The final preview for Arrival has, er, arrived. It's just a 60-second ad but it nutshells what we can expect from this sophisticated sci-fi original, packed with possibilities, from Sicario helmer Denis Villeneuve. And by the looks of this ad, Arrival hopes to resonate in a political climate that's charged by talks of illegal immigration, open [...]
Welp, looks like I'm going to have to get around to seeing those first two Wolverine standalone movies as prep, because this latest - and final - installment with Hugh Jackman looks like it could be really good. The title is Logan, which is derived from Wolverine's actual last name, and it finds the X-Man [...]
With Fox Searchlight's big Oscar investment The Birth of a Nation going south, that indie studio's awards push looks to be gearing up behind Jackie, the introspective biopic about First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy during the aftermath of JFK's assassination. Debuting to raves at the Toronto Film Festival - particularly for Academy Award-winning star Natalie Portman - Jackie [...]
Marvel fans inevitably flock to Avengers movies (even when they take the form of a Captain America installment), but audiences are actually excited for the next volume of the GOTG. The first teaser (above) for Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol. 2 is a prime example of exactly why that is. In tandem with that first look, Marvel also debuted the movie's initial [...]
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 [...]
Serious actors lining up to do a Hollywood blockbuster are usually good tea leaves to follow, especially if the movie is based on a video game. Here's to hoping that proves out with Assassin's Creed, because its trailer looks like a typical entry into the tentpole box office sweepstakes. Multi-Oscar-nominee Michael Fassbender is joined by Oscar winners [...]
Never trust professional critics. Merrily We Roll Along, a Stephen Sondheim musical from the early 1980s, has grown to become one of the most beloved shows by the Broadway legend (which is really saying something). And yet on its debut, the show was a total bomb, opening to scathing reviews and folding after just two weeks. They had a good thing going...going...gone. Best [...]
It always comes down to family in that galaxy far, far away. Details and (some) rumors are confirmed in this final trailer for Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, plus the first full (if fleeting) glimpse of everyone's favorite Sith Lord. Rogue One - the first ever anthology Star Wars episode - opens worldwide on December [...]
Mark Wahlberg and director Peter Berg have a heart for American heroes. Fresh off the BP oil spill thriller Deepwater Horizon, Wahlberg and Berg reteam for a third time in Patriots Day. It will complete an "American Hero Trilogy" that began with Lone Survivor. Patriots Day is the true story of the 2013 Boston Marathon [...]
For a sequel that basically nobody's asking for, my hunch is that this teaser will still have the average moviegoer thinking, "Hey, that could be fun." Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales is the fifth installment in the blockbuster franchise from action producer Jerry Bruckheimer. By the time Pirates 5 opens next summer it will have [...]
I Can't Unsee That Movie: film news and reviews by Jeff Huston 