Welcome to the Weakley Film News for… Friday the 13th! Oh yeah! Let’s see what kind of happenings there are this week in film and entertainment! In this week’s “Whoa whoa whoa – say that again?” story, Disney’s planned live-action Dumbo film, directed by Tim Burton, may have a star attached. Will Smith is in…
DetailsTalk about anticipation and expectations for a film – I’ve been wanting to see this ever since I wrote about it in a previous Weakley Film News column. I really like horror films but the genre is so played out. I need more unique films in this genre. What hasn’t been done? Who’s going to…
DetailsThe new installment of the Underworld movies, Underworld: Blood Wars, is mostly just like all the other Underworld movies: super-stylized, slow-motion action scenes, too many English and /or indistinguishable accents by many leather-clad, BDSM dressed goths, that pervasive blueish tone to the film, and at least a few scenes of gore. Blood Wars, however, has…
DetailsIt’s been a tragic end to 2016, so as we contemplate the sorrowful loss of Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds, among others, let’s try to look forward to 2017. In this week’s “So what happens to Princess Leia?” story, director Colin Trevorrow and producer Kathleen Kennedy have had a sit-down to discuss what is to…
DetailsA Monster Calls, and you should answer. This is a really wonderful film about how a young boy deals with his mother battling a terminal illness. And in retrospect, maybe it reminded me a little of how I dealt with my parents divorce. I definitely found certain parallels between myself and Conor, played by a…
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