Production on Steven Spielberg's dystopian sci-fi blockbuster Ready Player One is about to be in full swing, and so are the first of the (allegedly) unsanctioned image and video tweets. (See below) Based on the YA novel by Ernest Cline, Ready Player One is the near-future reality of 2044 in which society is so immersed into the virtual reality [...]
News like this makes diehard Disney fans very fortunate souls. Further expanding his collaboration with Walt Disney Pictures - which currently includes writing songs for the upcoming Moana and co-starring in the sequel Mary Poppins Returns - the Hamilton creator phenom Lin-Manuel Miranda has signed on to be a key creative force in the live [...]
"Arrival" may be referring to an alien invasion but, for movie audiences, it could very well stand for the breakout moment by lauded director Denis Villeneuve. The filmmaker behind last year's critically-praised Sicario and the upcoming Blade Runner sequel, Villeneuve is a master craftsman who tells riveting stories that get under your skin. Arrival - with its [...]
If the first full Official Trailer for Rogue One: A Star Wars Story that debuted during the Olympics was more about the team being assembled, this variation on that theme in the new International Trailer is more focused on the team leader, Jyn Erso (Felicity Jones), that includes a key reference to her father along with a [...]
Here's another one of those true stories you can't believe you've never heard of, and wonder why it hasn't been made into a movie long before now. But given the racial tensions of 2016, Hidden Figures may have been providentially preserved for such a time as this. Unknown to most, a small group of African-American women were [...]
*** out of **** Rated PG (for action, peril, and brief language) Released: August 12, 2016 Runtime: 103 minutes Director: David Lowery Starring: Bryce Dallas Howard, Oakes Fegley, Robert Redford, Oona Laurence, Wes Bentley, Karl Urban, Isiah Whitlock Jr. Conventional wisdom says that Marvel and Pixar are the two most reliable brands in Hollywood, and by [...]
Here's looking at you, Pitt. Okay, it's not exactly Casablanca, but between the World War II North African setting, star-crossed romance, and a rebel resistance fighter, Allied has more than a few things in common (at least on a surface level) with that timeless classic. Starring Brad Pitt and Academy Award-winner Marion Cotillard, Pitt plays a [...]
Complete with the promised Vader tease. Though dubbed the first full official trailer, this latest look at Rogue One: A Star Wars Story is the same length as the teaser that debuted in the spring. The first stand alone anthology episode in the Star Wars saga opens on December 17, 2016.
Go back into hiding, Jason Bourne. If Tom Cruise's Mission Impossible movies are starting to match and even outdo the James Bond franchise in some respects, then his Jack Reacher series he may be offering up its own alternative to the ongoing (and increasingly monotonous) Bourne saga. A renegade government agent without the memory problems, Jack Reacher [...]
Bangarang! Thanks to the website 22 Vision, which celebrates "film, television and pop culture though unique viral experience", fans of Steven Spielberg's Hook can finally see Neverland's Lost Boys all grown up and back together. (Image gallery below.) Although the film's actual anniversary date isn't until later this year (December 11, 2016), the Lost Boys [...]
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