https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5eWWW8fpq5o Episode IX is IX days away. Here's a short spot and new art posters to remind you. (Well, VIII days if you count opening night previews on the Thursday the 19th.) Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker officially opens on December 20, 2019. Click on any poster for larger gallery
It's December, Christmas is approaching, and so is the newest version of Louisa May Alcott's Little Women. The adaptation from Lady Bird writer / director Greta Gerwig is already getting Awards Season buzz, and now the hype machine comes to your phone machine in this new set of vertical images from the film. Tailor-made in [...]
From New York City to flyover country, that's apparently where the Ecto-1 ended up. In these first look photos for the Ghostbusters reboot from director Jason Reitman (son of original director Ivan Reitman), we catch a glimpse of where the original crew's Ectomobile now lies hidden: covered up in a barn somewhere in rural Oklahoma. [...]
Two new poster designs...or something more? In the latest one sheets for Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, Rey and Kylo Ren are the centerpiece characters. In the first, Rey is flanked by characters from the new trilogy. In the second, visages of she and Kylo are flanked by Luke and Leia. The big question [...]
Now here's some sweet fan service nostalgia. Designed as an homage to original trilogy Star Wars trading cards, the new character posters for Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker focus squarely on the stars of the sequel trilogy Episodes VII, VIII, and IX, plus some new additions debuting in Rise. Some of the OT classics are [...]
https://youtu.be/HfiH_526qhY A cultural icon for twenty years -- first on TV, then two movies, and recently a Tony-nominated musical -- the popularity of SpongeBob SquarePants shows no signs of letting up, so his upcoming third feature film should prove a real crowd-pleaser. The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run follows in the computer-animated style of [...]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eTWP0NwHuhc Previous trailers and featurettes have given us a good look at A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood (a.k.a. the Mr. Rogers movie inspired by the true story of a reporter's relationship with the beloved PBS icon), but this latest -- and likely last -- trailer produced for international audiences offers the most concise version of the [...]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=szby7ZHLnkA Now honestly, how hard was that? The title rodent of Sonic the Hedgehog (the iconic video game / animation blue-fuzzy speedster) finally looks like himself rather than, you know, a freakish bizarro version. (Here's a side-by-side tweet of the old and new renderings.) https://twitter.com/ThePlaylist/status/1194353126037491712?s=20 Thanks to the huge online backlash against the original monstrosity (which was [...]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZnKvQbpDYXU Ruh-roh! Scooby-Doo is remade for the 3D animated CGI modern era. Scoob! -- the new reboot featuring the titular slobbery dog, his best friend Shaggy, and their Mystery Machine gang of Fred, Velma, and Daphne -- are back. The new feature from Warner Bros. will mix flashbacks of a Scooby / Shaggy origin story [...]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4TojlZYqPUo Pixar is famous for making kids' movies that have a strong appeal for adults, not just emotionally but even philosophically. Well, Soul may be their first offering to be target squarely at the parents. Going a step further than even The Incredibles did (which involved a family), Soul follows the existential afterlife struggle of Joe [...]
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