https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nxi6rtBtBM0 Just as we are on the cusp of celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing, Twentieth Century Fox (now a Disney subsidiary) releases its latest trailer for Ad Astra, the new brainy, mysterious sci-fi thriller starring Brad Pitt. The initial teaser laid the groundwork for something ominous, coupled with some daddy issues [...]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=4&v=jzsDroK9CNs It's not a trailer (that drops Friday), but it is a first look at the movie adaptation of the musical Cats. Directed by Tom Hooper (Les Miserables, The King's Speech), the long-awaited film version of the Andrew Lloyd Webber sensation -- a cultural touchstone that seems to be as mocked as it is adored [...]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9HqkdBjI6ew Reworking movies into trailers for different genres is what the internet does, but this one for Tim Burton's 1989 Batman is the best I've seen in awhile. As the "Time Warp" designation suggests, it doesn't transform the dark Keaton-Nicholson blockbuster into a different genre (like goofing it into the camp of the 1960s TV [...]
**1/2 out of **** Rated PG (for sequences of violence and peril, and some thematic elements) Released: July 19, 2019 Runtime: 118 minutes Directed by: Jon Favreau Starring: Donald Glover, Chiwetel Ejiofor, James Earl Jones, Beyoncé Knowles-Carter, Billy Eichner, Seth Rogen, JD McCrary, John Oliver, Alfre Woodard, Keegan-Michael Key, Eric Andre, Florence Kasumba, John Kani, [...]
WARNING: Major Spoilers ahead for Spider-Man: Far From Home I had mixed feelings about Spider-Man: Far From Home the whole time I was watching it. That ambivalence has since only grown. As if the slip-shod script's first draft vibes weren’t bad enough (in which the dramatic fulcrum is Peter Parker’s complete naivete, a rank stupidity [...]
If this is the result of Dark: Phoenix, then I'd say the X-Men finale box office dud was a net positive. Inspired to make an all-female action film, actress Jessica Chastain approached her Dark: Phoenix director / producer Simon Kinberg to collaborate with her on the concept. They have and now are, and the result is [...]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=01ON04GCwKs The first teaser for the new Mulan is already the best live action Disney remake of the year, even though we won't see the full movie until 2020. Rather than taking the safe risk-averse route of a shot-for-shot CGI rehash, director Niki Caro (Whale Rider) looks like she'll be telling and crafting the story [...]
FORREST GUMP struck a chord in the summer of 1994 for many reasons (and has endured as a beloved classic ever since), but perhaps the one least recognized is how aspirational its low-IQ hero truly is.
** out of **** Rated R (for disturbing ritualistic violence and grisly images, strong sexual content, graphic nudity, drug use, and strong language) Released: July 3, 2019 Runtime: 140 minutes Directed by: Ari Aster Starring: Florence Pugh, Jack Reynor, William Jackson Harper, Vilhelm Blomgren, Will Poulter, Ellora Torchia, Archie Madekwe, Gunnel Fred If ever a filmmaker produced movies [...]
Some representation just became part of this world. Disney has announced their choice for who will play Ariel in the live action remake of The Little Mermaid: it's Halle Bailey, singer from the R&B duo group Chloe X Halle. The casting of an African-American in the iconic role (of a caucasian redhead) is a pleasant surprise, [...]
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