Synopsis – The children of a once famous artist hire a forger to complete some unfinished, long ago abandoned canvases so they’ll have an inheritance when he dies. Directed – Steven Soderbergh Starring – Ian McKellen, Michaela Coel, Jessica Gunning Check out the trailer: Continue reading ‘The Christophers’ Trailer Sees Ian McKellen & Michaela Coel Make Art!! Check It Out!!
Last Christmas was packed to the brim with exciting projects on the BBC. From Wallace and Gromit returning in A Vengeance Most Fowl to an Outnumbered Christmas special, there was plenty to choose from, although the eyes of the world were focused steadily on the final outing of James Corden and Ruth Jones‘ iconic British sitcom Gavin and Stacey. With 12.3 million viewers watching it … Continue reading James Corden & Ruth Jones to Re-Team an Apple TV+ Comedy!!
Steven Soderbergh’s next film The Christophers is already making waves — and we now have our first look. The newly released image shows Michaela Coel and Ian McKellen in character as Lori Butler and Julian Sklar, respectively. McKellen, 86, appears to be embracing full “grizzled legend” mode, leaning against a battered doorframe in a rainbow-striped sweater, while Coel’s Lori watches him warily, suitcase in hand. … Continue reading ‘The Christophers’: First Image Teases Steven Soderbergh’s Next Starring Ian McKellen!! Check It Out!!
Synopsis – When Papa Smurf is taken by evil wizards, Razamel and Gargamel, Smurfette leads the Smurfs on a mission to the real world to save him. With the help of new friends, the Smurfs must discover what defines their destiny to save the universe. Directed – Chris Miller Starring (voices of) – Rihanna, Hannah Waddingham, Natasha Lyonne Check out the trailer: Continue reading ‘Smurfs’: New Trailer Previews Rihanna’s New Song!! Check It Out!!
Synopsis – When Papa Smurf is taken by evil wizards, Razamel and Gargamel, Smurfette leads the Smurfs on a mission to the real world to save him. With the help of new friends, the Smurfs must discover what defines their destiny to save the universe. Directed – Chris Miller Starring (voices of) – Rihanna, Hannah Waddingham, Natasha Lyonne Check out the trailer: Continue reading ‘Smurfs’ Trailer Teases an All-Animated, Star-Studded Musical Affair!! Check It Out!!
Award-winning comedian James Corden is facing a crisis in the new trailer for Prime Video‘s Mammals. Corden stars as Jamie Buckingham, a Michelin star chef whose life is upended upon discovering the secrets his pregnant wife Amandine (Melia Kreiling) has kept under wraps for some time. The new footage sees him looking for answers anywhere to make sense of the revelations, though he doesn’t exactly … Continue reading ‘Mammals’ Trailer Sees James Corden Discovering Secrets of His Marriage!! Check It Out!!
Synopsis – A modern musical version of the classic fairy tale “Cinderella”. Directed – Kay Cannon Starring – Camila Cabello, Billy Porter, Idina Menzel Check out the trailer: Continue reading ‘Cinderella’: Camila Cabello led Feature Gets a New Trailer!! Check It Out!!
Synopsis – A modern musical version of the classic fairy tale “Cinderella”. Directed – Kay Cannon Starring – Camila Cabello, Billy Porter, Idina Menzel Check out the trailer: Continue reading ‘Cinderella’: First Teaser Reveals Camila Cabello Acting Debut!! Check It Out!!
James Corden is known for being a fan of a great many things but seeing him bring the cast of Friends to the reunion special might be the best video yet! The creator of Carpool Karaoke and host of The Late Late Show With James Corden, is a man of many talents, and a lot of them have to do with driving. In this new … Continue reading The ‘Friends’ Cast Carpools With James Corden!! Check It Out!!
HBO Max has unveiled the official trailer for the Friends reunion special, giving us our first look at what this highly anticipated one-off will actually look like. The entire cast of the iconic NBC sitcom — Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, David Schwimmer, Matt LeBlanc, and Matthew Perry — reunited on the rebuilt set of the show for the reunion special, but as this trailer reveals this isn’t just a long Q&A. The … Continue reading ‘Friends’ Reunion Official Trailer Promises Laughs and Tears!! Check It Out!!
