Article: Peter Jackson confirmed to direct “The Adventures of Tintin 2″
Steven Spielberg refuses to say what “Tintin” story it will be about, though.
“The Dark Knight Rises” debuts more new character posters
Has the Sacha Baron Cohen shtick jumped the shark?
Tim Grierson on Will Smith, the Last Movie Star
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Article: Golden Globes 2012 recap: “The Artist” and “The Descendants” rule the night
Meryl Streep, Michelle Williams and Martin Scorsese also won major awards.
Article: Indiana Jones and the razor-sharp criticism
“The Adventures of Tintin” might not be setting the world on fire at the box office, but it should. In a lot of ways, the film is the best “Indiana Jones” sequel Steven Spielberg ever made. It’s great globetrotting fun, with dazzling action setpieces, iconic visuals, and charming supporting characters. The story isn’t going to…
Article: Communicating the “Magic and Light” of Spielberg
The team over at Press Play is in the midst of an impressively comprehensive study of director Steven Spielberg. Each chapter of their “Magic and Light” series deals with another facet of the popular filmmaker’s career. They started with a video essay about the depiction of violence in Spielberg’s work; later they examined the roles…
Article: “War Horse,” reviewed
In 1997, Robert Altman executive produced an interesting but short-lived television series called “Gun.” The only recurring member of the cast was a semi-automatic handgun; each episode featured an entirely new story with entirely new actors and one new owner of that same gun. Steven Spielberg‘s “War Horse” is basically the same idea, only with…
Article: “The Adventures of Tintin” Primer: A 101 guide to the famous boy detective
Steven Spielberg’s ambitious film “The Adventures of Tintin” will finally make it to American theaters today, nearly two months after being released in the United Kingdom. While the boy reporter Tintin is one of the most famous comic characters in the world, stateside the beloved creation of Belgian cartoonist Hergé has always played second fiddle…
Article: “The Adventures of Tintin,” reviewed
Steven Spielberg loves film. And not just movies, but the actual, physical medium of light projected through celluloid. He’s one of the last directors alive who still edits his work by painstakingly cutting and pasting strips of film instead of manipulating files on a computer. He doesn’t seem like the type of guy to embrace…
Article: Watch “The Spielberg Face,” a director’s signature defined
Think you’re busy? Steven Spielberg has two movies opening in the same week. Stanley Kubrick used to take a decade to make a single film. Spielberg’s got two of ‘em — “The Adventures of Tintin” and “War Horse” — opening within four days of each other. That’s crazy. All this Spielberginess means it’s a good…
Article: George Lucas and Steven Spielberg say “Indiana Jones 5″ needs its MacGuffin
For the upcoming “Indiana Jones” film, it’s all about the MacGuffin. It’s all director Steven Spielberg and producer George Lucas have been talking about recently. MacGuffin, MacGuffin, MacGuffin. Turns out that a fifth “Indy” movie is indeed in the works (either good news or bad news depending upon where you stand on the reboot of…
Article: Steven Spielberg confirms “Jurassic Park 4″ is on his to-do list
Hold on to your butts, because Steven Spielberg is getting pretty serious about “Jurassic Park 4.” The director has been pretty busy over the past year wrapping up production on “The Adventures of Tintin” and “War Horse” (both out this month) and starting on “Lincoln,” but apparently he’s still had time to get some momentum…
Article: Jaws and the changing face of movie theme parks
Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water… …it kind of was. As first reported by the Orlando Sentinel, Universal Studios Florida will close their ride based on Steven Spielberg’s classic horror movie “Jaws” by January 2012. The “Jaws” ride was one of the original attractions when Universal Studios first…
Article: Photo of Daniel Day-Lewis sporting “Lincoln” beard surfaces
Daniel Day-Lewis has always been known as one of the best character actors of our generation, but he truly has transformed into his role for Steven Spielberg’s upcoming film “Lincoln.” The first image of him in costume as Abraham Lincoln has hit the web, and — though we never met the 16th President of the…
Article: Watch “Raiding the Lost Ark,” the first 17 minutes of a “Raiders” “filmumentary”
Just yesterday I was bemoaning the disappearance of special features from DVDs and Blu-rays. Today I watch a video online and I wonder: is this the future? Is this where DVD extras are headed? Off of DVDs and out of the control of creators, and into the hands of passionate fans? If they all look…
