Posts

‘Dune’ Trailer: Denis Villeneuve’s Visionary Take On The Sci-Fi Classic Looks Truly Epic Frank Herbert’s seminal 1965 science fiction novelDunehas long been considered a dense, sprawling, essentially unadaptable narrative, with the wreckage of several mediocre-to-disastrous attempts serving as a warning about the perils of trying to bring this story to the big screen. But it looks like directorDenis Villeneuve(Blade Runner 2049,Sicario) has finally done the story justice, because the film’s first trailer has arrived, and wow, this thingrules....

‘Logan’ Spin-Off Starring X-23 In The Works From Director James Mangold Loganwas as much about bringing a satisfying end to the long and hard journey of Hugh Jackman’s Wolverine as it was about the beginning of Laura’s (Dafne Keen)story as the fierce runaway X-23 clone. Keen stole the scenes as the stoic and bullish Laura, who becomes a surrogate daughter to Logan, and was implied at the end ofLoganto shoulder his burden as the next Wolverine....

‘NYC Epicenters’ Trailer: It’s Time For A New York City Comeback New York City is a special place that acts as a microcosm of the rest of America, and now one of its greatest filmmakers is turning the lens on the city itself. Famed auteurSpike Leedirected the upcoming HBO miniseries,NYC EPICENTERS 9/11 -> 2021½,about how things have both changed and stayed the same in the Big Apple since the terrorist attacks on July 17, 2025....

‘Space Jam: A New Legacy’ Honest Trailer: How Many Commercials Can You Cram Into One Movie? For 25 years, fans have been waiting for a sequel to the live-action animated hybrid slam dunk of a movie that wasSpace Jam. But for the longest time, there was no point in making one without a basketball star to match up to the legacy ofMichael Jordan. ThenLeBron Jamescame along, and even though he’s not as good of a basketball player, he’s at least a somewhat better actor inSpace Jam: A New Legacy....

‘Star Trek Into Darkness’ - What Did You Think? It’s in theaters now, and all the secrets are out in the open.Star Trek Into Darkness, the secondTrekfilm fromJ.J. Abrams, has been locked (mostly) in the producer/director’s “mystery box” for over a year. For hardcore fans, at least, the secrecy around the precise nature of the character played byBenedict Cumberbatchhas been a big part of the marketing allure, but the energy Abrams and his cast brought to their first outing on the Enterprise has been enough to make a huge audience curious about their encore....

‘The Terminal List’: Constance Wu Joins Chris Pratt In The Amazon Thriller Series Constance Wuhas been added toThe Terminal List. TheHustlersstar is joining the cast of the upcoming Amazon conspiracy thriller series oppositeChris Pratt, who leads the series based on the novel of the same name byJack Carr, a former Navy SEAL and Special Ops leader.Varietyreports that Constance Wu has been cast inThe Terminal Listas a character named “Katie Buranek, a risk-seeking war correspondent who uses her byline to speak truth to power....

‘The Terror’ Review: AMC’s Historical Horror Story Is A Creepy Delight OurThe Terrorreview examines the chilling new horror mini-series from AMC. Potentially mild spoilers follow. History tells us the fates of the crew of Sir John Franklin’s so-called lost expedition in 1845–1848. Any expedition that has “lost” in its name isn’t going to have a happy ending, and years after seemingly vanishing off the face of the earth, it was confirmed that every soul who sailed on the shipsHMS ErebusandHMS Terrorperished in an attempt to traverse the last unexplored section of the Northwest Passage....

‘The Young Pope’ Trailer: Jude Law Isn’t Going To Forgive Your Sins If you’ve been watchingWestworldfor the past six weeks, you’ve surely become familiar with the trailers forThe Young Pope,Paolo Sorrentino’s upcoming limited series about the first American Pope (played byJude Law) and the eccentric machinations he brings to the Vatican. It doesn’t look like an easy sell and there’s no instantly identifiable hook, which is one of the reasons why I’m so interested in checking out....

‘Wet Hot American Summer: First Day Of Camp’ Introduces The Camp Firewood Staff In New Trailer Netflix is getting you primed forWet Hot American Summer: First Day of Campwith another new promo, this time introducing the camp counselors. Not that they really need any introduction. Back in 2001, the Camp Firewood staff consisted of up-and-coming comedians, but these days they’re much more famous. Heck, one of them hashis own goddamn superhero movieopening this weekend....

8 New Character Posters For ‘A Very Harold And Kumar 3D Christmas’ ConsideringA Very Harold and Kumar Christmasis a 3D, drug-induced Christmas story, it’s obviously going to be crazy.The first trailerbolstered that point as didthe first batch of posters. Yahoo has just premiered a new batch of posters and after looking at these, “crazy” doesn’t seem to be a strong enough word to describe what we’re going to see come November 4....

Acclaimed ‘Captain Marvel’ Comic Writer Kelly Sue DeConnick Consulted On The Movie Before writerKelly Sue DeConnicktook the helm of theCaptain Marvelcomic books, Carol Danvers was still a superhero who went by the name of Ms. Marvel whose outfit amounted to a leotard with a sash around her waist. But with the start of DeConnick’s 2012Captain Marvelrun, Carol Danvers assumed the mantle of Captain Marvel for the first time in history and cemented herself as one of the most popular characters in Marvel Comics....

Akiva Goldsman To Direct ‘Man And Wife’ Feels likeAkiva Goldsman’s name has been all over the place recently. In addition to his many completed producer credits of late (Fringe,Jonah Hex,Fair Game) he’s producing theParanormal Activitysequel and was onceerroneously thoughtto be a directorial contender. He’sproducingtheToxic Avengerremake. He’swriting and producingtheDark Toweradaptation, though that will likely not materialize for quite some time. And he has been looking for a film to act as his directorial debut....

Amanda Seyfried To Play Elizabeth Holmes In ‘The Dropout,’ Replacing Kate McKinnon Last month,Saturday Night LivestarKate McKinnonlived up to the titular role of Hulu’s upcoming limited seriesThe Dropoutbydropping out of the lead roleof Elizabeth Holmes, founder of the deceptive biotech start-up company Theranos. However, Hulu has landedAmanda Seyfried, fresh off her Oscar nomination forMank,to star in the series instead. Kate McKinnon first became attached toThe Dropoutwhen the project was announcedback in the spring of 2019, but she dropped out over a month ago....