**1/2 out of **** Rated R (for language and images of violence) Released: March 1, 2019 limited; April 5 expands Runtime: 101 minutes Directed by: Christian Petzold Starring: Franz Rogowski, Paula Beer, Godehard Giese, Maryam Zaree, Lilien Batman, Barbara Auer An intriguing beginning. A powerful ending. A lot of strained Euro-drama in-between. That’s the mixed bag of [...]
I'll be back...with facial hair. Old things are made new in the first look photos from Terminator: Dark Fate, the latest Terminator reboot starring Arnold Schwarzenegger that's attempting to revive the once-popular franchise. Having drifted since James Cameron passed the narrative on to other creatives, Cameron's back as producer. Director Tim Miller (Deadpool) is now at [...]
***1/2 out of **** Rated PG-13 (for intense sequences of action, language, and suggestive material) Released: April 5, 2019 Runtime: 132 minutes Directed by: David F. Sandberg Starring: Zachary Levi, Jack Dylan Grazer, Asher Angel, Mark Strong, Grace Fulton, Ian Chen, Faithe Herman, Marta Milans, Cooper Andrews, Jovan Armand, Djimon Hounsou This Captain Marvel movie is way [...]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t433PEQGErc Heath Ledger's Joker asked "Why So Serious?" The new one from Joaquin Phoenix attempts to answer that question. In the first trailer for the new film Joker, DC looks to take an inspired dark turn (even by their standards) in this stand-alone origin story for Gotham's most famous villain. Phoenix plays Arthur Fleck, a [...]
The Swamp is coming for the Oscars. In a shocking -- and completely outrageous -- shot across the bow from none other than the United States Federal Government, the Department Of Justice served a letter to the Academy of Motion Pictures of Arts & Sciences warning them to tread lightly when it comes to rule [...]
Joaquin Phoenix is just dancing with the devil in the pale moonlight in this first One Sheet Poster for Joker, the 1980s-set origin story of the iconic Batman villain (pre-Batman, I assume, but not confirmed). This follows a viral dump of previously published promo materials plus "leaked" set footage and photos (like here, here, here, and here). [...]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=2&v=KCSNFZKbhZE A few new shots of the same old "We gotta avenge the dusted" speechifying, but now with first look of victorious Thanos. (Spoiler alert: it's the same as finger-snap Thanos.) Tickets on sale now. Good luck. Opening night seats are getting dusted fast. Avengers: Endgame launches on Thursday night, April 25. All three hours [...]
***1/2 out of **** Rated PG (for peril/action, some thematic elements, and brief mild language) Released: March 29, 2019 Runtime: 112 minutes Directed by: Tim Burton Starring: Colin Farrell, Danny DeVito, Nico Parker, Finley Hobbins, Michael Keaton, Eva Green, Alan Arkin, Joseph Gatt, Douglas Reith, Roshan Seth, Deobia Oparei, Sharon Rooney There are right ways and wrong [...]
Double, double, toil and trouble: Denzel Washington is going to be in a Coen movie. And it's going to be Shakespeare. Yes, that's right, a Coen movie -- not a Coen Brothers movie. Joel Coen will direct his screenplay adaptation of Shakespeare's Macbeth, starring Washington in the title role as a Scottish lord who looks [...]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=4&v=yHzJSvVGn8k New monster-mash clips in the latest spot for Godzilla: King of the Monsters -- set to an epic version of "Somewhere Over The Rainbow" -- tease more from what looks to be a no-holds-barred creature feature spectacle. Starring Millie Bobby Brown, Vera Farmiga, and Kyle Chandler in a cast that also includes Bradley Whitford, Sally Hawkins, [...]
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