The closing film for the 53rd Chicago International Film Festival was Guillermo del Toro’s The Shape of Water, which seems destined for many Academy Award nominations this season. It also served as an opportunity to pay tribute to Michael Shannon, one of the actors in The Shape of Water, who … [Read More]
Synopsis: The crew of the USS Enterprise faces one of their toughest challenges yet, navigating a foreign planet and an evil new villain. I must preface that there wasn’t much buzz surrounding Star Trek Beyond. I’d get flooded with promotional emails, but no one was taking about it leading up … [Read More]
Getting lost in all the superhero hoopla this summer is the release of the new Star Trek: Beyond movie coming out July 22. Before you buy your tickets, Star Trek fans are going to be in for a treat with the announced Blu-ray disc specials of the first two J.J. … [Read More]
I recently had the chance to speak with a promising young director named Aram Rappaport whose upcoming film, Syrup, looks to be quite promising. Adapted from the novel by Author Max Barry, the film focuses on the marketing of an idea and the lies and mistrust that come with selling … [Read More]
From his humbling beginnings in Brooklyn, Melvin Kaminsky certainly made a name for himself. The name he made? Mel Brooks. A name synonymous with hilarious gags, one-liners, and slap-stick comedy. A career spanning from the early 50s, as a writer for Caesar’s Hour, all the way up to a … [Read More]
Star Trek writers are working hard on the sequel’s first draft. J.J. Abrams, Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman didn’t give much information regarding ST2 in a SFX magazine interview. They just gave some hints… CinemaBlend reports: TrekMovie.com was nice enough to post a few excerpts from the “extensive” article in … [Read More]
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Yay! It’s my second favorite awards show! The Razzies!!! Picking out the WORST films of the year. I look forward to this one every year almost more than the Oscars itself. The nominees have been selected. It does my heart good to see Lady in the Water get a couple … [Read More]
Okay, this is a carry-over from this post I made a couple days ago. Reuters has a nice article about Disney’s pani….er… “concern” over the success of “King Arthur” – bottom line: They need a hit. Bad. They’ve already re-edited the movie’s final scenes so it will be a “happier”, … [Read More]