The problem is that director Michelle Schumacher didn’t have the courage to make that movie. She’s constantly losing the tonal grip on this story, directing scenes with a flat lack of energy that leaves Simmons lost in a movie that has no idea what to do with him. The film really gets started when Wade … Read more
According to Deadline, Oscar winner Laura Dern and Emmy nominee Margaret Qualley will lead the cast of Netflix and A24‘s upcoming limited series Forever, Interrupted, based on bestselling author Taylor Jenkins Reid’s 2013 debut novel. Both Dern and Qualley are also set as executive producers along with Reid. In the series, Elsie (Qualley) and Ben’s … Read more
Twisters star Glen Powell says he brought his own tornado experience to the upcoming disaster movie. “I remember the fear.” I don’t live in tornado country, so I’ve never experienced one, but they seem pretty frightening. However, Twisters star Glen Powell does have a history with tornados, and he told Total Film that he was … Read more
A modern update to the Greek playwright Aristophanes’ Lysistrata, “Chi-Raq” immediately found controversy using Chicago’s South Side (particularly the ensuing bloody gang wars, which by that point were already making national headlines) as the backdrop for a musical crime romance starring Nick Cannon and Wesley Snipes as opposing gang leaders, and Teyonah Parris as the … Read more
The Strangers first hit theaters in May 2008, leaving a major mark in pop culture and scarring moviegoers as one of the most memorable home invasion movies. Now, The Strangers: Chapter 1 hits theaters on May 17, creating a franchise out of the original film. While the first Strangers film is one of the most … Read more
What do we know about Dune Prophecy, the spin-off TV series airing on Max? More than you might think! What Do We Know About Dune Prophecy? More than you may think. With the second part of Denis Villeneuve’s adaptation of Frank Herbert’s classic science fiction novel a critical and box office success, it is going … Read more
“Kinds of Kindness” is really three movies in one—the first two around 50 minutes in length, the third a little longer. The three segments share a cast (Emma Stone, Jesse Plemons, Margaret Qualley, Hong Chau, Willem Dafoe, Joe Alwyn), a few motifs, and a general philosophy of life that boils down to the idea some … Read more
& Sons, a new movie being written by Oscar-winning filmmaker Sarah Polley, has enlisted the names of Bill Nighy, Matt Smith, George MacKay, and Noah Jupe to star in Pablo Trapero’s family drama, based on David Gilbert’s novel of the same name. According to Deadline, the planned project will serve as Trapero’s English-language movie debut. The … Read more
Charlie Cox and Vincent D’Onofrio say Daredevil: Born Again originally had no connections to the Netflix series before creative overhaul. Although Daredevil: Born Again features the return of Charlie Cox and Vincent D’Onofrio as Matt Murdock and Wilson Fisk, the series originally didn’t have any other connection to the Netflix series. When Daredevil: Born Again … Read more
We are living in a golden age of sequels, prequels, legacyquels, reboots, and revivals, to the point that it seems like everything on TV and in the movie theater is a new version or something or a continuation of something else. There’s nothing a studio loves more than beloved IP with a built-in fanbase of … Read more