"A droid don’t pull people’s arms out of their sockets when they lose. Wookiees are known to do that." - Han Solo Exhibit A: this newly-released deleted scene from Star Wars: The Force Awakens. (The quickly-seen shock by Rey is hilarious.) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mJLmdLRUPtE
Adventure has a home, and it's Amazon Prime. All three Indiana Jones movies (plus that other one) are now streaming free for Amazon Prime members. Below are links to the films as well as reviews from my recent Spielberg Marathon. The first three remain classics, even Temple of Doom. Trust me. Raiders of the Lost Ark - Review - Amazon [...]
(Poll Results Below) With news that Lucasfilm's creative braintrust will soon meet to rethink Star Wars: Episode IX, the 2019 release that had planned a major role for General Leia prior to Carrie Fisher's recent tragic passing, some people online are actually beginning to speculate about the unthinkable: Re-casting the role of the Rebellion / Resistance heroine that Fisher iconically defined. The [...]
After debuting "I Can't Unsee That" in October of 2015, it was 2016 that marked the first full calendar year for this movie blog. Here are the essential stats for my humble endeavor, along with rankings of the Top 10 Most Viewed Articles and Reviews, as well as Rankings of Views for the Spielberg and Star Trek marathons. [...]
Ooooooooo, isn't this a-may-zing! Thanks to some early Instagram access to Beauty & The Beast doll merchandise, we can now hear the first clips of Emma Watson's singing voice as Belle via a Belle doll (yes, that is her voice). UPDATE: And now with that leak, Disney has released an official high quality version of the song clip (below). Enjoy. Get giddy. [...]
The influence of John Williams on film composer Michael Giacchino's career could be heard from his earliest scores for video games and television. Now, Oscar-winner Giacchino has become the first non-Williams to write the music for a Star Wars movie. In an exclusive, Entertainment Weekly was invited to a recent recording session for the score to Rogue One: [...]
Oh Christmas twee, oh Christmas twee. If any cinematic auteur should add a feature length Christmas movie to his canon, it should be (without question or debate!) that singular stylist Wes Anderson. Until that blessed day comes, retailer H&M has gifted us the next best thing: a Wes Anderson Christmas Short. Although it ends up being nothing more than [...]
Go old school Nintendo with the new "Jack Reacher: Never Stop Punching" Online 8-bit video arcade game. This clever little marketing tie-in to Jack Reacher: Never Go Back is oversimplified fun that peddles in easy gaming nostalgia. With just the Z and X buttons on your keyboard, advance through the game as you punch through [...]
Toke up, Marvel fans, because composer Michael Giacchino is tripping the light fantastic. In the first music track released from the score to Marvel's upcoming new movie Doctor Strange, Giacchino channels 1970s era psychedelic rock. It's a stark departure from the scores he's become famous for, ranging from Pixar movies like Up and The Incredibles to [...]
Cancel your plans and call in sick, muggles. You've got a limited engagement to Hogwarts and the Wizarding World on IMAX - and it's going to disappear before you know it. Starting Thursday night, October 13th, and ending Friday October 14th, all 8 films from the original Harry Potter franchise will play on participating IMAX [...]
I Can't Unsee That Movie: film news and reviews by Jeff Huston 