It’s been almost two years since the last significant update on Netflix’s live-action adaptation of Avatar: The Last Airbender. (It’s also been 13 years since M. Night Shyamalan’s The Last Airbender live-action movie which … the less said of the better.) Back in August of 2021, we got the first announcement of the creators and … Read more
Paul Robeson in The Emperor Jones (1933). Here at Rogerebert.com we will have a week of great features all week. We discuss what it takes to be an independent filmmaker in today’s environment. Coincidentally two of the filmmakers we talk to are from Chicago. Robert Daniels interviewed independent Chicago filmmaker Dewayne Perkins. Perkins’ horror-satire film … Read more
The upcoming Disney+ Secret Invasion series is set to explore the ground level of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Focused more on spies and aliens than superheroes, Secret Invasion will unite many of the government agents and more human characters in a tense and distrustful environment. As the series is said to take place in “the … Read more
Phil Lord and Christopher Miller say that Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse will feature more of Spider-Punk’s world. Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse was filled to the brim with a variety of eclectic visual styles, so it says a lot that Spider-Punk was able to instantly catch the audience’s attention. Spider-Punk (Daniel Kaluuya), aka Hobie Brown, is … Read more
Did you ever see that viral video of that woman falling down at the starting line of a track and field race? And then she gets like a step off the starting line and falls down again? That’s kind of what happened to The Flash at the box office last weekend. Experts predicted the film … Read more
The other performances are lacking as well, with dull dialogue being uttered by tired faces, but Olivia Colman saves “Secret Invasion” from being a complete slog. Her performance as MI6 agent Sonya Falsworth adds some life to an overly tedious first two episodes, striding into rooms with an air of charisma that’s lost on most … Read more
The Flash’s long-awaited debut in theaters over the weekend resulted in tepid box office numbers, falling well below Warner Bros.’ projections. Per Deadline, the film starring Ezra Miller earned $55.1 million domestically over the first three days and $64 million over the four-day Juneteenth holiday weekend. Its worldwide earnings reached $139 million, which is comparable … Read more
The search for Julian Sands in the Mount Baldy area continues six months after the disappearance of the Warlock actor. It was announced six months ago that Julian Sands, the actor best known for The Killing Fields, A Room with a View, Warlock, Leaving Las Vegas, and more, had gone missing while hiking up Mount … Read more
marvel’s Secret Invasion series is the culmination of a dozen of Marvel Cinematic Universe TV shows and movies. It connects all the way back to the very first MCU post-credits scene, where Samuel L. Jackson made his debut as Nick Fury, and to The Avengers, which introduced Cobie Smulders’ Agent Maria Hill. It’s also got … Read more
Recent releases “Transformers: Rise of the Beasts” and “Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse” perfectly demonstrate Hip-Hop’s enormous artistic impact as a cultural influencer and cinematic game-changer. Both movies are heavily punctuated by the culture, but neither is a straightforward Hip-Hop movie. “Transformers: Rise of the Beasts” seems solely to exist in its 1994 setting to allow … Read more