. What transpires over the course of that evening is exactly what you might expect, and yet Brice finds laughs within surprising areas. A lot of that is down to the performances, as Schwartzman’s heightened approach plays off Schilling’s subtler perspective (it's a turn that's many shades different than her work »
- Charlie Schmidlin
Long Lost Jules Feiffer Script 'Bernard and Huey' Will Finally Head to the Screen
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Here's your daily dose of an indie film in progress -- at the end of the week, you'll have the chance to vote for your favorite. In the meantime: Is this a movie you’d want to see? Tell us in the comments. Bernard and Huey Logline: "Bernard and Huey" is a film by director Dan Mirvish, from a screenplay by Jules Feiffer, based on his timeless characters. Elevator Pitch: If you're interested in helping us rediscover a script lost for 30 years written by Jules Feiffer, the Pulitzer/Oscar/Obie-winning screenwriter of "Carnal Knowledge" and "Popeye," then check out our little Kickstarter campaign. The script is a hilarious and timeless live-action comedy about two old friends. It's written impeccably, has great characters for both the men, and the women in their lives. Between the Feiffer pedigree and our production team's track record, we know we can get a great cast, »
- Indiewire
Watch: Richard Gere Is Homeless In The First Trailer For Oren Moverman’s ‘Time Out Of Mind’
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After an excellent screenwriting career Oren Moverman— he penned Todd Haynes’ prismic Bob Dylan drama, “I’m Not Here,” the criminally underrated drug addiction drama “Jesus’ Son” and many more— the writer took the leap behind the director’s chair and hasn’t really looked back. Moverman’s helmed three terrific indies so far and in his debut, “The Messenger,” lead Woody Harrelson to a kind of career comeback and a supporting Oscar nomination. His cop drama, “Rampart” landed in a weird time during 2012—a December Oscar qualifying run and a January release— and got a little lost in the shuffle, but it’s another harrowing performance by Harrelson and another top notch movie. Moverman hasn’t stopped writing either and this week’s Beach Boys/Brian Wilson drama “Love & Mercy” is another screenplay he recently wrote. For his latest effort, “Time Out Of Mind,” which debuted at the Toronto International Film Festival last year, »
- Edward Davis
Watch: Charlie Brown Dreams Big In New Trailer For 'The Peanuts Movie'
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While there are some people who are decidedly afraid of their childhoods being ruined by Hollywood taking on something they grew up with (see the divisive reaction to "Jurassic World" last weekend), only you can let a movie spoil your memories. And thus, you have two choices: roll with the CGI 3D "The Peanuts Movie" or....well, don't. But a new trailer is here for the new generation of kids ready to find out who Charlie Brown and his pals are. Read More: 10 Animation Directors Who Moved Into Live-Action Steve Martino directs the big screen adventure of the Charles Schulz created characters which features the elements older adults will recognize, and updated mostly tastefully for contemporary kid crowds. That said, the choice of The Who to power the trailer is a bit odd. Anyway, here's the official synopsis: Charlie Brown, Snoopy, Lucy, Linus and the rest of the beloved “Peanuts” gang make their big-screen debut, »
- Kevin Jagernauth
Watch: Video Essay Explores Steven Spielberg's Influence On David Fincher
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David Fincher is a director people just love to analyze. He has ten films under his belt and, like Wes Anderson and Quentin Tarantino, he has a very clear, easily recognizable visual style and cinephiles love to explore the intent behind his stylistic choices. To his credit, Fincher often feeds into that obsession, thanks to the wonderfully insightful audio commentaries he’s provided for each of his movies. Furthermore, a list he created of his all-time favorite films found its way onto the internet a few years ago. A list that includes films from Hitchcock (“Vertigo”) , Kubrick (“Dr. Strangelove”), Polanski (“Chinatown”), and Spielberg (“Jaws”). While the influence of those first three directors can be easily pinpointed throughout Fincher’s work, even some of Fincher’s more ardent fans may be surprised to find out that the films of Steven Spielberg have also had a profound effect on the director. Read »
- Ken Guidry
How the Director of 'The Tribe' Made a Movie in Sign Language Without Speaking It
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Read More: Review: 'The Tribe' is an Unprecedented Cinematic Accomplishment When Ukrainian director Miroslav Slaboshpitsky’s "The Tribe" premiered at Cannes’ Critics Week section last year, nobody knew what to expect beyond a gimmick — an entire movie told in sign language. While that ambitious feat certainly held up, "The Tribe" — which went on to win the top prize of the section — offers far more than that. For his feature-length debut, Slaboshpitsky follows Sergey (Grigoriy Fesenko), a teenager admitted to a boarding school where he’s quickly admitted into a close-knit group of rebellious kids engaged in criminal activities outside the classroom. As Sergey grows more involved in the gang’s ambitions, he develops a dangerous crush on Anna (Yana Novikova), which sets the movie up for its harrowing third act. Slaboshpitsky manages to develop a compelling, suspenseful narrative without a single line of dialogue — even though he doesn’t sign language. »
- Eric Kohn
'Orange Is The New Black' Season 3 Review: Hate Sex, Relapses & Mommy Issues
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This is, as far as possible, a non-plot-spoilery, all-episode review of Season 3 of "Orange is the New Black." Themes are explored and specific examples cited but not where foreknowledge of them might genuinely spoil any of the show's many surprises. In the accelerated world in which we live, traditions can be established pretty quickly, and this past weekend saw more than a few of us indulge in one of these newly minted annual rituals: the "Orange Is The New Black" binge. Only in its third season, the show is already a major hit for Netflix, a fixture for awards potential and end-of-year critics lists, and for me personally, an absolute must-watch, clear the calendar, order-in, sweatpants and t-shirt show for which my all-episode gluttony would be a source of shame had I not decided to elevate it to the more respectable status of "tradition." To say that I expected nothing »
