First reactions to Avatar: The Last Airbender series are mixed, with visuals praised but performances lacking spark of the original series. The long-awaited premiere of Netflix’s live-action Avatar: The Last Airbender is less than a week away, and the first reactions to the series have been trickling out. After original creators Bryan Konietzko and Michael … Read more
Disney’s Wish is the long-running animation studio’s latest feature — and the movie it is releasing right as the company commemorates its 100th anniversary. As such it comes with a certain amount of weight, as it’s being called upon to be the movie to sum up what the past 100 years of films has been about, and what … Read more
The Marvels is due out in theaters in a matter of days — really less than 48 hours before the early screenings of the movie begin on the East Coast — but no one has seen the film yet. Typically Marvel lets at least some journalists see their films a week ahead of their big release, even … Read more
We’re lucky to live in an era where we can see a new film from Hayao Miyazaki. The 82-year-old Japanese filmmaker is a legend, with classics like Spirited Away, My Neighbor Totoro, and Howl’s Moving Castle under his beard. It’s been ten years since Miyazaki’s last film, The Wind Rises, and he has come out … Read more
David Fincher’s The Killer is getting mixed reactions following early screenings at the Venice International Film Festival. The review embargo for David Fincher’s latest, the hitman thriller The Killer, has broken at Venice. So far, the film is earning mixed-to-positive reviews for what’s being seen as a less divisive movie than his last film, Mank, … Read more
Beau Is Afraid writer/director Ari Aster reflects on the mixed reaction to the film, with some hailing it as a masterpiece and others… not. It’s safe to say that the reaction to Ari Aster’s Beau Is Afraid was decidedly mixed. Some hailed the film as a masterpiece while others weren’t quite sure what the hell … Read more
Secret Invasion director Ali Selim discusses the recent season finale of the Marvel series as well as the mixed reviews it has received. SPOILERS for Secret Invasion. Consider yourself warned. Marvel’s Secret Invasion series on Disney+ concluded earlier this week, but the season finale seems to have left fans underwhelmed. Ali Selim, who directed all … Read more
Nicolas Cage recalled the time Keanu Reeves hustled him in billiards inside of his own home, making endless “impossible” shots. “Watch them, the children of the night. What trick shots they make!” As Nicolas Cage gears up for the latest movie, Renfield (which seems like another blast from this phase of his career), he has … Read more