Well, on good side effect of having Russia back in the news so much is that we may get a lot more good old fashioned Russian Spy movies. Even 1995’s James Bond movie Goldeneye struggled to deal with a post-Cold War Russia. But then if Jennifer Lawrence were really on their side, we might consider
Death Wish was supposed to come out on Thanksgiving weekend 2017. The reason for the delay was stated as Bruce Willis and director Eli Roth’s availability to promote the film. However, real life violence like the Las Vegas shooting might have made it a poor time for a vigilante film anyway. A new trailer released
For a franchise built around a character who died in part one, Insidious has continued finding stories for paranormal medium Elise (Lin Shaye). Insidious: The Last Key may be the strongest Elise story since the original, as it has the luxury of focusing on Elise rather than bending over backwards to explain how she’s still
It’s Taken on the After Work Express as Liam Neeson finds himself embroiled in a mystery on a speeding train. Did you see the one where he was on a plane? The Commuter is totally different. This time he’s on a train. Michael McCauley (Neeson) has a bad day, losing his job selling life insurance,
Michelle Williams has two movies opening this weekend. The Greatest Showman is a musical in which she plays P.T. Barnum (Hugh Jackman)’s wife Charity. In All the Money in the World, Williams plays Gail Harris, daughter-in-law of J. Paul Getty (Christopher Plummer). The films couldn’t be more different unless maybe one had a Hobbit in
Rosalie Quaid (Rosamund Pike) loses her husband and children in a Commanche attack on her farm. In most westerns, that would be the setup for Rosalie to become an avenging angel kicking Commanche butt. Hostiles, the new western from writer/director Scott Cooper, tells the real story of a woman like Rosalie. Captain Blocker (Christian Bale)
There’s already a musical about PT Barnum, so why didn’t they just make a movie of the musical Barnum? Because they wanted to have popular rock songs for today’s audience, but the songs in The Greatest Showman aren’t memorable enough to do the heavy lifting the film asks of them. The Greatest Showman has the
Ridley Scott made cinema history when he recast Christopher Plummer in the role of J. Paul Getty in the wake of accusations of sexual assault of a minor against Kevin Spacey. He fulfilled promise to have All the Money in the World ready for its December 22 release (now three days later on Christmas Day),
Pitch Perfect 3 claims it is the last Pitch Perfect movie. If so, it would be the first franchise to ever end after declaring a final chapter. For now, it does feature the a cappella group the Barden Bellas in what they expect to be their farewell tour. Anna Kendrick, Brittany Snow and the whole
Over the last 25 years, football movies have been among the greatest cinematic success stories coming out of Hollywood. The natural drama and open-ended storylines make football movies a natural draw for a large majority of movie watchers. Whether they are strictly about football, or infused with love stories and comedy, football movies have certainly