Writer/director Kevin Smith says 1997’s Chasing Amy offered a shot at redemption after Mallrats flopped as a Clerks follow-up. When Kevin Smith made Clerks, he was on top of the indie comedy scene. With that, he had some clout to get his next movie going without much of a wait. Unfortunately, it was about as … Read more
In its 28th year of showcasing films at the Chicago International Film Festival, the Black Perspectives Program has put archival classics back on the big screen, giving them the ability to impact new audiences in new ways. With the power of 4K restorative technology, meaning the visual and audio of a film are remastered and … Read more
Brothers is a disappointing comedy pairing, with Josh Brolin and Peter Dinklage unable to salvage many laughs. Plot: Brothers tells the story of a reformed criminal whose attempt at going straight is derailed when he reunites with his sanity-testing twin brother on a cross-country road trip for the score of a lifetime. Dodging bullets, the … Read more
It’s close to midnight, and something evil’s lurking from Illumination and Universal Pictures. Illumination’s Sing series is getting spooky with Sing: Thriller this Halloween season, inspired by Michael Jackson’s classic short film Thriller. The latest installment in the Sing franchise shuffles onto Netflix tomorrow, October 16, with Sing and Sing 2 director and writer Garth … Read more
The Dwayne Johnson and Chris Evans Christmas flick, Red One, has gotten a new trailer teasing the Marvel-style action scenes. Amazon-MGM is plotting its own tentpole franchise, with one of its biggest-ever theatrical films, Red One, due to hit theatres on November 15th, just in time for Christmas. With an estimated $250 million price tag, … Read more
Episode 10 of Begins ≠ Youth aired on Xclusive on May 14, 2024. In the episode, the audience sees Park Ha-Ru (Kim Yoon-Woo) revealing to Jeong Ho-Su (Ahn Ji-Ho) the truth about what happened to him during his childhood that completely traumatized him. The episode also sees Kim Hwan’s (Seo Ji-Hoon) father plotting a vicious … Read more
It’s disgraceful, yes? The Cannes Film Festival just announced that “Megalopolis” had been selected to play in competition this year, which is fantastic. But can you step it up a bit from here? Is that possible? Remember that in 1979, Coppola had gotten thumped by the American media for spending so long shooting and editing … Read more
Emma Stone is in talks to join her The Favourite and Poor Things director Yorgos Lanthimos on the Save the Green Planet remake Emma Stone first worked with director Yorgos Lanthimos on his 2018 film The Favourite – which went on to rack up ten Oscar nominations, including one for Stone’s performance in her Supporting … Read more
Poor Things director Yorgos Lanthimos has signed on to take the helm of the Save the Green Planet remake for producer Ari Aster Almost four years have gone by since it was announced that CJ ENM, the production company behind Bong Joon Ho’s Parasite, was teaming with Ari Aster’s Square Peg to produce an English … Read more
Unfortunately, like some of the earlier spin-offs set in this universe, its newest installment would be better if it abandoned the overarching plotlines the original series struggled to contain in its final seasons. Frankly, a show about Rick and Michonne should be just that: a show about Rick and Michonne. The reason these two became … Read more