*** out of **** Rated R (for sexual material and strong language throughout) Released: December 13, 2019 limited; December 20 wide Runtime: 108 minutes Directed by: Jay Roach Starring: Charlize Theron, Nicole Kidman, Margot Robbie, John Lithgow, Kate McKinnon, Connie Britton, Allison Janney, Alanna Ubach, Holland Taylor, Richard Kind A film need not be fair & balanced [...]
Well that's...a reason. In an interview with Gizmodo, Lucasfilm President Kathleen Kennedy goes on the record about the firing of Colin Trevorrow, the first writer / director of Star Wars: Episode IX. Rumors swirled that Trevorrow was not casting a clear vision in the early stages of the development for the finale and, in addition, [...]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ahZFCF--uRY Heat 'em up! After a thirty year absence, the original Ghostbusters are back. Well the original timeline is, at least, in this first trailer for Ghostbusters: Afterlife. While this direct sequel to Ghostbusters 2 will reunite original cast members Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Ernie Hudson, Sigourney Weaver, and Annie Potts (but not Harold Ramis, who [...]
There’s still no clear-cut front-runner in this year’s Awards Season race, but the Golden Globes seem to have clarified who the main contenders are…mostly. By and large, the motion picture nominees for the 77th Annual Golden Globe Awards have fallen in line with this fall's Awards Season buzz as well as with some of the [...]
Netflix is really gaining steam, with The Irishman leading the way. The Critics Choice Awards (produced by the Broadcast Film Critics Association, whose membership is nationwide) unveiled the nominees for their 25th annual ceremony and Martin Scorsese's mob epic led the way, garnering nominations for Picture, Director, Adapted Screenplay, Actor (Robert De Niro), Supporting Actor (Al [...]
L.A. Film Critics may have just sealed Parasite's fate as a major Oscar player. Buzz has been building for the South Korean suspense thriller ever since the film won top honors at this summer's Cannes Film Festival. Now, the Los Angeles Film Critics Association -- right in the heart of Hollywood -- have given it [...]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sfM7_JLk-84&t=0s She's back, she's glam, and she's rockin' the 80s. The first trailer for Wonder Woman 1984 is finally here and it delivers on everything you'd hope a sequel to 2017's breakthrough superhero movie would be. Gal Gadot is doing all the wonders she can do and Chris Pine is back, too, as his Steve Trevor returns [...]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VbVu1eFiseA&t=0s Another day, another promo piece for The Rise of Skywalker. Today, straight from the Star Wars panel at CCXP (a.k.a. 2019 Comic Con Experience) in São Paulo, Brazil, is a two-minute featurette. It focuses on the friendships forged between the three new central actors of the final trilogy -- Daisy Ridley, John Boyega, and [...]
It's December, Christmas is approaching, and so is the newest version of Louisa May Alcott's Little Women. The adaptation from Lady Bird writer / director Greta Gerwig is already getting Awards Season buzz, and now the hype machine comes to your phone machine in this new set of vertical images from the film. Tailor-made in [...]
From New York City to flyover country, that's apparently where the Ecto-1 ended up. In these first look photos for the Ghostbusters reboot from director Jason Reitman (son of original director Ivan Reitman), we catch a glimpse of where the original crew's Ectomobile now lies hidden: covered up in a barn somewhere in rural Oklahoma. [...]
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