***1/2 out of **** Rated R for some nudity, sexuality, and language Released: March 4, 2016 limited; April 8, 2016 expands Runtime: 118 minutes Director: Terrence Malick Starring: Christian Bale, Cate Blanchett, Natalie Portman, Brian Dennehy, Wes Bentley, Imogen Poots, Antonio Banderas, Freida Pinto, Teresa Palmer, Isabel Lucas (Available to rent through Amazon Video) There’s an image early [...]
The annual convention of movie theater operators - called CinemaCon - is in full swing. Theater owners are in Las Vegas at Caesars Palace, getting an onslaught of first looks of the movies they'll be showing us for the rest of 2016. In case you missed any of the reports from the past few days, [...]
Man, these two need to get a room already. The collaborative bromance between director Steven Spielberg and actor Mark Rylance is about to jump from 3 to 4, and specifically in Spielberg's four most recent films (two already produced, two more on the way). Shortly after announcing their third movie together - the religious historical drama The [...]
Marvel just swallowed the Red Pill. Welcome to Phase 3 of the MCU: Doctor Strange. With the Avengers now in conflict, new, more spectacular superheroes are set to emerge, and Doctor Strange will be the first to get his own stand-alone origin story. This trailer - which debuted on Jimmy Kimmel Live - gives us [...]
Judaism vs. Christianity, and Roman Catholicism is the bad guy. After a career defined by sentiment - even in his most grueling historical portraits - director Steven Spielberg's The Kidnapping of Edgardo Mortara will tackle a true story of religious conflict and oppression from 19th Century Europe. Variety describes The Kidnapping of Edgardo Mortara as follows: The story of a young [...]
This is going to make a lot of muggles very happy. After an initial teaser that didn't reveal much beyond more of the same from author J.K. Rowling's Potterverse (and inspired little more than a shrug), this first full trailer for Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them exceeds the first teaser's safe guarantee. Set in 1920s New York City - [...]
The less that Zack Snyder is involved with the DC Universe, the more it's likely to succeed with audiences. Latest exhibit? The third trailer for Suicide Squad. Continuing in the tone and spirit of the previous "Bohemian Rhapsody" Trailer #2, this one - titled "Blitz" (see below) - delivers more of what fans loved about the last one: humor, [...]
Batman and Superman fight in the dark of night and the pouring rain. The Avengers fight in the bright light of day. Just one of several stark (pun intended) differences between the major competing comic book cinematic universes - best displayed here in this new action scene (below) from the upcoming Captain America: Civil War. The latest chapter [...]
Holy Context, Batman. For all the bad press Batman V Superman: Dawn Of Justice has received - from scathing reviews, to a fast, steep box office dive after a strong opening - it has now reached a global box office total of $783.5 million. Not only does that make BvS one of the Top 10 highest [...]
***1/2 out of **** Rated PG-13 for some violence and action Released: March 18, 2016 limited; April 8, 2016 expands Runtime: 112 minutes Director: Jeff Nichols Starring: Michael Shannon, Joel Edgerton, Jaeden Lieberher, Adam Driver, Kirsten Dunst, Sam Shepard Right out of the gate the stakes are high, mysterious, possibly supernatural, and they all circle around an [...]
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