Fresh off its tease at the Las Vegas CinemaCon, here are the first images (below) of director Antoine Fuqua's The Magnificent Seven. The remake of the classic western (which was itself a reworking of of Akira Kurosawa's legendary Seven Samurai) has an all-star cast, of course, led by Denzel Washington who's taking over the Yul Brynner role [...]
April is Autism Awareness Month, and one of the best ways you can engage the topic is currently streaming on Netflix. It's the 75-minute documentary called Autism In Love. Tracking three different stories, at three different stages of adulthood, the film does more than just reveal the unique challenges of Autistic adults who are searching for romance and [...]
J.J. Abrams and Damon Lindelof would be proud. A new 50-second viral marketing video for the upcoming summer blockbuster X-Men: Apocalypse looks and feels exactly like something dug up from the Dharma Initiative archives. Titled "In the Footsteps of...En Sabah Nur", this "commercial" for an old 70s paranormal investigation TV show comes complete with warped videotape [...]
J.J. Abrams and Daisy Ridley are joining forces again. In connection with Paramount, who's distributed Abrams' Cloverfield movies, the Force Awakens filmmaker has cast his "Rey" actress breakout star Ridley in a remake he's producing, title Kolma. Based on a 2003 Israeli TV movie called “Kol Ma” — which means “All I’ve Got” - Kolma is a supernatural romantic drama. [...]
Jurassic World 2 will be better than the first. Producers Steven Spielberg and Frank Marshall just guaranteed that. The sequel to one of the biggest (and biggest surprise) hits of all time finally has a director: J.A. Bayona. And virtually everyone reading this said: "Who?" Bayona is a young but up-and-coming film director whose two previous films have shown great promise. [...]
The new Cinemark Classics Series slate is set for April and May of 2016, anchored by one of the greatest American films of all time (the Brando one) and two 80s classics celebrating their 30th Anniversaries. Here are the films, dates, and times. Scan the image below to find a participating theater near you (or click on for a larger [...]
Here's your first look at possibly the top Oscar contender for 2016. Winner of the Grand Jury Prize at this year's Sundance Film Festival, The Birth Of A Nation is the epic passion project of young African-American mutli-hyphenate filmmaker Nate Parker, who wrote, directed, and starred. Dubbed the "Braveheart of American slavery", it depicts the [...]
***1/2 out of **** Rated PG for some sequences of scary action and peril Released: April 15, 2016 Runtime: 105 minutes Director: Jon Fav reau Starring: Neel Sethi, Bill Murray, Ben Kingsley, Idris Elba, Lupita Nyong’o, Scarlett Johansson, Giancarlo Esposito, Christopher Walken, Garry Shandling (To see how the Academy Award winning Visual Effects were produced, click here for a behind the [...]
***1/2 out of **** Rated R for strong language, substance abuse, and some sexual content Released: March 18, 2016 limited; April 15, 2016 expands Runtime: 83 minutes Director: Trey Edward Shults Starring: Krisha Fairchild, Bill Wise, Robyn Fairchild, Trey Edward Shults Bravo Trey Edward Shults. You’ve not only shown the world – and every would-be filmmaker – [...]
And then there were 4. When director James Cameron first announced there'd be more Avatar movies, his scope was "limited" to two more sequels, produced simultaneously. Then he bumped it up to three sequels. Now comes the latest announcement that there will be four Avatar sequels, all helmed by Cameron himself, making five Avatars total (a Cinctology?!) [...]
I Can't Unsee That Movie: film news and reviews by Jeff Huston 