Casting Bits: Ambyr Childers In ‘Gangster Squad’, Jaimie Alexander In ‘The Last Stand’, Jeremy Irvine In ‘Great Expectations’ The theme of this Casting Bits seems to be “rising stars,” asAll My Children’s Ambyr Childers stakes out a spot in an all-star cast,War Horsestar Jeremy Irvine leads a movie starring Britain’s finest, andThoractress Jaimie Alexander signs on to co-star with the Governator himself. Read more after the jump. Based on a series of articles byPaul Lieberman,Gangster Squadrevolves around a special police squad tasked with fighting organized crime and corruption in 1940s Los Angeles....

Cool Stuff: ‘Star Wars: Frames’ Book We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. We almost features Star Wars: Frames in Cool Stuff in 2008, but decided that the hand crafted six volume leather bound limited editions (1138 copies, with custom case and features that weighs over 160 lbs.) was too much to glorifyat the price of $5500.00. LucasFilm is finally ready to release a cheaper version for fans to put in their collections....

Cool Stuff: Enormous ‘Star Wars’ LEGO Star Destroyer Is Nearly Four-Feet Long, Has Over 4,700 Pieces There’s a newStar WarsLEGO Star Destroyer coming to shelves next month. Actually, it might be the only thing that fits on a given shelf since it measures a whopping 43 inches long and is made up of 4,784 pieces. There will be no one to stop the Empire this time. The LEGO Star Destroyer is the latest addition to the Ultimate Collector Series of LEGO sets, many of which have been vehicles from a galaxy far, far away....

Cyrano Review: Peter Dinklage Is A Romantic Revelation In Joe Wright’s Handsome Musical Adaptation One of the great underappreciated assets of a romance film is the male lead’s face. Not the level of his beauty or the uniqueness of his features, but his ability to express a quivering, unadulterated yearning. It’sThe Face, so to speak — the tender look that a male lead gives to the woman of his dreams, as if he’s truly seeing her and is awed by her....

Directors Guild Nominations Include Ben Affleck And Kathryn Bigelow; Quentin Tarantino And David O. Russell Left Out Nominations for the Oscars will be announced later this week (on Thursday morning, to be precise) but for now we’ve got the five names nominated by the Director’s Guild of America for achievement in directing in 2012. The list features one newcomer to the DGA award slate, and four directors who have won in prior years....

Dune Character Guide: Who’s Who In Denis Villeneuve’s Sci-Fi Epic Denis Villenueve’s “Dune” is premiering in a few short days. Those already familiar with the eponymous book by Frank Herbert are eagerly awaiting to see Villeneuve’s on-screen adaptation. Those who know nothing about Frank Herbert’s “Dune,” however, might be a bit overwhelmed by all the characters in the story. This article is for those people (or for “Dune” readers who want a refresher)....

Exclusive: Watch The Suicide Squad IMAX Countdown IMAX and Warner Bros have provided us with the countdown toSuicide Squadto exclusively premiere on /Film. I still think the IMAX countdown is one of the best demos of 3D and surround sound in theaters today, and as you probably know, over the last couple years IMAX has been customizing their countdown pre-show video for some of the bigger movie blockbusters. They first did this withGodzillain 2014 which included the iconic Godzilla roar over the IMAX logo....

Five ‘Star Trek’ Characters Who Are Definitely Not In ‘Star Trek 2’ Getting a person to say something, anything, definitive aboutStar Trek 2is akin to finding a fan who doesn’t likeThe Wrath of Khan. It just doesn’t happen. Even when Simon Peggcame out and said thathisStar Trek 2co-star Benedict Cumberbatch was not playing Khan, no matterhow many people say the opposite, it’s hard to take him seriously. Now one of the film’s producers and co-writers,Roberto Orci, has come out and said, beyond a shadow of a doubt, that five well-known (and not-so-well-known)Star Trekcharacters won’t be appearing inJ....

Full Synopsis And New Image For Duncan Jones' ‘Source Code’ Thanks to the ongoing American Film Market, we’ve got a bit more info aboutSource Code, the sophomore feature fromMoondirectorDuncan Jones. We should be seeing a trailer within the next couple months, but until then this long, andpossibly spoilerishsynopsis will have to do. What we’ve known aboutSource Codeis thatJake Gyllenhaalplays a soldier who is part of an experimental program to ferret out the origin of a terrorist attack on a train....

Hidden Streams: The Best Older Movies Streaming Right Now (Welcome toHidden Streams, a column focused on the best older movies available to stream on your favorite services, including Netflix, Amazon, Hulu, and more.)Everything going on with FilmStruckmight make it harder for cinephiles to dig those older hidden gems out of the overwhelming piles of streaming titles. From lesser-known classics to cult favorites, we’ve put together a handy guide to some of the best older films you can stream on the various platforms....

High Resolution Concept Art From ‘Monsters University’ Shows Campus Life Were four (slightly)different trailersfor Pixar’sMonsters Universitynot enough to quench your thirst for all things Mike and Sully? Two gorgeous pieces of concept art giving an idea of what the film looks like outside the dorm room should do the trick. Monsters Universityhits theaters one year from today, on June 23, 2025, and follows Mike (Billy Crystal) and Sully (John Goodman) as college rivals long before they were great friends scaring kids at Monsters Inc....

How Did This Get Made: A Conversation With Ron Underwood, Director Of ‘Tremors,’ ‘City Slickers,’ And ‘The Adventures Of Pluto Nash’ A few months ago, when I resumed writing this column forHow Did This Get Made?, I began by making a wish list of filmmakers who I’d been wanting to speak with for years. And one of the people at the top of that list was the subject of today’s piece:Ron Underwood....

Indominus Rex Is Born In Best ‘Jurassic World’ Trailer Yet While I’m undoubtedly anticipating the release ofJurassic Worldnext week, I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t cautiously optimistic. From what we’ve seen in the footage so far, there’s a lot of dinosaur spectacle and action, which is the easiest way to market the film to a culture that has always been obsessed with dinosaurs. However, something just hasn’t felt right....