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Movies Archive

Archives for December 2014

Technology
The Sony hack: how it happened, who is responsible, and what we’ve learnedThe Sony hack: how it happened, who is responsible, and what we’ve learned
Technology

Hackers have stolen millions of documents from Sony Pictures, a major Hollywood studio. Here’s what you need to know.

By Timothy B. Lee
Culture
Sony won’t release The Interview Christmas Day after allSony won’t release The Interview Christmas Day after all
Culture

The decision comes after AMC pulled the film, while Regal delayed its release.

By Emily St. James
Culture
Judd Apatow and Jimmy Kimmel blast “cowardice” of theater owners who pulled The InterviewJudd Apatow and Jimmy Kimmel blast “cowardice” of theater owners who pulled The Interview
Culture

The film was pulled from several major theater chains after terrorist threats.

By Timothy B. Lee
Culture
Characters are way more likely to die in a children’s movieCharacters are way more likely to die in a children’s movie
Culture

Mortality is real, we tell the children. It’s okay to cry.

By Kelsey McKinney
Culture
The definitive ranking of all six Lord of the Rings and Hobbit filmsThe definitive ranking of all six Lord of the Rings and Hobbit films
Culture

The last Hobbit film doesn’t dramatically change these rankings. But it’s still the best of that trilogy.

By Emily St. James
Comic Books
How Marvel’s writers’ retreat became the secret meeting everyone wants to be invited toHow Marvel’s writers’ retreat became the secret meeting everyone wants to be invited to
Comic Books

It’s a convergence of the company’s biggest stars, a hotbed of ideas, and the birthplace of stories that have shaped (and will shape) the Marvel Universe.

By Alex Abad-Santos
Culture
The bleak, existential horror of The Wicked + The Divine: Kieron Gillen speaksThe bleak, existential horror of The Wicked + The Divine: Kieron Gillen speaks
Culture

“We’ve got agents and we’ve got quite a lot of Hollywood interest,” Kieron Gillen, co-creator of The Wicked + The Divine comic book, told me

By Alex Abad-Santos
Culture
9 charts to rule them all9 charts to rule them all
Culture

LOTR Project visualizes Middle-earth like you’ve never seen it before.

By Brandon Ambrosino
Culture
Sony says theaters no longer have to show The Interview, in wake of terrorist threatsSony says theaters no longer have to show The Interview, in wake of terrorist threats
Culture

Carmike Cinemas has already taken then up on the offer.

By Emily St. James
Culture
Aaron Sorkin is right. Women don’t get as many opportunities in Hollywood.Aaron Sorkin is right. Women don’t get as many opportunities in Hollywood.
Culture

But here are some great performances the writer maybe hasn’t seen, ones that may convince him otherwise.

By Emily St. James
Culture
The Giver, Obvious Child, and abortion in AmericaThe Giver, Obvious Child, and abortion in America
Culture

Two summer movies explored abortion — and moviegoers were quick to stake political flags on them.

By Brandon Ambrosino
Culture
We watched all of Netflix’s Marco Polo. You ... don’t have to.We watched all of Netflix’s Marco Polo. You ... don’t have to.
Culture

This could have been great. Instead, it’s really boring.

By Emily St. James
Culture
In the future, most movies will be based on brands. Pray they’re as good as The Lego Movie.In the future, most movies will be based on brands. Pray they’re as good as The Lego Movie.
Culture

In praise of the film’s directors, who might be the future of moviemaking.

By Emily St. James
Movies
Dave Chappelle says police choked him on his own movie setDave Chappelle says police choked him on his own movie set
Movies

The comedian retold the story at a show in New Orleans.

By German Lopez
Culture
Marco Polo’s Joan Chen on why America and China’s film industries misunderstand each otherMarco Polo’s Joan Chen on why America and China’s film industries misunderstand each other
Culture

She talks her new Netflix show Marco Polo and why the most popular Chinese films are ones you’ve never heard of.

By Emily St. James