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Halo Episode 8: Allegiances Are Forged And Shattered As Halo Finally Hits Its Stride Here’s a question I’ve kept in mind throughout every episode of “Halo” so far: how long are audiences expected to stick it out with a new series, wallowing through uneven results in the early going while waiting for the story to become appointment television? In an ideal world, most shows would be as immediately arresting as “Breaking Bad” or “Lost,” dropping viewers headfirst into an unfamiliar story and never letting up, all but daring us to eventhinkabout losing interest....

How Scream’s Editor Saved The Movie From The Weinsteins Wes Craven’s iconic slasher “Scream” just turned 25, making now the perfect moment to celebrate this genre redefining classic. So many elements came together to make this meta horror flick the masterpiece it is — from the legendaryWes Craven signing on to direct, to finding just the right mask to terrify the masses. Make no mistake, a huge part of this film’s legacy is birthing one of the most enduring masks of horror history....

James Marsden Almost Played Burt Reynolds In ‘Once Upon A Time In Hollywood’ Quentin Tarantino’sOnce Upon a Time in Hollywoodhas a huge cast. As the film entered production, we reached a point where daily casting news would add yet another name to an ever-growing list. One of those names wasJames Marsden– but Marsden didn’t make it into the final film. So who was Marsden going to play in Tarantino’s latest? Surprisingly, he was set to playBurt Reynolds– an actor who wasalsocast inOnce Upon a Time in Hollywoodbut died before shooting his scenes....

Joseph Gordon-Levitt On His New Apple Series ‘Mr. Corman’ And Becoming More Collaborative [Interview] In the new Apple TV+ seriesMr. Corman, the title character is a self-centered mess who suddenly finds himself contending with serious anxiety. The show is set in a grounded version of our real world, but is largely seen through the perspective of the main character, whose daydreams and inner thoughts are frequently reflected through visual flourishes. (Example: his anxiety is represented by a vision of a giant flaming meteor hurtling toward the planet....

Kenneth Branagh In Talks To Direct Paramount’s Jack Ryan Reboot Paramount has spent a couple years trying to engineer a new film based onTom Clancy’s characterJack Ryan, previously seen in films likeThe Hunt For Red OctoberandPatriot Games, where he was played by Alec Baldwin and Harrison Ford, respectively. Chris Pine(Star Trek,This Means War) has been attached to play Ryan for quite some time, but the project has gone through aparade of writers, and even with directorJack Bender(Lost)attached, couldn’t quite get moving....

Licorice Pizza Review: Alana Haim Is A Revelation In Paul Thomas Anderson’s Wonderful Trip Back To The 1970s Some performers just haveit. I don’t know whatitis, exactly. It’s a mood; an attitude; aje ne sais quoi, if you want to get real pretentious about it. A certain kind of confidence. When people take one look at someone in a movie and think, “that person is a star,” what they’re saying is, “That person hasit....

Marvel Movie Updates On ‘Iron Man 3,’ ‘Thor 2,’ ‘Captain America 2,’ ‘Guardians Of The Galaxy’ Maybe you heard, but Marvel’sThe Avengersis coming out in a few weeks andit’s pretty damn good. Joss Whedon’s superhero epic had its world premiere this week and the cast and crew have begun their whirlwind international press tour, which included several interviews with /Film. Some will be posted soon, others – the ones that deal with major spoilers – will be held until after the release....

Marvel Studios Once Again Controls Rights To ‘Ghost Rider’ And ‘Blade’ While Sony raced to the finish line to keep the rights to Spider-Man, the same can’t be said for another major character. Rewind: a few years back, the studio was in danger of losing the rights to the webslinger afterSpider-Man 3. Director Sam Raimi couldn’t come to terms on a fourth film and if Sony didn’t get a film in production within a certain time frame, Spider-Man would have been in danger of joiningMarvel’s The Avengers....

Matt Reeves Off ‘The Twilight Zone;’ Now Leads Studio Short List For ‘Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes’ With Guillermo Del Toro, Jeff Nichols, Rian Johnson And Others For about a year now,Let Me InandCloverfielddirectorMatt Reeveshas been attached to a new theatrical film based onThe Twilight Zone. It was just one of several projects on the director’s plate and certainly the most high profile. In that time,multiple writershad been tasked withwriting a screenplaybut, with nare a greenlight in sight after a year, it seems Reeves has decided to move on....

Michael Keaton In Talks For McDonald’s Origin Story Golden Globe winnerand (as of this morning)Academy Award nomineeMichael Keatonmay have found his next big role. Keaton is looking to leadThe Founder, aSocial Network-esque drama about the rise of American fast food empire McDonald’s.John Lee Hancock(The Blind Side,Saving Mr. Banks) is directing. More details on the Michael Keaton McDonalds movie casting after the jump. According toTHR, Keaton is now in negotiations forThe Founderafter meeting with Hancock and receiving a formal offer earlier this week....

Natalie Portman Nude In New Wes Anderson Film? Update:The short film is NOW available online. Yesterday weangrily reportedthat Wes Anderson’s 17-minute short filmHotel Chevalierstarring Jason Schartzman and Natalie Portman will not be showing beforeThe Darjeeling Limitedafter all. Many of you probably didn’t care (I mean Wes Anderson was so 5 years ago, right?). Well now you might.Timeout Londonis reporting that Natalie Portman appears in the nude: This wistful and maudlin short story offers some background to the main attraction as Schwartzmann and Natalie Portman play a pair of estranged lovers who square up to each other in the sumptuous surroundings of a Parisian hotel room....

National Film Registry Adds ‘Memento,’ ‘Titanic,’ ‘Die Hard,’ ‘The Goonies’ And More Every year, the Library of Congress adds 25 “culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant films” to theNational Film Registry, a move to protect and preserve American film history. Every year finds a fascinating mixture of films inducted – early silent movies, documentaries, blockbusters, and cult classics are among the 725 films in the registry. It’s a cool thing and an important thing, especially since arts funding in the United Statesis currently hanging over a precipice....

Our 12 Most Anticipated Movies At The 2019 Sundance Film Festival This week, three members of the /Film crew are heading to Park City, Utah for the2019 Sundance Film Festival. We’ll have reviews and reactions galore from the year’s first major film festival, a place where major movies debut, hidden gems are discovered, and the basic shape of the entire year in film begins to take form. If this Sundance is like every other Sundance, we will see some of the best movies of 2019 and discover some incredible new talent over the next week....