It’s a big week for Cinderella fans: the long-awaited live-action production is finally getting a release date, along with some first-look images to give audiences a taste of what’s in store. This modern take on the classic Disney story will star pop music powerhouse Camila Cabello as Cinderella with Billy Porter as her fairy godparent, Idina Menzel as the evil stepmother and Nicholas Galitzine as Prince Robert. It will release … Continue reading ‘Cinderella’: Amazon Reveals First-Look Images of Camila Cabello’s Take on the Classic!! Check It Out!!
We finally have an official release date for the highly-anticipated Friends reunion special, which will air on HBO Max sooner rather than later. Today the streaming platform revealed Friends: The Reunion will drop on May 27, marking just two weeks until its big debut. Along with the premiere date, we also got a short teaser video, which features Courteney Cox, Jennifer Aniston, Lisa Kudrow, Matthew … Continue reading ‘Friends: The Reunion’ Teaser Reveals May 27 as the Release Date of the HBO Max Special!! Check It Out!!
Camila Cabello will test out her acting chops in the upcoming Cinderella flick which has just been nabbed by Amazon, per Deadline. The outlet confirms that Amazon Studios is closing the deal on the project from Sony Pictures. With many studios still playing it safe regarding theater reopenings around the globe, the deal was put in motion to have the film debut on Amazon Prime. … Continue reading ‘Cinderella’: Camila Cabello’s Acting Debut Acquired by Amazon Studios!!
In a sign of optimism, Sony Pictures plans to release “Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway” on the big screen earlier than anticipated. The animated sequel, which was originally scheduled for June, will now arrive in movie theaters on May 14. Though the U.S. box office has been slow to return amid the pandemic, films geared toward family audiences have been among the most commercially successful. … Continue reading ‘Peter Rabbit 2’ Release Date Moves to May 14th!!
The Hollywood Foreign Press Association is at it again. The 2021 Golden Globes nominations were announced today, kicking off what’s sure to be one of the oddest awards seasons in recent memory. Indeed, due to the pandemic, the number of films eligible plummeted, but the awards season deadline was also extended through the end of February – meaning movies destined to win these awards will … Continue reading 2021 Golden Globes Nominations Revealed!! Check Out the Full List!!!
Synopsis – A troupe of hilariously self-obsessed theater stars swarm into a small conservative Indiana town in support of a high school girl who wants to take her girlfriend to the prom. My Take – While it might have seemed that following the disastrous reception of last year’s Tom Hooper directed ‘Cats‘ would put an end to any or all future film adaptations of Broadway … Continue reading The Prom (2020) Review!!
Synopsis – When an all-powerful Superintelligence chooses to study average Carol Peters, the fate of the world hangs in the balance. As the A.I. decides to enslave, save or destroy humanity, it’s up to Carol to prove that people are worth saving. My Take – With surveillance culture continuing to be a hot topic in debates over the past two to three decades, Hollywood has … Continue reading Superintelligence (2020) Review!!
Synopsis – A troupe of hilariously self-obsessed theater stars swarm into a small conservative Indiana town in support of a high school girl who wants to take her girlfriend to the prom. Directed – Ryan Murphy Starring – Nicole Kidman, Meryl Streep, Andrew Rannells Check out the trailer: Continue reading ‘The Prom’: Full Trailer Teases the Upcoming Star-Studded Broadway Musical!! Check It Out!!
The holiday season always puts me back into my childhood’s mindset, particularly evoking the queasy/excited high school memories of “am I a kid celebrating Christmas or a full-ass adult tolerating Christmas?” One of Netflix‘s big holiday movies, The Prom, aims to heighten this high school feeling explicitly by being about, well, a high school prom — and now, we’ve got all kinds of character posters revealing … Continue reading ‘The Prom’: Ryan Murphy’s Netflix Movie Gets Character Posters!! Check It Out!!
Synopsis – Carol Peters’ life is turned upside down when she is selected for observation by the world’s first superintelligence – a form of artificial intelligence that may or may not take over the world. Directed – Ben Falcone Starring – Melissa McCarthy, James Corden, Bobby Cannavale Check out the trailer: Continue reading ‘Superintelligence’ Trailer Reveals the Melissa McCarthy led HBO Max Action Comedy!! Check It Out!!
