First they couldn't see Mission: Impossible - Fallout. Then MoviePass subscribers saw other film listings go from limited surge pricing to being blocked out altogether (even smaller indies and documentaries). Then as of Monday July 30, 2018, most members saw each theater listing in their app be completely wiped out, with the notice "There are [...]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A4OYdWtyClg For the record, when you see Ethan Hunt doing the things he does, Tom Cruise is actually doing the things he does. No green screen. No trick shots. No stunt doubles with Cruise's face digitally applied in post. With little more than safety chords and sheer guts, this half-hour reel of behind-the-sceens b-roll clips [...]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=240&v=m74pkFkg7e0 With each subsequent look at Disney's new live action Winnie the Pooh adventure, it keeps getting sweeter and sweeter. Christopher Robin puts a Hook twist on the old series of fables by A. A. Milne, with Christopher (Ewan McGregor) having grown up to become a family-neglecting workaholic. As this 4-minute preview shows, Pooh finds [...]
***1/2 out of **** Rated PG-13 (for violence and intense sequences of action, and for language including brief strong language) Released: July 27, 2018 Runtime: 147 minutes Directed by: Christopher McQuarrie Starring: Tom Cruise, Henry Cavill, Rebecca Ferguson, Ving Rhames, Simon Pegg, Alec Baldwin, Sean Harris, Vanessa Kirby, Angela Bassett, Michelle Monaghan (You can listen to [...]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WDkg3h8PCVU When DC debuts two different first-look trailers on the same day - and SHAZAM! is the more promising one by a considerable margin - that's not a good omen. Fresh out of Comic-Con comes the first preview for Aquaman, the latest entry from the DCEU that's desperate to match the Wonder Woman mystique. This [...]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=38&v=vvFybpmyB9E A brand new trailer fresh out of Comic-Con is where you'll find the action, magic, and spectacle of Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald. This second Potterverse prequel shifts from 1920s New York to Paris as its hero, Newt Scamander (Eddie Redmayne) is tasked by young Dumbledore (Jude Law) to lead the fight against [...]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=173&v=go6GEIrcvFY Okay, this looks waaaaay better than I was expecting. Proving to be more than DC's comic alternative to Marvel's Ant-Man, this first trailer for SHAZAM! showcases a smart origin story with character-driven comedy (and not just set-up/punchline jokes). Sort of a Superman-meets-Big conceit, Zachary Levi stars as the adult version of the title character. He begins [...]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=145&v=wVDtmouV9kM The WB knows how to do monster movies. 2014's Godzilla was a well-metered character-driven setup to the studio's new Monster-verse, with nostalgic 80s era filmmaking sensibilities. The first trailer for Godzilla: King of the Monsters leans in ever more to the Spielbergian sense of awe and wonder while also ramping up the spectacle. It [...]
Episode 10 - THE BAD AND THE BEAUTIFUL: Conversations On Cinema http://thebadandthebeautiful.libsyn.com/the-bad-and-the-beautiful-episode-10 Sorry To Bother You, @ 0:51 Ant-Man and the Wasp, @ 19:09 The King, @ 24:52 Leave No Trace, @ 28:00 Outro, @ 42:30 On this episode of The Bad and the Beautiful, Charles and I discuss a debut film of unapologetic race provocation, a [...]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=172&v=95ghQs5AmNk Unbreakable is a pop cinema masterpiece. Split isn't, but it was an exhilarating return-to-form for M. Night Shyamalan after one of the most spectacular rises-and-falls in movie history. Now, after the twist in Split revealed that Night had brought us back into the Unbreakable-verse, he completes the trilogy with Glass, named after Samuel L. [...]
I Can't Unsee That Movie: film news and reviews by Jeff Huston 