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.
Year: 2019
MIDSOMMAR (Movie Review)
** 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 [...]
Young R&B Star Cast As Ariel In Live Action LITTLE MERMAID Remake (NEWS)
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, [...]
Featurette & Photos In Final Tease For Live Action LION KING (VIDEO/IMAGES)
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 [...]
SPIDER-MAN: FAR FROM HOME (Movie Review)
**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 [...]
Rian Johnson Murder Mystery KNIVES OUT With All-Star Cast (VIDEO/IMAGES)
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 [...]
The Reboot Reboots Again In JUMANJI: THE NEXT LEVEL Trailer (VIDEO)
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 [...]
DO THE RIGHT THING at 30
Thirty years on, Do The Right Thing still wields the power to up your wake. Set on the hottest day of the year in Brooklyn’s Bed-Stuy neighborhood, Spike Lee’s third feature film incited a cultural riot. Major newspapers warned that the new, inflammatory movie about racial tensions – which debuted on June 30, 1989, in [...]
Final Trailer For HOBBS & SHAW Is Fast & Explosive (VIDEO)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b736ZM_KfEk Absolute insanity. This is exactly the level of slick, choreographed, physics-defying ridiculousness that I want from a Fast & Furious movie, driven by the best, most entertaining oil & water tandem in the franchise -- Dwayne Johnson and Jason Statham -- with Idris Elba and Mission: Impossible's Vanessa Kirby along for the crazy. Hobbs [...]
Roland Emmerich Ditches Aliens For Allies In MIDWAY Trailer (VIDEO/IMAGES)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z_7eN5iloyk Roland Emmerich is returning to a battle in the skies, but instead of sci-fi space invaders he's jumping back to America's counter attack to Pearl Harbor. Using the same title as the 1976 film about the same event, Midway uses the latest digital effects to depict the harrowing action of warfare in the decisive [...]
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