It always comes down to family in that galaxy far, far away. Details and (some) rumors are confirmed in this final trailer for Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, plus the first full (if fleeting) glimpse of everyone's favorite Sith Lord. Rogue One - the first ever anthology Star Wars episode - opens worldwide on December [...]
In most blockbuster movies - and in the Potterverse especially - it's the music that completes the magic. The first official track from the score to Fantastic Beasts and Where To Find Them has been released (which you can listen to, below), and it has the rousing orchestral sweep you expect, transitioning [...]
It's a whole real world. And based on Disney's recent track record, we should all be very excited. A live action Mulan was first announced recently when Disney confirmed that their Untitled Disney Fairy Tale for 11/2/18 would be the Mulan adaptation. In recent days, they've also confirmed that the cast - including the love [...]
If nothing else, Zack Snyder's starting to get the hang of how to use social media at least. Here's 90 seconds of behind-the-scenes fun from the set of Justice League, via Snyder's Twitter account, which just wrapped filming in London. Justice League will hit theaters in a little over a year - November 17, 2017. https://twitter.com/ZackSnyder/status/784425976117747712
*** out of **** Rated R (for disturbing violent content and brief nudity) Released: October 7, 2016 Runtime: 120 minutes Director: Nate Parker Starring: Nate Parker, Armie Hammer, Aja Naomi King, Colman Domingo, Aunjanue Ellis, Penelope Anne Miller, Mark Boone Jr., Jackie Earle Haley, Gabrielle Union The Birth of a Nation is a good movie, but it’s not a [...]
Mark Wahlberg and director Peter Berg have a heart for American heroes. Fresh off the BP oil spill thriller Deepwater Horizon, Wahlberg and Berg reteam for a third time in Patriots Day. It will complete an "American Hero Trilogy" that began with Lone Survivor. Patriots Day is the true story of the 2013 Boston Marathon [...]
Disney continues to embrace creative Girl Power. After the success of the Academy Award-winning instant classic Inside Out (which had, arguably, the best Pixar script ever), Disney has tapped that film's Oscar-nominated co-writer Meg LeFauve to co-direct Gigantic, an animated adventure that reimagines the "Jack and the Beanstalk" fable. LeFauve, who's also busy co-writing Marvel's female superhero blockbuster Captain Marvel (starring [...]
For a sequel that basically nobody's asking for, my hunch is that this teaser will still have the average moviegoer thinking, "Hey, that could be fun." Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales is the fifth installment in the blockbuster franchise from action producer Jerry Bruckheimer. By the time Pirates 5 opens next summer it will have [...]
It's a pleasant fall Sunday afternoon in New Orleans on the edge of the French Quarter, and Kurt Russell is pissed. We're talking about his new movie, Deepwater Horizon, on the eve of its official world premiere (attended by actual survivors of the petroleum disaster, along with family members of those who didn't) and I [...]
In the late 1950s, a young man and woman from two different conservative Christian traditions fall in love against the glamorous backdrop of Hollywood. Oh, and they both work for the eccentric billionaire Howard Hughes. That's the hook for Rules Don't Apply (see previous trailer and movie images here), the long-gestating passion project for the iconic [...]
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