For as great a stylist as director Zack Snyder can be, he's occasionally been tagged with pejorative of being derivative. Now, it seems, he's coping himself. Snyder tweeted out the first-look image of Batman in his "Tactical Batsuit", which will make its debut in the upcoming DC film Justice League. For anyone familiar with Snyder's adaptation of The [...]
Moana, Disney's original folk tale of an adventurous young Hawaiian woman who sets out on an epic journey, has reunited two of the studio's legendary directors for their first 3D animated effort. Ron Clements & John Musker, the co-directors of such classics as The Little Mermaid and Aladdin, bring their tried-and-true 2D sensibilities into the 3D animated form. To [...]
Welcome to the set of Steven Spielberg's Ready Player One. In a substantial series of tweets from @GreatCharlesSt, @Shelliweb, and @ChrisBevan89 on the London set, we've been gifted with a lot more looks at the upcoming dystopian sci-fi thriller about humanity's obsession with VR and technology in the near future. Below you'll find a series [...]
I'm not a big fan of the MCU (Marvel Cinematic Universe), but everything I see about Doctor Strange has me excited about new possibilities. That would include this new 1-minute behind-the-scenes video sneak peak that sets the basis for these characters. It's a great tutorial for people (like me) who are fresh to the Strange [...]
Ground Control to General Solo. Everybody loves a Pop Culture Mashup, and freelance digital artist Steven Lear has come up with some beauts over at his website Why The Long Play Face. Transforming 37 classic album covers into Star Wars themed art, Lear proves he's a Photoshop Padawan who's strong with The Force. Just click on the [...]
Now we have a better idea of how some of these characters are going to look. To go along with the first teaser released earlier this year, two new official images from Disney's live action remake of their musical version of Beauty and the Beast have been released...but one isn't final. The picture of Lumière and Cogsworth (played [...]
Harvey Weinstein's going all in on Lion. Every Awards season, The Weinstein Company (like Miramax before it) makes a few plays for Oscar glory. Ultimately, though, they push one above the rest. This year, that movie will be Lion. The studio just released the film's first trailer. Based on a true story, it's the account of a young Indian man (played by [...]
Production on Steven Spielberg's dystopian sci-fi blockbuster Ready Player One is about to be in full swing, and so are the first of the (allegedly) unsanctioned image and video tweets. (See below) Based on the YA novel by Ernest Cline, Ready Player One is the near-future reality of 2044 in which society is so immersed into the virtual reality [...]
Here's another one of those true stories you can't believe you've never heard of, and wonder why it hasn't been made into a movie long before now. But given the racial tensions of 2016, Hidden Figures may have been providentially preserved for such a time as this. Unknown to most, a small group of African-American women were [...]
Bangarang! Thanks to the website 22 Vision, which celebrates "film, television and pop culture though unique viral experience", fans of Steven Spielberg's Hook can finally see Neverland's Lost Boys all grown up and back together. (Image gallery below.) Although the film's actual anniversary date isn't until later this year (December 11, 2016), the Lost Boys [...]
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