Hopefully this will scare off the haters. Recently, the first trailer for the new Ghostbusters reboot garnered the infamous distinction of being the most disliked movie trailer in YouTube history, receiving the most "thumbs down" votes ever by a sizable margin. This caused a lot of consternation and unnecessary concerns, which is a bit maddening (I mean, come [...]
Summer's barely starting, but this movie is the reason I'm looking forward to getting to the halfway point. After an initial teaser and then an official trailer, the 2nd full trailer for Steven Spielberg's upcoming The BFG (see below), based on Roald Dahl's classic book, has hit the internet. This comes on the heels of [...]
I'm no Marvel fan, but wow, this cast is looking legit. Following the electric buzz surrounding actor Chadwick Boseman's debut as Black Panther in Captain America: Civil War, the cast for that character's first stand alone entry is starting to take shape - including the possible villain. Already in discussions (but not confirmed) is Oscar-winner Lupita [...]
Good Wolff Hunting? But as an assassin. That's a quippy but basically-accurate nutshell of The Accountant (at least based on its debut trailer - see below), the new thriller starring Ben Affleck that opens this fall. Plus, in an added layer to Affleck's math savant character Christian Wolff: he appears to be somewhere on the spectrum. Assuming that's [...]
***1/2 out of **** Rated PG-13 for thematic elements including strong language, some bullying behavior, a brief sexually suggestive image, drug material, and teen smoking Released: April 15, 2016 limited; May 13 expands Runtime: 106 minutes Director: John Carney Starring: Ferdia Walsh-Peelo, Lucy Boynton, Jack Reynor, Mark McKenna, Ian Kenny, Aidan Gillen, Maria Doyle Kennedy Sing Street [...]
Somebody from The Dark Side has been trolling Star Wars geeks this week. The rumor mill was in full operation as fanboy sites published rumors that actor Tom Hardy was about to sign on to play the beloved antihero Boba Fett in an upcoming stand alone Star Wars anthology movie - and possibly make his first appearance [...]
How do you bring instant credibility to a Video Game movie? Hire some of the most respected art house actors you can find. That's exactly what 20th Century Fox has done for Assassin's Creed, the new time-jumping action movie based on the popular game property. Its first trailer was released May 11 on Jimmy Kimmel Live (see below), boasting [...]
"He's pounding other human beings into oblivion." That's how Matt Damon describes the return of Jason Bourne in this new 2-minute featurette titled "Jason Bourne Is Back", a behind-the-scenes look at the upcoming 5th installment of the Bourne series titled, simply, Jason Bourne. I know a lot of you out there are geeking for this [...]
LeBron James may be starring in a Space Jam reboot, but Kobe Bryant is teaming up with two behind-the-scenes Hollywood titans for his first post-NBA entertainment endeavor. Titled Dear Basketball, Bryant is producing a short animated film for SI.com, based on the poem he wrote last fall to announce his retirement. Bryant's collaborators? Animation legend Glen Keane and [...]
So this is cool. Kurt Rauffer, a student at NYC's School of Visual Arts, has posted his semester-long-in-the-making senior thesis project to Vimeo: an opening title sequence for The Empire Strikes Back, but imagined in the style of a classic James Bond opener rather than the traditional Star Wars "Space Text Crawl". The trick to getting this [...]
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