- Jessica Kiang
From Family-Friendly Sheep to the Greek Weird Wave: The 2015 Seattle International Film Festival
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The 41st Seattle International Film Festival ran for 24 days. To put that in context, it began one day after Cannes and remained in full effect for two weeks after the red carpet was rolled up on the Croisette. Arriving to such a long-running event for the closing weekend had the effect of making me feel like a cinephile-come-lately, an outsider there to scavenge the crumbs of a very elaborate cake. It also made writing a summation of the nearly month-long affair feel like a fool’s errand: 450 films comprised Siff’s program this year; I saw approximately 1% of them. […] »
- Michael Nordine
The 15 Best TV Episodes of 2015 (So Far)
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15. "Daredevil" - Nelson v. Murdock (Episode 10)It's character relationships which are the soul of any TV series, and the friendship between besties/law partners Matt Murdock (Charlie Cox) and Foggy Nelson (Elden Henson) might be the most essential to Netflix's take on the blind vigilante of Hell's Kitchen. Which is why it's fascinating, in Episode 10, when the show decides to blow it up. The flashbacks to Matt and Foggy's college days are fun, but what makes the episode unforgettable is Foggy's present-day anger and hurt over discovering what his friend has been up to behind his back. Much of "Nelson vs. Murdock" functions as a two-hander — brother against brother — and not only is its placement within the season structurally great, but seeing Henson cope with the reveals before him is his strongest acting work on the series to date. Read More: Review: 'Marvel's Daredevil' Season 1 Brings Us as Close to »
- Liz Shannon Miller and Ben Travers
Woody Harrelson Will Reportedly Play Lyndon B. Johnson In Biopic Directed By Rob Reiner
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Among the handful of controversies that swirled around "Selma," was the depiction of President Lyndon B. Johnson. In the Ava DuVernay film, the former President isn't depicted as being the most supportive figure of the civil rights movement, though some suggested that Johnson was far more integral behind-the-scenes in working with Martin Luther King Jr. Now a new movie is brewing that will once again put Johnson on the big screen. Read More: The Essentials: The Films Of Rob Reiner (Before He Forgot How To Direct Movies) Showbiz 411 reports that Rob Reiner is finally mounting his long developing biopic about Lyndon B. Johnson with Woody Harrelson in the lead role. The director has been kicking the project around for years, and at one time was said to be using Robert Caro's biography "Means Of Ascent" as source material. But this project comes from the pen of Joey Hartstone, »
- Kevin Jagernauth
Review: Why 'Inside Out' is a Return to Form for Pixar
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Read More: Why Pete Docter's 'Inside Out' Was So Tough to Make Into Must-See Pixar Once an ever-reliable source of sneakily mature dramas in kid-friendly cartoon guise, Pixar has stumbled in recent years, with nothing since 2010's "Toy Story 3" that fully epitomizes the studio's compelling approach to layered storytelling. Thanks to "Up" director Pete Docter, the company manages an overdue bounceback with "Inside Out," the most imaginative example of world-building since Docter's own "Monsters Inc." The movie envisions a set of anthropomorphized emotions living inside the head of troubled 11-year-old Riley (Kaitlyn Dias) who collaborate each day on controlling her moods and storing her memories in the complex machine of her memory banks. The most charismatic of these eccentric guardians is Joy (Amy Poehler), who focuses on capturing Riley's happier times, while staving off the anxiety-riddled effects of Fear (Bill Hader), Disgust (Mindy »
- Eric Kohn
Mark Ruffalo on the Secret to Happiness in Hollywood
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Read More: Hollywood Feminist of the Day: Mark Ruffalo Mark Ruffalo has got to be one of the most agreeable male actors working in film today. The 47-year-old actor and father to three showed up an hour late to his interview with Indiewire, which was pegged to his latest release "Infinitely Polar Bear," but immediately won us over with an apology and hilarious explanation for his tardiness that involved a broken food truck and terrible traffic. When he said "sorry," you could tell that he meant it. A huge part of Ruffalo's appeal has to do with that sincerity. It's apparent in all of his onscreen work and in his day-to-day life. He doesn't use his Twitter and Tumblr page to solely tout his upcoming releases, but rather to discuss topics that are close to his heart -- feminism, environmental activism and Lgbt issues. "Infinitely Polar Bear," from writer-director Maya Forbes »
- Nigel M Smith
Exclusive: Clip From Cannes Winner 'The Tribe' Follows You In The Dark
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While the summer has no shortage of event movies, that usually code phrase for explosions or special effects. But "The Tribe" brings something truly unique to the table. One of the sensations of last year's Cannes Critics' Week (where it nabbed a Grand Prize) the film is told in sign language but with no translation, no voice over, and no subtitles. Read More: Cannes Review: Bizzare, Unsettling, Brilliant Critics' Week Winner 'The Tribe' Directed by Myroslav Slaboshpytskiy, the film is set in a Ukrainian school for the deaf, and follows new student Sergey (Grigoriy Fesenko), who gets protection from a rough gang that soon becomes his new social clique. And as he follows them into bad behaviour, things get complicated when he falls for a classmate, who is also one of the escorts for the gang. Drafthouse Films is bringing the movie to cinemas, but they are going beyond just »
- Kevin Jagernauth
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