James Gandolfini

Gandolfini died while vacationing in Rome, the cable channel and Gandolfini's managers Mark Armstrong and Nancy Sanders said in a joint statement. No cause of death was given.

"He was a genius," said "Sopranos" creator David Chase. "Anyone who saw him even in the smallest of his performances knows that. He is one of the greatest actors of this or any time. A great deal of that genius resided in those sad eyes."

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For a year, names big and small have been rumoured to be taking on the film adaptation of mommy porn book "Fifty Shades of Grey," with everyone from Gus Van Sant apparently filming test footage with Alex Pettyfer to Joe Wright, Angelina Jolie and Steven Soderbergh thrown in for good measure.

Well, it appears Universal Pictures have found their director in Sam Taylor-Johnson, the British visual artist, photographer and director who made her film debut with Nowhere Boy, the little-seen 2009 biopic about John Lennon as a young man played by her now-husband Aaron Johnson. (The two met, and fell in love, on set and have two kids together and both took on the last name Taylor-Johnson.)

With only one credit to her name, Taylor-Johnson, 46, has been attached to the high-profile project that follows college student Anastasia and 27-year-old billionaire Christian Grey - get it? - as the two start up a relationship that often veers into S&M territory, a rarity for a mainstream, widely-read book and sure to provide titillating scenes for movie-goers.

Earlier this year, The Hollywood Reporter quoted an inside source as saying World War Z was "a nightmare from top to bottom" — and they weren't talking about the zombie film's plot, they were talking about the production as a whole.

Fault was placed on director Marc Forster (Monster's Ball, Finding Neverland, The Kite Runner), whose experience with epic, effects-heavy films is limited to one movie, the 22nd Bond installment, Quantum of Solace.

With an estimated budget of $170-million, World War Z needed extensive reshoots, rewrites (Damon Lindelof was hired to rescript, but he couldn’t find the time so Paramount hired his partner from the TV show "Lost," Drew Goddard, to finish the job), and there have been rumours that Brad Pitt, who stars and produces, took over the director's chair for a few crucial scenes.

As the narration tells us, in the '70s the Channel 4 News Team were an elite group who rose like the phoenix and basically had the run of San Diego but they disappeared at the end of the decade, leaving viewers wondering what happened to the dashing, cocky, weirdo anchors?

Well, they're back and suited up in properly '80s styles and trying something new: a 24-hour news channel, which means more opportunities to deliver their brand of off-kilter news, helped this time by a prince-like fellow Jack (James Marsden) who poses a threat to Ron and a new ladyfriend (Meagan Good) as Ron deals with changing racial politics in his own inimitable way.

We also see glimpses of Veronica Corningstone (Christina Applegate) and a delightful dose of Kristen Wiig as Brick's love interest who admits to liking the parts of his face that are covered with skin. We hope these two love birds make it.

Watch the first official trailer for Anchorman: The Legend Continues right now!

The latest addition to this trend is the British ensemble non-rom-com I Give It A Year.  The movie has already made it’s theatrical rounds across the pond and was just released on DVD in the UK, but is set to hit North American screens in limited release this coming August.

Written and directed by Dan Mazer, the writer behind Borat, (yes, Borat.  Really.), I Give it a Year features a cast that includes Rose Byrne, Stephen Merchant, Rafe Spall, Minnie Driver, Anna Faris and Simon Baker.

Watch the first North American trailer beyond the cut!

Featuring the voices of Kristen Bell as daydreamer Anna, Jonathan Groff, Idina Menzel, and  the film’s comic relief, a snowman named Olaf voiced by Josh Gad.  With the musically-inclined cast of Broadway stars, you can bet there's going to be quite a few musical numbers.

The story follows Anna, a young optimist who lives in a kingdom trapped in an eternal winter thanks to a spell put upon the land by Anna’s sister Elsa the Snow Queen (Menzel).  Anna teams up with a strong mountain man named Kristoff (Groff) and his reindeer sidekick Sven on an epic journey to attempt to bring an end to Elsa’s wintry spell.  

Watch the teaser trailer featuring Sven and Olaf, plus check out images from the film after the jump!

Since opening last week, the apocalyptic comedy This Is the End has earned $33 million at the box office, making it one of the biggest hit comedies of the year. But despite its name, the rapture riot by writer-directors Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg struggled to find its conclusion, and even had to reshoot the film's final absurdist minutes.

Haven’t seen This is the End yet? Avert your eyes and check out this behind-the-scenes featurette on the film or test your luck on our End of the World quiz instead.

SPOILER ALERT: The rest of this article discusses the movie's ending, so avert your eyes if you'd like your laughs unspoiled.  You've been warned!

"Tell me the story of us."

"Again?"

