At long last, M. Night Shyamalan may be finally back to his early career peak. Trailers can be deceptive, but if this second look at Split is any indication, it'll rank right up there with Shyamalan's best: The Sixth Sense, Unbreakable, and Signs. Like the first trailer, this one is very unsettling given the predatory [...]
Month: October 2016
Reflections On A Harry Potter IMAX Marathon
I’m not prone to marathons. Special theatrical franchise events or TV series binge watching just aren't my jams. I’m also not a Harry Potter diehard. I'm a fan; I’ve read the books and seen the films, but haven’t engaged either since seeing the last movie on its release five years ago. These aren’t stories I return to, [...]
Debut Projections Not Magical For DOCTOR STRANGE and FANTASTIC BEASTS
Two of the biggest brands in all of Moviedom are tracking for so-so launches. That perspective is, of course, extremely relative, but still interesting to see in context of their brand histories, particularly when you also consider the growth of higher IMAX and 3D ticket prices in recent years. Doctor Strange, the latest evolution in [...]
Trailer For Ang Lee’s BILLY LYNN, A Possible Cinematic Revolution (VIDEO/REPORT)
Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk may be two-time Oscar-winng director Ang Lee's big revolutionary game changer...in style and form, at least, if not actual narrative. Based on the popular novel of the same name about a U.S. soldier returning from the horrors of war, Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk is the first movie to be [...]
New FANTASTIC BEASTS Character Posters & TV Spots (VIDEOS/IMAGES)
More new TV commercials are where you'll find fantastic beasts. With the new Potter prequel Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them just weeks away, marketing is ramping up to another level - including the release of two new TV ads (see below) and a line of Character Posters (also below). These come on the heels of the recent news that [...]
J.J. Abrams Production GOD PARTICLE Revealed To Be In CLOVERFIELD Universe
The Cloverfield Universe keeps expanding, and this time quite literally. Busy Hollywood hyphenate J.J. Abrams has been working secretly - as he's wont to do - as a producer on another long-gestating sci-fi pet project called God Particle. Now The Wrap reports that God Particle will be another entry into the Cloverfield universe, following the [...]
Meeting And Singing In Two New MOANA Clips (VIDEO)
The Rock sings music by the Hamilton guy. Only in the wonderful world of Disney. In two newly released clips from the upcoming animated adventure Moana, we see how the titular heroine and her sidekick demigod meet. In the first clip, demigod Maui (voice by Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson) cheerfully clarifies his long list of bona fides, [...]
Donald Glover Is Young Lando
Well hello, what have we here? With the coolest announcement in the galaxy, Lucasfilm and directors Phil Lord and Christopher Miller confirmed that they've found their Lando for the upcoming Young Han Solo Movie. It's Donald Glover, a geek fan favorite who rose to fame on NBC's Community before taking off as a stand-up comic and creative [...]
Pummel Baddies In JACK REACHER 8-Bit Online Arcade Game
Go old school Nintendo with the new "Jack Reacher: Never Stop Punching" Online 8-bit video arcade game. This clever little marketing tie-in to Jack Reacher: Never Go Back is oversimplified fun that peddles in easy gaming nostalgia. With just the Z and X buttons on your keyboard, advance through the game as you punch through [...]
JACK REACHER: NEVER GO BACK (Movie Review)
*** out of **** Rated PG-13 (for sequences of violence and action, some bloody images, language and thematic elements) Released: October 21, 2016 Runtime: 118 minutes Director: Edward Zwick Starring: Tom Cruise, Cobie Smulders, Danika Yarosh, Patrick Heusinger, Aldis Hodge, Holt McCallany, Madalyn Horcher Spoiler alert: in Jack Reacher: Never Go Back, Jack Reacher goes [...]