A Comical Catastrophe McKay is no stranger to sharp satire, and “Don’t Look Up” won’t be any different. When Kate and Dr. Mindy take their concerns to the President (Meryl Streep) and her son/Chief of Staff (Jonah Hill), they laugh off the astronomers concerns. After all, doomsday scenarios have become a dime a dozen for world leaders in 2021, so they’re incredulous at best. That means it’s up to Kate and Dr....
George Romero’s Unmade Final Zombie Movie ‘Twilight Of The Dead’ In The Works By Chris Evangelista/April 30, 2021 12:00 pm EST Twilight of the Dead, intended to be a “concluding chapter” in George A. Romero’s zombie series, is in the works four years after Romero’s death. Romero was reportedly developing the film when he passed away in 2017, and now his widow Suzanne Romero is working to get the film made....
Andor and Pinocchio Also Slated for 2022 Lucasfilm “Andor,” the prequel to “Rogue One: A Star Wars” story, starring Diego Luna, is also slated in for the same Q4 release window, as is the live-action “Pinocchio,” which reunites Tom Hanks and director Robert Zemeckis from “Forrest Gump” and “Castaway.” Principal photography for “Andor” has already wrapped, but it will need time for post-production, and Disney may be trying to space out its “Star Wars” shows to avoid the overexposure that occurred with the movies and led to the box-office disappointment of “Solo: A Star Wars Story....
Operation Fortune: Ruse De Guerre Trailer: Guy Ritchie Gets Stylish For His Latest Caper Miramax Films By Anya Stanley/Dec. 9, 2021 11:07 am EST Guy Ritchie is bringing back past players from his recent works in his latest action-comedy, and a trailer has dropped for your viewing pleasure. “Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre” is Guy Ritchie’s follow-up after this year’s “Wrath of Man,” a remake of the 2004 French thriller “Le Convoyeur,” also starring Statham....
Snowpiercer Ending Explained: A Jailbreak From The Old World Order CJ Entertainment By Joshua Meyer/Nov. 17, 2021 3:58 pm EST “Snowpiercer” invites the viewer aboard a post-apocalyptic train with a perpetual-motion engine and plot. It’s always moving, changing locations, but for all intents and purposes, it’s a prison movie. The inmates, led by Curtis (Chris Evans), want to escape but they can only go forward through the same prison on a railway that encircles the world....
Spider-Man: No Way Home Poster Finally Gives Us Our First Look At Green Goblin Sony Pictures By Jeremy Mathai/Nov. 8, 2021 9:41 am EST There are a few important questions that “Spider-Man: No Way Home” is going to answer, one way or another: How far can the MCU take this multiverse concept? Will this movie clarify whatever Sony has in the works with “Venom” and “Morbius”? And most importantly, will Tom Holland’s Peter Parker ever actually make it off that New York City highway we keep seeing him on?...
Why It’s Essential Viewing Bold Films Writer/director Dan Gilroy’s 2014 neo-noir arrests the audience’s attention from beginning to end. Lou is a unique villain that becomes increasingly more corrupt and vile over time. As his success rises, his morality falls, which speaks to the lengths one will go to in order to be the best in the business. A master manipulator hidden behind a strong work ethic and seedy smile, Lou brings on an assistant named Rick (Riz Ahmed) with the promise of professional growth with his meager nightly pay....
The King’s Man Review: The Kingsman Prequel Maketh For A Brutal And Bizarre War Movie 20th Century Studios By Hoai-Tran Bui/Dec. 14, 2021 12:00 pm EST The “Kingsman” series is perhaps our weirdest ongoing popular franchise. Matthew Vaughn’s sleek adaptations of the obscenely violent Mark Millar comics turned a misanthropic send-up of the gentleman spy thriller into star-studded entertainment whose flashy action sequences made you overlook how secretly conservative it is....
The Morning Watch: How Pixar Movies Advanced 3D Animation (Part 2), Making ‘Star Trek: Discovery’ Costumes & More By Ethan Anderton/Aug. 12, 2021 5:00 am EST (The Morning Watch is a recurring feature that highlights a handful of noteworthy videos from around the web. They could be video essays, fan-made productions, featurettes, short films, hilarious sketches, or just anything that has to do with our favorite movies and TV shows.)...
The Real Documentary That Inspired The Men Who Stare At Goats By Russ Fischer/Nov. 9, 2009 11:30 am EST Part of the story angle behind Grant Heslov’s directorial effort The Men Who Stare at Goats is that the film is based on a true story. Usually I ignore that sort of background when first approaching a movie — I want a film to work on its own merits, rather than as an adaptation or recounting of history — but after the fact it’s always fun to look at the real material that inspired a story....
The Story Of How Howard Stern Show Wack Packer Beetlejuice Was Almost In ‘Transformers 2’ By Peter Sciretta/March 14, 2013 6:00 am EST In June 2008, I noticed someone familiar in the background of a set photo for Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen. Lester Green, better known to the public as Howard Stern Show wack packer Beetlejuice, was seen hanging around the Princeton University set of the Transformers sequel. At the time we speculated that Green, who had appeared on the big screen before, in 2001’s Scary Movie 2 and Bubble Boy, might have a cameo in the film....
