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Trailer Thursday: The Call and The Incredible Burt Wonderstone

8 Short-Lived TV Shows That Should Use Crowd Funding To Make a Movie

Veronica Mars creator Rob Thomas launched a Kickstarter campaign to create a film adaptation of the series; it raised $1 million in under 5 hours. Here are eight other short-lived cult TV shows that might want to consider using Kickstarter to fund a featu

Q&A: Emily Hagins and AJ Bowen, director and star of Grow Up, Tony Phillips

Emily Hagins is just 20 years old, but she’s already written and directed four feature films. Her latest, Grow Up, Tony Phillips, had its world premiere tonight at the SXSW film festival.

11 Beautiful and Creative SXSW Film Posters

These 11 film posters from the 2013 SXSW Film Festival creatively and beautifully capture the essence of their films—and would look great on anyone’s wall.

Everything You Need to Know about Joss Whedon's Much Ado About Nothing

Most filmmakers would opt for a vacation after wrapping a big budget blockbuster, but not Joss Whedon. After he finished 2012’s The Avengers, the director decided to turn his attention to a modern retelling of Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing. Here's

The Making of Shane Carruth's Upstream Color

Shane Carruth hasn’t made a movie since his debut, 2004’s critically acclaimed time-bending Primer, but it wasn't for lack of trying. Producer Casey Goodman walked audiences through Carruth's second film, Upstream Color, at the SXSW film festival.

Q&A: Josh Johnson, Rewind This!

The 2013 South by Southwest (SXSW) festival began today—and mental_floss is there! To kick it off, a filmmaker looks at the impact of videotapes.

10 Huge Facts About King Kong

On March 2, 1933, a beast proudly dubbed “the Eighth Wonder of the World” made his grand debut at Manhattan’s Radio City Music Hall and its sister theater across the street.

46 Lessons Learned Making Mister Rogers & Me

Mister Rogers and Benjamin Wagner really were neighbors. Here are 46 things Wagner learned about this great man and his essential, pioneering work.

13 Really Creepy Movie Locations

Some movie-makers make the extra effort to find a spooky location to go with a nightmarish tale. Although not all of these places are haunted, they look like they could be!

6 Non-Actors Who Won Oscars for Their Acting

are six Oscar winners who wouldn’t fall under most definitions of a professional actor at the time they won an Academy Award.

10 People Who Accepted Their Razzie Awards

Although most people wouldn’t be happy to be considered the worst at something, there are a few actors, writers, and directors who have a sense of humor about themselves.

The Most Unexpected Oscar Swag Ever

Oscar swag bags have become a thing of legend over the past decade or so. Nominees and presenters get “bags” teeming with gifts worth tens of thousands of dollars.

The Oscar Feud That Spans Seven Decades

Two sisters competed against each other for Best Actress in the 1940s. All these years later, they're still feuding.

9 Established Movie Directors Who Also Worked on TV

Most directors start their careers working on television before taking the plunge into moviemaking. When a director shifts their focus to the small screen, it is often seen as a step back in their career—but sometimes the transition revitalizes their crea

Trailer Tuesday: Despicable Me 2 and The Lone Ranger

The Cast of Teen Witch, 24 Years Later

I remain steadfast and resolute in my belief that the “Top That” scene from Teen Witch is one of the best cinematic moments of all time. So you can imagine my excitement that the supernatural rom-com has seen a bit of a revival lately, what with the one-n

What is Gaslighting?

The term itself was popularized by the 1944 film Gaslight, an adaptation of the 1939 play Angel Street.

The Muppets Return "Again!" to Theaters in 2014

The Alternate Ending of Stanley Kubrick's The Shining

The version of Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining that most of us have seen ends with two iconic images: Jack Torrance frozen in the snow, and a long shot through the lobby of the Overlook Hotel to a photo dated July 4, 1921, in which the doomed caretaker some

12 Early Short Films By Famous Hollywood Directors

5 Films That Didn't Deserve Their Razzie Awards

9 Things to Know About Ender's Game

Based on a book of the same name, Ender’s Game—which hits theaters today—takes place in a futuristic world where Earth has already been attacked by an insect-like alien race called Formics. To prepare for a potential future attack, the best and brightest

5 Fictional Ways to Go Very Fast in Space

Space operas would be pretty boring without some way to go very far, very fast. Traveling at 40,000 miles per hour—the speed at which Voyager is zipping along—it would take around 17,000 years for the Vulcans to fly to Earth and make first contact. Chance

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