‘The Martian’ Tops ‘Gravity’ on Opening Day
Ridley Scott’s The Martian has landed and, in terms of the box office, it’s getting a very warm reception. On its first day in theatres, the Fox feature claimed an estimated $18 million. That doesn’t...
View ArticleJon Bernthal on ‘Sicario’, Working with Great Directors, the Family of...
Since playing Shane Walsh on The Walking Dead, Jon Bernthal has done some great work in films like Me and Earl and the Dying Girl, The Wolf of Wall Street, We Are Your Friends, Fury and now the Denis...
View ArticleDirector Denis Villeneuve Talks ‘Sicario’ and ‘Blade Runner 2’
If you want to see one of the best films of 2015, I suggest going to your local theater to watch director Denis Villeneuve’s Sicario. Loaded with great performances, a fantastic script, and tremendous...
View Article‘The Collider Podcast’: Episode 22 –‘The Martian’ and ‘Sicario’
This week on The Collider Podcast, Adam and I talk about The Martian and Sicario. We talk about about how The Martian is a rebound for director Ridley Scott, how it compares to the book, the film's...
View ArticleBenicio Del Toro Talks ‘Sicario’, Roger Deakins, and More
If you want to see one of the best films of 2015, I suggest going to your local theater to watch director Denis Villeneuve’s Sicario. Loaded with great performances, a fantastic script, and tremendous...
View ArticleOscar Beat: Where Does the Best Picture Race Stand Now?
Ahoy, Oscar Beat readers. Long time no see. It’s been a few weeks since our last entry, and this year’s awards race remains a mysterious beast. There’s still no clear “frontrunner” when to comes to...
View ArticleCritics Choice Awards Nominees Include ‘Sicario’, ‘Ex Machina’, and Jason...
Nominations for the 21st Annual Critics’ Choice Awards have been announced, and they’re a delightful bunch. Voted on by the Broadcast Film Critics Association, the Critics’ Choice Awards are neat in...
View Article‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’, ‘The Hateful Eight’ Make List of...
With awards season in full swing, we've already seen plenty of critics associations name their picks of the best of the year, but there's still plenty left to come in the weeks before the 88th Academy...
View ArticleBenicio Del Toro Is the Soul of ‘Sicario’ in Exclusive New Featurette
Filmmaker Denis Villeneuve’s (Prisoners) thriller Sicario is undoubtedly one of the best films of 2015. It’s a smart, taut film that will not only leave you on the edge of your seat as Villeneuve...
View ArticleThe 10 Best Film Scores of 2015
There are a number of important pieces that make up a great film. The performances, obviously, are the most notable, and then there’s the direction, the cinematography, the production design, etc....
View ArticleAdam’s Top 10 Films of 2015
2015 has been a fascinating year for film. We’ve seen three of the highest grossing opening weekends of all time and the release of a fair share of sequels and reboots, but the artistry behind said...
View ArticlePerri’s Top 10 Films of 2015
Every single year I stress about what will make my Top 10 and what order they’ll go in and every single year I come up with a new rating/organizational system to help make the list-making a bit easier...
View ArticleThe Best Cinematography of 2015
Cinematography is an aspect of filmmaking that often goes overlooked and undervalued. Sure folks can spot pretty pictures, but the job of a director of photography is much more than making things look...
View ArticleWatch the Collider.com Staff Celebrate Our Favorite Films of 2015
We're ready and eager to roll into the New Year but before we do, we've got one more Best of 2015 feature for you. Collider has grown quite a bit this year, especially when it comes to video content....
View ArticlePGA Awards Nominations Include ‘Spotlight’, ‘Mad Max: Fury Road’, and ‘Ex...
The Producer Guild of America Awards have announced their nominees for the best in film and TV of 2015, and it’s a swell lineup. The guild’s list of the Top 10 films of 2015 includes likely Oscar...
View ArticleAmerican Society of Cinematographers Nominations Announced: Everyone Deserves It
2015 was a great year for cinematography. If you need any convincing, look at Adam’s Top 10 list. The real difficulty is in choosing what was the best of the best, and it’s almost impossible. The...
View Article22 Oscar-Nominated Movies You Can Stream Right Now
The 2016 Academy Awards are just around the corner, which means these are the last few hours to squeeze in some last minute viewings before the big show. After all, it's a whole lot more fun to get...
View Article‘Sicario 2’ to Bring Back Emily Blunt, Benicio Del Toro, and Josh Brolin
Last September, we reported that a Sicario sequel was in development at Lionsgate. For those who didn’t see the original, the film follows an FBI agent played by Emily Blunt as she’s recruited by two...
View Article‘Sicario’ Sequel Gets Director and Title, Loses Emily Blunt
When we last reported on Sicario 2, producers Molly Smith and twins Trent and Thad Luckinbill said they planned to bring back the original’s lead trio of Emily Blunt, Benicio Del Toro, and Josh Brolin....
View ArticleDenis Villeneuve’s ‘Story of Your Life’ Gets New Title & Release Date
One of the greatest entertainments of last year was Denis Villeneuve's Sicario, a piercingly moody jump down the rabbit hole of the vendettas, compromises, and fractured laws that have fueled the war...
View Article‘Sicario 2’ Writer Says Sequel Is Everything ‘Sicario’ Was About “on Steroids”
Surely one of the most unlikely films to spawn a sequel in recent memory was Denis Villeneuve’s carefully crafted 2015 thriller Sicario. The film is an unflinching look at how America responds to...
View ArticleScreenwriter Taylor Sheridan Discusses His Trilogy on the American Frontier:...
