Batman debuted 30 years ago on June 23, 1989, and no film has had a bigger, more indelible impact on movies since. When you look at the superhero dominated landscape of movies today, sure, it’s Marvel that you can thank (or blame). But what Marvel’s been able to achieve never would’ve been possible without Tim Burton’s [...]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MaJ6Ir_H2xI Another Lion King ad, another confirmation that Disney plans on giving us the exact same movie from 25 years ago but simply in a different form. Playing again in a virtual shot-for-shot (and note-for-note) duplication, the visuals of this TV ad focus on Mufasa mentoring Simba at key moments while we hear Beyoncé Knowles-Carter [...]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yP86-TR6IME Just when I think I may have over-gushed about the original Trolls in my 3 1/2 star review, this sequel trailer comes out in all of its vibrant glory and I stop questioning my initial instincts. Like the funtastic DreamWorks hit before it, Trolls World Tour boasts a level of visual splendor and detail [...]
**1/2 out of **** Rated G (for general audiences) Released: June 21, 2019 Runtime: 100 minutes Directed by: Josh Cooley Starring (the voices of): Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Annie Potts, Joan Cusack, Tony Hale, Christina Hendricks, Keegan-Michael Key, Jordan Peele, Wallace Shawn, John Ratzenberger, Blake Clark, Kristen Schaal, Madeleine McGraw, Keanu Reeves, Bonnie Hunt, Jeff [...]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YNYJ_BJJbzI Netflix sure knows how to keep a surprise and then pop it on the culture. Their latest cool project to come out of nowhere -- which is scheduled to drop in a week! -- is a short film from arguably the greatest director on the planet right now, Paul Thomas Anderson (There Will Be [...]
***1/2 out of **** TV-MA (for strong language, violence, and sexual assault) Released: May 31, 2019 on Netflix Runtime: 4 episodes, 300 minutes Directed by: Ava DuVernay Starring: Jharrel Jerome, Asante Blackk, Caleel Harris, Ethan Herisse, Marquis Rodriguez, Niecy Nash, Michael Kenneth Williams, John Leguizamo, Vera Farmiga, Felicity Huffman, Famke Janssen, William Sadler, Justin Cunningham, Jovan [...]
It seemed odd that Pixar's one movie for 2020, titled Onward, would be released in the spring rather than the summer or holidays. Now we know why: It's not their only movie for 2020. In a surprise tweet, Pixar Animation Studios revealed a heretofore secret feature-length movie called Soul, one that will be released exactly [...]
Meet Louisa May Alcott's lady birds. In these debut photos (gallery below) and feature story from Vanity Fair, we have our first look at director Greta Gerwig's take on Little Women, one of the most beloved American novels of all time (and translated to the screen many times before). In the sophomore follow-up to her [...]
***1/2 out of **** Rated R (for strong language throughout and some sexual references) Released: June 7, 2019 limited; July 14 wide Runtime: 102 minutes Directed by: Nisha Ganatra Starring: Emma Thompson, Mindy Kaling, Hugh Dancy, Reid Scot, Denis O’Hara, Max Casella, Paul Walter Hauser, John Early, Ike Barinholtz, Amy Ryan, John Lithgow For anyone [...]
Downton Abbey fans will gleefully relish any marketing morsel that Focus Features wants to throw at them, including character posters like these that are photoshopped into an inch of their lives. Still, even if these images are cut-and-paste jobs that the actors likely didn't pose for, rabid Anglophiles will still take them. Nevertheless, with nine [...]
I Can't Unsee That Movie: film news and reviews by Jeff Huston 