Twitnuuz: Movies & Cinema

Sad news came almost out of nowhere on this Labor Day as NY Daily News reports that Michael Clarke Duncan, nominated for his star-making turn in The Green Mile has passed away at only 54-years old. The actor had been hospitalized for the past couple months…

Documentary and video game fans alike were already on the edge of their seat watching King of Kong, a chronicle of the competition between gamers Steve Wiebe and Billy Mitchell to achieve the world record high score on the original Donkey Kong arcade…

Since starring in Avatar in 2009, Aussie actor Sam Worthington has yet to really achieve any success close to that film. Clash of the Titans made a decent splash at the box office, but that remake and the sequel Wrath of the Titans aren’t all that great….

Earlier this year we got our first look at DreamWorks Animation’s caveman family comedy The Croods. Featuring the vocal talents of Nicolas Cage, Ryan Reynolds, Emma Stone, Clark Duke, Cloris Leachman, Catherine Keener and more, the film follows an introverted…

The first trailer and poster for Anna Karenina, along with a second more theatrical poster, have given a Baz Luhrmann sort of vibe to Joe Wright’s new period romance featuring his Pride & Prejudice star Keira Knightley. The film promises “a bold new…

As filming on the sequel to Kick-Ass begins this week (we’re not sure if it’s called Kick-Ass 2: Balls to the Wall or not), it sounds like we have some confirmation of an exciting cast addition. Just a couple a weeks ago we heard that Jim Carrey was being…

When our own Alex Billington hit the Cannes Film Festival earlier this year, he discovered the Rust & Bone from Un Prophete director Jacques Audiard, starring Marion Cotillard (Inception, The Dark Knight Rises) and Matthias Schoenaerts (most recently…

We’ve known that Spike Jonze was making a new film with Joaquin Phoenix since last fall when Carey Mulligan joined the project. However, since then Rooney Mara has stepped up to take Mulligan’s role, and Samantha Morton, Olivia Wilde and Amy Adams have…

Ever since movie fans, myself included, were awe-struck and amazed by The Matrix in 1999, they’ve been trying to learn more about the two individuals behind the technically groundbreaking film, Lana (formerly Larry) and Andy Wachowski. But they have been…

Even though the the gestating action thriller Motor City just gained a new villain after Adrien Brody replaced Gary Oldman, the film from Albert Hughes has had a lot of trouble casting the film. Names like Jake Gyllenhaal, Jeremy Renner and Dominic Cooper…

Each week we ask a reader to tell us about where they go to watch films. Today, a blast from the past in Hertfordshire This week’s Cine-files is from Jamie Parkins. Take a look at his website, and follow him on Twitter here. LocationSome miles away from…

To celebrate Africa Express rolling out across the UK, here’s a guide to 10 classic films to have come from the continent Africa played no part in the invention of cinema. For decades, in Tarzan movies, it was the subject of fake Hollywood fantasies….

The Alex Garland-Pete Travis 2000 AD adaptation has bucked the DC/Marvel trend by dispensing with the hangup-laden hero Dredd, which arrives in UK cinemas later this week, has had a chequered path to production: director Pete Travis was reportedly locked…

The Wilhelm Scream (Various) The Sound Effect: Used anywhere and everywhere, the Wilhelm Scream is in all likelihood the most famous sound clip ever, having appeared in over 200 movies, including Star Wars and Lord Of The Rings. How To Recreate It At…

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey – out 14 Dec Peter Jackson makes a return to Middle-earth with the first of two (or maybe three) Hobbit films. Martin Freeman’s playing the younger Bilbo Baggins, while a raft of the original Lord Of The Rings…

Who Framed Roger Rabbit? (1988) The Moment: Judge Doom reveals his true identity as a toon, his voice distorting hideously as his eyes bulge out of their sockets. “Remember me, Eddie?” he shrieks. “When I killed your brother I talked just…

Henry Thomas [video-break]The Test: The famous audition where Thomas conjured up his feelings for his dog to convince Steven Spielberg he had the emotional range to play Elliott in E.T. Magic Moment: The tears roll. “You can’t take him away, he’s…

Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974) The Movie: Tobe Hooper was Total Film’s guest of honour at FrightFest 2010, and the director chatted about Texas Chain Saw Massacre before it screened at the Fest for the very first time. Why It’s Great: Two thousand…

The Sci-Fi Issue In the brand new issue of Total Film magazine (on newsstands now), we probe into the hottest sci-fi movies headed your way. Looper leads the pack, with Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Bruce Willis gracing our cover. A thriller geared up to blow…

