This colorful and eye-popping new poster for Patty Jenkins’ “Wonder Woman 1984” (June 2020) was tweeted out via Jenkins’ Twitter account. In that tweet she captioned, “By now you’ve heard: WB isn’t going to Hall H this year. We’re so sad to miss you there! And waiting until Dec. to start our official #WW84 campaign in full-- But the truth is… we can just… barely… wait…”
Read more‘Last Black Man In San Francisco' Can't Overcome Its Thin Drama, Even With Impressive Visual Style [Review]
Aesthetics and substance are two entirely different things in cinema. You could have a film that is bracingly inventive in its visual approach but fall flat in its narrative ambitions. Ditto the reverse, a visually flat film with a well-realized narrative. The latter is usually worth a recommendation, but the former can be problematic, even when you have a film as visually accomplished as Joe Talbot’s “The Last Black Man in San Francisco.”
Read more‘Rolling Thunder Revue’ Trailer: Martin Scorsese’s New Bob Dylan Doc Focuses on 1975 Tour
Now that the trailer for Martin Scorsese’s upcoming music documentary “Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story by Martin Scorsese” has finally been released, I can safely say this is my most anticipated doc of the year. The trailer opens with his protest song “Hurricane” and ends with “Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door,” as we come across a 1975 America well over the done-to-death, post-Manson flower-power and social justice era of just a few years back. At the same time, Dylan decided to hit the road with his Rolling Thunder Revue Tour and, if you’re a Dylan aficionado, it represents the very best of live Bob Dylan. Forget about the theatrics for a second (the makeup and mask-wearing, magicians, boxers) and focus on the indelible music and the way Dylan, fresh off retirement and an endless mysterious spirit, explored the roots of the country in a barnstorming tour like no other. The likes of Joan Baez, Rubin “Hurricane” Carter, Sam Shepard, and Allen Ginsberg took the bus with Dylan and The Band to add extra oomph to the surroundings.
Read more‘Onward’ Trailer: Another Pixar Winner?
The folks at Pixar swear that they are done with sequels. Well, at least, after “Toy Story 4” is released next month. After that we can look forward to original content, starting with Dan Scanlon’s “Onward.” Yes, it’s a movie about Elves but Ill give the toon company the benefit of the doubt, they have, after all, given us these past 15 years classics such as “WALL-E,” “Finding Nemo,” “Up!” “Ratatouille,” “The Incredibles,” and “Toy Story 3.”
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‘Avengers: Endgame' and the Dangers of Expectations
It’s rather debatable if any of these MCU movies will age well. Yes, they are landmark moments of cinema, solely for the way Marvel Head Kevin Feige managed to set-up all 20 of these movies in a single well-connected and continuum-like universe.
Read more‘Stuber' Trailer: Kumail Nanjiani and Dave Bautista Star in Buddy-Cop Comedy
“Stuber,” which world premiered at SXSW last March, stars Kumail Nanjiani and Dave Bautista in, what seems to be, an action-comedy take on Michael Mann’s ‘Collateral.” The newly released trailer has gags that made me chuckle, the chemistry between the two actors will be the driving force of this film, let’s hope it can continue to work for 90 minutes.
Read more‘Parasite’ Trailer: Bong Joon-ho’s Latest Expected to Have Cannes Debut
I do not know Korean but this trailer for Bong Joon-Ho’s “Parasite” looks wild. Bong Joon-ho is the South Korean director that gave us“Snowpiercer,” “Okja,” and “The Host,” if that’s not enough to whet your appetite for “Parasite,” then I don’t know what will.
Read moreTrailer for Nicolas Winding Refn's ‘Too Old to Die Young'
Nicolas Winding Refn seems to have cornered himself in an unwinnable dilemma after the success of 2011’s “Drive.” Before that film’s resounding critical and commercial success, Refn was mostly an unheralded cult filmmaker with a knack for extreme violence. That reputation fit him perfectly.
