We’re less than one week away from seeing VENOM in theaters, and though there’s plenty of curiosity and excitement around it there’s still the notion a movie with the title character may not be as strong without Spider-Man around. The two characters have a long history in the comics, but sadly we probably won’t see it play out on screen – at least… Read More...
Night School is top of the class! The education of comic Kevin Hart was the center of attention this weekend as NIGHT SCHOOL opened in first place at the box office with an estimated $28 million! Hart's pairing with Tiffany Haddish didn't start quite as strong as his original team-ups with Ice Cube (RIDE ALONG opened to $41.5 million) or The Rock ($35.5 million for CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE), but it's… Read More...
The new CHARLIE’S ANGELS movie from director Elizabeth Banks has gone full throttle into production with stars Kristen Stewart, Naomi Scott, and Ella Balinska set to play the three badass super spies. Now actor Djimon Hounsou (CAPTAIN MARVEL) has joined the ranks of Banks and Patrick Stewart to become the third Bosley. What? There are three Angels, why can’t there be three Bosleys?… Read More...
Some cliche somewhere said that 'a picture is worth a thousand words.' This has proven to be the case for me and especially when it comes to fan art. I have always sought out great fan art and have wanted to share it with as many people as possible. "Awesome Artwork We've Found Around The Net" is the outlet for that passion. In this column I will showcase… Read More...
20th Century Fox is playing quite the game of release date shuffle today as they've made a number of changes to a handful of their upcoming blockbusters. Get out your calender's! The first trailer for DARK PHOENIX, the next installment of the X-MEN franchise, was unveiled just two days ago, but it's already in need of an update as Fox has pushed the film… Read More...
As the release of VENOM grows closer (one week to be exact), Sony Pictures have been pumping up their marketing campaign to get audiences up to speed with Eddie Brock (Tom Hardy). Two new VENOM clips have been released which showcase both sides of Eddie Brock, as the first finds the journalist having a brief romantic moment with his girlfriend, Anne Weying (Michelle Williams), and the second deals with Brock unleashing… Read More...
Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly are a great comedic duo, and the pair have joined forces once again for HOLMES AND WATSON, a comedic take on the famed detective which finds Ferrell playing Holmes and Reilly playing Dr. Watson, except this time, they're stupid. The first trailer for the Etan Cohen film has finally arrived and it certainly brings the silly. At the moment, I feel… Read More...
Following the release of MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS last year, 20th Century Fox quickly put a sequel into development based upon Agatha Christie's "Death On the Nile" which would see Hercule Poirot returning to solve another compelling mystery. Much like the first film, it's expected that the sequel will feature an all-star cast and Deadline has the… Read More...
According to an exclusive report by Variety, Warner Bros. has found their director for the live-action SESAME STREET musical film in PORTLANDIA co-creator Jonathan Krisel. Word has it that the upcoming film project will be presented to audiences as a musical, and will feature many of the beloved characters from the long-running educational program. Producing the highly-anticipated project is STRANGER… Read More...
For those of you who enjoy following the transformative exploits of AMERICAN PSYCHO and THE MACHINIST actor Christian Bale, you are likely to be interested in knowing that Academy Award-winner Adam McCay's previously UNTITLED DICK CHENEY PROJECT is now titled VICE. In the upcoming biographical drama, Bale stars as Dick Cheney, an American politician and businessman who served as the Vice… Read More...
During a time when unique film ideas often feel like they're few and far between, 20th Century Fox has announced that they've landed DEADPOOL and THE HITMAN'S BODYGUARD actor Ryan Reynolds to star in FREE GUY, a film said to feel like a fresh take on 1998's THE TRUMAN SHOW, which starred comedic actor Jim Carrey as an insurance salesman/adjuster discovers his entire life… Read More...
Getting a movie made around the comic book character Gambit has been one of the great production nightmares of the genre, with plenty of doubt cast that the thing may never get made. But, the light is starting to shine through the clouds, and we are closer than ever to seeing production start on the movie starring Channing Tatum. In fact, producer Simon Kinberg (DARK PHOENIX) has revealed the tone… Read More...
Paramount Pictures has announced via Deadline that THE HITMAN'S BODYGUARD and FRIDA actress Salma Hayek will be joining Tiffany Haddish (NIGHT SCHOOL, THE OATH) and Rose Byrne (INSIDIOUS, SPY) in LIMITED PARTNERS, an upcoming comedy from director Miguel Arteta (YOUTH IN REVOLT, THE GOOD GIRL). Set to be written by Sam Pitman and Adam Cole-Kelly, LIMITED PARTNERS finds Haddish… Read More...
