Daniel Craig and Challengers filmmaker Luca Guadagnino are eyeing an adaptation of Sgt. Rock for James Gunn and Peter Safran’s DC Studios. After teaming up for the biographical period drama Queer, filmmaker Luca Guadagnino (Challengers, Suspiria, Bones and All) and Daniel Craig (No Time to Die, Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery, Logan Lucky) could … Read more
An overly familiar Christmas-action mashup that’s too similar to every other movie The Rock’s made over the last decade. PLOT: When Santa Claus (J.K. Simmons) is kidnapped from the North Pole on the day before Christmas, his head of security, Callum Drift (Dwayne Johnson), must team with an untrustworthy tracker (Chris Evans) to find him … Read more
HBO’s Music Box goes behind the sensation of the calming sounds that became a soundtrack for a whole generation. The subgenre, Yacht Rock, is a relatively new term given to easy-listening older tunes of the 70s, 80s and 90s. HBO has now released the trailer for a new documentary in their Music Box series. Directed … Read more
Despite being one of the biggest superstars on the planet, Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson finds himself embroiled in a strange controversy of late. His latest theatrical venture, Red One, features a star-studded lineup and will release in the US later this week. Prior to its premiere, reports have come out that provide an insight into … Read more
The music used in a movie can often times be just as memorable as the movie itself. Done right, a film’s soundtrack can engage a viewer beyond just what they’re seeing on the screen and propel the narrative forward. Music and movies have been intertwining art forms since films began incorporating recorded sound. So it makes … Read more
McG, the director behind Terminator Salvation and Charlie’s Angels, is in talks to direct the long-awaited KISS biopic. We’ve seen plenty of musical biopics over the years, so it’s somewhat surprising that we’ve never seen one about KISS, the iconic rock band formed by Gene Simmons, Paul Stanley, Ace Frehley, and Peter Criss. A KISS … Read more
There have been a lot of biopics made about rock and metal artists and, in some cases, the actors actually sang in the movies too. It’s one thing to portray an iconic musician and lip sync to their music, but to actually perform the artists’ songs is a whole other story. In the 2018 biopic about Queen’s … Read more
Jerry Seinfeld asked Chris Rock to mock the infamous Slap in Unfrosted but the comedian turned it down since it was so fresh. As much as Will Smith wanted Chris Rock to keep his wife’s name out his f*ckin’ mouth, the comedian wanted to lay as low as possible after The Slap. That included turning … Read more
Could we finally see a sequel to School of Rock after 20 years? Jack Black says he’s “ready“ for it to happen. (Also: It’s been 20 years since School of Rock?!? Nooooooo…. [turns to dust like the dude in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade who drinks from the wrong Holy Grail]) In a recent interview, Black indicated that he is … Read more
Another Round director Thomas Vinterberg jokingly warned that Chris Rock might get slapped again if his remake is bad. When it was announced that Chris Rock would be remaking the Danish film Another Round, there was some knee-jerk concern that the comedian may not be able to nail the tone of the original. Personally, I … Read more