https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=01ON04GCwKs The first teaser for the new Mulan is already the best live action Disney remake of the year, even though we won't see the full movie until 2020. Rather than taking the safe risk-averse route of a shot-for-shot CGI rehash, director Niki Caro (Whale Rider) looks like she'll be telling and crafting the story [...]
FORREST GUMP struck a chord in the summer of 1994 for many reasons (and has endured as a beloved classic ever since), but perhaps the one least recognized is how aspirational its low-IQ hero truly is.
** out of **** Rated R (for disturbing ritualistic violence and grisly images, strong sexual content, graphic nudity, drug use, and strong language) Released: July 3, 2019 Runtime: 140 minutes Directed by: Ari Aster Starring: Florence Pugh, Jack Reynor, William Jackson Harper, Vilhelm Blomgren, Will Poulter, Ellora Torchia, Archie Madekwe, Gunnel Fred If ever a filmmaker produced movies [...]
Some representation just became part of this world. Disney has announced their choice for who will play Ariel in the live action remake of The Little Mermaid: it's Halle Bailey, singer from the R&B duo group Chloe X Halle. The casting of an African-American in the iconic role (of a caucasian redhead) is a pleasant surprise, [...]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=flXkOTJBtvU With just a little over two weeks left before the new Lion King finally debuts, Disney has released this new featurette with cast and director interviews that also reveals new never-before-seen footage from the live action remake. In addition, Cast-Character portraits were released (see below), each one framing the various voice actors with their [...]
**1/2 out of **** Rated PG-13 (for sci-fi action violence, some language, and brief suggestive comments) Released: July 2, 2019 Runtime: 130 minutes Directed by: Jon Watts Starring: Tom Holland, Jake Gyllenhaal, Zendaya, Jon Favreau, Jacob Batalon, Samuel L. Jackson, Marisa Tomei, Cobie Smulders, Tony Revolori, JB Smoove On the heels of the two-part Infinity / Endgame epic finale, with [...]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=4&v=qGqiHJTsRkQ Rian Johnson did it, with the all-star cast in the movie theater. That's the reveal in this first trailer for Knives Out, Johnson's follow-up to Star Wars: The Last Jedi. The writer/director of such critically-acclaimed films as Looper and Brick has returned to his own new material, this time in a classicly-styled Agatha Christie-ish murder mystery [...]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rBxcF-r9Ibs&feature=share In Christmas 2017, the Jumanji reboot Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle was one of the bigger surprises to come out of Hollywood recently, especially as it blew up at the box office even while Star Wars: The Last Jedi dominating screen space. Whenever you can go toe-to-toe with a property of that size, you've [...]
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