The upcoming Marvel Studios crossover film Avengers: Infinity War is set to change the MCU forever, and it will include some major moments and aspects from the comics that fans have been clamoring to see. Ever since the Iron Spider suit was teased at the end of Spider-Man: Homecoming, fans have been curious about what Tony Stark's latest upgrade will include and if it will be similar to the suit from the Civil War comics. A new […]
As I noted in my end-of-the-year movie wrap-up (which in addition to my top-10 list included such idiosyncratic awards as “Best Letter Writer” and “Most Successful Mushroom Recipe”), 2017 was an excellent year for film. And, for the most part, I think the Academy did a good job when it came to Oscar nominations. Four of my top five movies of the year were nominated for Best Picture, and of them I […]
Well, this isn't going to make Dwayne Johnson very happy. Walt Disney and Marvel just announced that Avengers: Infinity War will be opening everywhere, all over the world, on April 27, 2018. That's about when it was going to open in much of the world in a standard MCU overseas rollout, but the change means that North American audiences get it a week early as well. That's horrible news for A) Dwayne […]
Writer-director Marysia Nikitiuk's debut, a Ukrainian-Macedonian-Polish co-production, bowed in the Panorama section of the German fest. A debut feature bursting with audacity, flair and energetic promise,When the Trees Fall (Koly padayut dereva) propels 31-year-old Ukrainian writer-director Marysia Nikitiuk into the leading ranks of younger filmmakers from eastern/central Europe. Straddling several genres with aplomb — only the odd wobble here and there betrays her greenhorn status — Nikitiuk socks over a full-blooded enterprise punctuated with steamy […]
The timing couldn’t be better for “Red Sparrow” to sweep into theaters with its story of a Russian spy and an American spy trying to outwit one another. As one character in the thriller declares, “the Cold War never ended.” No kidding. Jennifer Lawrence assumes a Russian accent to play Dominika Egorova, a star ballerina whose dancing career is cut short after she suffers a sickening injury onstage. She lives […]
Like the headline says, this is another rundown of Black Panther’s ridiculously good domestic box office run. It will be a look at the milestones and records the film broke (or almost broke) during its second Fri-Sun frame. As of this writing the film earned $112 million over its second weekend of domestic release, dropping just 45% from last weekend and bringing its domestic total to $404m in ten days. And […]
Late in the World War II drama "Darkest Hour," Winston Churchill — played, in case you hadn't heard, by Gary Oldman — delivers his famous "We shall fight on the beaches" speech in the House of Commons, a piece of oration so rousing that it brings his listeners to their feet. For a moment ripped from the pages of history, the scene feels curiously prophetic: less a blast from the […]
You have a firm grip on this year’s Oscar nominees, last year’s winners and what host Jimmy Kimmel will undoubtedly joke about (and the best picture award goes to ... oops). But there are aspects of Hollywood’s stellar night that may be a surprise. Let’s pull the curtain back a bit on a ceremony that strives for effortless glamour but, like any machine, is made up of nuts and bolts […]
Warner Bros. could quietly shelve the project, but there are multiple reasons they shouldn't. With Joss Whedon departing the Batgirlmovie, the obvious question arises: What next for Barbara Gordon? The project was initially announced just under a year ago with Whedon already in talks to write and direct the movie. It seemed so clearly in his wheelhouse — a teen heroine fighting to save a world that underestimates her? Whedon wrote the book […]