PLOT: Migo (Channing Tatum), a big-hearted Yeti, learns that the myths he’s be raised believing are false when he discovers a mysterious “smallfoot”, actually a human TV host (James Corden) desperately in need of a comeback. REVIEW: SMALLFOOT is deceptively intelligent for a kids movie. While I went into this expecting a lot of silly songs and pratfalls, something… Read More...
Welcome to The Best Movie You NEVER Saw, a column dedicated to examining films that have flown under the radar or gained traction throughout the years, earning them a place as a cult classic or underrated gem that was either before it’s time and/or has aged like a fine wine. This week we’ll be looking at HUDSON HAWK! THE STORY: Eddie Hawkins (Bruce Willis) aka the Hudson Hawk is a master cat burglar… Read More...
PLOT: Nina (Mary Elizabeth Winstead), a stand-up comic, tries to leave her baggage behind by relocating to Los Angeles, but finds that some problems can’t be avoided forever. REVIEW: Mary Elizabeth Winstead has been having a great career. She’s somehow managed to juggle big feature projects (10 CLOVERFIELD LANE, the upcoming GEMINI MAN and the recently announced BIRDS… Read More...
One of the movies that kinda snuck up on me at this year's TIFF was THE SISTERS BROTHERS (read my review). Based on the famous novel by Patrick deWitt and directed by A PROPHET's Jacques Audiard, I expected it to be good based on the cast alone. However, I wound up being throughly moved and surprised by this quasi-tragic/comic western, which I think contains one of star… Read More...
If someone told you that TOY STORY 4 had something in common with AVENGERS: INFINITY WAR, you would think they were referring to the very similarly shaped heads of Buzz Lightyear and Thanos. Well, Lightyear voice actor Tim Allen actually thinks the upcoming entry in the animated franchise has a lot in common with the massive superhero blockbuster, at least when it comes to the sheer emotional weight… Read More...
Within the last few months, we’ve gotten some pretty epic for the new rock n’ roll biopic BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY, which centers on the life of rock legend Freddie Mercury. Soon that footage will get a bit of company, because on Monday the first trailer for the Elton John biopic ROCKETMAN will drop, and to give you the smallest of tastes the first official image of Taron Egerton… Read More...
It's been a pleasure to watch the MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE cast change and evolve over the course of the last six movies, and one of the newest additions to M:I team has frequently been the subject of spin-off discussions among fans. Ilsa Faust (Rebecca Ferguson) made her debut in MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE - ROGUE NATION and returns in MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE - FALLOUT, but despite the popularity… Read More...
The release of Star Wars: Resistance is just a little over a week away and a new extended trailer has arrived to give you another taste of the upcoming animated series. Taking place decades after the events of RETURN OF THE JEDI but before the events of THE FORCE AWAKENS, Star Wars: Resistance follows Kazuda Xiono (Christopher Sean), a young pilot who is recruited into the Resistance by Poe Dameron (Oscar… Read More...
Hello boys and girls, it’s so nice to see you on this beautiful day. Would you care join me for a first look at Tom Hanks as Mister Rogers for Tri Star Pictures’ UNTITLED MR. ROGERS film project? I think it would be real nice if we could share this experience together, as it’s likely to bring a smile to our faces, and I sure don’t get tired of smiling, do you? Here, take… Read More...
A torch has been passed on the set of Quentin Tarantino’s ONCE UPON A TIME IN HOLLYWOOD, as Deadline has exclusively announced that Bruce Dern will replace the late Burt Reynolds as the character George Spahn for Sony Pictures upcoming comedic drama that revolves around the Manson Family murders of 1969. Dern’s appointment to the role comes after the unfortunate passing of legendary… Read More...
John Harvatine IV and Tom Root, the executive producers behind ROBOT CHICKEN, have announced that their new 10-episode animated series titled CROSSING SWORDS is coming to Hulu as part of the Hulu Originals slate in 2020. CROSSING SWORDS will star Nicholas Hoult as Patrick, a good-hearted peasant who lands a coveted squire position at the royal castle. His dream job quickly turns into a nightmare… Read More...
We finally got our first big look at DARK PHOENIX last night with the release of the film's first trailer, which offered a tantalizing peek at Jessica Chastain's mysterious villain, who seems to have quite the interest in Jean Grey (Sophie Turner) and her growing powers. It was originally reported that Chastain was set to play Lilandra, empress of the Shi'ar Empire,… Read More...
