Hey, we’re back with some intriguing film news this week! In this week’s Hello, neighbor” story, TriStar Pictures has acquired worldwide rights to You Are My Friend, a biopic of iconic Mister Rogers Neighborhood creator Fred Rodgers that will star Tom Hanks as Rogers and be directed by Diary of a Teenage Girl helmer Marielle…
DetailsBunch of stuff happening this week – including the Oscar nominations! Aah! In this week’s “FINALLY” story, Greta Gerwig becomes the fifth woman ever nominated for a Best Director Oscar. The Lady Bird helmer was the only woman nominated in the otherwise all-male field made up of Paul Thomas Anderson (Phantom Thread), Guillermo del Toro…
DetailsJanuary continues! Stuff keeps happening! in this week’s “Son of Drago!” story, Apollo Creed’s son gets a new opponent in Creed 2. German-Romanian boxer Florian Munteanu will square off against Michael B. Jordan in Creed 2, MGM and Warner Bros.’ sequel to the 2015 hit that updated Rocky for a new generation, The Hollywood Reporter…
DetailsLiam Neeson returns in what I previously read was to be the last of his series action/thriller movies that began with Taken. The Commuter might as well be Taken on a train. With a lesser script. Liam Neeson is ex-cop Michael MacCauley, who, while riding the train home one day, is approached by a mysterious…
Details‘Tis the season for junk moives in the theater! It’s a new year! In this week’s “Weird, random reboot idea” story, remember that interesting film directed by Bong Joon Ho in 2013 called Snowpiecer? The one with Chris Evans on the big train in the snow that was an analogy of human class system? Well,…
DetailsWelcome to the new year! Here we go, 2018! In this week’s “Gunn responds thoughtfully” story, with all the worry and negative opinions about big budget Hollywood blockbusters – superhero movies in particular – director/actor Jodie Foster has added her two cents to the criticizing of these films. In an interview with Radio Times (via…
DetailsL.A.M.F. Live At The Bowery Electric is a document of three live 2016 performances of Johnny Thunders & The Heartbreakers’ classic album, rather than a documentary. Walter Lure is the Jerry Lee Lewis of his generation; the last man standing. Most of his various band mates and peers are dead, and although Lure swam in the same strong…
DetailsWe are well into December, and I haven’t watched a holiday movie yet. WHAT IS WRONG WITH ME? (Don’t answer that.) In this week’s “Woody joining Venom?” story, Woody Harrelson is in talks for an undisclosed role in Venom, the Tom Hardy-led Spider-Man offshoot from Sony. Hardy is starring as the popular Marvel Comics antihero…
DetailsRian Johnson’s The Last Jedi is the most artful film in the whole series. Working with his usual (but new to the franchise) cinematographer Steve Yedlin, and Series Legend sound designer Ben Burtt, he creates images, moments and sequences that have more visual flair and sonic innovation than the other films. In doing so, he…
DetailsWell, we’re already a week into December. Where does the time go? Movie news keeps on coming! In this week’s “Will there be any phaser stand-offs?” story, in one of the more bizarre turns of events, Quentin Tarantino has come up with an idea for a Star Trek movie. Yes, that’s right, Mr. Pulp Fiction…
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