https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sf6O1aYoj0k Honest to God, every new trailer or preview for Disney's live-action Dumbo is even better than the last. This latest 2-minute behind-the-scenes promo is no different. The remake from Tim Burton has definitely become my most anticipated "Disney vault redux" for 2019 (yes, more than Aladdin or The Lion King). Thankfully we'll get it [...]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=67&v=Y5I4TA0yhr4 It's the latest trailer for...Captain Sparkle Fingers? This looks so much fun, not simply because it's funny but because it really seems like it has such a confident self-awareness of what it wants to be. Shazam! opens on April 5, 2019.
Streaming is TV. You can distill Steven Spielberg's opposition to Netflix competing for Academy Awards down to those three words. (Full disclosure: I'm #TeamSpielberg on this one.) Spielberg is about to make an official argument to the board of the Academy, the film industry org that produces the Oscars, that rules of eligibility should change. [...]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=110&v=3uxOvXM7eBc It's the trailer you've seen before, but more of it. Marvel's "new" trailer release of Avengers: Endgame is simply a side-by-side of the first one (which is framed in the standard aspect ratio that you'll see in regular movie theaters) with an IMAX-enhanced version to its right. It certainly does an effective job of how [...]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=146&v=1-q8C_c-nlM Jean Grey and the Disorder of the Phoenix. That Potter paraphrase is basically what we're in for with Dark Phoenix, the latest chapter in the X-Men franchise. The new film -- which underwent a reshoot overhaul and saw its release delayed for over a year -- takes a turn to focus squarely on Jean [...]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JdoWJywrOuw If we're going to keep making new Star Wars movies, maybe Topher Grace should produce one of them. He certainly makes a case for it as co-editor of the best Star Wars fan edit I've ever seen. In five minutes, he and fellow editor Jeff Yorkes summarize the expanse of the 8-episode Skywalker saga [...]
The biggest winner of the night? The Academy. (The list of actual winners can be seen at the bottom of this in-depth Oscar night analysis.) After a toxic awards season that was often completely outside of the Academy's control but was then further complicated by the Academy and its constant mishandling of how it was producing the [...]
Below are my predictions for the 2018 Academy Awards, in all 24 categories. The list has some commentary in the major categories, along with simple “Will Win” predictions and “Should Win” opinions for all categories. I also have "Should've Been Nominated" choices for the top half of the nominees, and to make those choices truly credible I add which of [...]
It started with a comeback. Now it ends with a reveal. Here's Part 2 of my return to Nick Flora's All Time Favorite podcast, where we have fun talking about our picks for the Best / Favorite Films of 2018. In this conclusion, we complete our Top 10 lists, counting up from 5 to 1. (To hear [...]
Episode 18 - THE BAD AND THE BEAUTIFUL: Conversations On Cinema http://thebadandthebeautiful.libsyn.com/the-bad-and-the-beautiful-episode-18-alita-battle-angel-httyd3-lego-movie-2-cold-war-oscars-2019-predictions Alita: Battle Angel, @ 0:50 How To Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World, @ 10:49 The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part, @ 14:36 Cold War, @ 15:40 Academy Awards Preview: Awards Season analysis & Oscar Predix, @ 21:38 Outro, @ 46:39 On [...]
I Can't Unsee That Movie: film news and reviews by Jeff Huston 