Synopsis – A troupe of hilariously self-obsessed theater stars swarm into a small conservative Indiana town in support of a high school girl who wants to take her girlfriend to the prom. Directed – Ryan Murphy Starring – Nicole Kidman, Meryl Streep, Andrew Rannells Check out the trailer: Continue reading ‘The Prom’: Ryan Murphy’s Star Studded Netflix Film Gets a First Trailer!! Check It Out!!
The Prom, that joyful Broadway musical about stage actors who want to help a young gay kid attend her prom as herself, is coming to Netflix as a Ryan Murphy movie, which makes sense, because he’s contractually obligated to direct literally every piece of content on Netflix these days! We’ve got the first images from the multi-colored musical film, including a star-studded cast like Meryl Streep, Nicole Kidman, James Corden, Keegan-Michael … Continue reading ‘The Prom’: Ryan Murphy’s Star Studded Netflix Film Gets First Images!! Check It Out!!
Bright lights, big news: Ryan Murphy‘s movie musical take on Broadway charmer The Prom finally has a release date. The Prom is the stage-to-screen adaptation of Chad Beguelin and Bob Martin‘s 2018 musical of the same name. The Prom is one of the numerous projects released through Murphy’s massive five-year Netflix deal. Previous to The Prom‘s premiere, other Murphy 2020 Netflix releases include The Politician Season 2, Hollywood, Ratched, and The Boys in the … Continue reading ‘The Prom’: Ryan Murphy’s Netflix Musical Gets a First Poster!! Check It Out!!
I stan Ryan Murphy, movie director. While the prolific creator is primarily known for his work in television (Glee, American Horror Story, American Crime Story, et. al), I found his 2014 HBO adaptation of play The Normal Heart to be excellently emotional work. Now, Murphy is adapting another Broadway show into a Netflix film. And in a recent interview with Collider’s Steve Weintraub for his new Netflix limited series Hollywood, … Continue reading ‘The Prom’: Ryan Murphy Confirms Star Studded Netflix Film is Almost Complete!!!
Synopsis – Poppy and Branch discover that they are but one of six different Troll tribes scattered over six different lands devoted to six different kinds of music: Funk, Country, Techno, Classical, Pop and Rock. Their world is about to get a lot bigger and a whole lot louder. My Take – Released back in 2016, Trolls, a semi-musical animated film from Dreamworks Animation, based … Continue reading Trolls World Tour (2020) Review!!
Surprising absolutely no one, Cats triumphed, if you can call it triumph, at the 2020 Golden Raspberry Awards, better known as the Razzies, honoring the worst achievements in film for 2019. Tom Hooper‘s much-derided, CGI-filled musical adaptation of the Broadway smash took home the most awards with six, including Worst Picture, Worst Director for Hooper, and Worst Supporting Actor and Actress for stars James Corden and … Continue reading ‘Razzie Awards 2020’: Cats Sweeps All Major Categories!! Check Out the Full List!!
Late Night television is going dark over COVID-19 coronavirus concerns. Previously, it was announced that The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, Late Night with Seth Meyers, Late Show with Stephen Colbert, The Daily Show with Trevor Noah, and Full Frontal with Samantha Bee would be filming their shows without a live audience. But in an abundance of caution, many of those shows have now decided … Continue reading Jimmy Fallon, Seth Meyers, Stephen Colbert Suspend Production!!
No word from Jimmy Kimmel or James Corden yet, but their late night rivals in New York are banning live audiences from tapings beginning next week. Jimmy Fallon (NBC), Stephen Colbert (CBS) and Seth Meyers (NBC) are all undertaking the extraordinary measure along with their cable counterparts Trevor Noah (Comedy Central), Samantha Bee (TBS), John Oliver (HBO) and Andy Cohen (Bravo). The late night hosts … Continue reading Amid Coronavirus Concerns Late Night TV Shows Ban Live Audiences!!
Obviously, coronavirus has caused some major upheaval to the world, and we hope that everyone can remain safe and healthy. Covering our silly little beat of movie news, we’ve seen how the pandemic has already canceled the SXSW Film Festival and delayed the new Bond movie, No Time to Die, until November. Now another film will be pushed back due to the virus. THR reports … Continue reading ‘Peter Rabbit 2’: Release Date Pushed to August Due to Coronavirus!!
