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‘Waco’ Writer/Directors On Bringing Out The Truth Of That Infamous Standoff [Interview] Growing up in the ’90s, the standoff between David Koresh and the Branch Davidians and the ATF was a shocking event to learn about from a distance. The consistent story was that Koresh was a cult leader who led his flock in a battle against police that concluded in fiery death for most of his followers. The miniseriesWacotells a different story....

‘We Are Little Zombies’ Review: Pop Video Game Mayhem That’s Hard To Resist [Sundance] Sometimes, a movie comes along that’s so jarring, so visually explosive, and so utterly madcap that you may’t help but fall in love with it, even if you don’t quitelikeit.We Are Little Zombiesis one of those films. Writer/director/composerMakoto Nagahisais the mad scientist behind this concoction, which plays out like someone plugged a fever dream directly into a console video system, and then set it on fire....

‘Zero Dark Thirty’ Is The Working Title Of Kathryn Bigelow’s Osama Bin Laden Movie “Zero Dark Thirty” is a military slang term for super-early in the morning — that zone between midnight and 4am where a soldier might find himself stuck with some particularly crappy duty. Or the time where a raid might be launched on a wary target, the better to catch them off-guard. Zero Dark Thirtyis also the working title ofKathryn Bigelow’s film about the SEAL Team 6 effort to kill Osama Bin Laden....

/Film Set Interview: ‘The Avengers’ Writer/Director Joss Whedon In June 2011, Marvel invited a handfull of journalists to the set ofThe Avengers. /Film was a part of this amazing visit to Albuquerque Studios (which you can read about here). While on set we participated in round table interviews with the cast and crew of the film. After the jump you will be able to read our interview withJoss Whedon, the writer and director ofThe Avengers....

10 New ‘Tomorrowland’ Character And Behind The Scenes Details The curtain has almost been fully pulled back fromBrad Bird’sTomorrowland. After the full trailer showed some impressive visuals, an international trailer dropped some major details, including the film’s connection to the Walt Disney theme parks. At this point, most of us have more than enough information on the family sci-fi fantasy. If you need more though, Disney is happy to oblige. New press notes on the film have a ton of interesting tidbits on the main characters, the locations, themes and the behind the scenes inspirations for the film....

15 Underrated Thrillers You Really Need To See What makes a thriller movie? Does it shock the viewer, or leave them feeling uneasy? Do they center mostly on crime stories, or could it be any film that gets an audience excited and their blood pumping? Is a psychological thriller the same thing as an “elevated horror” movie? Or, can a thriller be something that makes us laugh and shake our heads at the same time?...

31 Days Of Streaming Horror: ‘The Prowler’ Is The Gory ’80s Slasher Flick You’ve Been Looking For Welcome to31 Days of Streaming Horror. Every day this October we’ll be highlighting a different streaming horror movie to help you get into the Halloween spirit. Today’s entry:The Prowler(1981). Now Streaming on Amazon Prime Video Sub-Genre:’80s SlasherBest Setting to Watch It In:In beautiful Cape May, New JerseyHow Scary Is It?:It’s loaded with gory slasher scaresJoseph Zito, director of the much-lovedFriday the 13th: The Final Chapter, helmed this gore-filled slasher flick that deserves more attention....

Academy Alters Oscars Rules: Streaming Films Eligible, Sound Categories Combined, And More The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' board of governors met this morning and voted to make some important changes to eligibility requirements for the 2021 Oscars ceremony. The biggest of these is that the board has nixed the requirement that films need to play in a Los Angeles theater for at least one week for a qualifying run – now, films that were released digitally without playing in theaters at all (likeTrolls World Tour) are eligible for Oscars....

Atlanta Season 3 Episode 6 Tackles Gentrification And Selling Out In ‘White Fashion’ Unfortunately, this week on “Atlanta” we are not provided with any sort of resolution or follow-up concerning the events of the previous episode, “Cancer Attack.” There’s no more Socks, and no more mention of Al’s missing phone. It’s a weird narrative choice, and I’m normally all for weird, but I imagine this will leave more than a few fans of the series feeling justifiably frustrated....

Best Stories Of The Week: Muppets, Mutants, Mad Max & More We’re always thankful when it’s Friday. Not only is it the beginning of the weekend, but that’s when new movies are in theaters everywhere. And now Friday will also be when you can catch up on all the important stories from the week before. Starting with this post, every Friday, we’ll recap some of the best stories of the week, from the biggest trailers to the most buzzed about movie news to our own features and editorials....

Disney Hired A ‘Game Of Thrones’ Writer To Rewrite Guy Ritchie’s ‘Aladdin,’ Because Of Course Guy Ritchie’s adaptation ofAladdinis trying to stay one jump ahead of the original animated classic. Now that the production has cast its two leads of color after a comprehensive andtroubled search, Disney’s next live-action project is turning its eyes to its script. To rewrite the screenplay, Disney has hired formerGame of ThronesscreenwriterVanessa Taylor. Taylor has been hired by Disney to rewrite the original script byJohn August(Go, Big Fish) and Ritchie, according toThe Tracking Board....

Early Reviews Of Alex Cox’s Repo Man Quasi-Sequel Repo Chick (An Anti-Golf Farce?) Last night at theVenice Film Festival, the spiritual sequel to writer/directorAlex Cox’s punk rock, sci-fi cult classicRepo Man,Repo Chick, premiered. Co-produced byDavid Lynch, the film has loomed with some hesitation in the minds of fans as an oddity, because it was shot almost entirely on green screen usingREDcameras and an indie budget. After the jump, we’ll take a look at the first review byVariety, whose reviewer seemed surprised to like it as much as she did, if not as much as the original....

Ewan McGregor Joins Chris Cooper And Dianne Wiest In Noah Baumbach’s HBO Pilot ‘The Corrections’ Hollywood’s had a long history with botched adaptations of beloved novels, but from here it looks like fans ofJonathan Franzen’s acclaimed bookThe Correctionshave nothing to worry about. After years of attempting to bring the story to the big screen, producerScott Rudineventually turned to HBO — and things have been shaping up nicely from there. The Squid and the Whalewriter-directorNoah Baumbachsigned onto helm and (with Franzen) pen the drama pilot earlier this fall, whileChris CooperandDianne Wiestjoined the projectseveral weeks later....