Remember in 2012, when Marvel brought together six characters from four different franchises in order to create one epic shared universe, where all sorts of characters could run into each other? Wasn’t that cool? Would you like to see Universal...
It seems the goal for The Lego Movie Sequel (actual title) is to get a whole lot darker, as Phil Lord and Chris Miller are handing over the reins to director Rob Schrab (Community) and writer Raphael Bob-Waskberg (Bojack...
I’ve started to get a little backed up already due to my weekend excursion (I will be writing about that next Monday), which means I’m going to have to do a Poster Roundup, in order to get you all caught up on the recent posters you’ll be seeing...
We are approaching the end of these daily Oscar predictions, and are starting to get into the predictions I’m sure will be changing in the coming months. I’m more sure of that here than anywhere else, as we discuss the Features today. When I say...
One of the strangest things about the Academy Awards is the preferential ballot. Basically, the Academy asks members to rank all of the contenders 1-10 (or however many there are). Your favorite film gets #1, your least favorite gets #8 or 9 or...
It’s really hard to review a movie like this. Do I reward great performances if they are essentially roles we’ve already seen? Do I knock it for using cliché scenarios despite the fact they try to put their own spin on them? Maybe the job would...
Lara Croft is one of the more controversial video game characters out there. On the one hand, she is a badass heroine who is just as strong and just as capable as any other character out there. On the other hand, she is heavily sexualized and...
More casting updates for the day as we receive word that Justin Timberlake, Juno Temple, Kate Winslet and Jim Beluhsi (sigh) have joined Woody Allen’s newest...
I mentioned the other day that this year seems to be a golden period in the world of animation, and that seems to be proven by Garth Jennings’ Sing.
I don’t know about you, but my favorite races every year come from the Best Original Screenplay and Best Adapted Screenplay categories. I don’t really understand why that is, but maybe if I keep writing about it, I’ll figure it out. This year we...
There are two main types of documentaries: idea-driven ones and character-driven ones. An idea-driven documentary takes some larger idea and explores it, trying to figure out the cause, and why it is so great/problematic. This would be your...
Hugh Jackman is our generation’s version of a Renaissance Man. Known best for his role as Wolverine in the X-Men series, Jackman’s true love has always been the theater, getting his start as Gaston in Beauty and the Beast, winning a Tony for The...
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