Once a successful character actor on shows such as Sons of Anarchy and Veronica Mars, Taylor Sheridan has now made the jump to screenwriter, last year penning the Oscar-nominated Sicario. His follow up...
View ArticleEmily Blunt’s 10 Best Film Performances, Ranked
Truth be told, I’m not sure we quite deserve Emily Blunt. The British actress, who most American audiences met as the motor-mouthed, misanthropic assistant to Meryl Streep’s now-iconic Miranda Priestly...
View Article‘Arrival’, Denis Villeneuve, and How to Cope in a World of Violent Men
I ended up returning to Denis Villeneuve’s Polytechnique at exactly the wrong time. On Election Day, I decided to keep my eyes away from CNN and MSNBC by re-watching a handful of Villeneuve’s films,...
View Article‘Sicario’ Sequel ‘Soldado’ Story Details Teased by Jeffery Donovan
When word surfaced that Sicario was getting a sequel, the reaction was a mix of excitement and apprehension. Director Denis Villeneuve’s thriller really felt like a satisfying, whole piece, and the...
View ArticleExclusive: ‘Sicario 2’ Writer Taylor Sheridan Teases Plot Details; Has an...
When Sicario hit theaters in 2015, few expected it to spawn a sequel. Filmmaker Denis Villeneuve’s thriller was a searing, thrilling indictment of America’s foreign policy, with a tremendous script by...
View ArticleTaylor Sheridan on Directing ‘Wind River’, Parallels to ‘Hell or High Water’,...
When I spoke to writer/director Taylor Sheridan on the phone, he was having a very good day. You see, the day previously, Sheridan landed an Oscar nomination for Best Original Screenplay for Hell or...
View ArticleTaylor Sheridan Says ‘Soldado’ Will Make ‘Sicario’ “Look Like a Comedy”
While it seems like Hollywood has no shortage of franchises, Sicario becoming a series was somewhat unexpected. It was a prestige dramatic thriller that had a firm conclusion, although there were...
View ArticleSpider-Man Spinoff ‘Silver & Black’ and ‘Sicario 2: Soldado’ Get Release Dates
We're a little over halfway through 2017, even if certain political and social happenings have made it feel like the last six months have gone on for approximately seven years. That means that while...
View ArticleJosh Brolin Says ‘Sicario’ Sequel ‘Soldado’ Is “More Severe” and “Much Bigger”
The 2015 crime drama Sicario was one of the best films of that year and earned extremely high praise, but it wasn’t exactly a movie that was screaming for a sequel. And yet, writer Taylor Sheridan—who...
View ArticleJosh Brolin on ‘Only the Brave’, Landing the Role of Cable in ‘Deadpool 2’,...
With director Joseph Kosinski’s Only the Brave now in theaters, I recently landed an exclusive interview with star Josh Brolin. He talked about his initial meetings with Kosinski, portraying these...
View Article‘Arrival’&‘Sicario’ Composer Jóhann Jóhannsson Passes Away at 48
The last 24 hours have been miserable. Last night, David Simon took to Twitter to sadly announce that Reg E. Cathey, the astounding character actor known for key roles in TV (House of Cards, The Wire,...
View ArticleNew ‘Sicario: Day of the Soldado’ Trailer Starts a War with Everyone
Benicio Del Toro and Josh Brolin go to war in the Sicario: Day of the Soldado. The sequel to Denis Villeneuve's celebrated crime drama sees Stefano Sollima (Gomorrah) stepping behind the camera as...
View ArticleNew ‘Sicario: Day of the Soldado’ Trailer Teases a Slick, Stylish Sequel
Josh Brolin is having one hell of a summer this year. The actor bashed his way up the ranks of the MCU villain roster as Thanos in Marvel's record-breaking Avengers: Infinity War and dethroned his own...
View Article‘Sicario: Day of the Soldado’ Review: A Darker, Pointless Echo of the Original
2015’s Sicario was a bone-rattling, nightmarish look at a new American frontier. Although it was ostensibly about crime between the U.S. and Mexico border, the film looked at the limits of the law and...
View ArticleFriday Box Office: Newcomers ‘Sicario: Day of the Soldado’ and ‘Uncle Drew’...
Sony's sequel Sicario: Day of the Soldado managed to nab third place in its debut at the Friday box office this weekend with nearly $7.5 million. That's well ahead of Lionsgate's new sports-comedy...
View ArticleWeekend Box Office: ‘Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom’ Rules But Drops Nearly 60%
The first frame of July 2018 goes to Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom, far and away the winner of the box office battle this weekend. The dino flick did, however, drop an unexpected 59.5% from its...
View ArticleExclusive: ‘Sicario: Day of the Soldado’ Blu-ray and Digital HD Release Date...
We at Collider are happy to announced the impending home video details for Sicario: Day of the Soldado. The Stefano Sollima-directed sequel will be released on Digital HD on September 18th and on 4K,...
View ArticleThe 15 Best Film Scores of the Decade, Ranked
While many are busy putting together their lists of the best films and TV shows of the decade, it feels prudent to get granular and really single out some of the astonishing filmmaking craft that’s...
View Article‘The Sneider Cut’ Ep. 21: ‘Star Wars,’‘Cats’ and The Best Movies of the Decade
On the latest episode of The Sneider Cut, Variety's Justin Kroll joins your esteemed host Jeff Sneider, and together the two scoopers run down their Best Movies of the Decade lists, which feature a...
View ArticleDenis Villeneuve and Roger Deakins Have a Lovely Chat About ‘Dune,’‘Blade...
First, I will break your heart. If you didn't know, Roger Deakins did not serve as the director of photography on Denis Villeneuve's upcoming sci-fi epic adaptation of Dune, despite their sterling...
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