Article: John Hawkes reveals character details for Steven Spielberg’s “Lincoln,” will be playing abolitionist legislator, not John Wilkes Booth
John Hawkes, who won an Oscar nomination for his roles as a menacing uncle in “Winter’s Bone” and who plays a manipulative cult leader in “Martha Marcy May Marlene,” isn’t looking to build on his body of creepy character work with more villains in the immediate future. Although he’s been offered the part of Charlie…
Article: “‘The Adventures of Tintin” UK trailer premieres
Video: MSN Exclusive: The Adventures of Tintin – trailer If you weren’t already excited about “The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn,” now’s a pretty good time to start. IFC explained back in August why the movie should be on your list of films to watch for, and the latest UK trailer highlights…
Article: Steven Spielberg regrets digital changes to “E.T.,” plans to release original versions of that film and “Raiders of the Lost Ark”
Though it never reached the level of say, his pal George Lucas adding an extremely tasteful “NOOOOOOOO!” to “Return of the Jedi,” Steven Spielberg is no stranger to digitally altering his earlier films after the fact. But comments from the director indicate that two of his most beloved movies, “E.T” and “Raiders of the Lost…
Article: Damon Lindelof writes a love letter to “Raiders of the Lost Ark”
Emmy-winning writer and producer Damon Lindelof is best known for his work on “Lost” and the 2009 “Star Trek” reboot, but in a recent guest essay for The L.A. Times blog Hero Complex, Lindelof reveals one of the biggest inspirations for his career — via a love letter to 1981′s “Raiders of the Lost Ark.”…
Article: “Jaws” by “Charles Schulz” blows our minds
For better or worse, we live in a mashup culture. Take two disparate things, cram ‘em together, make something new. Most are boring, some are interesting, a few are brilliant. Like the above and below, an great print from cartoonist Charles Forsman that ingeniously combines Steven Spielberg‘s “Jaws” and Charles Schulz’s “Peanuts.” Forsman has ventured…
Article: Comic-Con: Steven Spielberg says another “Jurassic Park” sequel coming within three years
It’s hard to believe it’s been nearly twenty years since Steven Spielberg’s groundbreaking film “Jurassic Park” hit theaters. It was, at the time, a bonafide movie-going event that became one of the first major uses of CGI technology in Hollywood movies. Dinosaurs had long been a source of fascination throughout cinematic history — from 1918′s…
Article: The five-albums test for movies
At The AV Club, Steven Hyden wrote a really interesting piece today calling for a new measurement of excellence in the world of popular music. In addition to judging a band’s “popularity” and “critical respectibility” he suggests you apply “the five-album test” to determine musical greatness. If an artist puts out five great albums in…
Article: Match Cuts: “Close Encounters of the Third Kind”
In Match Cuts, we examine every available version of a film, and decide once and for all which is the one, definitive cut worth watching. This week, in honor of J.J. Abrams’ Spielbergian small-town alien mystery movie “Super 8,” we’re looking at Steven Spielberg‘s “Close Encounters of the Third Kind.” EDITIONS: -Theatrical Cut (1977): 135…
Article: Reagan, Spielberg, “E.T.” And Real Aliens
It’s a Spielbergy day here on IFC.com. We already had Stephen Saito’s fascinating post about the director’s forgotten CD-ROM video game, “Director’s Chair.” Now I’ve got a great Steven Spielberg story too. Towards the end of their “36th anniversary” “Jaws” interview for Ain’t It Cool News, Eric “Quint” Vespe asks Spielberg to verify a story…
Article: Remembering When Steven Spielberg Wanted To Create A Universal Film School With Quentin Tarantino
Steven Spielberg has been out of the public eye for the last few years, but that’s all about to change this week. 2011 will actually be one of the most prolific years for the famed director ever, with his long-gestating motion-capture project “Adventures of Tintin” and the drama “War Horse” being released within a week…
Article: Five New Fall Shows We’re Excited To See
Every spring the television broadcast networks trot out their fall and midseason lineups at annual presentations for advertisers and media. These so-called upfronts allow the networks to tell fans what shows are going to be renewed, what shows are getting the axe, and what they have in development. This year, the networks are rolling a…
Article: Concept Video of EA and Spielberg’s Cancelled “LMNO” Video Game
Following up on a post from earlier this week, here’s the target video of “LMNO, ” the EA/Steven Spielberg sci-fi adventure that never happened. Spielberg’s LMNO Visual Target Video from GameVideos Mind you, this video doesn’t really show off gameplay, but it’s still an tantalizing peek at what the EA LA dev team was aiming…
