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The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2009) Nordisk Film Niels Arden Oplev helmed the first adaptation of the first novel in Stiegg Larson’s “Millennium” trilogy. The Swedish iteration of “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo” is more matter-of-fact in its mise-en-scene, with its lighting and staging and overall production value reflecting a $13 million budget. Like a fly on the wall it simply observes, delivering a flat representation of what is going on in the room, even when that’s something horrible....

The Impressive Story Of How Saving Private Ryan’s D-Day Sequence Was Shot DreamWorks Pictures By Joshua Meyer/Nov. 6, 2021 12:51 pm EST “Saving Private Ryan” earned Steven Spielberg his second Academy Award for best director, and deservedly so. It’s one of the greatest war movies of all time. Even those who weren’t enamored of the overall film back in 1998 had to concede that its depiction of the D-Day landing on Omaha Beach in Normandy during World War II was an impressive technical feat....

The Matrix Resurrections…Awakens? Warner Bros. Fans of “The Matrix” franchise may recall that there’s a precedent for Neo being caught up in an ongoing cycle as The One. The version we met in previous movies wasn’t the only One. It sounds like the Neo we meet in “The Matrix Resurrections” is back to, er, square One, along with the franchise itself, potentially. Hearing the description of this trailer almost makes it sound like director Lana Wachowski is going “The Force Awakens” route with “The Matrix Resurrections,” doing a soft remake of the first film’s plot....

The Pandemic Forced ‘Jackass Forever’ To Torment The Cast More Than The Public By Danielle Ryan/July 14, 2021 1:26 pm EST The pandemic has had an influence on the way every movie is made, but it had a unique impact on Jackass Forever. In the franchise’s previous films and TV show, the Jackass gang always pulled some pranks on the unsuspecting public. That became nearly impossible with COVID restrictions, so the crew had to find new targets: each other....

The Quarantine Stream: ‘The Sound Of Music’ Is As Saccharine And Satisfying As Ever By Hoai-Tran Bui/Feb. 9, 2021 7:00 am EST (Welcome to The Quarantine Stream, a series where the /Film team shares what they’ve been watching while social distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic.)The Movie: The Sound of MusicWhere You Can Stream It: Disney+The Pitch: A trouble-making postulant (Julie Andrews) at an Austrian abbey becomes a governess in the home of a widowed naval captain (Christopher Plummer) with seven children, where she reintroduces music and love back into their lives....

Thena’s Mahd W’yry Illness In Eternals Explained Marvel Studios (Walt Disney Company) By Jeff Ewing/Nov. 5, 2021 4:21 pm EST “Eternals,” the latest chapter in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, has finally emerged in theaters after a significant hiatus (much like the Eternals themselves). It tells the story of a series of vastly powerful beings created by the space-god Celestials to protect populations around the universe from Deviants, powerful and rapidly evolving apex predators....

‘Aladdin And The King Of Thieves’ Is Now 25, So Let’s Revisit Disney’s Peculiar Direct-To-Video Era By Kayleigh Donaldson/Aug. 16, 2021 7:28 am EST Anniversaries for Disney movies tend to elicit a lot of think-piece excitement among pop culture writers. The House of Mouse has helped to define animation arguably more than any other company of the past century, and the Walt Disney Company’s much-vaunted output has inspired generations of film fans....

‘Barb And Star Go To Vista Del Mar’ Bonus Clip Shows Off The Creation Of The Comedy’s Surprising Sets By Ben Pearson/April 6, 2021 11:00 am EST Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar, the absurdist, heartfelt, and absolutely bonkers movie from director Josh Greenbaum and co-writers/co-stars Annie Mumolo and Kristen Wiig, is far and away the best comedy of 2021 so far. The film is out on Blu-ray and DVD today, and /Film is happy to premiere a clip from one of its bonus features, which focuses on production designer Steve Sakland and the work he and his team did to create the movie’s wonderfully ridiculous – and occasionally surprising – sets....

‘Lift’: Simon Kinberg & Matt Reeves Producing Film About A Heist On A Plane By Ben Pearson/March 19, 2021 1:00 pm EST Producers Simon Kinberg (X-Men: Days of Future Past) and Matt Reeves (The Batman) are preparing to “lift” off at Netflix. The streamer has acquired a hot new spec script called Lift from writer Dan Kunka, winning a bidding war to acquire the title after it was sent to every studio earlier this week....

‘Shang-Chi’ Actor Tony Leung Says He Never Played The Mandarin As A Villain By Joshua Meyer/Aug. 21, 2021 9:09 am EST In Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, the incomparable Tony Leung has stepped into the role of a character named Wenwu. You may know Wenwu by another name: the Mandarin. In a new interview, Leung discusses his approach to playing a proper version of the comic book villain on the big screen, and it turns out he didn’t seek to play the Mandarin as a bad guy at all....

