Welcome to the Friday the 13th installment of the Weakley Film News! Let’s see if we can find a good horror story here just for the hell of it. In this week’s “Is he going to do action movies forever, now?” story, Liam Neeson has signed on to star in a remake of the hit…
There is a moment early on in Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising when Dave Franco’s character Pete, a frat brother a few years out of college, is proposed to by his boyfriend at a poker game with his other frat bros, and accepts. As the two young lovers embrace, their three other bros jump up and down in…
Ok, we’re back for another installment of wild and wacky stories in film! Behold! Captain America: Civil War made $ 25 million on it’s Thursday preview night screenings. Everybody is projecting it to make $ 200 million over the opening weekend. The Marvel/Disney train keeps on a’rolling. Bruce Willis is starring in a Death Wish…
The summer movie season has begun! And with a huge BANG, I might add. Yep, Captain America: Civil War sets the bar really high already and everybody else is going to have to do some serious catch up because this is one big, fun movie. Some people see the Avengers as heroes, others see them…
I don’t read superhero comics but I did as a kid, and this latest Marvel Studios offering comes closest to the feeling I remember emanating from those books: fun, colorful, loud, off-beat, and full of quips. Those books had the benefit of brevity, however; this thing is long. Two and a half hours long, which is half…
I always look forward to this time of year because I know the Turner Classic Movies Film Festival is coming. It’s surely among my very favorite festivals to attend and if I ever have to give it up I’ll be made very sad. TCM always does a great job of organizing and choosing great films…
Helloooo! Time for another installment of film news! This week is full of more information that is new or similar to last week! But different! And early! Yeah, sorry, I will be attending the Turner Classic Film Festival starting tomorrow (Friday), so you get the film news a day early! Huzzah! In this week’s “It’s…
Greetings and salutation, everyone! Welcome to another week of informative and vexing news stories in the world of film? Hey, the Blade Runner sequel release date has been moved up to October 2017! We’ll be pleased or disappointed at an earlier date! so, Oct. 6, 2017 is the new date, as Alcon Entertainment pre-production in…
There’s always the chance that a remake will not live up to the original, and here Jon Favreau directs what Disney is referring to a “live action” remake of The Jungle Book. However, it’s not THAT much live action. Most of this is green screened on stages in downtown Los Angeles, so really the CGI…
Why, hello there folks! Welcome to another week of news from the world of film! Here’s what I found interesting – or baffling – this week: Channing Tatum has joined the cast of Kingsman: The Golden Circle. And sources also tell Variety that Elton John is in talks for a key role. Apparently Halle Barry…