***1/2 out of **** Rated R (for disturbing violent content, and strong language throughout) Released: May 5, 2017 Runtime: 120 minutes Directed by: Oren Moverman Starring: Richard Gere, Laura Linney, Steve Coogan, Rebecca Hall, Chloe Sevigny, Charlie Plummer, Michael Chernus, Taylor Rae Almonte Available to rent through Amazon Video or buy on Blu-ray and DVD. Proceeds from purchases made through these links go to support this blog. My [...]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s4C1gnqdrew It takes a monster to defeat a monster. So says Russell Crowe's Dr. Jekyll in this final trailer for The Mummy, the first entry into Universal Studio's Monsterverse. It looks to be as much of a big-budget horror pic as a Tom Cruise action flick, mixing scares, thrills, and comic relief for mainstream consumption. The Mummy opens on [...]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o5ykcuAS1F4 The 1970s retro look is in full effect with the first trailer for Battle of the Sexes, the new movie based on the true story of a highly publicized match between tennis star Billy Jean King and male chauvinist firebrand Bobby Riggs. King is played by Emma Stone, fresh off her Best Actress Oscar win for La La [...]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ue7cNNfjCyc This might actually be fun. That's the sort of delusional hope this new international trailer for Transformers: The Last Knight actually sparks. A better preview than any of the previously released trailers in North America, this gives us a more accurate sneak of what to expect from the story, plus it's the first to [...]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r8pJt4dK_s4 Is Pixar getting any kickback for their patented story construct? Okay, of course not, but watching this first trailer for The Emoji Movie one can't help but draw parallels to Pixar's Toy Story, Monsters, Inc., and others. Yet while this doesn't appear to be breaking any new ground, it does show the potential to be a perfectly [...]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qxjPjPzQ1iU Damn dirty apes, with Woody Harrelson (who's currently in a "makes every movie he's in better" phase of his career). I can't say I've been the biggest fan of this series but it has been a very good one, and it's advanced the quality of realistic digital animation as much as any franchise in Hollywood [...]
Every May, movie fans scour through the annual summer blockbuster previews to see what's coming and what's worth getting excited about. For funzies, here's what people had to look forward to 25 years ago in the Summer of 1992. Not nearly as many sequels and franchises as we have today, and only one superhero movie! What a quaint time it [...]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=stmYoyHpXI0 In some ways, this will probably have Star Wars diehards as geeked for the new movie as anything else. It's the trailer for The Last Jedi re-imagined as a preview from 1983, and it's sure to push all of the right nostalgia buttons. But it also (if unintentionally) shows how different filmmaking styles are today. Even with [...]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qztxwL4Wl3I Thank you, Amazon Studios, for funding our best filmmakers and allowing their movies to have proper theatrical releases (as opposed to Netflix, the Sith Lords of streaming services). After taking 2 Oscars last year with Manchester by the Sea, Amazon will now distribute Wonderstruck, the latest from director Todd Haynes (Carol). Carefully crafted with his usual controlled [...]
** out of **** Rated PG-13 (for sequences of violence and action, some suggestive content, and brief strong language) Released: May 12, 2017 Runtime: 126 minutes Directed by: Guy Ritchie Starring: Charlie Hunnam, Jude Law, Astrid Berges-Frisbey, Djimon Hounsou, Eric Bana, Aidan Gillen, Freddie Fox, Craig McGinlay, Tom Wu and Annabelle Wallis My review of King Arthur: Legend of [...]
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