Report: Batman Will Face Holiday Killer in Dark Knight Rises
Joseph Gordon-Levitt will play Alberto Falcone, aka the Holiday Killer, in The Dark Knight Rises, according to a report in Variety that quotes “insiders.” Neither Warner Bros. nor Gordon-Levitt’s...
View ArticleWith Hesher, We Bid Natalie Portman Farewell (For a While)
There's a lot to like about director Spencer Susser's disturbed dramedy Hesher. It's oddly heartfelt for a film that focuses on a mildly violent misanthrope with good intentions who wrecks most things...
View ArticleJoseph Gordon-Levitt, Gregory Brothers, ACLU Team for Video on Photographers’...
Benjamin Franklin kicks an informative and hilarious rhyme about transparency and First Amendment protections for pro and amateur photographers in the latest video from Joseph Gordon-Levitt’s open...
View ArticleJoseph Gordon-Levitt Channels Bruce Willis in Time-Travel Thriller Looper
Joseph Gordon-Levitt plays a younger version of Bruce Willis' hitman character in futuristic time-travel thriller Looper . Fresh footage unveiled at WonderCon 2012 hint at bloody mind games hatched by...
View ArticleLooper Trailer Lays Groundwork for Time-Traveling Hitmen Flick
If Quentin Tarantino made a time-travel flick, it might look something like Looper, to judge from the first guns-a-blazing trailer hyping Joseph Gordon-Levitt's upcoming sci-fi adventure. In his weary...
View ArticleBadass Bane, Kick-Boxing Catwoman Rock New Dark Knight Rises Trailer
As if to serve as a gritty antidote to The Avengers' colorful fun, the latest trailer for The Dark Knight Rises brings the realness, serving up a relentless-looking Bane and an ominous-turned-chastened...
View Article10 Talking Points From The Dark Knight Rises’ Data Dump
Until now, tech-noir auteur Christopher Nolan has kept the finer points of his highly anticipated The Dark Knight Rises on the down-low. Then came the nearly 50-page data dump.
View ArticleShotguns, Wormholes Perforate Philip K. Dick-Inspired Looper
Time travel might be the hook for Looper, but writer-director Rian Johnson said his thriller about a hit man (played by Joseph Gordon-Levitt) who tries to murder his future self (Bruce Willis) does not...
View ArticleVideo: Pistol Clicks Become Killer Drum Sounds in Looper
Screw the snare drum. To create a spooky soundtrack suited to the sinister world of sci-fi hitman flick Looper, composer Nathan Johnson designed a virtual drum kit featuring the clicks of a prop pistol.
View ArticleVideo: Looper Is a Sci-Fi Mashup Scored by New Orleans Noise
There are quite a few things that set director Rian Johnson's Looper apart from the average sci-fi action flick. First off, it's got an interesting sci-fi twist where criminal syndicates use time...
View ArticleVideo: Crafting Looper’s Dystopia and Joseph Gordon-Levitt’s Bruce Willis Act
Time-travel flick Looper is set in 2044 -- a time when America is verging on dystopia and assassins called "loopers" are hired by criminal syndicates to kill enemies sent back from the future. Making...
View ArticleSci-Fi’s Best Time-Travel Tropes, From Fixing the Past to Unreal Time Machines
Time travel is tricky. Not because science hasn't figured out how to make it a real thing, but because anytime it's used as a storytelling device, the plot can be compromised by the type of...
View ArticleThe Monitor Meets Its Future Self
We’re a little shaken, folks. After seeing Looper, we became worried — OK, maybe “obsessively terrified” is a more fitting phrase — that our future selves would show up and ...
View ArticleWhy Looper Is Director Rian Johnson’s Best Film Yet
When Rian Johnson makes a movie, he’s really making three. The first film is a love letter to a genre: In 2005′s Brick, it was detective noir; in 2008′s The Brothers Bloom, it was the con-man movie....
View ArticleReview: Looper’s Time-Traveling Hitmen Kill Boredom Dead
Here's the problem with most time-travel movies: They're about time travel. Not that subverting the space-time continuum and hop-skipping all over the past and future isn't cool -- it's totally cool --...
View ArticleLooper Director Makes Downloadable Commentary for In-Theater Use
Helmer Rian Johnson has released a free audio file that repeat viewers of his time-travel movie can take into theaters for added insight.
View ArticleWhy Joseph Gordon-Levitt Would Be a Great Batman for Justice League
With rumors circulating that the actor could don the cowl, here's a case for why he would be a good addition to DC's superhero team-up flick.
View ArticleHow to Sound Smart During the Oscars: A Cheat Sheet
With the Academy Awards coming up this Sunday, here are a few talking points to help you win friends and influence people at the Oscars party of your choice.
View ArticleFails, Falls and Photobombs: The 10 Most Viral Moments From the Oscars
Sunday night's Oscars telecast was nuts, and the best stuff immediately struck fire online. Here are some of the best moments.
View ArticleWhat Joseph Gordon-Levitt’s Movie About Porn Addiction Is Really About
Joseph Gordon-Levitt made a movie about porn addiction that's sweet, funny, deeply emotional, and ultimately not really about porn at all.
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