Movies

Prop Store is auctioning off one of the six Batpod motorcycles that were made for and used in The Dark Knight and The Dark Knight Rises. It’s in display-only setup and is slightly damaged, but this one-of-a-kind ride is expected to fetch at least $80,000.

(SPOILERS, Gore) CineFix breaks down the first half-hour of the hit action film Sicario, in which the heroine’s team is repeatedly warned of an attack. The long wait, enhanced by great music, gives way to three brief climaxes.

In this horror film, Naomi Watts plays a widowed psychologist who’s also taking care of her catatonic son, who was paralyzed in the same accident that killed her husband. A troubled boy is left in her care but goes missing. Or so everyone thinks.

Christopher Guest’s latest mockumentary is about sports mascots competing for the World Mascots Association’s coveted Golden Fluffy Award. Stars Jane Lynch, Chris O’Dowd, Zach Woods and much of Guest’s regular posse. Drops 10/13/16 on Netflix.

Did you know that in Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, Scott and Ramona’s Seven Evil Exes have visual cues indicating their number? Or that the actors in Sex Bob-omb actually played their respective instruments? All that in more in Did You Know Movies’ video.

James Franco stars in and directs this adaptation of John Steinbeck’s eponymous novel, about a group of migrant workers organizing against an abusive landowner. Also starring Selena Gomez, Vincent D’Onofrio, Ed Harris, Bryan Cranston and Robert Duvall.

“Was there a point to this journey of mine? And how did bacon fit in?” When Bailey the dog passes away, he finds himself reincarnated as another dog, then another, and so on. His long adventure leads him to question the purpose of life. Theaters are about to be flooded with tears.

Lessons from the Screenplay deconstructs how the Nolan Brothers’ screenplay for The Dark Knight contains the right ingredients for a villain. The Joker neutralizes Batman’s strengths, forces Bats to make difficult choices, and both have a similar goal.

CineFix enumerates most of the ways that movies – or stories in general – play out, including the simple cause-and-effect, multiple timelines, and tales told in reverse, before highlighting stellar examples for each structure.

(NSFW) Burger Fiction’s latest supercut compiles some of the most uncomfortable and embarassing moments in movies. There’s Sally’s diner spectacle, Andy Stitzer’s Bag of Sand moment, Greg Focker’s truth serum speech, and of course Borat.

This behind-the-scenes featurette for the Assassin’s Creed movie shows how they recreated the game’s trademark leap of faith mechanic. Stuntman Damien Walters actually did a 125ft freefall, but not into a stack of hay.

The opening moments of Kingsglaive: Final Fantasy XV introduces the root of the conflict and Aaron Paul’s character Nyx Ulric, one of the elite soldiers in the magic-wielding kingdom of Lucis. Nyx and his fellow Kingsglaive are strong, but their enemies have machines and monsters.

YouTuber kaptainkristian praises the use of digital animation in Jurassic Park, one of the first movies to convincingly blend visual effects with live action. It found success not by relying solely on software, but by studying real animals and using physical puppets when necessary.

Amy Adams plays an expert linguist who’s tasked with deciphering a message from an alien race that touched down on Earth. We have a strong suspicion that the trailer is misrepresenting the movie, but we’re still optimistic about it.

A lighthearted drama based on Margot Lee Shetterly’s eponymous book about Katherine Johnson and her fellow black female mathematicians at NASA during the ’60s. Starring Taraji P. Henson, Janelle Monae, and Octavia Spencer.

No Small Parts’ brief profile of the late Anton Yelchin, most known for his role as Pavel Chekhov in Star Trek and as Bobby Garfield in Hearts in Atlantis. Yelchin knew early on that he wanted to be an actor, debuting in an episode of ER at the age of 10.

(PG-13: Language) A harrowing documentary about the conflict between Peru’s minorities and its government. In the early 2000s, Peru invited foreign companies to take advantage of the country’s natural resources, most of which lay in constitutionally-protected land.

(PG-13: Language, Gore) Nerdwriter praises the messy but purposeful violence in the work of writer and director Shane Black. Beyond eye candy and cheap laughs, Black’s brand of violence is relatable and adds depth to his characters.

Briar Levit’s Graphic Means is an upcoming documentary that will explore the history of graphic design production and desktop publishing, starting from the meticulous analog processes of the ’50s to the instant gratification and one man operations we have today.

Aside from doves and dual-wielded pistols, John Woo’s most lasting contribution to the world of cinema is Gun Fu. He first used the mix in his 1986 film A Better Tomorrow, combining martial arts with firearms to create exciting close combat gunfights.

“One shall stand, one shall fall.” Shout Factory will be releasing a remastered version of the 1986 classic Transformers: The Movie. The Blu-ray release contains both widescreen and full frame versions, as well as several behind-the-scenes docs, original trailers and more.

(PG-13) Mondo and the Alamo Drafthouse present what is quite possibly the nastiest coloring book ever made. The Sausage Party coloring book features scenes from the movie, a profanity-laden word finder and a “glory maze.”

Amy Adams, Forest Whitaker and Jeremy Renner star in this adaptation of Ted Chiang’s award-winning short story Story of Your Life, in which a linguist is tasked to communicate with an alien race that touched down on Earth. Directed by Denis Villeneuve (Sicario).

Screen Junkies takes on yet another comic book classic that Zack Snyder ruined. Watchmen may well be unadaptable, but if we’re going to do it anyway it should have been a miniseries. And not directed by Zack Snyder.

Christopher Nolan reunites with Tom Hardy in a World War II drama about the Miracle of Dunkirk, an Allied emergency operation conducted in 1940 where they attempted to evacuate more than 300,000 French, British and Belgian soldiers from France.