Hi. I saw Avengers: Infinity War last night. My mind was blown. It’s absolutely fantastic. No joke, it’s REALLY fucking good. It nails everything that’s so great about these films. It’s funny, it’s full of awesome superhero fight scenes, and most especially, it’s got drama. Really surprising, heartfelt drama. And more shocks than anybody has…
DetailsBoom! Another week with a ton of spell-binding news! IN THIS WEEK’S “Don Quixote at Cannes!” story, Terry Gilliam’s notoriously long-in-the-works The Man Who Killed Don Quixote will close next month’s Cannes Film Festival, president Pierre Lescure announced Thursday. In addition, festival organizers confirmed that Lars von Trier’s The House That Jack Built, a serial…
DetailsAnother week, and it’s a doozy! IN THIS WEEK’S “Captain Pike, I presume?” story, Star Trek: Discovery has found it’s Captain Pike for their USS Enterprise. Anson Mount has joined Star Trek: Discovery Season 2 in the role of Capt. Christopher Pike, Variety has learned. Mount will be the fourth actor to portray Pike, who…
DetailsI feel like we’re experiencing a lot of movies with giant monsters in them recently. It’s sort of a kaiju renaissance, if you will. This works out great for people like me. I love this stuff. But, just having giant monsters in your movie doesn’t mean it automatically good. And a film like Rampage isn’t…
DetailsHere comes another week of information to amaze and confound! IN THIS WEEK’S “Let’s hope ONE of them is good” story, According to Zachary Quinto, there are multiple scripts being written for the next Star Trek movie. Quinto told Entertainment Tonight Canada that he believes there are “a couple of scripts” in development. “There was…
DetailsIf you didn’t think John Krasinski could do a horror movie, you would be wrong. Krasinski co-wrote, starred in, and directed A Quiet Place, and he pretty much nailed it. Set some time in the very near future, a family must live in silence while hiding from creatures that hunt by sound. A Quiet Place…
DetailsWelcome to another installment of stuff in the celluloid news! IN THIS WEEK’S “I’m not sure that clears things up” story, there are fan questions about Sony’ s Venom film. One of those recent questions has arisen from rumors that Tom Hardy will never actually suit up in the Venom suit. Well, Hardy himself went…
DetailsWoah, already big stuff this week! IN THIS WEEK’S “This ain’t schwifty” story, according of Dan Harmon, season 4 of Rick & Morty is in limbo. After a disgruntled fan complained to Harmon for not working on the new season of Rick & Morty, Harmon confirmed that Adult Swim hasn’t officially picked up another season…
DetailsAs much as I love a movie about giant robots fighting giant monsters, I have to say that Pacific Rim: Uprising, the sequel to Pacific Rim, is a typically lesser film. I think, though, where it fails most is simply in the lack of the unique tone of Guillermo del Toro’s original. That weird, over-the-top…
DetailsMore shenanigans from the celluloid capital of the world. In this week’s “Now THESE are actors” story, Helen Mirren and Ian McKellen are to star as leads in New Line’s new drama, The Good Liar. The film will be directed by Bill Condon, who most recently helmed Disney’s Beauty and the Beast. Condon will also…
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