Read more‘Joker' Trailer: Joaquin Phoenix Stuns In First Look
Well, I told you so. Joaquin Phoenix ACES the role of the The Joker, or at least it looks like it based on the first trailer for Todd Phillips’ Upcoming origin-story “Joker.”
Read moreTrailer for ‘The Dead Don't Die': Jim Jarmusch's Deadpan Zombie Comedy
Consider me surprised by the deadpan sense of comedic humor Jim Jarmusch is aiming for here, at least judging by the just-released trailer for his upcoming “The Dead Don’t Die.”
Read more‘Toy Story 4’ Official Trailer: Woody and Buzz Return
A trailer has just been released for the fourth installment of the "Toy Story" franchise; for the most part it looks fantastic.
Read more‘Lucy in the Sky’ First Trailer: Natalie Portman Can't Get Over the Pale Blue Dot
A female astronaut who, after returning to earth from a life-changing mission in space, begins to slowly unravel and lose touch with reality.
Read morePoster for Quentin Tarantino's upcoming ‘Once Upon a Time in Hollywood'
The film takes place in 1969 and stars Leonardo DiCaprio as Western TV actor that, alongside his trusty stunt double, played by Brad Pitt, is seeing his star fade and tries to keep hold of his crumbling TV career. Oh, and they also live next door to Sharon Tate (Margot Robbie) — the film takes place the same year the actress, Roman Polanski’s late wife, was brutally murdered by members of Charlie Manson’s cult.
Read more‘Avengers: Endgame’ Official Trailer: This Is The End, My Beautiful Friend.
I badly need to rewatch “Infinity War.” I was underwhelmed by my initial watch, maybe expectations were, for some reason, too high but it has quickly become one of the most popular MCU entries ever for comic book movie fans. At the very least, I should respect the overall consensus, its 8.5 IMDB user rating just seems a tad too ridiculous, and give it another shot before I embark into watching the Anthony and Joe Russo’s “Avengers: Endgame,” which is easily the most highly anticipated MCU entry in the decade-long franchise’s history.
Read moreTrailer For “Yesterday”: Director Danny Boyle Imagines A World Where The Beatles Never Existed
Danny Boyle‘s “Yesterday” has an agreeable concept; What if The Beatles never existed and you happened to be the only person in the world that can recall their entire repertoire of great tunes?
Read more“Long Shot” Trailer Asks Us to Buy Into the Concept That Charlize Theron Can Be Attracted to Seth Rogen
“Long Shot” has Charlize Theron plays 40ish Secretary of State Charlotte Field, who is also planning a presidential run for the White House. Seth Rogen’s Fred Flarsky is the political journalist whom Theron hires to be her speechwriter, in part because she babysat him when she was in her teens. The slogan for the film reads “unlikely but not impossible.” At least they are in admittance that a story such as this one would be highly unlikely in the real world, right?
Read more‘Midsommar’ Trailer: ‘Hereditary’ Filmmaker Ari Aster Presents A New Nightmare
The new wave of Indie horror that has come forth this decade is nothing short of exhilarating and represents a clear-cut highlight for me in terms of American cinema these last ten years. However, sophomore efforts can be a tricky thing, just look at David Robert Mitchell’s dilemma in following his great “It Follows.”
Read more‘The Man Who Killed Don Quixote’ Trailer: Terry Gilliam’s Ambitiously Entertaining Film Will Finally be Released In April
I was genuinely worried there, for a second, about Terry Gilliam’s excellent “The Man Who Killed Don Quixote” being thwarted a release because of a legal battle with the film’s ex-producer Paul Branco.
Read moreTopher Grace Edited All 10 Star Wars Movies Into A Super-Trailer Called “Star Wars: Always”
Apparently Topher Grace has had enough time in his hands to edit all ten Star Wars films into an epic new “trailer.” For Grace, according to his tweet, it was all part of a fun weekend he spent with a friend, while the wives were gone somewhere. His inner fanboy came out, were all guilty of that every so often, this is very well-done, but I wouldn’t call it a “trailer” probably more like a brief summary of 25 hours worth of movies.
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