https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wuBRcfe4bSo Just call it Meryl Brockovich. The new film from director Steven Soderbergh (his second in a row for Netflix) plays like a mix between his Oscar-winning blue collar whistleblower drama Erin Brockovich and the glitzy fun of his Ocean's trilogy. "Based on some real sh**," as the trailer puts it (along with a [...]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xRjvmVaFHkk In Warner Bros.' big super villain experiment, Joker goes full Scorsese. Inspired by the legendary director's films Taxi Driver and The King of Comedy (and, along with them, the anti-hero psychological character studies of the 1970s), director Todd Phillips is taking a more realistic and R-rated approach to DC's most iconic bad guy. Anchoring [...]
SOMEBODY: Hey Jay-Jay, I bet you can’t come up with a reason for Rey to turn to the Dark Side and actually have it work out in a way that fans will accept. J. J. ABRAMS: Hold my Bantha milk. The latest “Special Look” trailer for Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker didn’t reveal anything [...]
This mess was so predictable. After Netflix provided an extremely limited theatrical release for its Oscar contender Roma prior to launching it on their streaming platform (which helped lead to 10 Academy Award nominations and 3 wins), media analysts theorized that they would do at least that for Martin Scorsese's all-star mob epic The Irishman and, more likely, [...]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3n1T3HxHd7Y&feature=youtu.be "Your journey nears its end." Those words are spoken by The Emperor (who's unseen) in this latest teaser for Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, one that premiered this past weekend at Disney's D23 conferernce, and since this "Special Look" trailer (watch it first, then continue reading) begins with Luke (also unseen) expressing sentiments [...]
The Joker origin movie -- which has received an R rating, per expectation -- will have its second trailer premiere this Wednesday, August 28. To build anticipation for the latest sneak peak, Warner Bros. has dropped six clip snippets onto the film's Instagram account. (See below, along with image gallery.) They're essentially mood setters, and they [...]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lZKqMVPlDg8 Surprise surprise. We're all about to get a new Breaking Bad movie in October. Netflix just dropped the first teaser for El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie, a project that has been filming in secret. None of the original series characters make an appearance, but it sets the premise: we're about to find out [...]
And if she will not be turned...she. will. be. de. stroyed! That's basically what The Emperor is thinking in this new poster for Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, which was unveiled at Disney's D23 Expo. A behind-the-scenes video with surprising new footage was also screened, but it hasn't been released online as of now. [...]
**1/2 out of **** Rated PG-13 (for strong language throughout, some sexual content, and brief drug material) Released: August 16, 2019 Runtime: 118 minutes Directed by: Gurinder Chadha Starring: Viveik Kalra, Kulvinder Ghir, Aaron Phagura, Nell Williams, Dean-Charles Chapman, Hayley Atwell, Rob Brydon, David Hayman, Meera Ganatra, Nikita Mehta My review of Blinded By The Light, for The [...]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fru8IkuDp_k Didn't see this one coming. It's not that the material is any kind of shocker; it's just that the movie was nowhere on my radar. After a nearly twenty year absence, Edward Norton makes his sophomore directorial effort with Motherless Brooklyn, based on a crime novel by Jonathan Lethem (A Scanner Darkly). Set in [...]
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