https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AbyJignbSj0&feature=youtu.be The Fresh Prince is back, and this time he's a time-traveling assassin. In the new upcoming sci-fi action thriller Gemini Man, Will Smith stars as an aging gunman who's being hunted down by his younger self. With anti-aging technology, Smith plays both roles. For one, he's transformed into the familiar young star that blew [...]
Five years ago, for a now-defunct religion blog published by The Washington Post, I wrote an essay for the 25th Anniversary of Field of Dreams. It was titled, “Why Field of Dreams Is the Best Christian Parable in Movie History.” Today, in 2019, an online link for the piece no longer exists so I’ll re-publish [...]
*** out of **** Not Rated (contains R-rated language and references to drug use) Released: March 29, 2019 limited; April 12 expands Runtime: 95 minutes Directed by: Kent Jones Starring: Mary Kay Place, Jake Lacy, Andrea Martin, Estelle Parsons, Deirde O'Connell, Phyllis Somerville, Celia Keenan-Bolger My review of Diane, for The Tulsa Voice. This narrative debut from documentarian [...]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=29&v=v0bClKEy1HA Perhaps the biggest mystery of Avengers: Endgame is answered in this new 30-second TV Spot: how do the dusted "dead" come back? Notice that I asked "how", not "if", because clearly "if" was never in the cards no matter how close those cards may have been held by Marvel. Well, until now. With this [...]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZ7PAyCDwEg As successful franchises go, The Fast & the Furious films are second to few over the past twenty years (perhaps only to Star Wars and the MCU). The series' relentless combination of action and humor -- and on a scale of seemingless endless choreographic invention -- makes for the kind high voltage entertainmet that people (understandably) [...]
Netlix is hurting its own argument for its business model, not helping it. The streaming behemoth has released viewing numbers for its recent original movie offerings. IMPORTANT NOTE: these numbers are by their tally, not that of an independent arbiter like Nielsen ratings (which is what every other network submits to). According to Netflix (and [...]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=azvR__GRQic The end of the Avengers. The end of the Skywalkers. Between the two, we'll see the end of the X-Men as we know it. With the Disney-Fox merger now complete, the current incarnation of the X-Men franchise looks like its about to go out with a bang in Dark Phoenix, the blockbuster finale that [...]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0jNvJU52LvU Marvel Studios continues its MCU clip-reel marketing blitz with their latest trailer for Avengers: Endgame. This time, they literally check off the major film titles from the decade-long saga, showing key moments from each. A few snippets of the actual new movie are in there as well, but Marvel is smart: they don't need spoiler footage [...]
Episode 20 - THE BAD AND THE BEAUTIFUL: Conversations On Cinema http://thebadandthebeautiful.libsyn.com/the-bad-and-the-beautiful-episode-20 Shazam!, @ 1:05 Us, @ 14:47 Pet Sematary, @ 25:31 Upcoming / Outro / Contact Info, @ 33:42 On this episode of The Bad and the Beautiful, Charles and Jeff talk super heroes and buried horrors. You can download it on iTunes or [...]
Watching the first teaser for Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker provides its own riches and rewards, but being able to focus on specific images also helps. In the gallery below are 28 photos, most of them screen grabs from the trailer, but also a few pictures (like character photos) that debuted at the Star Wars [...]