These new photos should make every Poppins fan feel expialidocious. Entertainment Weekly's latest cover story offers up first look images of the much anticipated Mary Poppins Returns, starring Emily Blunt as the beloved magical nanny. From the sequel set 25 years after the events of the original classic, these photos include Blunt, Lin-Manuel Miranda as Jack [...]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pNs85I75p7A Want more insight into the best movie of the summer so far? This 15-minute featurette combines scenes, set footage, and in-depth interviews (director Patty Jenkins speaks with clear vision and passion) to not only reveal how Wonder Woman was made but, more importantly, the spirit and philosophy behind it. To read my review, click [...]
At a time when Deadpool seemed to portend the need for superhero movies to ratchet up the edgy hard-R content and excessive snark, Patty Jenkins had the courage to defy this new conventional wisdom and, instead, go in the exact opposite direction. Studio analysts and entertainment pundits are already dissecting why Wonder Woman was such [...]
Ride into the nostalgia zone. Access Hollywood, the entertainment gossip show, scored a surprise scoop during a puff piece interview with Tom Cruise. The action star icon let slip the official title of the confirmed Top Gun sequel: Top Gun: Maverick In the clip (see below), Cruise goes on to share more details, assuring fans that he and the film's [...]
**1/2 out of **** Rated PG (for mild rude humor throughout) Released: June 2, 2017 Runtime: 89 minutes Director: David Soren Starring: the voices of Kevin Hart, Thomas Middleditch, Ed Helms, Nick Kroll, Jordan Peele, Kristen Schaal Low-brow humor with a sweet spirit, Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie is age appropriate silliness with its heart in the right [...]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mq4m3yAoW8E "There is evil on this train." There's also a lot of famous actors. Following an Entertainment Weekly photo spread and some savvy Star Wars related social media posts by Josh Gad and Daisy Ridley, we get the first trailer for Kenneth Branagh's adaptation of Murder on the Orient Express. Perhaps the most popular adaptation of [...]
***1/2 out of **** Rated PG-13 (for sequences of violence and action, and some suggestive content) Released: June 2, 2017 Runtime: 141 minutes Director: Patty Jenkins Starring: Gal Gadot, Chris Pine, Danny Huston, David Thewlis, Lucy Davis, Robin Wright, Connie Nielsen, Elena Anaya, Ewen Bremner, Eugene Brave Rock, Saïd Taghmaoui Available to rent through Amazon Video or buy on 4K, 3D Blu-ray, Blu-ray/DVD/Digital [...]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BxaJLr92Av0 The original Paddington movie, based on the popular series of children's books, may not have been a box office sensation, but it's nice to see a family friendly charmer produced with such vibrant artful panache (like a Wes Anderson movie, for kids) do well enough to spawn a sequel. This first teaser for Paddington 2 [...]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3xo-EP_O5pQ In 1997, Judi Dench went from obscure American notoriety as M to Pierce Brosnan's James Bond to her first Oscar nomination as Queen Victoria in the under-seen yet powerful Mrs. Brown. Now, 20 years later, she plays Queen Victoria again during her final years in the dramatic charmer Victoria & Abdul. The similarities to Mrs. [...]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aPzvKH8AVf0 Well that retirement didn't last long. Steven Soderbergh is officially back in the feature film game, following his dubious "retirement" in which he stayed rather busy with his Cinemax series The Knick. The Oscar-winning director's return to the big screen is Logan Lucky, a new heist comedy that plays like a hick version of his Ocean's Trilogy. [...]
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