X-Men Dark Phoenix The X-Men Dark Phoenix trailer looked eerily familiar. While watching a young Jean Grey chucking around police cars with a helpless set of X-Men unable to rationalize with her I couldn’t help but think of this scene: Are we going to actually see the cosmic firebird as … [Read More]
Captain America’s superpowers apparently don’t extend to keeping secrets. During a recent press tour, Chris Evans revealed that a Black Widow solo movie, likely starring Scarlett Johansson, is on its way. Evans was speaking via video to ET Canada about Black Panther and its box office success. Evans said that … [Read More]
Mother! is one of those movies that will be probably one of the most difficult movies to describe. Even if someone were to tell you the synopsis of the film, that still wouldn’t really be suffice. Even the trailer, which I really appreciated, only gives you maybe 20% of what … [Read More]
2016 is coming to a wrap and it should go down as one of the most interesting movie years in cinematic history. From the surplus of superhero flicks, to the surprising movie and TV show successes, 2016 brought some real movie fan joy. While this year has been filled with … [Read More]
British director Steve McQueen came to Chicago to receive an award on the 20th anniversary of the Chicago International Film Festival’s Black Perspectives program. Jacqueline Najuma Stewart, professor of Cinema and Media Studies at the University of Chicago, interviewed him onstage. Prior to Ms. Stewart’s questioning, McQueen spoke to us … [Read More]
April and May are officially behind us and June is here, but don’t get behind on the movie releases from those past two months. I decided to compile a list of the DVD/Blu-ray, On-Demand, and limited theatrical releases you might have missed, but are worth checking out or owning on … [Read More]
Synopsis: The emergence of Apocalypse threatens the existence of the world and the X-Men must stop him before complete destruction ensues. This is the one big summer movie that seemed to have gotten lost in the shuffle. The anticipation for Batman v Superman and Civil War seemed to push X-Men … [Read More]
Following the critically acclaimed global smash hit X-Men: Days of Future Past, director Bryan Singer returns with X-MEN: APOCALYPSE. Since the dawn of civilization, he was worshipped as a god. Apocalypse, the first and most powerful mutant from Marvel’s X-Men universe, amassed the powers of many other mutants, becoming immortal … [Read More]
It happened again. I don’t know why but for some reason I keep forgetting this movie exists. I blame the obvious but really I should only blame myself as this movie looks amazing. I initially had apprehension with the casting of Oscar Isaac as Ivan Ooze Apocalypse but from what … [Read More]
The Oscars is only a few short days away and nothing more fun than making prediction, so let jump straight too it. BEST PICTURE NOMINEES The Big Short Bridge of Spies Brooklyn Mad Max: Fury Road The Martian The Revenant Room Spotlight Let’s get to the important stuff. The Martian … [Read More]
ollowing the critically acclaimed global smash hit X-Men: Days of Future Past, director Bryan Singer returns with X-MEN: APOCALYPSE. Since the dawn of civilization, he was worshipped as a god. Apocalypse, the first and most powerful mutant from Marvel’s X-Men universe, amassed the powers of many other mutants, becoming immortal … [Read More]
Joy is the story of a family across four generations and the woman who rises to become founder and matriarch of a powerful family business dynasty. [springboard type=”video” id=”1592603″ player=”tmbg001″ width=”599″ height=”336″ ] David O. Russell’s Joy is surprisingly cynical for such an optimistic movie. Despite the celebratory tone to … [Read More]