Lawless - out 7 Sep Prohibition-era crime drama from The Proposition team of director John Hillcoat and screenwriter Nick Cave. Read full film review of Lawless

David (Fear) The Ex-Boyfriend: Charming and sweet David sweeps native teen Nicole off her feet when the two meet at a rave. His Post-Break-up Behaviour: After he gives her a black eye and forces himself on her friend, Nicole decides to call it a day with…

Stop Making Sense (1984) The Concert Film: The rock gig is deconstructed as Jonathan Demme captures the innovative staging of a Talking Heads gig, from solo performance to full band to David Byrne dancing in an oversized suit. Best Song: The opener, Psycho…

The actor, who died Monday, earned an Oscar nomination for the 1999 movie.read more

With a number of this year’s films focusing on terrorism, their directors debate what impact they will have.read more

The comedian said pundits panning the actor’s remarks “sound like idiots to me.”read more

Sarah Polley, Joshua Oppenheimer and Droh Moreh represented the new generation at this year’s fest.read more

Masayuki Suo reunites for a third film with his “Shall We Dance?” star Kôji Yakusho.read more

THR’s chief film critic looks back at this year’s crop of films at this year’s balanced fest. read more

Niecy Nash, Gabrielle Union, MC Hammer, Sarah Hyland and Olivia Munn are among those expressing fond memories of the “Green Mile” star, who died Monday.read more

The co-founder of the Aussie distribution house says his departure is “bittersweet.” read more

Shinobu Terajima, Shota Sometani and Tanroh Ishida star in the latest Japanese drama by the massively prolific director Koji Wakamatsu.read more

“The Green Mile” actor was hospitalized July 13 for a myocardial infarction, from which his rep said he never fully recovered. read more

Kick-Ass 2 is set to begin filming any day now, and with all the rest of the film’s key players confirmed and in place, director Jeff Wadlow has dropped a rather significant hint that Jim Carrey will be among them. The director took to Twitter over the…

The Total Film interactive iPad edition now has an incredible new price! For a single issue, it’s now only £1.99 ($2.99 for the US and Canada, €2.39 for Europe). And you can save even more if you subscribe. A monthly subscription will…

[brightcove]1749569495001[/brightcove]With Chris Nolan’s The Dark Knight Rises finally crossing the billion barrier it’s time for us to hang up our batarangs and start getting excited for Zack Snyder’s Man Of Steel. And, if Henry Cavill’s recent comments…

Paramount Pictures have treated the world to the first official image of Chris Pine as Jack Ryan. In the first shot revealed from the as-yet untitled prequel, Pine tears through Manhattan on a motorcycle (perhaps using the biking skills honed as Star…

[brightcove]1711142706001[/brightcove] Looper, a late entrant in the ‘coolest movie of the year’ stakes, fronts this month’s brand new issue of Total Film magazine (out tomorrow!), and inside we chat to director Rian Johnson and star Joseph Gordon-Levitt….

[brightcove]1110553074001[/brightcove]Drive director Nicolas Winding Refn is currently cutting together his old pal Ryan Gosling’s latest performance in Thai boxing caper Only God Forgives. When Refn took time out to chat to Total Film for our October…

It’s about to get a whole lot more handsome behind the camera with the news that Ryan Gosling is poised to make his directorial debut in the form of How To Catch A Monster. Described as a “modern day fairytale” the film will star Gosling’s Drive…

With The Hobbit becoming a trilogy rather than a pair, there have been a few changes to the titles of the various instalments, with the second film now operating under the title The Hobbit: The Desolation Of Smaug. The final film in the trilogy will now…

[brightcove]970180872001[/brightcove]Star Trek came after Batman Begins’ straight-faced retake of a pop-culture phenomenon made realism and grit the go-to tone for big screen reboots… and chose to follow its own path. Whereas Christopher Nolan’s…

Earlier this week the internet was abuzz with the apparent leak of a first draft of the script for platinum Dunes’ forthcoming Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles reboot, Ninja Turtles. The feedback? Not so great. However, Michael Bay has taken to his website…

These albums captured the zeitgeist of the ages and political climates that produced them. Domino Records Film’s Biggest Provocateurs Bizarre Kiddie Cartoon Conspiracy Theories 10 Great Sex Comedies The new Dan Deacon album was released this past week,…

The show’s last episode of the half-season raises the question: Is the end near for Walter White? AMC If not for its last-minute cliffhanger ending, “Gliding Over All”—Breaking Bad’s midseason finale, which aired last night—could have served as a…