Yalitza Aparicio Has Started Filming Her First Movie After ‘Roma’ By Hoai-Tran Bui/March 10, 2021 5:00 pm EST It’s been three years since Alfonso Cuarón’s Roma made Oscar history, with lead actress Yalitza Aparicio becoming the first Mexican woman to be nominated for a Best Actress Oscar in 14 years and the first Indigenous woman in history. But in the years since Roma was released, Aparicio has not taken on a new feature film role since — until now....
‘Avengers: Endgame’ Is Streaming On Disney+ With Different Deleted Scenes Than The Blu-Ray By Ben Pearson/Nov. 12, 2019 2:30 pm EST It’s no surprise that Disney and Marvel made sure that Avengers: Endgame, the highest-grossing movie in modern history, was available to stream on Disney+ on the new service’s first day. But it is actually a bit surprising to see that Disney+ is offering some new special features that didn’t appear on the Blu-ray, including deleted scenes involving an alternate version of the movie’s epic final battle, Tony Stark meeting with an adult version of his daughter (played by Katherine Langford) after his big snap at the end, and more....
On Incels and Other Not-So-Fantastic Beasts I’m not a woman, so I myself can’t really give a woman’s point of view on this Chronicle news. However, I do think it’s interesting that Davis used those words to describe Chronicle 2, or whatever they end up calling this sequel. His initial mention of a new set of teens “getting these powers that are corruptive” preceding “These are young women just finishing college, they are empowered, and this is their journey,” makes me raise an eyebrow....
‘Love And Monsters’ Star Dylan O’Brien Joins Zoey Deutch In Social Media Satire ‘Not Okay’ By Shania Russell/Aug. 3, 2021 8:09 am EST In the past few years, Dylan O’Brien has gone from werewolf’s best friend in Teen Wolf to monster hunter in Love and Monsters. It looks like all that sci-fi action is taking its toll because O’Brien is taking a break from the world of mythical creatures to star in the upcoming satire comedy Not Okay....
‘Old’ Trailer: M. Night Shyamalan Invites You To His Latest Twisted Horror Movie By Chris Evangelista/Feb. 7, 2021 3:52 pm EST M. Night Shyamalan is back, and he’s inviting you on a beach getaway! Surely nothing will go wrong, and there will absolutely be no twists to worry about. Maybe. Shyamalan’s latest is Old, a film inspired by the graphic novel Sandcastle, where things go very wrong and get very weird for a group of people on a secluded, idyllic beach....
‘Sleepless’ Red-Band Trailer: Jamie Foxx Gets His Own ‘Taken’ By Angie Han/Jan. 12, 2017 4:30 pm EST If you’re tired of prestige-pic-season leftovers and Monster Trucks isn’t exactly your jam, perhaps Sleepless will be just the jolt you’re looking for. A remake of the buzzy 2011 French thriller Sleepless Night, it’s essentially Jamie Foxx’s Taken, with a bit of The Departed mixed in. Michelle Monaghan is also there to glower at Jamie Foxx and David Harbour gets the chance to demonstrate that he can say “Nevada” correctly....
‘Ted Lasso’ Trailer: Jason Sudeikis Takes A Job As The Wrong Kind Of Football Coach In Apple TV+ Series By Hoai-Tran Bui/July 14, 2020 1:00 pm EST Some things can get lost in translation across the pond. The biggest being the word “football,” which refers to very different sports in America and the the rest of the world. And it’s that confusion that may be the basis of Ted Lasso, the new Apple TV+ comedy series starring Jason Sudeikis as a small-town American football coach who takes a job as coach for a British football team — AKA soccer....
‘The Green Knight’ Review: A Mesmerizing, Sexy Epic That Feels Unlike Anything You’ve Seen Before By Hoai-Tran Bui/July 26, 2021 9:00 am EST Nature will have its way, one way or another. Whether it’s by some natural disaster or by the inevitable passage of time, nature will conquer and return all things to the dust from which it came. In The Green Knight, the infinite mysteries of the natural world are reframed in an Arthurian retelling so strange and so seductive that it’s hard to stop the film from taking hold inside your brain and burrowing itself underneath your skin until your veins turn into roots and your blood changes to water....
‘The Witcher’ Season 2 Sets December Premiere Date: Toss A Coin To See New Images By Vanessa Armstrong/July 9, 2021 11:27 am EST Hold on to your Witcher hats! (Is that a thing? If not, it should be.) Netflix has revealed that The Witcher is coming back for a second season this December. That’s right, in just a few short months, we’ll be able to see Geralt (Henry Cavill), Ciri (Freya Allan), and everyone’s favorite bard, Jaskier (Joey Batey), getting into trouble on The Continent....
