https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JM1U-Whb-P0 Hercule Poirot is back, now navigating steamy Egyptian waters rather than chilly Euro-train transit. Following the global success of 2017's Murder on the Orient Express, actor/director Kenneth Branagh reprises his turn as Agatha Christie's beloved Belgian sleuth (complete with the funky accent and well-endowed 'stache) in Death on the Nile, another classic Poirot mystery that was teased [...]
Month: August 2020
Bill Murray And Rashida Jones Are ON THE ROCKS In New Sophia Coppola Film (VIDEO/TRAILER)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w4p0vjj_C8s It's a marriage lost in translation. That's the premise of writer/director Sophia Coppola's new arthouse dramedy On The Rocks. Bill Murray, who memorably teamed with Coppola almost twenty years ago for Lost in Translation, stars with and Parks & Rec's Rashida Jones as a father and daughter who reconnect in New York City when he suspects [...]
BILL & TED 3 Featurette Features Daughters; Release Date Moved Up (VIDEO/NEWS)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yevysSJlRdQ These apples don't fall far from the tree. In the latest 90-second behind-the-scenes featurette for Bill & Ted Face The Music, we get a focused look at the duo's daughters. Thea and Billie are, respectively, the progeny of Wyld Stallyn rockers Bill & Ted, with names that show how their dads honored each other [...]
MULAN Disney+ Update: It’s More Than A One-Time Rental (FILM NEWS)
Talk about burying the lead. According to a source who spoke with CNN media reporter Frank Pallota, Disney failed to mention an extremely significant detail yesterday when they announced that their Disney+ streaming service would be offering the new live-action remake of Mulan exclusively on their streaming platform as a $30 Premium Video on Demand [...]
MULAN Goes Straight To Disney+, But At A Steep Price (FILM NEWS)
The fallout for the theatrical landscape in the wake of COVID-19 just keeps getting worse. In a move that no one saw coming, Disney made a surprise announcement that they would forgo a theatrical release for their live action adaptation of Mulan altogether. Instead, it will debut exclusively on their Disney+ streaming platform on September [...]
The Backlash To The AMC/Universal Deal Has Begun (NEWS/ANALYSIS)
It was a landmark deal between a major Hollywood studio and North America's biggest theater chain. It was supposed to revolutionize the industry. Not so fast. When AMC Theatres and Universal struck a deal allowing the studio to put its movies on Premium Video on Demand (PVOD) just 17 days after a film's theatrical debut, [...]