https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=58&v=VTqd4yNFuSw Playing Hitler for laughs can be a risky proposition, but the off-beat quirkiness of writer / director Taika Waititi is perfectly suited for the gamble. Waititi is the New Zealand filmmaker who made Thor: Ragnarok a smash, but his style was honed on smaller oddball indies with clever laughs (What We Do In The [...]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-VLEPhfEN2M "Please don't ruin my childhood." That knowing bit of meta-dialogue is spoken by the wife of a reporter who's about to embark on an in-depth profile of Fred Rogers, the beloved PBS host of Mr. Rogers Neighborhood, one of the longest running children's series of all time. The wife, of course, is speaking for [...]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1&v=-iTco6JgZ4o More secrets were uncovered at the Comic-Con presentation for Terminator: Dark Fate. Along with a new 90-second featurette (above; caution, strong language and violence), producer James Cameron officially announced a big surprise: actor Edward Furlong will reprise his role as John Connor in this latest chapter, which is serving as a direct sequel to [...]
The Mother of Dragons is about to get swept up in a yuletide meet-cute. Leaving the controversies of the Game of Thrones finale far behind (along with her own personal frustrations about it -- which I share!), Emilia Clarke will be back on the big screen this holiday season in Last Christmas. What may first [...]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=01ON04GCwKs The first teaser for the new Mulan is already the best live action Disney remake of the year, even though we won't see the full movie until 2020. Rather than taking the safe risk-averse route of a shot-for-shot CGI rehash, director Niki Caro (Whale Rider) looks like she'll be telling and crafting the story [...]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=flXkOTJBtvU With just a little over two weeks left before the new Lion King finally debuts, Disney has released this new featurette with cast and director interviews that also reveals new never-before-seen footage from the live action remake. In addition, Cast-Character portraits were released (see below), each one framing the various voice actors with their [...]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=4&v=qGqiHJTsRkQ Rian Johnson did it, with the all-star cast in the movie theater. That's the reveal in this first trailer for Knives Out, Johnson's follow-up to Star Wars: The Last Jedi. The writer/director of such critically-acclaimed films as Looper and Brick has returned to his own new material, this time in a classicly-styled Agatha Christie-ish murder mystery [...]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z_7eN5iloyk Roland Emmerich is returning to a battle in the skies, but instead of sci-fi space invaders he's jumping back to America's counter attack to Pearl Harbor. Using the same title as the 1976 film about the same event, Midway uses the latest digital effects to depict the harrowing action of warfare in the decisive [...]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQkO0Shirl8 The latest James Bond film has seemingly been a mission impossible, but now the first sneak peak of it shows that while 007 may have been down, he's not out. The still untitled Bond 25 has been shaken and stirred by numerous setbacks and challenges, most recently an ankle injury suffered on-set by star [...]
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 [...]