The final trailer for "Rogue One: A Star Wars Story" starring Felicity Jones, Diego Luna and Ben Mendelsohn. Lucasfilm With just over two months left until Darth Vader and the Empire loom again on the big screen — and Felicity Jones' rebellious heroine Jyn Erso makes her debut — the final Rogue One: A Star Wars Story trailer dropped on Good Morning America like a blast from the Death Star. Check it […]
While audiences wait for Ben Affleck's Batman movie, this unusual thriller is just comic-book-like enough to tide them over. Say what you will about Ben Affleck as Batman, or Jack Ryan, or any number of other action heroes that have seemed to be a stretch for the boy-next-door star, but Affleck is a terrific fit for “The Accountant,” in which he plays an autistic assassin. Though his choice in material […]
New York Comic Con wrapped on Sunday after four jam-packed days of pop culture news. Thousands gathered from Thursday to Sunday at the Javitz Center in New York City to check out panels and events around hit shows, including "The Walking Dead" and "Stranger Things," and upcoming movies like "Power Rangers." Netflix also had a strong showing with its Marvel shows, including a surprise appearance from a possible new villain, […]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pZTXv5NpgaI Get ready to see a lot of Natalie Portman this award season. The actress, who took home an Oscar for her work in 2010's Black Swan, will likely earn many nominations for her portrayal of Jacqueline Kennedy in Jackie, the upcoming Fox Searchlight film about the first lady's hours and days following JFK's assassination. A new teaser trailer opens with Portman looking out from a car at the thousands […]
One month before Marvel's latest superhero outing, Doctor Strange, finally makes its way into theaters, a casting controversy — specifically, the fact that Tilda Swinton will be portraying the Ancient One, a character whose ethnicity is Asian in the original comic books — continues to dominate the conversation. Perhaps most prominent, Strange's director Scott Derrickson said he was "listening and learning" after the outrage broke out earlier this year, while George Takei offered […]
Tate Taylor's adaptation of the bestselling Paula Hawkins novel stars Emily Blunt as an alcoholic who becomes obsessed with a local murder case. Paula Hawkins is on record as disliking comparisons of her sensationally successful 2015 bestseller The Girl on the Train to the previous “girl” crime fiction smash, Gone Girl. There's no doubt that Tate Taylor, the director of the film version of Hawkins' novel, will also object to […]
Superhero movies are a pretty divisive genre. While they consistently rake up tons of money at the box office and (at least for the MCU) positive critical attention, audiences rarely agree on how good the movies are. In particular, the casting and performance of beloved comic book characters is usually picked apart by the fandom. Case in point: Ben Affleck's Bruce Wayne. The news of Affleck's involvement in the DCEU […]
Oscar- and Grammy-winning artist John Legend is set to perform at the dedication of a recently renovated $2.5 million theater that's named in his honor. The Springfield News-Sun reports (http://bit.ly/2dtj2O7 ) Legend donated $500,000 for the project and will perform at the Oct. 9 ribbon-cutting ceremony at the 680-seat John Legend Theater at the Springfield Center of Innovation: The Dome. Legend is a graduate of Springfield North High School. The […]
Former Pink Floyd rocker is playing stretch of shows at London's Royal Albert Hall Sherlock actor Benedict Cumberbatch joined former Pink Floyd singer/guitarist David Gilmour onstage at the Royal Albert Hall Wednesday evening for the song "Comfortably Numb." Gilmour is in the middle of a series of five shows at the London venue in support of his 2015 album Rattle The Lock. Cumberbatch sang conversationally. He accentuated a few lines with theatrical expressions. In […]
