How is it the middle of March already? IN THIS WEEK’S ” WOW!” story, In a remarkable turn of events, Disney has reinstated James Gunn as director of Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3. Disney fired Gunn in July 2018, after old, offensive tweets from the filmmaker were resurfaced by conservative personalities online. The firing…
After a stressful week, my guy and I decided on a movie date night. He, being the sensitive one, chose “Gloria Bell.” I would have been “Captain Marvel” all the way, except it was a Saturday opening weekend and crowds are my kryptonite. Honestly, I had not even heard of “Gloria Bell.” So I watched…
It’s a bit ironic that DC’s best movie, so far, is still Wonder Woman, the first comic book hero movie with a female lead, and Marvel’s first foray into a female lead comic book hero movie doesn’t quite live up to expectations. It’s not to say that Captain Marvel isn’t a fun film, it just…
I was thrilled to be asked to review BACHMAN, a new documentary about Randy Bachman, who was the BACHMAN in Bachman-Turner Overdrive. I was even more delighted that I enjoyed it as much as I did. Randy Bachman hit #1 with two separate bands. First in The Guess Who with “American Woman,” and then in…
This film sure got a LOT of Oscar buzz this year. It was perhaps the most positively talked about film at Oscar time, in fact. But I heard soem mixed things – mostly good – and wanted to see it. The director, Yorgos Lanthimos, makes good films. I’ve seen Dogtooth, The Lobster, The Killing of…
We’re a month into 2019! IN THIS WEEK’S “Finally, some good news” story, Johnny Depp will no longer appear in Universal’s reboot of The Invisible Man, a source tells TheWrap. Leigh Whannell, the director of Insidious: Chapter 3 and Upgrade, has signed on to direct the remake of The Invisible Man, which Universal Pictures is…
VFX Bake-Off 2019/VFX Oscar Noms So, a couple weeks ago I had the pleasure of being invited to attend the visual Effects Bake-Off. For those not in the know, the VFX Bake-Off is the presentation by the Academy where the ten films chosen to be the finalists in the achievement for Visual Effects Oscar are…
Oh look – more things happening! IN THIS WEEK’S ” Beyond Method” story, who would be good to play a young Tony Soprano in the Sopranos prequel? How about the son of actor James Gandolfini? Yep, Micheal Gandolfini will play a young Tony Soprano in the film, The Many Saints of Newark. IN THIS WEEK’S…
Aaaand, another week of film goings-on! IN THIS WEEK’S “Back on track” story, Sony’s Uncharted big-screen adaptation may be back on track. Weeks after director Shawn Levy formally left to direct Free Guy for Fox, Sony is bringing on board Dan Trachtenberg to sit in the captain’s chair. Tom Holland remains on board to star…
Another week of fresh movie stuff! IN THIS WEEK’S “Venom scribe” story, Sony Pictures is putting the wheels in motion for a sequel to the antihero adventure. The studio has tapped Kelly Marcel, one of the screenwriters from the first movie, to pen the script. Sources close to the negotiation tell Variety that, although an…