I’d say there’s a lot riding on this new installment of the Alien franchise. After the muddled plot and some seemingly silly events of Prometheus, well, it was going to take a lot to get people back on board. Thankfully, director Ridley Scott and writers (wow, there are four of them) Jack Paglen, Michael Green…
As we are officially into the summer movie season, the news just keeps on going. So, we got more of it! In this week’s “Goosebumps galore” story, The trailer for Blade Runner 2049 dropped online, and it makes me all tingly. It actually gives me hope that it will be good. Gotta keep those expectations…
So, I got to thinking, “has anyone at CFN done a review for the film Get Out?” Nope. I thought that was weird. I was really interested in seeing it since I heard so much about it. I just never got around to it – until last night. There’s a lot you might expect to…
Ridley Scott doubles down on the mythology of the Alien cinematic universe in the latest instalment (and the third directed by him), Covenant, and in doing so somewhat rescues the bewildering Prometheus (2012) after the fact. Scott spends the extended second act of the new film expanding, explaining and ultimately answering the many questions that film raised; basically, if you want to…
Well, here it is another week of celluloid silliness in the form of informational fodder. Eat up! In this week’s “Bad Mom’s Mom’s” story, the sequel ot Bad Mom’s from last year is developing nicely. It’s called Bad Mom’s Christmas, and has added Susan Sarandon, Christine Baranski, Cheryl Hines, and Peter Gallagher to it’s cast.…
I’m not going to over-elaborate here about Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 because I think it’s pretty straight forward. Not a lot of surprises, other than some fun guest star apearancss. In this bigger, more joke-laden sequel to the wholly unique and brilliant first Guardians film, Peter Quill, aka, StarLord, finally finds out who…
Geez, another busy week in happenings and stuff! In this week’s “He-Man returns!” story, Sony’s new film adaptation of Masters of the Universe will release December 19, 2019, has lost McG as director. I’m sure we’re all sad about that, right? Uh huh. So they’re looking for a new director. David s. Goyer is still…
Welcome to another big week of happenings in film (and a little in TV, too). Huzzah! In this week’s “As if someone else was going to do it” story, James Gunn will return to write and direct Guardians of the Galaxy 3 for Marvel Studios, The Wrap has learned. The filmmaker made the announcement on…
Ben Wheatley’s Free Fire is an odd experiment that doesn’t quite come off. It’s absolutely entertaining and I completely recommend it, but, dare I say it, I was hoping for more – perhaps too much. I’ve been expecting too much from Wheatley ever since I saw Kill List (2011), a wild, incredibly satisfying work of auteurist cinema. Terrifying, supremely…
When the higher ups at Comedy Film Nerds asked me if I’d review a documentary about The Refreshments, I balked. I try not to write about things that I don’t like because there’s so much stuff that I do. And, while I couldn’t remember their music, I remembered that I didn’t like it. I wound up reviewing Here’s…