Synopsis – Sequel to the 2016 animated hit. Directed – Walt Dohrn, David P. Smith Starring (voices of) – Anna Kendrick, Charlyne Yi, Sam Rockwell Check out the trailer: Continue reading ‘Trolls World Tour’: New Trailer Reveals the New Release Date!! Check It Out!!
The Razzie nominations are out and Cats, A Madea Family Funeral, and Rambo: Last Blood cleaned up. The Golden Raspberry Foundation announced its picks for 2019’s worst achievements in film, a day before the Academy Awards honor the industry’s best. Cats, which the Razzie folks described as a “widely derided feline flop,” picked up eight nods. A Madea Family Funeral and Rambo: Last Blood also … Continue reading ‘Cats,’ ‘Madea’ and ‘Rambo’ Top Razzie Nominations!! Check Out the Full List!!
Synopsis – Follow-up to the 2018 film, ‘Peter Rabbit’. Directed – Will Gluck Starring – Margot Robbie, Elizabeth Debicki, Rose Byrne Check out the trailer: Continue reading ‘Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway’ Trailer Is About a New Adventure!! Check It Out!!
Synopsis – A tribe of cats called the Jellicles must decide yearly which one will ascend to the Heaviside Layer and come back to a new Jellicle life. My Take – Every decade has their own set of terrible films. Films made so poorly without any sense or salvage that forces you to question – what were the cast and crew involved thinking? A few … Continue reading Cats (2019) Review!!
No amount of star power from Taylor Swift, James Corden, Idris Elba, Jason Derulo, etc., nor the direction of Oscar-winner Tom Hooper, could save Cats at the global box office. Our finance sources informed us over this weekend that the Universal/Amblin/Working Title feature adaptation of the near $4 billion-grossing Andrew Lloyd Webber stage musical is bound to lose at least $71M — that is, if the … Continue reading ‘Cats’ Bound To Lose At Least $71M at the BO!!
Universal Pictures has quietly pulled the plug on its Oscar campaign for Cats. The big-screen musical was a sight-unseen contender given its profile and pedigree, and indeed you’d be forgiven for previously assuming it could be an awards contender. Universal mounted the big budget adaptation with a star-studded cast, a new original song co-written by Taylor Swift, and Oscar-winning The King’s Speech and Les Miserables … Continue reading ‘Cats’ Pulled from Awards Contention Following Dismal Reviews and BO!!
Between the scalding reviews and the tepid box-office figures, this has not been a good week for “Cats.” But we do have one piece of good news for Tom Hooper’s catastrophic feline musical, courtesy of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences: Oscar voters will be able to judge the improved version of the film that is currently playing in theaters after its unfinished … Continue reading ‘Cats’: Academy Allows Submission of New Version to Oscars!!
In a completely unprecedented move, Universal Pictures is still working on Cats and a new version will be delivered soon. The Tom Hooper-directed movie musical adaptation has had the critical equivalent of a tongue-lashing this week with reviews — including our own — panning the film from here to the Heaviside Layer. Saddled with a reported budget of $95 to $100 million, Cats is emerging from an abysmal opening … Continue reading ‘Cats’: New Theatrical Version to Get Updated VFX!!
Synopsis – A tribe of cats called the Jellicles must decide yearly which one will ascend to the Heaviside Layer and come back to a new Jellicle life. Directed – Tom Hooper Starring – Idris Elba, Rebel Wilson, Judi Dench Check out the trailer: Continue reading ‘Cats’: New Trailer Dives More into the Ambitious Musical Adaptation!! Check It Out!!!
Synopsis – Sequel to the 2016 animated hit. Directed – Walt Dohrn, David P. Smith Starring (voices of) – Anna Kendrick, Charlyne Yi, Sam Rockwell Check out the trailer: Continue reading ‘Trolls World Tour’ : New Trailer Wants You to Rock Out!! Check It Out!!
On November 29, no matter what I am doing and no matter who I am near, I am going to stop everything and everyone, and we are all going to sip hot cocoa and eat sugar cookies and watch The Kacey Musgraves Christmas Show streaming on Amazon Prime. Perhaps in response to rival streaming service Netflix’s A Very Murray Christmas, Amazon is centering a holiday special around another … Continue reading ‘The Kacey Musgraves Christmas Show’ Teaser Reveals Amazon’s Holiday Special! Check It Out!!