Are you of the mind that the third season of Netflix’s STRANGER THINGS simply cannot get here fast enough? You are? Well then, you might be interested to know that Del Ray, an imprint of Penguin Random House, has an official STRANGER THINGS novel hitting shelves early next year, which will hopefully answer several of your burning questions. Titled Stranger Things: Suspicious Minds, the… Read More...
In the short span of a year, actor Timothée Chalamet has made the internet as a whole swoon with his work in movies like LADY BIRD and CALL ME BY YOUR NAME, earning an Oscar nomination for his work in the latter. Now he’s going big-budget with the new DUNE adaptation from director Denis Villeneuve, and the young star recently sat down to talk about how excited he is to work… Read More...
Anyone excited for the new HELLBOY movie is going to have to make some very upsetting changes to their calendar today. We know you were pumped to bring in the new year by seeing the movie starring David Harbour as Big Red on January 11, 2019, but now it will be more of a pre-summer treat as Summit Entertainment has officially announced (via THR) that the movie will open on April 12, 2019. [SEE MORE] The… Read More....jpg)
On nightly walks through my neighborhood, I’ve noticed that my neighbors have already begun decorating their homes in anticipation of this year’s Halloween celebration. As skeletons are hung from Maple trees with care, and pumpkins with frightening faces are placed atop cracked concrete steps, I’m reminded that soon, David Gordon Green’s HALLOWEEN is set to arrive… Read More...
PLOT: After losing his sales job, a guy who has grifted his way through life must take a night course to earn his GED. REVIEW: In the acclaimed 2017 comedy GIRLS TRIP, director Malcolm D. Lee gave Tiffany Haddish a chance to shine. And with their latest collaboration - while perhaps not quite as fresh as the last round - they once again offer up a surprisingly charming and funny feature.… Read More...
Move over, cryogenics! You've got nothing compared to the perfect preservation powers of brine, which preserves both pickles and humans equally well! Variety reports that Seth Rogen is setting up his next project with Sony Pictures which is based upon a New Yorker novella by Simon Rich. The as-yet-untitled film will find Seth Rogen starring as Herschel Greenbaum, "a struggling… Read More...
We should’ve been only about a month out from X-MEN: DARK PHOENIX at this point, but some months ago the release date was pushed all the way to February 2019. As a result, we’ve had to wait even more patiently for the first trailer for the upcoming superhero blockbuster, and now it’s finally here. Yes, the gang is all here, including Professor X (James McAvoy), Magneto (Michael Fassbender), Mystique... Read More...
As someone who lost interest in Michael Bay's explosive TRANSFORMERS franchise shorty after the first film, I've been somewhat surprised by my interest in BUMBLEBEE, the upcoming prequel/spin-off which focuses on the much-loved character of the same name. The recent trailer for the film was quite a lot of fun, particularly in seeing just how well those original '80s... Read More...Although it was hoped that VENOM would be following in the footsteps of DEADPOOL and LOGAN as an R-rated comic-book movie, the film instead received a PG-13 rating, allegedly because Sony Pictures wanted to keep a potential future Spider-Man crossover in the cards. The film will still be pushing the PG-13 rating to its limit, but it does seem to be causing a little concern with fans. While speaking with MTV... Read More...
After TERMINATOR: SALVATION and TERMINATOR: GENISYS, the franchise is now on its third attempt at semi-rebooting the series, but with James Cameron back in the fold for the first time since TERMINATOR 2: JUDGMENT DAY, you might be allowed to let your expectations rise just a little. Also returning to the franchise for the first time since her last on-screen appearance in the second film is... Read More...
The RESIDENT EVIL movie franchise may have come to a close (at least until the reboot arrives), but Paul W.S. Anderson is already gearing up to shoot the first installment of his next big franchise, an adaptation of Capcom's Monster Hunter video-game series. Here's the old logline for MONSTER HUNTER: "For every Monster, there is a Hero. An ordinary man in a dead end job discovers... Read More...
Warner Bros. has found their Huntress and Black Canary for the studio's Harley Quinn spinoff, BIRDS OF PREY, in Mary Elizabeth Winstead and Jurnee Smollett-Bell, respectively. Word has it that the WB had been pining over who to cast as two of DC's most iconic femme fatales, who will go on to join Margot Robbie's Harley Quinn for the highly-anticipated comic... Read More...
Sony Pictures has webbed up a new and intense clip for director Ruben Fleischer's VENOM starring Tom Hardy as the sinister symbiote. In the clip, titled “To Protect and Serve,” we find Hardy's Eddie Brock engaging in an all-out throw-down with a battalion of officers that are armed to the teeth. After several words of caution, Brock is left with little choice but to... Read More...
