Finally, we get a look at Kurt Russell in Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol. 2. Kind of. While still no photos of footage of Russell in the upcoming Marvel sequel have been made public, his character of Ego the Living Planet (whatever that means - and don't tell me; I don't want to know) has finally been revealed [...]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nT1VQkTTT7M Bonjour! Bonjour! Bonjour bonjour bonjour! As good as all of the trailers have been for the live action Beauty and the Beast, this first full clip - which covers the opening minute of the song "Belle" - shows as much promise for this adaptation as anything we've seen yet. Director Bill Condon (Dreamgirls) has a [...]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_oOnDS0THQ At one point, Moana had six older brothers. In this deleted scene extra from the upcoming Moana blu-ray release, we see an early sequence from the story's development before Moana became an only child. Moana, nominated for Best Animated Feature and Best Original Song, is playing in theaters. It’s available via Digital HD on February 21 and [...]
https://youtu.be/jIM4-HLtUM0 More like Kings of Anarchy. Here's the official trailer for King Arthur: Legend of the Sword, director Guy Ritchie's take on the King Arthur legend that mixes styles both modern (no Old English spoken here, aside from the random "behold") and Middle Earthian (CGI armies, et al). Starring Charlie Hunnam, Jude Law, Astrid Bergès-Frisbey, Djimon Hounsou, Aidan Gillen, and [...]
When you're searching for clues about Star Wars, apparently it helps to know a Star-Lord. On three separate occasions - here, here, and here - Josh Gad has tried to manipulate info out of his Murder On The Orient Express co-star Daisy Ridley about the meaning of the new Star Wars Episode VIII title The Last [...]
Leave it to the clever team behind Best Animated Feature front-runner Zootopia to come up with posters like this, complete with inspired punny tweaks on movie star names and promotional taglines. Make sure to examine each of these Poster Spoofs, first published by The Hollywood Reporter, to catch all of the little Easter Egg-ish bits. [...]
There are national TV commercials that cost more than Moonlight did, but they're not nominated for 8 Academy Awards including Best Picture of the Year. IndieWire's Chris O'Falt examines how this could possibly be his very revealing article "The Craft of ‘Moonlight’: How a $1.5 Million Indie Landed Eight Oscar Nominations". The piece includes insight from [...]
Something old, something new. Couldn't ask for a better two. Director Jon Favreau, who's conjuring his live action Jungle Book magic for the world of The Lion King, announced via Twitter the actors he's cast in the roles of Mufasa and Simba: James Earl Jones and Donald Glover Jones, of course, played the role of Mufasa in Disney's original animated version, while Glover is the hottest [...]
https://youtu.be/V9t4SKWryWM A long time in the making (and editing), the mercurial Terrence Malick has offered up another cinematic poem. In what looks to be a spiritual and stylistic cousin to his recent film Knight of Cups, Song to Song appears to continue the same musings but transfer them from the world of movie stardom to music. Song to Song - [...]
** out of **** Rated PG-13 (for sequences of fantasy action violence) Released: February 17, 2017 Runtime: 103 minutes Director: Zhang Yimou Starring: Matt Damon, Jing Tian, Pedro Pascal, Willem Dafoe, Andy Lau When an original movie feels like it’s based on a video game, we’ve got problems – not just for the movie, but in a [...]
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