What sounds like pillow talk between a couple well into their twilight years is actually one of the many heartfelt exchanges between best friends in-platonic-love Frances, an amateur dancer who has trouble leaving places, and Sophie (Mickey Sumner), her roommate who is, as Frances says, essentially the same person just with different hair.

In Frances Ha, notoriously unsentimental writer-director Noah Baumbach (The Squid and the Whale, Margot at the Wedding) crafts a beautifully realized, black and white-lensed look at female friendship and quarter-life malaise with Greta Gerwig as his star and co-writer, whom he reunites with after 2011's Greenberg. But when asked about whether he set out to make a decidedly happy movie after years of difficult dramas, he says nothing was planned.

The Cineplex store boasts over 25,000 titles, from the newest hits to award-winning classics, indie fare and even your favourite TV shows. Come back here every Tuesday to find out what new movies you can BUY or RENT on DVD, Blu-ray or as a DIGITAL DOWNLOAD and how many SCENE points you can earn with each purchase. We make it easy to catch up on all the movies you may have missed or finally start the first season of that series everyone is talking about.

So what are you waiting for?

Get your fill of Hollywood at home or on the go with this week's list of the hottest releases.

Each day, we'll post two different head-to-head battles on our Facebook page and the winner of each (determined by your votes) will advance to the next round. Voting for each showdown will remain open for two days, so you'll have time to rally fellow fans, should you be so inclined.

Each Monday we'll post a sneak peek of the upcoming battles of the week so you won't miss out on your faves when it's time for them to face off.

Head behind the cut to find out who is facing off over the next seven days in WEEK ONE of our BATTLE ROYALE!

It takes dozens of skilled animators to take a 2D concept sketch on paper and create the final lifelike images that leap off the screen at you.  With layers and layers of moving parts and digital artwork that encompasses everything form backgrounds, characters, textures, and the subtle movements of a character’s facial expression.

Find out how the talented people behind-the-scenes bring the 3D characters of Despicable to Me 2 to life after the jump!

Who wouldn’t want to spend their last day son earth partying with the likes of James Franco, Jonah Hill, Jay Baruchel, Danny McBride, Craig Robinson, Emma Watson, Michael Cera and many, many, many other celebs?  At least your final days would be a laugh-filled riot.  Beats wandering desolate highways with Viggo Mortensen in The Road, right?

Prepare for the end of days with our Apocalypse Now quiz covering our favourite end of the world movies!  Take the quiz after the jump.

Strap yourself in for the first look at the latest collaboration between Martin Scorsese and Leonardo DiCaprio because it's a doozy.

Set to a thumping song by Kanye West (or should I say Yeezus?), we see Leo as Jordan Belfort, whose book the tale is based on, a hot shot stockbroker who has more money than he knows what to do with, and from the looks of things he's tried to be creative with his spending, who refuses to cooperate when charges of fraud are directed at the firm. But that's not the fun part.

It all adds up to a thrilling, if thematically lighter, Scorsese flick who seems to be having a blast with this tale of greed and white collar crime.

Get more, including Leo dancing and some monkey business, after the jump with the first trailer for The Wolf of Wall Street.

Man of Steel leaped over box office expectations in a single weekend.

The Warner Bros. superhero film earned $113 million in its opening weekend at the box office, according to studio estimates. The retelling of Superman's backstory earned an additional $12 million from Thursday screenings, bringing its domestic total to $125 million. Original box-office expectations for Man of Steel ranged from $75 million to $130 million.

"They finally got the Superman formula right," said Paul Dergarabedian, an analyst for box-office tracker Hollywood.com. "Superhero movies really are the bread and butter of the summer box office. The fact that Iron Man 3 has the biggest opening of the year so far and Man of Steel has the second biggest opening of the year just proves that."

Man of Steel, which stars Henry Cavill as Superman and Amy Adams as Lois Lane, also nabbed the record for June's biggest opening away from Toy Story 3, the Disney-Pixar film which banked $110.3 million when it opened in 2010. Superman Returns, the previous Superman film starring Brandon Routh in the titular role, launched with $52.5 million in 2006.

Bummer. 

Things were looking so up for you on your big Hollywood vacation up to this point.  Now that the apocalypse is upon you, you have to decide who to spend your final hours on earth with while you’re at this by-all-accounts awesome party…except for the gaping hole in the earth and raging fires thing.  But hey, you’re at an A-list party at James Franco’s house!  

Hit the jump to cast your vote for which star of This is the End you’d want to spend your remaining hours on earth partying with at James Franco’s house in this week’s movie poll!

The rage-filled enemy of Krypton, General Zod (as played by Terrance Stamp in the original films) is pretty fantastic as far as cinematic psychos go, but just where does he rank in the great pantheon of movie villainy? And just who we would rank as the best baddie of all time if not him?