PLOT: Early 1900s: On a desolated island somewhere in Europe, a man searches for his sister, recently kidnapped by a cult with mysterious motives. REVIEW: With THE RAID and THE RAID 2, writer-director-editor Gareth Evans has more than proven he can direct action with the best of them; perhaps better than any modern director I can think of at the moment. Having satisfied his bloodlust in that genre,... Read More...
Hard Ticket to Hawaii (1987) Director: Andy Sidaris Stars: Ronn Moss, Dona Speir, Hope Marie Carlton A group of buxom secret agents must take down drug dealers, diamond smugglers, and a carcinogenic snake. The name Andy Sidaris may not have the same recognition as more famous B-movie auteurs like Roger Corman or Lloyd Kaufman, but Sidaris' run of ridiculous and raunchy flicks in the 80s and 90s... Read More...
It won't be long now before Whovians witness history being made as Jodie Whittaker takes over the role of everyone's favorite Time Lord for the eleventh season of the BBC's long-running sci-fi television series, DOCTOR WHO. Earlier today, BBC America announced that the premiere episode of Whittaker's first season will be broadcast at 1:45pm... Read More...
Word has come in that both Albus Dumbledore and Gandalf the Gray are in the midst of filing a joint lawsuit against Mark Hamill's Talus of the History Channel's drama series KNIGHTFALL. In what we know so far, both wizards are claiming likeness infringement against the STAR WARS actor, on account of his looking like a combination of the two sorcerers for KNIGHTFALLS upcoming season. I'm... Read More...
MGM and Warner Bros. Entertainment have come out swinging today with the debut of a new trailer for CREED II, the highly-anticipated sequel to BLACK PANTHER director Ryan Coogler's 2015 sports drama starring Michael B. Jordan (FRUITVALE STATION, FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS), Sylvester Stallone (ROCKY, DEMOLITION MAN), and Tessa Thompson (THOR:... Read More...
Horror movies have been making big splashes at the box office in recent years, with movies like SPLIT, ANNABELLE: CREATION and IT all crossing $100 million (IT within the first weekend) last year, and A QUIET PLACE and THE NUN making big bucks this year. That means things are looking great for the upcoming HALLOWEEN movie, and so far the current projections predict the movie will cut up the box office with a... Read More...
The very first trailer for X-MEN: DARK PHOENIX will be unveiled tonight, which means that the morning is going to have a few goodies awaiting any fans of the mutant heroes. On that docket is both a video announcement for the trailer, which sounds silly in concept, but does feature some dialogue from the movie. But, what may hold ya’ll over until tonight is the first teaser poster for the movie,... Read More...
Last year’s HAPPY DEATH DAY further proved there’s little that Blumhouse can do wrong, taking the GROUNDHOG DAY story structure, giving it a modern twist with a few PG-13 kills and getting a hit. A sequel is on the way, and you can’t simply add a “2” to something called HAPPY DEATH DAY. It makes perfect sense then that for the sequel the filmmakers would have... Read More...
The 1980s was a wondrous golden age for the slasher film, so it's no surprise that the upcoming HELL FEST is hoping to recapture a bit of that particular magic. The film follows Natalie (Amy Forsyth) as she visits her childhood best friend Brooke (Reign Edwards) and her roommate Taylor (Bex Taylor-Klaus) and the three of them, as well as their boyfriends, decide to attend Hell Fest, "a... Read More...
Who really wears the mask? Is it Bruce Wayne or Batman? This is a question which the franchise has tackled on many occasions over the decades, and it seems that it's something which Matt Reeves will be pursuing in the upcoming standalone BATMAN film. While speaking at the Television Critics Association press-tour about the upcoming Mark-Paul Gosselaar TV show The Passage, on which he serves as an... Read More...
More often than not, you can count on an X-MEN film to contain a scene in which Professor X (Patrick Stewart, James McAvoy) and Magneto (Ian McKellen, Michael Fassbender) engage in philosophical discussions over a game of chess, and it seems that X-MEN: DARK PHOENIX will be continuing that tradition. The upcoming film is currently in the midst of reshoots in Montreal and some new photos from the set... Read More...
You may think that you can quit the zombie life, but it always finds a way to drag you back in. Earlier this year it was revealed that Andrew Lincoln, who has played Rick Grimes on The Walking Dead since the very beginning, would be departing the AMC series mid-way through the upcoming ninth season. However, it seems that he won't be leaving the series behind altogether as he told... Read More...