https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pN1HNkoL2QA It's Minions. It's the 70s. And it's a 12-year-old Gru. This basically sells itself, but here's the first trailer anyway. Minions: The Rise of Gru is the origin story of how an aspirational little boy became the supervillain he always dreamed of being. Spurned by an evil super-group called Vicious 6, little Gru (once [...]
Released: January 31, 2020 Runtime: 101 minutes (5 short films) Program: Oscar Nominated Live Action Shorts for 2019 (Parental Discretion advised; strong language and occasional instances of sexuality -- some including violence -- would put this slate in Rated R territory) There’s a stretch of categories during every Oscar telecast that virtually no one has ever even heard of, [...]
In October of 2021, you can be in the theater where it happens. Broadway superstar Lin-Manuel Miranda and Walt Disney Studios have announced that they will be bringing the Original Cast Production of Miranda's musical sensation Hamilton to movie theaters nationwide on October 15, 2021. This is not a new film version of the Best [...]
Seven upcoming 2020 movies bought air time during Super Bowl LIV, three slated for spring and four others for summer. Check each of them out here, in order of my most favorite to least. (Rankings fall according to my own personal anticipation for each film, and how each spot helped amplify that). Top Gun: Maverick [...]
Parasite maintained its status as a big Oscar contender while Jojo Rabbit positioned itself as an Oscar spoiler as each were the big winners at the annual Writers Guild Awards, honoring the best scriptwriting of 2019. Writer / Director Bong Joon-ho and his co-writer Han Jin-won won the Best Original Screenplay award from the WGA, becoming the [...]
Released: January 31, 2020 Runtime: 83 minutes (5 short films) Program: Oscar Nominated Animated Shorts for 2019 There’s a stretch of categories during every Oscar telecast that virtually no one has ever even heard of, let alone seen: the shorts. Divided into three competitive groups – Animated, Live Action, and Documentary – the Academy Award nominated shorts can make-or-break [...]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cS6fFddVIYo The marketing machine for A Quiet Place Part II isn't keeping silent. On the verge of a Super Bowl tease (see below), there's also a new behind-the-scenes featurette that lays the groundwork of when Part II picks up from where the original left off. Director John Krasinski and his star/real-life wife Emily Blunt provide [...]
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