The recent twitter-spree of Joker images and behind-the-scenes footage is no joke. Director Todd Phillips has been dropping visual teases this week (here and here) from the set of Joker, the new origin film for Batman's most famous nemesis. Played by Joaquin Phoenix, the stand-alone non-DCEU film will trace how the Joker came to be, and [...]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=17&v=8bYBOVWLNIs There are going to be some big reveals in Fantastic Beasts 2. If the main purpose of Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them -- the first Harry Potter prequel, released in 2016 -- was to establish the wizarding world of the 1920s, then Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald appears to be accelerating the Potterverse [...]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lcwmDAYt22k This is not your Michael Bay Transformers. The new trailer for Bumblebee, the franchise's first prequel, continues the sentimental spirit of the first teaser by zeroing in on the "Girl and her Robot" story (think an E.T. dynamic) of Charlie (Hailee Steinfeld), an 18-year-old young woman in the 1980s whose birthday gift of an old yellow [...]
This Joker isn't dancing with the devil in the pale moonlight; he's doing it on the public transit a Gotham subway. In this leaked video clip from the set of Joker posted by TMZ (click here), Joaquin Phoenix saunters off a subway after having pulled some sinister prank, leaving chaos and violence in his wake. [...]
https://twitter.com/wbpictures/status/1043184618160021505 Whatever you may have been expecting from the Joker origin film starring Joaquin Phoenix, the look of Batman's most famous villain goes against every preconceived notion and precedent. In the video reveal on Twitter for Joker's makeup design -- posted first by director Todd Phillips (The Hangover Trilogy, War Dogs) -- gone is the [...]
*** out of **** Rated R (for strong language and some sexual content) Released: September 14, 2018 Runtime: 100 minutes Directed by: Björn Runge Starring: Glenn Close, Jonathan Pryce, Christian Slater, Max Irons My review of The Wife, for The Tulsa Voice. Glenn Close gives a "screen-acting masterclass" in one of the best performances of her legendary [...]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=110&v=TVowQ4LgwLk If you want to cast a vision for your moon movie, it's smart to use the actual President that cast the vision for the moon mission. In this teaser-length cut, the latest preview for First Man -- the story of astronaut Neil Armstrong and the Apollo 11 moon landing -- sets its visuals to [...]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_UOh0UX3alI Another Grinch preview that's leaving me, well, a little grinchy. The second, more revealing trailer for the new feature length animated take on Dr. Seuss's holiday favorite The Grinch triggers the same mixed feeling as the first: not hating it, but not particularly anticipating it either. As before, this new preview plays up the kid-friendly [...]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=116&v=Z1BCujX3pw8 The Marvel Cinematic Universe finally has its wonder woman. After being teased in the final end credit bonus of Avengers: Infinity War, we now have the first trailer and photos from Marvel Studios' Captain Marvel, starring Academy Award winner Brie Larson (Room) in the title role. Set way back in the 1990s, the first [...]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=146&v=-3jsfXDZLIY The magic is back, with all the feels. My goodness, the new (and first full) trailer for Mary Poppins Returns not only boasts the artful movie magic you expect from a Disney sequel 54 years in the making, but it has an unapologetic sentimental power that packs a genuine emotional punch (rather than a [...]
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