https://vimeo.com/391277390 The new Batsuit is here, and it's...sorta kinda basically what you'd expect. Landing somewhere between Christian Bale's and Ben Affleck's costumes, writer / director Matt Reeves is sticking with the black-and-gray motif for Robert Pattinson's cape and cowl in the upcoming The Batman. Clearly an engineered suit of armor, it appears to be a [...]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VoJc2tH3WBw&t=0s Now this is my kind of medieval fantasy. Based on a bit of lesser known lore within the King Arthur legend (and completely new to me), The Green Knight is a fascinating-bordering-on-bonkers art house indie approach to the Tolkien-styled epics ala Lord of the Rings and the legion of copies it has inspired (Game [...]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TcPk2p0Zaw4 There is our world, and then there's Wes Anderson's. The latest opportunity for us to travel from ours to his comes this summer with The French Dispatch, the 10th feature film from this generation's most distinct cinematic artisan. Once again assembling an eclectic cast (and quite possibly his largest) -- an ensemble that includes [...]
We may not have witnessed the biggest upset in Oscar history (that still goes to 2016’s Moonlight), but the 92nd annual ceremony ended with what was arguably the Academy Awards' biggest breakthrough. Right there with Kathryn Bigelow’s glass-ceiling shattering first female win for Best Director with The Hurt Locker, Bong Joon-ho’s South Korean thriller Parasite became the [...]
Here are my predictions for who will win at The 92nd Annual Academy Awards, along with my "Who Should Win" preferences. I also provide my thinking behind each prediction, while also offering what I think are the other strong contenders in each category (if there are any). The ceremony will take place on Sunday night February [...]
When it comes to Oscar pools, the make-or-break categories are the three for short films: Animated, Documentary, and Live Action. Below are links to my reviews for those three separate categories. These short film packages are playing in theaters nationwide in two different ways: As three separate feature length collections, one for each category (you're [...]
Yes, I'm a Top 10 straggler, but I'd rather be sure about my choices than second-guess them down the road. Rushing out a list during the onslaught of screening season, simply to meet the obligatory date of December 31st, doesn't allow for proper consideration, especially with so many contenders dumped out en masse at year's [...]
** out of **** Rated R (for strong violence and language throughout, and some sexual and drug material) Released: February 7, 2020 Runtime: 109 minutes Directed by: Cathy Yan Starring: Margot Robbie, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Rosie Perez, Ewan McGregor, Jurnee Smollett-Bell, Ella Jay Basco, Chris Messina Harley Quinn’s emancipation is a manic mess. Birds of Prey – [...]
It's always nice to have a working thesis (and, frankly, common sense) confirmed by data, and now the firm Ernst & Young has done just that. Their new study, commissioned by the National Association of Theater Owners (NATO), shows that 62% of people are more likely to stream a movie that has first had a [...]
(Click here to read the details of Colin Trevorrow's Episode IX screenplay.) (Click here for the first batch of Leaked Concept Art for Colin Trevorrow's Episode IX.) First the leaked screenplay. Then the Concept Art. Now -- Concept Art, Round 2. The original Star Wars: Episode IX that writer/director Colin Trevorrow (Jurassic World) had been [...]
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