The Deadpool Effect is in full force - and I think the gesture on that #OneLastTime teaser poster says it all. (See full image below) After the explosive February box office success for the hard-R language/raunch/violence trifecta of Deadpool (which is part of the larger X-Men mythos), producer Simon Kinberg confirmed with Collider.com that Wolverine 3 will [...]
I'm no gamer so I couldn't tell you diddley about Assassin's Creed, but buzz has it that the movie adaptation of the popular video game series could be huge. And now, the film's first images are hitting the web (see gallery below). As a novice to the property, I'll simply copy-and-paste the studio's plot summary: Through a revolutionary technology that unlocks [...]
Team Marvel vs Team DC. Who's side are you on? The box office answer is clear. Just a little over a month since DC launched their Universe with Batman V Superman: Dawn Of Justice, Marvel followed up with its own much-hyped Heroes v Heroes showdown, Captain America: Civil War. The latest Marvel entry outpaced BvS, [...]
Zack Snyder's power over the Justice League quadrant of the DC Universe just went from singular to shared. In an unexpected but unsurprising move, Warner Bros. announced that - in addition to starring as Batman - two-time Academy Award winning filmmaker Ben Affleck has now been given the role of Executive Producer over the Snyder directed Justice [...]
I've got a good feeling about this. After an extensive casting search, Lucasfilm has landed on its new young Han Solo: Alden Ehrenreich. A relatively unknown commodity, Ehrenreich garnered raves earlier this year for his subtle-yet-broad comedic range and on-screen charisma in the Coen Brothers' Hail, Caesar!. That bodes well for the comic spin reportedly being taken with the young [...]
**1/2 out of **** Rated PG-13 for extended sequences of violence, action, and mayhem, and some language Released: May 6, 2016 Runtime: 146 minutes Director: Anthony Russo & Joe Russo Starring: Chris Evans, Robert Downey Jr., Scarlett Johansson, Anthony Mackie, Elizabeth Olsen, Sebastian Stan, Jeremy Renner, Don Cheadle, Chadwick Boseman, Paul Bettany, Paul Rudd, Tom Holland, Daniel Brühl [...]
Weren't able to do any re-watch prep for Captain America: Civil War? No problem. Freelance editor Clark Zhu has got you covered. With an edit that feels like it came straight out of Marvel's savvy marketing department, Zhu's 5-minute MCU recap "Marvel Cinematic Universe Phase 2 Retrospective" (below) condenses all of the "need to know" elements into a compelling debrief. The [...]
Two juggernauts collide on Star Wars Day - May The 4th (Be With You). Fresh off his show's record-breaking 16 Tony Nominations, Hamilton writer/composer/star/genius Lin-Manuel Miranda invited director J.J. Abrams to join him for the daily Lottery ticket line at the Richard Rodgers theatre. To commemorate May The 4th, Miranda and Abrams sang the song that [...]
I realize that everyone's geeked this week for the upcoming Team Cap vs. Team Stark blockbuster throwdown, but silly old me is still more excited for Independence Day: Resurgence. Thankfully, 20th Century Fox gave us this little 4-minute morsel to tide us over. It's a fake news report titled "The War of 1996" (see below). In it - and [...]
Filmed in Downtown Los Angeles. That's the most staggering credit for the new box office juggernaut live-action adaptation of The Jungle Book. The term "live-action" is a bit deceiving, though, given that most of this world is entirely fake. But it'd have to be, since the story is set entirely in a real jungle and not the [...]
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