Posts

Spike Lee September 11th/COVID-19 Docuseries ‘NYC Epicenters 9/11’ Coming To HBO This Year By Chris Evangelista/March 1, 2021 3:30 pm EST Spike Lee and HBO Documentary Films are teaming for NYC Epicenters 9/11?2021 1/2 (yes, that’s the full title), a multi-part documentary that will cover the 9/11 attacks and their aftermath. This year marks the 20th anniversary of the attacks, and the docuseries is said to “offer an unprecedented, sweeping portrait of New Yorkers as they rebuild and rebound, from a devastating terrorist attack through the ongoing global pandemic....

The Black Cauldron The Black Cauldron is probably one of the films that Disney wished audiences could forget, mostly because it literally scared audiences away from theaters. Released in 1985 as part of Disney’s push toward darker material, The Black Cauldron was a massive box office bomb that nearly toppled the House of Mouse’s entire animation wing. But I say that this deeply weird movie is unfairly reviled. Loosely based on the first two books in The Chronicles of Prydain by Lloyd Alexander, The Black Cauldron is nothing at all like its source material, but it’s also nothing like what Disney had done before....

The Quarantine Stream: ‘The Mummy’ Is Good Old Fashioned Dumb Fun By Chris Evangelista/Feb. 3, 2021 7:30 am EST (Welcome to The Quarantine Stream, a series where the /Film team shares what they’ve been watching while social distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic.)The Movie: The MummyWhere You Can Stream It: HBO MaxThe Pitch: Before Universal attempted (and botched) the Dark Universe, there was 1999’s The Mummy, a film that was billed as a remake of the 1932 Boris Karloff horror flick but was closer to a Looney Tunes cartoon crossed with an Indiana Jones sequel....

The Affleck of It All Warner Bros. This movie’s December release date is right smack in the middle of awards season, so it seems as if the studio has high hopes for this project. Affleck could very well be positioned as a Best Actor or Best Supporting contender for his work here, especially since he’s won two Oscars but has been ignored by the Academy Awards in the acting department for his entire career....

Timothy Olyphant May Return As ‘Justified’ Character Raylan Givens In New Elmore Leonard Series By Ben Pearson/March 17, 2021 11:20 am EST Timothy Olyphant might soon reprise one of his most famous roles. According to a new report from Variety, the team behind the FX series Justified is reuniting to adapt another Elmore Leonard novel for that network, and rumor has it Olyphant could once again step into the role of Deputy U....

Venom: Let There Be Carnage Deleted Scene: Carnage Will Eat Your Face Columbia Pictures By Anya Stanley/Nov. 25, 2021 6:00 pm EST Venom is back, but unfortunately, so is his unholy spawn. Following the success of Marvel’s “Venom” in 2018, the sassy symbiote returns in “Venom: Let There Be Carnage.” The superhero film once again follows investigative journalist Eddie Brock (Tom Hardy), who, through a series of unfortunate events, ended up playing host to an alien species....

Why ‘The Dry’ Star Eric Bana Loves Playing Subtle Characters [Interview] By Jack Giroux/May 25, 2021 1:00 pm EST Eric Bana’s performance in The Dry is one of those reminders that less is more. Sometimes more is more, yes, but in the case of the hit Australian crime mystery, silence speaks loudly. Bana stars as Aaron, a man investigating a murder-suicide involving his old friend back home, where he is not welcomed with open arms....

‘A Christmas Carol’ Review: Dickens’ Holiday Classic Becomes A Dark, Nightmarish Horror Movie By Chris Evangelista/Dec. 19, 2019 8:00 am EST In the 1988 dark comedy Scrooged, cold-hearted TV exec Frank Cross (Bill Murray) is about to unveil a live-broadcast adaptation of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol. But the mean-spirited Frank doesn’t want a quaint, cutesy commercial for the show. He wants something dark and gritty, so he cuts his own trailer which features a parade of nightmarish imagery: acid rain, international terrorism, drug addictions, freeway killers....

‘Bring It On: Halloween’ Will Kill A Bunch Of Cheerleaders On Syfy Next Year By Hoai-Tran Bui/May 14, 2021 3:30 pm EST It’s time to put some chills in this cheer-ocracy. Syfy is turning the Bring It On movies into a horror show — literally — with a new sequel that brings the longtime sports comedy franchise into the slasher genre. Syfy announced Bring It On: Halloween as part of its 2021/2022 slate, with plans to debut the horror-themed cheerleader movie sequel next year....

‘Bulletproof 2’ Unfolds In A World Where The First ‘Bulletproof’ Both Exists And Sucks By Rob Hunter/Feb. 10, 2020 7:00 am EST (Welcome to DTV Descent, a series that explores the weird and wild world of direct-to-video sequels to theatrically released movies. This week, we take a look at a new follow-up to an early Adam Sandler “gem.”) What are the odds anyone has talked about Bulletproof since its release in 1996?...