Synopsis – Follow-up to the 2018 film, ‘Peter Rabbit’. Directed – Will Gluck Starring – Margot Robbie, Elizabeth Debicki, Rose Byrne Check out the trailer: Continue reading ‘Peter Rabbit 2’ Trailer a Delightful Sequel!! Check It Out!!
Synopsis – A tribe of cats called the Jellicles must decide yearly which one will ascend to the Heaviside Layer and come back to a new Jellicle life. Directed – Tom Hooper Starring – Idris Elba, Rebel Wilson, Judi Dench Check out the trailer: Continue reading ‘Cats’: First Trailer Reveals the Ambitious Musical Adaptation!! Check It Out!!!
Universal Pictures’ Cats feature is going to be a helluva thing. We’ll have our first good look at the film in earnest this Friday when the studio releases the first trailer, along with a new song from star Taylor Swift, but right now, you can get a peek behind the scenes of the production. A new making-of video was released today. Among many other treats, … Continue reading ‘Cats’: Idris Elba Dances with Taylor Swift in Behind-the-Scenes Video!! Check It Out!!
Ryan Murphy is about to embark on his first feature film project under his new deal at Netflix, and in true Ryan Murphy fashion, this will be a major debut. The American Horror Story and Glee creator will direct and produce a feature film adaptation of the Broadway musical The Prom for Netflix, with the movie being eyed for an awards season release in 2020. … Continue reading ‘The Prom’: Ryan Murphy To Direct Star Studded Film for Netflix!!!
Synopsis – Sequel to the 2016 animated hit. Directed – Walt Dohrn, David P. Smith Starring (voices of) – Anna Kendrick, Charlyne Yi, Sam Rockwell Check out the trailer: Continue reading ‘Trolls World Tour’: First Trailer Reveals the Rock-ing Sequel!!! Check It Out!!!
Singer-songwriter Camila Cabello will star in writer-director Kay Cannon’s re-telling of “Cinderella” for Sony Pictures.Cabello will be involved in the music for the project, which grew out of an original idea from James Corden. The film will be produced by Corden and Leo Pearlman through their Fulwell73 banner.The new “Cinderella” will be a music-oriented version of the traditional tale of the orphaned girl with an … Continue reading ‘Cinderella’: Camila Cabello To Star In Retelling At Sony!!!
It’s officially official: Tom Hooper’s Cats movie is real, folks. The Oscar-winning The King’s Speech director has been taking his time in finding his follow-up project to The Danish Girl, which hit theaters back in 2015, but he eventually settled on a big-budget film adaptation of the iconic Broadway musical Cats—and he’s assembled an A-list cast to bring it to life. The film is an … Continue reading ‘Cats’: Director Tom Hooper’s Movie Adaption Begins Production!!!
File this news under “sure, why the hell not.” Variety reports that Idris Elba is about to join the cast of Tom Hooper‘s Cats. The Thor: Ragnarok star joins Taylor Swift, Jennifer Hudson, and Ian McKellen in the adaptation of Andrew Lloyd Webber‘s musical about a theater full of audience members’ who inexplicably like it when the performers come off the stage and get all up … Continue reading ‘Cats’: Idris Elba to Play a Handsome Feline in Tom Hooper’s Adaption!!
Synopsis – A Yeti is convinced that the elusive creatures known as “humans” really do exist. My Take – Even though Disney and Pixar continue to dominate the animation frontier, other studios like DreamWorks, Illumination Entertainment among many are continuing their bid to make their own mark in the genre with honest and creative efforts. While they do sometimes lack in substance and contain a … Continue reading Small Foot (2018) Review!!!
Tom Hooper’s Cats is really happening, you guys. The Oscar-winning The King’s Speech filmmaker is adapting the long-running Broadway musical with a star-studded cast, and now Universal Pictures has given the film a December 20, 2019 release date. That was when Universal’s Wicked movie was also scheduled to bow, but that film will now be re-dated to accommodate its production schedule. Hooper followed up the … Continue reading ‘Cats’: Tom Hooper’s Star-Studded Film Takes A 2019 Release Date!!!
