Take the existential loneliness of Bruce Wayne and flip it for laughs. With Will Arnett providing the voice, that sounds like a perfect way to go at this thing. It certainly looks that way, too, in this hilarious new trailer for The LEGO® Batman Movie, the spin-off of the highly successful The LEGO® Movie. Here's the official [...]
***1/2 out of **** Rated PG-13 (for sci-fi violence and action throughout, an intense crash sequence, and some language) Released: November 4, 2016 Runtime: 115 minutes Director: Scott Derrickson Starring: Benedict Cumberbatch, Tilda Swinton, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Rachel McAdams, Mads Mikkelsen, Benedict Wong Available to rent through Amazon Video or buy on Blu-ray and DVD. Proceeds from purchases made through these links [...]
And a Woman shall lead them. After the intense backlash toward Batman v Superman's excessively dark and dire superhero throwdown, the new trailer for Wonder Woman gives hope for a post-Zack Snyder driven DC Extended Universe. While it may be the second entry to fit that bill, David Ayers' Suicide Squad was given a disastrous Deadpool-esque retrofit well after the fact. But for [...]
Just let me see this movie already, and hold that Oscar for Emma Stone. After opening with the melancholy of its previous teasers (here and here), the first full trailer for the new original musical La La Land then finally bursts into life. Along with it, we also get a more specific glimpse into the narrative [...]
Disney diehards won't be able to contain themselves. Previewing their upcoming cover issue, Entertainment Weekly debuted more new images - and several first looks - from the impending live action adaptation of Disney's Beauty and the Beast. They're the best images yet of Belle, Beast, the houseware servants, their castle, villainous hunk Gaston and sidekick LeFou. They [...]
***1/2 out of **** Rated R (for some language and sexual themes) Released: October 14, 2016 limited; November 4 wider Runtime: 107 minutes Director: Kelly Reichardt Starring: Laura Dern, Michelle Williams, Kristen Stewart, Lily Gladstone, Jared Harris, James Le Gros Beautiful, yet baron and cold. The vistas of the American West reflect that dichotomy (and melancholy) [...]
There is going to be a major Oscar push for Annette Bening this Awards Season, and if this trailer is any indication then there'll be a lot of 21st Century women lining up to see what the hype is all about. Definitely playing to the female demographic, 20th Century Women is about a mid-50s single mother [...]
***1/2 out of **** Rated R (for intense prolonged realistically graphic sequences of war violence including grisly bloody images, some language) Released: November 2, 2016 NY/LA; November 4 wide Runtime: 131 minutes Director: Mel Gibson Starring: Andrew Garfield, Vince Vaughn, Hugo Weaving, Teresa Palmer, Sam Worthington, Luke Bracey, Rachel Griffiths Available to rent through Amazon Video or buy on Blu-ray, DVD, and 4K. Proceeds from [...]
I Can't Unsee That Movie: film news and reviews by Jeff Huston 