Two new poster designs...or something more? In the latest one sheets for Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, Rey and Kylo Ren are the centerpiece characters. In the first, Rey is flanked by characters from the new trilogy. In the second, visages of she and Kylo are flanked by Luke and Leia. The big question [...]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bjdjyvnOGtg J. J. Abrams has made it clear how important it is to him that he's not only bringing a trilogy to a close but, of much greater consequence, a whole 9-part saga -- and that Episode IX will reflect exactly that. The latest TV spot for Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker embraces that spirit [...]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pdgk3ERKdug Well I didn't expect to be so completely, emotionally overwhelmed on Thanksgiving morning but that's exactly what happened when Comcast Cable subsidiary Xfinity dropped this blindside surprise: an E.T. / Elliott reunion, 37 years later. Getting something like this that you never thought you would is always the best kind of gift, and even [...]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A5Z7QsRGxGo Previous trailers for Pixar's Onward seem to have teased a fairly conventional tale beneath its "Mythical World meets Suburban Domesticity" high concept, one that's complete with daddy issues. Well, this new trailer may suggest something different, and better: a movie that ditches the issues (but still requires the tissues) and, instead, tells an adventure [...]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mml9IGoDia8 Star Wars has left a legacy unparalleled in popular culture, and the marketing team from Lucasfilm taps into our reservoir of sentiment for the beloved space epic in this latest "Special Look" promo. Before you go see the final chapter, here's a brief look back at how the Star Wars saga has permeated our [...]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BCPiBWrIaSI "We spotted the fugitives." And with that, the first clip from Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker made public by Lucasfilm and Disney blasts off. In thirty seconds, we see the start of one of the coolest scenes teased in the trailers so far: a desert chase on new sand bikes, with Stormtroopers hot [...]
*** out of **** Rated PG (for some strong thematic material, a brief fight, and some mild language) Released: November 22, 2019 Runtime: 108 minutes Directed by: Marielle Heller Starring: Tom Hanks, Matthew Rhys, Susan Kelechi Watson, Chris Cooper, Maryann Plunkett, Enrico Colantoni, Christine Lahti, Maddie Corman, Tammy Blanchard, Wendy Makkena, Maddie Corman The familiar diorama [...]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1qphC39PJf4 They were teased in The Force Awakens then ignored in The Last Jedi, but now The Knights of Ren will finally reveal themselves in Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker. The rogue warriors led by Kylo Ren -- who finally show up for the first time in this new TV ad titled "Fate" -- [...]
**** out of **** Rated R (for pervasive language and strong violence) Released: November 1 & 22, 2019 in select theaters; November 27 on Netflix Runtime: 209 minutes Directed by: Martin Scorsese Starring: Robert De Niro, Al Pacino, Joe Pesci, Anna Paquin, Stephen Graham, Harvey Keitel, Ray Romano, Stephanie Kurtzuba, Kathrine Narducci, Welker White, Sebastian Maniscalco, Domenick Lombardozzi, [...]
I am so glad that The Book of Henry was so bad. If it had been merely passable, its writer / director Colin Trevorrow (also of Jurassic World fame) would have made the final chapter of the Skywalker saga as he was originally hired to do -- and without the Emperor in it. In an [...]