‘Cryptozoo’ Review: A Dazzling, Deeply Cynical, ‘Jurassic Park’ For Mythical Creatures [Sundance 2021] By Hoai-Tran Bui/Jan. 30, 2021 1:00 pm EST “Maybe we’ll find something magical…” There’s something about Cryptozoo that truly captures your imagination. Dash Shaw’s kaleidoscopic animated film follows a group of well-intentioned hunters of mythical creatures, who aim to gather these “cryptids” in a sanctuary called the Cryptozoo. But it’s less a sanctuary than an amusement park, a gaudy ploy to introduce these creatures of legends to the public — and make a little cash off of it....

‘In The Earth’ Trailer: Take A Trip With Ben Wheatley’s Pandemic Horror Movie By Chris Evangelista/March 25, 2021 9:30 am EST Ben Wheatley’s latest horror oddity is on the way, and here’s a disturbing trailer to give you just a tiny glimpse of the madness he has in store. If you’ve seen a Wheatley horror flick you have some idea of what to expect from In the Earth, which arrives in April....

By Chris Evangelista/May 13, 2021 11:30 am EST Just when you think the Knives Out 2 cast couldn’t get any cooler, director Rian Johnson goes ahead and makes it even better by adding Kathryn Hahn. Hot off her scene-stealing work in WandaVision (though to be fair, she’s been doing scene-stealing work for years now), Hahn will join Daniel Craig, Dave Bautista, Janelle Monae, and Edward Norton. Once again, Craig’s Benoit Blanc will be trying to solve a mystery featuring a large cast of suspects....

‘Lone Ranger’ May Not Be Dead Yet By Russ Fischer/Aug. 17, 2011 1:00 pm EST At the end of last week the biggest news might have been that Disney had canceled development of Gore Verbinski’s Lone Ranger, which was set to star Johnny Depp as Tonto and Armie Hammer as the title character. At issue was the budget. The film, based on a script full of visualizations of Native American mysticism and werewolves, and featuring a few big action sequences, was going to cost about $250 million to make....

‘Mare Of Easttown’ Season 2 Could Happen If There’s A “Deserving Second Chapter In Mare’s Journey” By Chris Evangelista/June 1, 2021 5:00 pm EST Mare of Easttown, the only prestige drama with multiple mentions of WaWa, just wrapped up its first – and seemingly only – season. Don’t worry, I won’t spoil the ending for you. But if you’re wondering if the series could continue for a second season, the answer seems to be…maybe....

‘Pirates Of The Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales’ Credits Scene Explained By Ethan Anderton/May 26, 2017 4:30 pm EST The fifth entry in the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise hits theaters this weekend, and while it doesn’t look to be quite as successful as the previous entries in the adventure film series, it will still easily take the weekend with as much as $80 million projected for the extended Memorial Day weekend debut....

‘Star Wars: The Bad Batch’ Breakdown: The Details And History That Enrich “Cornered” By Bryan Young/May 21, 2021 10:00 am EST This post contains major spoilers for the latest episode of the series. In the latest episode of Star Wars: The Bad Batch, titled “Cornered, the team seek out an uninhabited planet to lay low on while the transition from Republic to Empire settles down. They choose the planet Idaflor (which seems like it might be Space Florida?...

The Man Behind The Mask I’m really excited to see a confirmation that Toth is behind the creature design and special effects. In addition to working on film, he’s also created large mechanical puppets, props, and robots for the tours of Rob Zombie, Danzig, Alice Cooper, and The Misfits. This guy also created the large bronze memorial sculpture of Johnny Ramone that stands tall in the Hollywood Forever cemetery! I honestly love when directors collaborate with the same talent over and over again because it helps solidify their distinct style....

A Surprisingly Wholesome Conversation With The Minds Behind A24’s Lamb [Fantastic Fest] A24 By Jacob Hall/Sept. 28, 2021 2:59 pm EST As you’d expect from a horror movie released by A24, “Lamb” is bleak, unsettling, and designed to leave audiences wondering what the hell they just watched. But it’s also surprisingly funny, and somehow, frequently adorable. If you speak to the folks who made it, this combination starts to make sense....

Antoine Fuqua And Will Smith Pull ‘Emancipation’ Production From Georgia Due To New Voting Restrictions By Ethan Anderton/April 12, 2021 8:30 am EST Georgia seems to be on everyone’s mind these days as the state has recently enacted new voting restrictions that make it far more difficult for citizens to make their voices heard, especially Black voters living in the state. In response to the new voting restrictions signed into law on March 31, Georgia-based corporations like Coca-Cola and Delta Airlines have spoken out against the new laws, and now it’s starting to impact film productions that bring jobs and revenue to the state....