Some are unsung heroes of literature, others are historical figures portrayed in a whole new light—here are seven book-to-film transformations you’ll want to watch take shape. MGM Bookworms and history buffs, rejoice and buy popcorn: 2012 is shaping…

Page 2 is a compilation of stories and news tidbits, which for whatever reason, didn’t make the front page of /Film. After the jump we’ve included 46 different items, fun images, videos, casting tidbits, articles of interest and more. It’s like…

There’s a lot going on in Paolo Sorrentino‘s This Must Be the Place: Sean Penn plays a washed-up former rock star named Cheyenne… who has serious issues with his dying father… who was on the hunt for a Nazi who once tortured him……

The lone secret premiere of the 2011 Telluride Film Festival ended up being Ben Affleck‘s dramatic thriller Argo. I’ve never understood the negativity regularly thrown at Ben Affleck. When given the right material, he’s delivered some…

Trailers are an under-appreciated art form insofar that many times they’re seen as vehicles for showing footage, explaining films away, or showing their hand about what moviegoers can expect. Foreign, domestic, independent, big budget: I celebrate all…

Peter Jackson‘s newly announced third film in his trilogy of films adapting The Hobbit will be released July 18, 2014 and it’ll be called The Hobbit: There And Back Again. That was originally the title of the second film, but that’s…

Last year, San Francisco, CA residents were sad to hear their bread and butter comic convention, WonderCon, was moving to Anaheim for 2012. The reason was WonderCon’s home – the Moscone Center – was under construction and the expectation…

Fall doesn’t technically start for another three weeks, but we all know Labor Day is the unofficial turn of the season. In this very late summer edition of TV Bits: MTV announces Jersey Shore will end after Season 6 Robin Williams could return to…

An almost ridiculous amount of information about Terrence Malick‘s latest film, To The Wonder, has made its way online and if it was for almost any other film, I’d advise you to look away. Why would you want to spoil yourself? But this is…

The Rolling Stones began performing in 1962. That’s a superhuman 50 straight years of rocking, rolling and though they’ve been the subjects of some of the most famous documentaries of all time, a new one will now attempt to tell their five…

Bruce Willis has a lot on his mind. Not only does he appear in The Expendables 2, he has Rian Johnson’s Looper coming out in a few weeks, G.I. Joe Retaliation out next year and recently finished shooting on A Good Day to Die Hard, the fifth film…

Clint Eastwood’s memorable cameo at the recent Republican National Convention was supposed to be kept secret. But it’s widely known that Obama Campaign Co-Chair Eva Longoria, formerly of ABC’s Desperate Housewives, is scheduled to…

Embattled ex-News International chief Rebekah Brooks appeared in a London court this morning for 4 minutes to provide her name, home address and date of birth. She was in the dock at the Westminster Magistrates Court on charges of phone hacking that were…

Sundance, Cannes, and Berlin are just some of the world’s top festivals where major movie sales are completed. But Telluride is mostly a launchpad for Fall awards contenders? Unexpectedly, this 39th edition is drawing a large number of distributors…

The Rev Sun Myung Moon of the Unification Church died of pneumonia Monday at a cult-owned Korean hospital near his home northwest of Seoul. He was 92. Hollywood will recall Moon’s ill-fated Hollywood motion picture Inchon, which commemorated Moon’s…

The filmmaker put the movie on hiatus for two weeks. He left the set of The Counselor so he could travel from London to Hollywood and handle his brother’s affairs after Tony Scott’s tragic death. Now director/producer Ridley Scott is starting…

The Weinstein Company has debuted the domestic trailer for director Paolo Sorrentino’s This Must Be The Place starring Sean Penn, Frances McDormand and Judd Hirsch. Penn plays a bored ex-rock star who at age 50 lives off his royalties in Dublin until…

Given that the Walt Disney Co announced its $4 billion purchase of Marvel three years ago almost to the day, that price tag looks like a bargain after Summer 2012. Because Marvel’s The Avengers in its 19th week of global release has passed $1.5…

VENICE, ITALY (2 September 2012): YouTube and Emirates, in partnership with the Venice Film Festival and Scott Free Productions, announced today the first ever winner of Your Film Festival – an online competition to find the world’s best storytellers….

As is typical with a Terrence Malick film, there was a lot of mystery surrounding To The Wonder ahead of its Venice debut this morning. The recent confirmation of who made the director’s final cut was followed by today’s revelation that Olga…