Legendary film composer (and personal favorite) John Williams has officially confirmed his involvement in the new Star Wars trilogy, with the first entry being directed by JJ Abrams and premiering in 2015!

In a video posted on the official Star Wars YouTube channel, 81-year-old Williams talks about how he has always loved composing the scores for these films and how he still feels like he’s in the “galaxy far, far away.” I must admit that, while I knew that he would compose the score for Episode VII, I was willing to bet money that Abrams’ regular collaborator, Michael Giacchino, would take…

With G.I. Joe: Retaliation now available on VOD and hitting Blu-ray/DVD next week, I was able to sit down with director Jon M. Chu last weekend for an exclusive video interview.  However, with Chu returning to direct G.I. Joe 3, I used a lot of my time talking about the next installment and what fans can expect.  Some of the highlights he told me were:

• Bruce Willis and Dwayne Johnson are returning.
• The release date is still being figured out.
• Regarding the script, they’re currently “narrowing down the writer.”
• On Retaliation, they learned that fans were okay with stretching things a…

A few days ago, I told you about a rumor that actors Ryan Gosling and Zac Efron had for roles in JJ Abrams’ upcoming Star Wars film. Since then, however, Gosling’s representatives have contacted the Huffington Post to say “this is not true.”

For what it’s worth, Gosling has expressed a desire to back away from acting in the short term. “I’ve been doing it too much,” he told The Associated Press in March. “I’ve lost perspective on what I’m doing. I think it’s good for me to take a break and reassess why I’m doing it and how I’m doing it. And I think this is probably a good way to learn about…

I hope I’m not disapointed by this film. I suspect that many might find it a little boring, even though what we are seeing is intense, I think the general movie-going audience wants a different type of intensity — you know, like super-heroes crashing around.

But I sort of suspect that I personally might like this film. But it really does depend on where it’s going, what the end of the film is like, and of course, how we get there.

Gravity premieres on October 4^th.

In this clip from Lake Bell’s upcoming film, In a World, apparently Russian Storm Troopers will not find the droids they are looking for…

There’s something interesting looking to me about this film. And goodness knows Lake Bell is working her tail off for it. For this film she is writing, directing, producing, AND acting in the lead roll. That’s a WHOLE lot of work, let me assure you.

The story of this film is about the daughter of a veteran voice-over star who is looking to break into the business and battling to get voicing jobs for trailers that might be the next big film.

The film…

Part of what made the original Star Wars trilogy so great was its use of actors who were at the time unknowns, especially Mark Hamill as Luke Skywalker and Harrison Ford as Han Solo. Even the prequel trilogy, as widely derided as it is (I’ll save my personal opinion for another time…), used many then-unknown actors, such as Hayden Christensen as Anakin Skywalker and even, to an extent, Ewan McGregor. However, there’s a rumor circulating that we might be seeing a few familiar faces in the first film of the new trilogy, and I don’t mean “familiar” as in “from previous Star Wars films.”

Latino…

Snoopy, Charlie Brown, and Peppermint Patty will return to the silver screen in November 2015, timing that coincides with the 50th anniversary of A Charlie Brown Christmas, perhaps the most beloved cartoon in television history. But how will the new feature film — with 3-D, CG animation — compare to the hand-drawn charms of that 1965 small-screen classic? Or to the Charles Schulz comic strip that possessed an especially elusive brand of whimsy?

No, no, no, no, no, no, no.

No.

NO!

This is the worst idea ever. The comics were simple and charming, as were the cartoon adaptations. This is…

So, this looks interesting, even if Keanu Reeves still can’t act. But I daresay the film looks fairly interesting to me, though I can’t exactly say why.

One thing is for sure, this film has had a troubled journey. It comes from first time filmmaker Carl Rinsch, and was originally scheduled to hit the box office last November. That didn’t happen and it went through a few rough bumps and dates before finally landing on Christmas Day of this year.

After a treacherous warlord kills their master and banishes their kind, 47 leaderless samurai vow to seek vengeance and restore honor to their…

Did I mention this thing is intense? Holy cow! And it’s all one entire take. I had heard that much of the film is done through single long takes, and man that’s pretty crazy.

I still don’t know what to make of this film and whether it will be any good. The only other work that I’ve seen from director Alfonso Cuarón is Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. While certainly not the worst film in the Harry Potter film adaptations, I felt like it could have been better, directorialy.

So, what does that mean for this film? Probably nothing at all. I’ll wait to see if this film is any good.