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Award-Winning, Controversial ‘Love Exposure’ Finally Coming To Blu-Ray Love Exposureis a four-hour Japanese film about upskirt photography. There’s obviously much more to it than that but, if you want to get people curious about the film, that sentence works. Originally released in 2009, writer/directorSion Sono’s film was originally close to six hours but eventually he had to trim down to release his epic version of a simple story: troubled boy falls for the wrong girl....

Baz Luhrmann Could Direct Elvis Presley Biopic Elvis Presleywas one of the greatest showmen in the history of music. Who better to chronicle his story, then, than one of the greatest showmen in the history of film?Baz Luhrmann, the director ofStrictly Ballroom, Moulin Rouge, Romeo + Juliet and The Great Gatsby, is in talks to direct an untitled biopic about The King.Kelly Marcel(Terra Nova, Saving Mr. Banksand50 Shades of Grey) is writing the screenplay for Warner Bros....

Eddie Redmayne’s Unexpected Inspiration For His Fantastic Beasts Performance Following the tremendous success of the “Harry Potter” franchise, Warner Bros. greenlit an adaptation of “Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them,” a five-part spinoff film series based on a Hogwarts textbook. Where “Harry Potter” lore is concerned, the textbook is written by a magizoologist (a witch or wizard who professionally studies magical creatures) named Newt Scamander. The book became a prerequisite for all Hogwarts students in their first year....

First Official Look: Gina Carano In Steven Soderbergh’s ‘Haywire’ Would it be so bad if the first official image from all of our most anticipated films for the next year involved a prominent cast member firing a rifle with some massive muzzle flash, would it? We saw animage like thisfeaturing Bruce Willis fromLooper, and now here’s the first official still fromSteven Soderbergh’sHaywire. It’s a little weird that an action film starring MMA fighterGina Caranowould come out of the gate with an image of her brandishing a weapon other than her fists and feet, but what the hell, I’ll take it....

Foundation Review: A Science Fiction Classic Finds Bold New Life How do you adapt Isaac Asimov’s “Foundation”? You can’t. As written, the novel (and its sequels and prequels) aren’t just impenetrable — they’re downright un-cinematic. Asimov may have liked writing scenes about men sitting in rooms, having long conversations about societal downfalls and monumental events that have, will, or could happen, but it’s hard to imagine a story more ready to die on a screen....

Hear Pennywise Speak In New ‘It’ TV Spot The titular It inIthas been somewhat absent from the teasers and trailers leading up to the movie’s September release — or at least his voice has. While the creepy clown is a striking figure in the background of the Losers' Club’s misadventures, (until he suddenly becomes a horrifying menace that attacks them), he has remained fairly silent. But the newest TV spot for Stephen King’sIthas Pennywise the Dancing Clown speaking his longest line of dialogue yet....

How Quentin Tarantino Influenced Naruto “Naruto” is one of the most popular anime series in the world. Based on the manga created by Masashi Kishimoto, the series focuses on Naruto Uzumaki and his fellow ninja as they defend the Hidden Leaf Village from all manner of threats. “Naruto” has given birth to a whole franchise, including the sequel series “Boruto: Naruto Next Generations,” and is considered to be one of the “Big Three” shonen anime alongside “One Piece” and “Bleach....

James Gunn Reflects On ‘Guardians Of The Galaxy’ One Year Later It’s been just over a year sinceGuardians of the Galaxyhit theaters, impressing Marvel fans around the world, and even some who weren’t the biggest supporters of Marvel’s cinematic universe. The sci-fi adventure proved to be one of the more original films fromMarvel Studios, and it’s really opened up the comic book studio’s world in a big way. And with one year passing since the theatrical release, directorJames Gunnreflected on his first big budget blockbuster and went out of his way to thank fans who made it such a huge hit, making him feel like he made the movie everyone wanted to see, whether they knew it or not....

Jenny Beavan Just Won Her Third Oscar For Cruella’s Costumes, And She’s A Legend Costume designer Jenny Beavan just won her third Academy Award for Best Achievement in Costume Design her amazing workon Disney’s “Cruella,“and it couldn’t be more deserved. Beavan is a cinema legend, having designed costumes for more than 70 films and television shows, ranging in style from stodgy period pieces to post-apocalyptic thrill rides. Beavan shared her first Oscar, for “A Room With a View” with fellow costume designer John Bright, and won her second for “Mad Max: Fury Road....

John Carpenter’s Firestarter Soundtrack Is Now Streaming When he’s not chilling at homeplaying video gamesand watching NBA basketball, cherished cult director John Carpenter has kept busy of late composing horror film scores with his son Cody Carpenter. The duo teamed up with Daniel A. Davies to create the invigorating synth music for “Halloween” (2018) and its sequel, 2021’s “Halloween Kills,” and look to reunite once again for the final entry in David Gordon Green’s slasher trilogy, 2022’s “Halloween Ends....

LOL: Watch The Inevitable ‘Mad Max: Fury Road’ And ‘Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt’ Mashup At first glance,Mad Max: Fury RoadandThe Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidtdon’t seem to have much in common. One is an explosive thriller set in a dusty dystopian hellscape; the other is a colorful sitcom about a naive young woman trying to make it in the big city. But both are about women who’ve been abducted, and both are about what happens once those women break free....

Milo Ventimiglia Is Making A Hockey Drama Series For NBC “This Is Us” may be wrapping up its six-season run this year, but that doesn’t mean you’ve seen the last of Milo Ventimiglia on NBC. According toThe Hollywood Reporter, Ventimiglia and his production company, Divide Pictures, are developing a new drama called “Hometown Saints” and have a sold a script for it to the network. “Hometown Saints” reportedly follows “Billy Riedell, a retired hockey player who struggles to figure out who he is now that his career is over....

Neil Gaiman’s Anansi Boys Series Casts Malachi Kirby To Play Dual Leads Things are moving forward onAmazon’s “Anansi Boys.“Today the creators announced that they’ve cast the two “boys” referenced in the title, who are identical twins. Malachi Kirby (“Roots,” “Devils”) will take on the role of the two brothers — Spider and Charlie — who may look alike but are very different in sensibility. Two Brothers, One Actor Neil Gaiman, who is co-showrunning the series along with Douglas Mackinnon, had nothing but praise for Kirby’s casting....