Grab your hankies. Yes, that'll be your heart pounding. It's the first full look at Belle and her Beast in live action, and it just keeps getting better and better. After watching, everybody's gonna be all, "Can this and Moana trade places so we can have this for Thanksgiving?!" But no, we'll just have to wait. The live [...]
**** out of **** Rated PG-13 (for brief strong language) Released: November 11, 2016 Runtime: 116 minutes Director: Denis Villeneuve Starring: Amy Adams, Jeremy Renner, Forest Whitaker, Michael Stuhlbarg, Tzi Ma Ranked #6 on My Top 10 List For 2016, and 2016 Academy Award winner for Best Sound Editing Arrival is a feature-length Rorschach test. That’s particularly appropriate for a movie about language, communication, [...]
Luc Besson is definitely in his element. With a bold focus on eye-popping visuals over hints about the narrative, this first teaser for Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets is a true big-budget sci-fi spectacle of the first order. From the visionary director of The Fifth Element, this extravaganza should fit very well into the [...]
The tale may be as old as time, but some of the songs will be brand new. In an interview with Entertainment Weekly for their cover story about the upcoming live action adaptation of Disney's Beauty and the Beast, composer Alan Menken (co-songwriter of the original animated tunes and its Broadway adaptation) dishes about three new [...]
With a Thanksgiving weekend debut just weeks away now, Walt Disney Animation Studios is releasing more promo clips for their upcoming original animated adventure tale Moana. In the two videos below - that both include new footage - the film's music and research are highlighted. "We Know The Way" is an anthem that showcases the rich and [...]
Marvel reaps familiar results with a strange debut as Benedict Cumberbatch works some magic to defy low box office projections. Forecast to take in anywhere from $55-to-$75 million, Doctor Strange far exceeded expectations with $85 million over its first three days. The third best debut for any movie in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (trailing Iron Man's $98.6 million and Guardians [...]
***1/2 out of **** Rated PG (for mild rude humor) Released: November 4, 2016 Runtime: 92 minutes Director: Mike Mitchell Starring: Anna Kendrick, Justin Timberlake, Zooey Deschanel, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Christine Baranski, James Corden, Jeffrey Tambor Available to rent through Amazon Video and buy on Blu-ray, DVD and 4K. Proceeds from purchases made through these links go to support this blog. [...]
Take the existential loneliness of Bruce Wayne and flip it for laughs. With Will Arnett providing the voice, that sounds like a perfect way to go at this thing. It certainly looks that way, too, in this hilarious new trailer for The LEGO® Batman Movie, the spin-off of the highly successful The LEGO® Movie. Here's the official [...]
***1/2 out of **** Rated PG-13 (for sci-fi violence and action throughout, an intense crash sequence, and some language) Released: November 4, 2016 Runtime: 115 minutes Director: Scott Derrickson Starring: Benedict Cumberbatch, Tilda Swinton, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Rachel McAdams, Mads Mikkelsen, Benedict Wong Available to rent through Amazon Video or buy on Blu-ray and DVD. Proceeds from purchases made through these links [...]
And a Woman shall lead them. After the intense backlash toward Batman v Superman's excessively dark and dire superhero throwdown, the new trailer for Wonder Woman gives hope for a post-Zack Snyder driven DC Extended Universe. While it may be the second entry to fit that bill, David Ayers' Suicide Squad was given a disastrous Deadpool-esque retrofit well after the fact. But for [...]
I Can't Unsee That Movie: film news and reviews by Jeff Huston 