Spider-Man: Homecoming is the first Spider-Man film that feels like an ensemble movie. In every teaser and trailer seen so far, we get a sense that Peter Parker’s friends (and mentors) are a crucial part of his story in the film. These characters aren’t mere throwaways either: some of them go through some big evolutions in […]
Movie Review – Hotel Mumbai (2019)
Hotel Mumbai, 2019. Directed by Anthony Maras. Starring Dev Patel, Armie Hammer, Nazanin Boniadi, Jason Isaacs, Anupam Kher, Amandeep Singh, Suhail Nayyar, Kapil Kumar Netra, Natasha Liu Bordizzo, Tilda Cobham-Hervey, Sachin Joab, Rodney Afif, Zenia Starr, Rohan Mirchandaney, Alex Pinder, and Pawan Singh. SYNOPSIS: The true story of the Taj Mahal Palace Hotel terrorist attack […]
Watch Sebastian Stan and Anthony Mackie roast Spider-Man actor Tom Holland during an interview
Tom Holland has proven to be quite energetic during his various interviews leading up to the release of the Marvels first Spidey film Spider-Man: Homecoming. Holland is a young actor, and his enthusiasm and aspirations are totally admirable, but some of his older co-workers seem a little tired of Holland’s on-set behavior… and his excessive use of […]
Movie Review – The Highwaymen (2019)
The Highwaymen, 2019. Directed by John Lee Hancock. Starring Woody Harrelson, Kevin Costner, Kathy Bates, John Carroll Lynch, Kim Dickens, Thomas Mann, W. Earl Brown, Emily Brobst, and Edward Bossert. SYNOPSIS: A pair of police officers come out of retirement to catch the infamous outlaws Bonnie & Clyde. I’m all for bad ideas that could […]
Movie Review – Us (2019)
Us, 2019. Written and Directed by Jordan Peele. Starring Lupita Nyong’o, Winston Duke, Evan Alex, Shahadi Wright Joseph, Elisabeth Moss, Tim Heidecker, Kara Hayward, Anna Diop, Cali Sheldon, Noelle Sheldon, Madison Curry, and Yahya Abdul-Mateen II. SYNOPSIS: A family’s serenity turns to chaos when a group of doppelgängers begins to terrorize them. Opening up with […]
Movie Review – The Aftermath (2019)
The Aftermath, 2019. Directed by James Kent. Starring Keira Knightley, Alexander Skarsgård, Jason Clarke, Flora Thiemann, Alexander Scheer, Fionn O’Shea, Frederick Preston, Anna Katharina Schimrigk, Jack Laskey, Joseph Arkley, Kate Phillips, Tom Bell, and Martin Compston. SYNOPSIS: Post World War II, a British colonel and his wife are assigned to live in Hamburg during the […]
The hero we deserve: Kevin Feige explains how he brought Spider-Man to the Marvel Cinematic Universe
When it was revealed that Spider-Man would finally be returning home to the MCU, it was met with applause, and a healthy dose of disbelief. How did Marvel do it? This was something that the Marvel fan-base had seemingly accepted as an impossibility. So what happened? Well, Kevin Feige happened. In a recent interview with […]
Movie Review – Dragged Across Concrete (2019)
Dragged Across Concrete, 2019. Written and Directed by S. Craig Zahler. Starring Mel Gibson, Vince Vaughn, Don Johnson, Jennifer Carpenter, Michael Jai White, Tory Kittles, Laurie Holden, Udo Kier, Liannet Borrego, Trezzo Mahoro, Fred Melamed, Andrew Dunbar, Giacomo Baessato, Primo Allon, Jenn Griffin, Myles Truitt, Justine Warrington, Brett Alexander Davidson, Cardi Wong, Vivian Ng, Alexander […]
Movie Review – Triple Threat (2019)
Triple Threat, 2019. Directed by Jesse V. Johnson Starring Tiger Hu Chen, Tony Jaa, Iko Uwais, Scott Adkins, Michael Jai White, Michael Bisping, JeeJa Yanin, Selina Lo, Daniel Whyte, Michael Wong, Ron Smoorenburg, Dominiquie Vandenberg, and Celina Jade SYNOPSIS: A hit contract is taken out on a billionaires daughter intent on bringing down a major […]
Movie Review – Wonder Park (2019)
Wonder Park, 2019. Written by Josh Appelbaum and André Nemec. Featuring the voice talents of Brianna Denski, Matthew Broderick. Jennifer Garner, Sofia Mali, Kenan Thompson, Ken Jeong, Mila Kunis, John Oliver, Norbert Leo Butz, and Ken Hudson Campbell. SYNOPSIS: Wonder Park tells the story of a magnificent amusement park where the imagination of a wildly […]