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The Raid: Redemption sequel, Berandal to start up two hours after first film
If you somehow haven’t seen Gareth Evans’ excellent The Raid: Redemption yet, go rent it. With minimal dialogue, ridiculous fight sequences and an astoundingly bleak look, it’s one of the best action movies of the last year. And, according to MTV, Evans isn’t done yet. The sequel, Berandal (thug), picks up a mere two hours […]
In: Eyes and Ears, Movies, News · Tagged with: Berandal, Gareth Evans, Iko Uwais, The Raid: Redemption
Trailer Watch: Lincoln Returns Edition
So I was gone for a bit. Moving. Starting an internship at a music magazine. Stressing about moving and starting an internship at a music magazine. But now I’m back, and I’ll be trying to post as often as possible. Let’s get things started easy, with a grab bag of trailers that came out recently. […]
In: Movies, News, Trailers · Tagged with: Amanda Seyfreid, Bill Nighy, Bruce Campbell, Bryan Singer, Christoph Waltz, Colin Farrell, Epic, Evil Dead, Ewan McGregor, Fede Alvarez, Jack the Giant Slayer, Josh Hutcherson, Melissa McCarthy, Nicholas Hoult, Paul Feig, Sam Raimi, Sandra Bullock, The Heat, Trailers
Bryan Singer comes back to the School for Gifted Youngsters with Days of Future past
The man who arguably made the superhero film genre relevant again is returning to the fold. According to Deadline, Fox has closed a deal for Bryan Singer, director of the first two X-Men films, to return to the franchise for X-Men: Days of Future Past. Originally slated to be directed by Matthew Vaughn as a […]
In: Comics, Movies, News · Tagged with: Bryan Singer, James McAvoy, Jennifer Lawrence, Matthew Vaughn, Michael Fassbender, X-Men, X-Men: Days of Future Past, X-Men: First Class
Truthiness in Middle Earth: Stephen Colbert to cameo in The Hobbit
There are cameos that make sense. There are cameos that have no logic to them. And then there are the awesome cameos. On the heels of a member of Flight of the Conchords appeared in the original trilogy, The Hollywood Reporter announces that Comedy Central host Stephen Colbert will be making an appearance in either […]
In: Movies, News · Tagged with: Comedy Central, LOTR, Peter Jackson, Stephen Colbert, The Hobbit
Trailer Watch: Hitchcock
When it comes to Oscar-bait, there are two types of films. There are those that can be dismissed as overdone, earnest melodrama, reaching for that statue with their entire being. These films, while they might be good films, have a tendency to grate one’s nerves, making you struggle to see the film’s true virtues. And […]
In: Movies, News, Trailers · Tagged with: Anthony Hopkins, Helen Mirren, Oscar-bait, Scarlett Johansson
We Need to Talk about Kevin director to do Moby Dick in space
This may be the best nautical-themed science fiction film since Treasure Planet. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Scott Pictures will be producing Mobius for Lynne Ramsay. The writer and director of We Need to Talk About Kevin is working with her co-writer from that film, Rory Kinnear, to develop a script in which “a captain […]
In: Movies, News · Tagged with: Lynne Ramsay, Mobius, Moby Dick, We Need to Talk About Kevin
Len Wiseman to reboot Mummy reboot
Not really. This is obviously just a new take on the classic Universal monster. In this day and age, reboots of retreads of reboots are common. And as Christopher Nolan has shown us, some of them are uncommonly good. According to Deadline, Universal has hired Total Recall remake director Len Wiseman to do a reboot […]
In: Movies, News · Tagged with: Alex Kurtzman, Jon Spaihts, Len Wiseman, Roberto Orci, The Mummy
Tolkien Week Trailer Watch: The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
This week is a long expected party celebrating 75 years since the publication of The Hobbit. As I work at a bookstore, I’ve been privy to a bevy of delightful new editions, including a hardcover pocket edition featuring Tolkien’s original cover, a book including and about all of the illustrations he did for the book, […]
In: Books, Movies, News, Trailers · Tagged with: J.R.R. Tolkien, Peter Jackson, The Hobbit, The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, Tolkien Week, Trailer Watch, Trailers
Joss Whedon’s Much Ado About Nothing to get distribution
After finishing The Avengers, Joss Whedon headed home. But instead of relaxing, basking in the post-Marvel afterglow, the director spent twelve days filming a Shakespeare adaptation in and around his home. Starring Whedon regulars, NPR called it “marvelously homemade” “but amiably loose in places.” And it looks like it’ll now be getting wider distribution than […]
In: Movies, News · Tagged with: Joss Whedon, Lionsgate, Much Ado About Nothing, Roadside Attractions, shakespeare, TIFF
Trailer(ish) Watch:Spielberg’s Lincoln
Well, this doesn’t really count as a trailer, since it’s actually just a teaser for the trailer release, but hey, we’re getting our first look at Daniel Day-Lewis as Abraham Lincoln in Spielberg’s upcoming Lincoln. The full trailer premieres during a Google Hangout with Mr. Spielberg on September 13.
In: Movies, News, Trailers · Tagged with: Daniel Day-Lewis, Lincoln, Stephen Spielberg, Trailer Watch, Trailers