https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eyzxu26-Wqk Tom Hanks is back in World War II, but this time he'll be fighting by sea rather than land. Inspired by actual events, and based on the novel "The Good Shepherd" by C. S. Forester (The African Queen), Greyhound follows the perilous journey of an Allied convoy of naval ships as they are pursued [...]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gHNOXDiD9Vk "Magic is on our side." The first trailer for the latest adaptation of The Secret Garden lives up to that promise. The beloved novel from 1911 has been adapted before (most notably in 1993), and is now updated to a 1947 setting with flourishes of VFX magic not present in the original story. The [...]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9LnPZo_M030 Crouching Tiger, Hidden Mulan. The latest behind-the-scenes featurette for Disney's upcoming live-action remake of Mulan is a spectacle unto itself (watch above), revealing just how epic in scale, scope, and action this is going to be. It's so impressive, in fact, that one wonders if director Niki Caro would get even more praise and [...]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IYni0VNwaCE The Abbott family can run and they can hide...but not for long. "Fight" is the latest 60-second TV Spot for A Quiet Place Part II; it's the creature-feature apocalypse sequel that stars Emily Blunt as the single mom of two teens and a newborn. In one minute (watch above), it basically teases everything you [...]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Z6PqQEk2qk There's a bit of irony in the title of the new TV Spot for Disney's upcoming Mulan, an action-packed 60-seconds that is anything but "Tranquil" (that's what the studio labeled the spot). It's the first promo to reveal the film's PG-13 rating, and that's a first for any of Disney's animated-to-live action reboot adaptations; [...]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VoJc2tH3WBw&t=0s Now this is my kind of medieval fantasy. Based on a bit of lesser known lore within the King Arthur legend (and completely new to me), The Green Knight is a fascinating-bordering-on-bonkers art house indie approach to the Tolkien-styled epics ala Lord of the Rings and the legion of copies it has inspired (Game [...]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TcPk2p0Zaw4 There is our world, and then there's Wes Anderson's. The latest opportunity for us to travel from ours to his comes this summer with The French Dispatch, the 10th feature film from this generation's most distinct cinematic artisan. Once again assembling an eclectic cast (and quite possibly his largest) -- an ensemble that includes [...]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pN1HNkoL2QA It's Minions. It's the 70s. And it's a 12-year-old Gru. This basically sells itself, but here's the first trailer anyway. Minions: The Rise of Gru is the origin story of how an aspirational little boy became the supervillain he always dreamed of being. Spurned by an evil super-group called Vicious 6, little Gru (once [...]
Seven upcoming 2020 movies bought air time during Super Bowl LIV, three slated for spring and four others for summer. Check each of them out here, in order of my most favorite to least. (Rankings fall according to my own personal anticipation for each film, and how each spot helped amplify that). Top Gun: Maverick [...]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cS6fFddVIYo The marketing machine for A Quiet Place Part II isn't keeping silent. On the verge of a Super Bowl tease (see below), there's also a new behind-the-scenes featurette that lays the groundwork of when Part II picks up from where the original left off. Director John Krasinski and his star/real-life wife Emily Blunt provide [...]
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