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The Preview Reel: Can Seth Rogen Slay The Dragon?
Welcome to another “Preview Reel” column, where we look at the week’s upcoming wide-release movies. The summer movie season is winding down to an end, and after another divisive summer blockbuster in Suicide Squad last week, this week is a little calmer with two moderate releases. First, there is the Disney fantasy flick in Pete’s Dragon, and then there is the unique animated R-rated movie in Saus...[Read More]
Trailer Trashin’: San Diego Comic-Con Movie Trailer Roundup
Hello again, dear readers. This week sees the release of Suicide Squad, the latest DC Comics film adaptation. In the meantime, the latest Trailer Trashin’ is my quick take on some of the major movie trailers to come out of the recent San Diego Comic-Con. [divider] Doctor Strange Premise: After Stephen Strange (Benedict Cumberbatch), the world’s top neurosurgeon, is injured in a car acc...[Read More]
The Preview Reel: Suicide Squad Likely Kills
Welcome to another “Preview Reel” column, where we look at the week’s upcoming wide release movies. The summer movie season is typically full of superhero flicks, and this week brings the last one of the season. After Captain America: Civil War and X-Men: Apocolypse, the latest DC offering, Suicide Squad, finally hits the screen. Will it live up to the hype or be another DC disappointment? There’s...[Read More]
Revisiting the Jason Bourne Franchise
Jason Bourne is returning to action in the appropriately titled Jason Bourne. This will be the fourth time Matt Damon plays the highly trained assassin with a memory problem, but it’s the first time since 2007 he’s headlined a Bourne flick. If you have amnesia when it comes to the Bourne series, don’t worry, we are here to help. Here are mission briefs (with some spoilers) on the previous installm...[Read More]
The Preview Reel: Does Bourne Have the Nerve?
Welcome to another “Preview Reel” column, where we look at the week’s upcoming wide release movies. The theme of the summer seems to be bringing back old franchises with a new, big budget installment. We had Independence Day: Resurgence, The Legend of Tarzan, Star Trek Beyond, and even Finding Dory. That trend continues this week as Matt Damon returns as Jason Bourne in Jason Bourne. There are als...[Read More]
The Preview Reel: Trekking Through the Ice Age
Welcome to another “Preview Reel” column, where we look at the week’s upcoming wide release movies. This week sees a couple of Hollywood’s most bankable franchises debut along with a new James Wan produced horror flick. Star Trek Beyond continues the voyages of the Starship Enterprise, Manny and the gang return in Ice Age: Collision Course, and a supernatural being terrifies in the dark in Lights ...[Read More]
Trailer Trashin’: Stop-Motion Magic in the New Kubo and the Two Strings Trailer
Long time, no see, dear readers. But I’m back, and just in time for the release of the new Ghostbusters. This week’s Trailer Trashin’ column takes a look at the new trailer for Laika’s upcoming animated film Kubo and the Two Strings. Premise: Clever, kindhearted Kubo (voice of Art Parkinson) ekes out a humble living, telling stories to the people of his seaside town. But hi...[Read More]
The Preview Reel: Don’t Be ‘Fraid of No Ghost
Welcome to another “Preview Reel” column, where we look at the week’s upcoming wide release movies. This week sees one of the most controversial releases of the year, Ghostbusters. There’s been a lot of online chatter about this movie, unfortunately most of it has been negative. Is all of the negativity deserving? Let’s break it down and see. [divider] Ghostbusters What we are excited about: Paul ...[Read More]
The Preview Reel: Can Pets Neuter Mike and Dave?
Welcome to another “Preview Reel” column, where we look at the week’s upcoming wide release movies. For the past three weeks, Finding Dory has dominated the box office despite going up some pretty big blockbusters. The Disney/Pixar sequel faces its toughest challenge this week, however, in the form of another animated flick, The Secret Life of Pets. This week also features the R-rated comedy Mike ...[Read More]
Unknown Pleasures and Paul Thomas Anderson’s Junun in Berlin
Unknown Pleasures, this year’s eighth installment of the Berlin American Independent Film Festival, screened fifteen films, including a program of shorts, at four locations throughout the city from June 3 through June 18. The UP, as they call themselves, offers un-Hollywood movements of current American cinema (on days with multiple screenings one could live in this world a bit, believing America ...[Read More]
The Preview Reel: Can Tarzan Purge the BFG?
Welcome to another “Preview Reel” column, where we look at the week’s upcoming wide release movies. Every year, the Fourth of July holiday always provides movie going audiences with some of the year’s biggest blockbusters, and while this year might seem a little tamer than years past, there are still some interesting options. David Yates looks to put his own spin on the classic Tarzan tale with Th...[Read More]
The Preview Reel: Aliens, Sharks, and McConaughey
Welcome to another “Preview Reel” column, where we look at the week’s upcoming wide-release movies. We wrote last week that this summer has seen very little originality, and this week continues that trend as another sequel to a beloved film finally hits theaters. The Will Smith-less Independence Day: Resurgence debuts twenty years after the original became a summer blockbuster phenomenon. There ar...[Read More]