**** out of **** Rated R (for violence, disturbing images, and strong language) Released: June 9, 2017 Runtime: 90 minutes Director: Trey Edward Shults Starring: Joel Edgerton, Carmen Ejogo, Kelvin Harrison Jr., Christopher Abbott, Riley Keough Available to rent through Amazon Video or buy on Blu-ray and DVD. Proceeds from purchases made through these links go to support this blog. I’ve never seen [...]
These new photos should make every Poppins fan feel expialidocious. Entertainment Weekly's latest cover story offers up first look images of the much anticipated Mary Poppins Returns, starring Emily Blunt as the beloved magical nanny. From the sequel set 25 years after the events of the original classic, these photos include Blunt, Lin-Manuel Miranda as Jack [...]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pNs85I75p7A Want more insight into the best movie of the summer so far? This 15-minute featurette combines scenes, set footage, and in-depth interviews (director Patty Jenkins speaks with clear vision and passion) to not only reveal how Wonder Woman was made but, more importantly, the spirit and philosophy behind it. To read my review, click [...]
At a time when Deadpool seemed to portend the need for superhero movies to ratchet up the edgy hard-R content and excessive snark, Patty Jenkins had the courage to defy this new conventional wisdom and, instead, go in the exact opposite direction. Studio analysts and entertainment pundits are already dissecting why Wonder Woman was such [...]
Ride into the nostalgia zone. Access Hollywood, the entertainment gossip show, scored a surprise scoop during a puff piece interview with Tom Cruise. The action star icon let slip the official title of the confirmed Top Gun sequel: Top Gun: Maverick In the clip (see below), Cruise goes on to share more details, assuring fans that he and the film's [...]
**1/2 out of **** Rated PG (for mild rude humor throughout) Released: June 2, 2017 Runtime: 89 minutes Director: David Soren Starring: the voices of Kevin Hart, Thomas Middleditch, Ed Helms, Nick Kroll, Jordan Peele, Kristen Schaal Low-brow humor with a sweet spirit, Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie is age appropriate silliness with its heart in the right [...]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mq4m3yAoW8E "There is evil on this train." There's also a lot of famous actors. Following an Entertainment Weekly photo spread and some savvy Star Wars related social media posts by Josh Gad and Daisy Ridley, we get the first trailer for Kenneth Branagh's adaptation of Murder on the Orient Express. Perhaps the most popular adaptation of [...]
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