An Electric Sandra Oh Can’t Keep ‘Saturday Night Live’ From Losing Steam By Ethan Anderton/March 31, 2019 11:30 am EST After Saturday Night Live had two back-to-back killer episodes with John Mulaney and Idris Elba, there was a lot of hope that the cast and crew could keep that momentum going into spring with the next batch of new episodes. Unfortunately, despite the strength of first-time host Sandra Oh (Grey’s Anatomy, Killing Eve), the sketches didn’t make nearly as big of a splash as the previous two episodes....

Boondock Saints 3 In The Works, Troy Duffy, Norman Reedus, And Sean Patrick Flanery Returning Franchise Pictures By Joshua Meyer/Nov. 1, 2021 9:38 pm EST Norman Reedus and Sean Patrick Flanery are ready to go back to the boondocks. Reedus and Flanery will reprise their roles as the fraternal vigilante twins, Connor and Murphy MacManus, in “The Boondock Saints III.” Deadline reports that Flanery will pen the script with director Troy Duffy “with a lot of input from Reedus....

CODA: Release Date, Cast And More By Jeremy Mathai/Aug. 5, 2021 12:18 pm EST (Welcome to …And More, our no-frills, zero B.S. guide to when and where you can watch upcoming movies and shows, and everything else you could possibly stand to know.)CODA premiered at Sundance Film Festival back in January 2021, endearing itself to viewers as a crowd-pleasing coming-of-age tale that drew a fair amount of praise for featuring three main deaf actors who play the three main deaf characters in the story....

Comic-Con Paramount Panel: Iron Man, Cloverfield, Indiana Jones 4 And More By Peter Sciretta/July 26, 2007 3:40 pm EST Note: This article was posted live from Comic Con during the panel. So please excuse us if we dont go into many details on some stories. I’m typing as fast and accurately as we can. 6,500 people have packed the big exhibition hall (which looks like a very large warehouse or airport hanger) for the Paramount panel....

Don’t Look Up Trailer: Leonardo DiCaprio And Jennifer Lawrence Try To Warn Us About The End Of The World Netflix By Ethan Anderton/Sept. 8, 2021 10:42 am EST There have been plenty of movies about the end of the world. Within that subgenre, a handful of them have been about an asteroid being on a collision course with Earth and threatening to destroy the planet. In 1998 alone there were two of them in the same year....

Euphoria Season 2: Release Date, Cast, And More HBO By BJ Colangelo/Nov. 29, 2021 10:29 am EST (Welcome to …And More, our no-frills, zero B.S. guide to when and where you can watch upcoming movies and shows, and everything else you could possibly stand to know.) Stick some rhinestones on your cheeks and find the most vibrant pigment you can for your eyeshadow, because “Euphoria” is coming back, besties! HBO’s smash-hit series about the trials and tribulations of troubled teens was a massive success after its debut in 2019, and fans have been impatiently waiting for the show’s delayed return (Thanks, COVID!...

Everything We Know About Cyberpunk: Edgerunners So Far Netflix By Kaylee Dugan/Dec. 10, 2021 1:36 pm EST Sometimes you want to play a video game and sometimes you want to watch a video game (and sometimes you want to watch a significantly more or less talented person play a video game, but that’s a different content stream). For those of you who don’t want to deal with the glitches of “Cyberpunk 2077” but still want to soak up that sweet William Gibson-esque atmosphere, Netflix and CD PROJEKT RED have heard your cries, and boy do they have the anime for you....

Exclusive: Get A Look At The ‘Luca’ 4K Ultra HD & Blu-Ray Steelbook, Available Only At Best Buy By Ethan Anderton/July 13, 2021 9:00 am EST Pixar’s new movie Luca is coming to 4K Ultra HD, Blu-ray, and DVD next month, and Best Buy will have their own exclusive Steelbook edition of the home video release featuring new friends Luca (Jacob Tremblay), Alberto (Jack Dylan Grazer), and Giulia (Emma Berman) in the vibrant seaside town of Portorosso....

Interview: ‘John Wick: Chapter Two’ Director Chad Stahelski Discusses The Man, The Myth, The Legend By Jack Giroux/Feb. 10, 2017 10:00 am EST Director Chad Stahelski, who co-directed the first movie with the uncredited David Leitch (Deadpool 2), shows audiences a different side of the character, while also delivering on the quality action sequences audiences now expect from a John Wick film. The director ups the stakes and increases the scale in the sequel without ever abandoning the titular character’s arc during all the beautifully orchestrated madness....

Jonathan Majors To Battle Eldritch Monsters Again As Star Of Netflix’s ‘Gordon Hemingway & The Realm Of Cthulhu’ By Hoai-Tran Bui/Feb. 26, 2021 1:30 pm EST Jonathan Majors loves himself some Lovecraft. The Lovecraft Country star is going to continue his battle against Eldritch monsters in Netflix’s Gordon Hemingway & The Realm of Cthulhu in which Majors is in talks to star. It would be Majors’ second team-up with Spike Lee, who will produce the film, after starring in the filmmakers’ acclaimed Netflix hit Da 5 Bloods....