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 [...]
**1/2 out of **** Rated PG (for action/peril and some thematic elements) Released: November 22, 2019 Runtime: 103 minutes Directed by: Jennifer Lee, Chris Buck Starring: Idina Menzel, Kristen Bell, Jonathan Groff, Josh Gad, Ciarán Hinds, Martha Plimpton, Sterling K. Brown, Jason Ritter, Alfred Molina, Evan Rachel Wood There’s plenty of surface-level dazzle in Frozen II, yet [...]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qsOwj0PR5Sk "I am going to take a heroine whom no one but myself will much like." Such is how Jane Austen described the title character of her novel Emma, a comedy-of-errors about a young woman who gets in over her head as a meddling matchmaker. It's arguably the broadest comedy of Austen's work, and the [...]
Now here's some sweet fan service nostalgia. Designed as an homage to original trilogy Star Wars trading cards, the new character posters for Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker focus squarely on the stars of the sequel trilogy Episodes VII, VIII, and IX, plus some new additions debuting in Rise. Some of the OT classics are [...]
***1/2 out of **** Rated PG-13 (for thematic elements including brief violence, some strong language, sexual references, and drug material) Released: November 27, 2019 Runtime: 130 minutes Directed by: Rian Johnson Starring: Daniel Craig, Ana de Armas, Christopher Plummer, Chris Evans, Jamie Lee Curtis, Michael Shannon, Don Johnson, Toni Collette, LaKeith Stanfield, Frank Oz, Katherine [...]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zsp8iOt76YU The last full trailer may have already been revealed, but Lucasfilm and J. J. Abrams aren't done dropping more teases for Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, including a new TV spot. Titled "End", the 30-second promo gives new, quick-shot glimpses that we haven't seen before. The same applies to a set of new [...]
***1/2 out of **** Rated PG-13 (for language and peril) Released: November 15, 2019 Runtime: 152 minutes Directed by: James Mangold Starring: Matt Damon, Christian Bale, Caitriona Balfe, Noah Jupe, Tracy Letts, Josh Lucas, Jon Bernthal, Ray McKinnon A fast and furious true story writ large, Ford v Ferrari is meticulously made on a grand Hollywood canvas. There’s nothing [...]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SyTg7RIn-X8 The Trolls are back, and this time they're uniting to stop the totalitarian rule of hard rock. With Poppy and Branch leading the way (voiced by Anna Kendrick and Justin Timberlake once again), Trolls World Tour sees troll artists of all music genres assemble. Together with their jams, they fight Queen Barb (Rachel Bloom), her [...]
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