Moments after screening at London's Star Wars Celebration Europe 2016 during the Rogue One: A Star Wars Story cast panel, Lucasfilm dropped their brand new Rogue One sizzle reel on YouTube. It's a 3-minute behind-the-scenes piece with all new footage. Soon to follow: a brand new Rogue One trailer, which will premiere tonight during ABC's broadcast of the Episode [...]
Fast cars flying through heavy traffic, plus stunts and sharp-shooting on speeding bikes. The return of Matt Damon as Jason Bourne is almost here, and these newly released clips suggest that the movie is likely to deliver on all the hopes Bourne fans have for Damon's reunion with series director Paul Greengrass. Jason Bourne hits theaters on July 29, 2016. [...]
Step aside, Beastie Boys. You've just been sabotaged by Rihanna. The third and final trailer for the upcoming Star Trek Beyond features a new single by the R&B queen. Called "Sledgehammer", what initially seems like nothing more than a crass marketing tool (well, okay, it's still a crass marketing tool) actually becomes emotionally effective, even powerful, in the trailer's [...]
And you thought Jurassic Park was just about dino scares. In a half-hour presentation - akin to a fascinating TEDTalk (see below) - designer Mike Hill makes a detailed breakdown of the symbols, metaphors and meaning that runs throughout Jurassic Park, ones that serve as an emotionally complex foundation for this visceral "monster movie" adventure. And by comparing this to the [...]
You've never experienced Star Wars like this before. I haven't had the time myself to take it all in, but this new way of telling an old story is massive and basically mind-blowing. A 34-year-old graphic artist from Zurich - Martin Panchaud - has created an online scroll of infographic imagery that tells the entire story [...]
"He's pounding other human beings into oblivion." That's how Matt Damon describes the return of Jason Bourne in this new 2-minute featurette titled "Jason Bourne Is Back", a behind-the-scenes look at the upcoming 5th installment of the Bourne series titled, simply, Jason Bourne. I know a lot of you out there are geeking for this [...]
So this is cool. Kurt Rauffer, a student at NYC's School of Visual Arts, has posted his semester-long-in-the-making senior thesis project to Vimeo: an opening title sequence for The Empire Strikes Back, but imagined in the style of a classic James Bond opener rather than the traditional Star Wars "Space Text Crawl". The trick to getting this [...]
Weren't able to do any re-watch prep for Captain America: Civil War? No problem. Freelance editor Clark Zhu has got you covered. With an edit that feels like it came straight out of Marvel's savvy marketing department, Zhu's 5-minute MCU recap "Marvel Cinematic Universe Phase 2 Retrospective" (below) condenses all of the "need to know" elements into a compelling debrief. The [...]
Two juggernauts collide on Star Wars Day - May The 4th (Be With You). Fresh off his show's record-breaking 16 Tony Nominations, Hamilton writer/composer/star/genius Lin-Manuel Miranda invited director J.J. Abrams to join him for the daily Lottery ticket line at the Richard Rodgers theatre. To commemorate May The 4th, Miranda and Abrams sang the song that [...]
I realize that everyone's geeked this week for the upcoming Team Cap vs. Team Stark blockbuster throwdown, but silly old me is still more excited for Independence Day: Resurgence. Thankfully, 20th Century Fox gave us this little 4-minute morsel to tide us over. It's a fake news report titled "The War of 1996" (see below). In it - and [...]
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