How 'The Big Short' director turned the financial collapse into a big,...
Adam McKay is best known for directing some of Will Ferrell’s biggest movies — “Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy,” “Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby,” “Step Brothers.” But with the...
View ArticleSony offers free admission for NFL players to 'Concussion'
Sony is offering free admission to all NFL players and their families to "Concussion," the drama that centers on the doctor who discovered CTE, a football-related brain trauma, and his fight against...
View ArticleThe best 1-star Amazon reviews by people who hated 2015’s most successful...
Everyone's a critic, and nowhere is this more evident than in the Amazon reviews section. Even the most well-respected movies, books, and albums get ripped to shreds by semi-anonymous commenters. It...
View ArticleHere's the intense mountain-man boot camp Leonardo DiCaprio went through for...
To depict mountain men in the uncharted frontier of the 1800s US for his new movie "The Revenant," director Alejandro González Iñárritu ("Birdman") was obsessed with making every aspect of the film as...
View ArticleA physicist just wrote a paper on why destroying the Death Star would have...
"The Ewoks are dead. All of them."That's the disturbing first line of a white paper a physicist exclusively submitted to Tech Insider.With "Star Wars: The Force Awakens"storming movie theaters, we had...
View ArticleOne dad came up with an insane theory about the new 'Star Wars' villain
Warning: Spoilers ahead. Do not read this fan theory if you don't want to know what happens in "Star Wars: The Force Awakens."Now that it's been nearly a week since "Star Wars: The Force Awakens"...
View ArticleThis will be the biggest year at the box office ever because of 'Star Wars,'...
Rentrak is giving Hollywood and theater owners an early Christmas present, projecting on Tuesday that domestic box-office revenue will reach a record $11 billion in 2015, the first time total ticket...
View ArticleQuentin Tarantino reveals his favorite movie of 2015, and it's a fan favorite
It has become something of a holiday tradition for director and noted film geek Quentin Tarantino to tell fans about the best movies he saw in a given year.Back in 2013, when he was less busy making...
View Article'Star Wars' animator says 'I took LSD' while working on 'Return of the Jedi'
Phil Tippett has had a rich and varied career in Hollywood.He started in stop-motion animation with the original 1977 "Star Wars," creating the masks of the Cantina aliens. That started a relationship...
View ArticleThe awesome new 'Deadpool' trailer is here with a Christmas message from the...
We're finally getting some real footage of "Deadpool," and it's as exciting as we'd hoped.In a world of overly serious superhero blockbusters, the upcoming Ryan Reynolds movie featuring the Marvel...
View Article'Die Hard' is definitely not a Christmas movie, according to most Americans
Americans have decided on one of the country's most heated cinematic debates: "Die Hard" is not a Christmas movie.That's the opinion of 62% of Americans who responded to a new Christmas-themed national...
View ArticleLeonardo DiCaprio's new movie is a brilliantly gory revenge tale that could...
Many movies set in the 1800s frontier have boasted authenticity. Wrangling in experts to make sure the audience is thrust into a less-civilized time, the movies in this subgenre get increasingly bleak...
View ArticleThe rise of the 'remakequel': How this one type of movie ruled the box office...
If you felt that some of the biggest movies this year were very familiar to those you’d seen in your youth, you’re not alone.Four of the most gigantic blockbusters in 2015 heavily extracted movie plots...
View ArticleRANKED: The 12 best Christmas movies ever
Like horror movies in October, December is the only time you absolutely must watch your favorite holiday classics — no exceptions.Some of these movies, like the holidays themselves, are very warm....
View ArticleQuentin Tarantino reveals his two favorite scenes he's ever written
Even when pressed for time, Quentin Tarantino can still give a good response to a meaningful question.Toward the end of the San Diego Comic-Con panel for "The Hateful Eight" this past July, Tarantino...
View Article26 Wall Street movies to watch over Christmas
It's Christmas and you're probably away from the trading desk and spending some quality time with your family.That doesn't mean you can't get a little Wall Street in your day, though. Why not kick back...
View ArticleCITADEL: Yoda 'would have made a great investor' (dis)
"Star Wars: The Force Awakens" hit theaters on Friday, and a group of analysts from the hedge fund Citadel sat down to discuss the Disney-owned movie franchise.Among other things, analysts Stephen...
View ArticleHow that infamous bear-attack scene in 'The Revenant' was made, and other...
Director Alejandro González Iñárritu may have insisted on making his new movie "The Revenant," which came out on Christmas Day, as authentic as possible — including having actors go through a week-long...
View ArticleThis 16-minute sci-fi short is the best movie of the year
It began back in January. As is often the case, the Sundance Film Festival kicked off the conversation about the year’s best, but this time something unusual kept popping up amongst the buzz about the...
View ArticleHere's what everyone in 'Star Wars: The Force Awakens' was reportedly paid —...
With "Star Wars: The Force Awakens"shattering box-office records over the weekend, the inevitable question now is how much did everyone in the movie get paid?Variety looked into the question, and what...
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