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The Secret Origin Of ‘Exit Through The Gift Shop:’ Extortion, A Lawsuit And A Dilettante? Exit Through the Gift Shop, the street-art documentary credited toBanksy, wasone of the best films of 2010, and also one of the most challenged on the basis of authenticity. The film purports to chronicle the street art of Banksy andShepard Faireythrough the lens of a camera held by wealthy dilettante artistThierry Guetta. At least that’s the basis for part of the film, before Banksy turned the cameras on Guetta as the latter became a wannabe artist named Mr....

The Sunset Blvd. Silent Film Scene Is More Significant Than You Thought Among all of Hollywood’s reckonings with its own steadily shifting lore,where priorities shift according to novelty, few movies still feel as raw, dark, and funny as Billy Wilder’s “Sunset Boulevard.” The 1950 dark comedy, about a young writer who moves into the mansion of an effectively exiled silent film star, runs the tightest of lines between cruelty and empathy....

Tom Hiddleston Talks ‘The Avengers:’ ‘It’s Going To Be Me Versus Seven Of Them’ Despiterumors to the contrary,Tom Hiddlestonwill, in fact,reprise his roleas the God of Mischief Loki inJoss Whedon’sThe Avengers, which iscurrently in production. Though the character debuts in this weekend’s Marvel releaseThor, several months agoit was reportedhe would survive to, once again, torment his brother along with Iron Man, Hulk and Captain America in the 2012 release. Hiddleston, who also has upcoming roles in Steven Spielberg’sWar Horseand Woody Allen’sMidnight in Paris, spoke toVultureabout how – and when – he was alerted to his role inThe Avengersand hints at what Loki might have in store for the superhero team....

Transformers: Revenge Of The Fallen Tickets Now On Sale Tickets for Michael Bay’sTransformers: Revenge of the Fallenare now on sale onMovieTickets.com,Moviefone,IMAXandFandango. After the jump I’ll explain why you should strongly consider preordering your tickets now, and a possible running time for the sequel. I know we’ve beenon an anti-IMAX tearthe last couple of months due to their introduction of unlabeled subpar digital theatres, but one thing we love at /Film is the real 15/70mm IMAX....

Watch The First Full Episode Of ‘Science Vs Cinema’ Tackle Ridley Scott’s ‘The Martian’ We all know that most of what we see in motion pictures isn’t the absolute truth. Even in grounded biopics and films inspired by true stories, there are plenty of liberties taken with stories to create drama and tension, or even just to speed up the story to fit in the timeframe of a motion picture....

WTF: The Complete Amazing Amy From Gone Girl Being Released As A Book? See A Preview! InDavid Fincher’s big screen adaptation ofGone Girl,Rosamund Pikeplays Amy Dunne, a wife who goes mysteriously missing leaving her husband (Ben Affleck) in the public spotlight. The character of Dunne has always lived in the shadow of Amazing Amy, a series of children’s books written by her parents very loosely based on her childhood. Well it looks like the Amazing Amy books are about to be released as a collection, The Complete Amazing Amy, and a preview has been released digitally....

‘Bill & Ted Face The Music’ Poster Brings Back A Familiar Time Machine, Which You Can Now Buy This summer brings the release ofBill and Ted Face the Music, the third installment of the sci-fi comedy franchise. We’re still waiting patiently for a trailer, but the recent appearance ofBill S. Preston, Esq.in Walmart’s Super Bowl commercialhas sparked the arrival of the sequel’s first teaser poster, featuring the famous time traveling phone booth....

‘Birds Of Prey’ Gets A Fantabulous Logo As Filming Wraps Birds of Preyhas wrapped production this week, and the Warner Bros. superhero movie commemorated the occasion with a reveal of the film’s logo — snuggled right underneathMargot Robbie’s very festive Harley Quinn outfit. See theBirds of Prey (And the Fantabulous Emancipation of Harley Quinn) logo below. Birds of Prey Logo A post shared by LuckyChap (@luckychap) Harley Quinn is hijacking the logo forBirds of Prey....

‘Breaking Bad’ Promo Roundup: Watch A Trailer, Behind-The-Scenes Video, And Clip From Season 5 Even byBreaking Badstandards, the explosive Season 4 finale was one of the most intense the series had ever done — so we’re extra pumped to see what else creatorVince Gilliganhave planned for Walter White (Bryan Cranston), who these days is definitely more Scarface than Mr. Chips. With less than a week to go until the fifth season premiere, AMC is cranking up theirBreaking Badmarketing....

‘Fast And Furious 9’: Director Justin Lin And Jordana Brewster Will Return There may have been somebehind-the-scenes conflictswithin theFast and Furiousfranchise lately, butVin Dieselis eager to recapture what initially made that family tick. That means bringing backJustin Lin, the director who revitalized theFast and Furiousseries and transformed it into the high-octane heist series it is today. Also along for the ride: original cast memberJordana Brewster, who disappeared from the series after 2015’sFurious 7....

‘Flight’ Review: Robert Zemeckis Pilots A Bumpy Return To Live-Action [NYFF] After a dozen-year stretch in Uncanny Valley,Robert Zemeckishas returned to the world of live-action with the substance abuse dramaFlight. It’s not the smoothest ride. The film’s alcoholism plotline veers toward the generic, the symbolism is often so blunt as to be laughable, and the supporting players are mostly one-note. What keeps it on course, however, is the compassionate but honest character study at its core....

‘Hamilton’ Trailer: Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Broadway Sensation Comes To Disney+ In July Hamiltonhas been a Broadway hit ever since it debuted at the beginning of 2015. Unfortunately, that has made it difficult for curious audiences to get a glimpse at the hip-hop fueled historical musical fromLin-Manuel Miranda, even as the show travels around the United States. But soon, everyone will be able to see the Broadway show from the comfort of their own home....

‘Hoops’ Canceled By Netflix After One Season Hoopshas been canceled after one season. The animated series premiered in August, and based on reports, Netflix wasn’t confident enough in the viewership stats to giveHoopsanother shot. The series follows “a hot-headed, foul-mouthed high school basketball coach (Jake Johnson) who thinks turning around his god awful team will take him to the ‘big leagues’ and turn his miserable life around.” Did you watchHoopson Netflix?...