Would we say it was Hannibal Lecter (himself getting a reboot on the small screen courtesy of Danish actor Mads Mikkelsen), Norman Bates or maybe Heath Ledger's Joker? There have even been a few charismatic, scene-stealing baddies (we're looking at you Hiddleston, Cumberbatch and Bardem) in just the past year who, let's face it, had us cheering for the dark side despite our better judgement. In fact, there are so many villains to choose from - so very many characters that make being bad look so very, very good - that we decided to put the question to you.

We've narrowed down the rather impressive list of candidates to a mere 64 and now it's up to you to narrow it down to a final winner. One villain to rule them all, as it were. Each day, starting this coming Monday, we'll post two different head-to-head battles on our Facebook page and the winner of each (determined by your votes) will advance to the next round.

Find out the who and the when, with our full bracket of bad guys and gals after the cut!

Set in the year 2159, humanity is divided into two classes: those who are wealthy enough to live on the idyllic Elysium space station where they are free of the disease and poverty that affects the poor masses back on an over-populated and crime-ridden planet.  Damon’s character, Max de Costa is on a  mission to get to Elysium in order to save not only his own life, but the lives of millions of people on Earth.

Watch as Matt Damon fights for survival in the new Elysium trailer beyond the cut!

It takes a lot of training to become the Lone Ranger.  Armie Hammer and co-star Ruth Wilson saddle up for cowboy bootcamp to learn how to master the era-appropriate skills of the lasso, pistol and a horse named Leroy in this new featurette for Disney’s The Lone Ranger.

The movie, which opens on July 3^rd, sees Lone Ranger Johnny Reid (Hammer) saved from an attack by his soon-to-be sidekick Tonto (Johnny Depp).  The pair then become an unlikely unstoppable force of justice, crusading against corruption and greed across the Wild West.

Watch as Hammer and Wilson lasso chairs like true cowpokes in the featurette on thenext page!

Set in the summer of 1993, we’re treated to the regrettable and forgettable fashions of the year which further add to the cringe-worthiness of the first green band trailer.  We have previously seen not one, but two raunchy red band trailers for the flick.

See what’s on Aubrey Plaza’s list in the trailer after the jump!

The studio's latest action-packed 3D animated comedy adventure is set to fly into theates nationwide on August 9. Planes follows Dusty (voiced by comedian Dane Cook), a plane with dreams of competing as a high-flying air racer. But the less-than-streamlined Dusty isn't exactly built for racing. Throw into the mix his severe fear of heights, and you've got one confused but determined flying machine. We've got a sneak peek into Dusty's journey and a first look at a brand new, Canadian-only poster for Planes after the cut!

Check them out now.

In Diana, Watts stars as the Princess of Wales in the final two years of her life in her campaign against land mines and her relationship with Dr. Hasnat Khan (“Lost’s” Naveen Andrews).  Set for release later this year, we’re getting our first look at Watts as Diana in the just-released teaser for the film.  A look is all we’re getting of Watts since the teaser forgoes dialogue in favour of recreating several famous photos and events covered by the press and splashed across tabloids.

See Watts smile and wave as Diana, Princess of Wales in the teaser after the jump!

The super hero from Krypton (played here by the ridiculously chiseled Brit Henry Cavill) returns to the big screen in director Zack Snyder's Man Of Steel. Tune in below as Snyder along with stars Cavill, Amy Adams, Russell Crowe and Michael Shannon, take us inside their rebooted and apparently epic summer blockbuster. Hear what they had to say after the cut!

"Beyond darkness, beyond desolation, lies the greatest danger of all..."

Though fans were likely hoping to hear from Smaug, if only as an excuse to take in the beautiful baritones of Benedict Cumberbatch, they'll have to make do for the time being with a brief but dramatic look at the infamous dragon himself. Fair enough. Far too soon to give it all away. But that isn't to say there's nothing here to get excited about. Take a look and judge for yourself after the cut!

The film, which debuted earlier this year at Sundance, stars perennial up-and-coming It-Girl Temple as a woman on vacation in Chile who at the hands of a group of highly abnormal individuals begins to lose her marbles as they inflict a series of psychological torments on her.  Cera ditches his adorable geekiness that has served him so well in “Arrested Development” and Scott Pilgrim vs. The World and gets to unleash his weirdness as the creey creepster in the film.  You can tell by the fur coat and hair that he’s going for crazy.

See things get weird after the jump in the trailer for Magic Magic.

Pitt stars as UN employee Gerry Lane who is racing against time as the zombie pandemic spreads worldwide resulting in hordes of the undead. As the zombies engulf whole cities, Lane, who has been forced to leave his wife Karin (“The Killing’s” Mireille Enos) and family to aid various military and government organizations on a quest to stop the brain-munching outbreak before it wipes out humanity.

Check out pictures from the film including some behind-the-scenes photos from the set in our photo gallery!