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‘Euphoria’ Trailer: Alicia Vikander & Eva Green Are Sisters On A Mysterious Journey

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John Nolan
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It’s good to see that as Alicia Vikander has grown into a superstar Hollywood actress, leading her own blockbusters like the upcoming Tomb Raider reboot, she hasn’t forgotten where she comes from. Vikander has formed quite the working relationship with Swedish director Lisa Langeth, starring in two of her films, Pure and Hotell. She may be a bigger name than ever, but Vikander is still returning to head up Langeth’s latest, Euphoria, in which she gets to star opposite Eva Green.

The irresistible pairing of Vikander and Green should be enough to get audiences to buy a ticket for a film that has euthanasia as a major plot point. Most movies try to keep that detail secret (like Million Dollar Baby did) and there has been a quiet attempt to do so here, with the teasers focusing solely on the reunion between two estranged sisters at a mysterious European retreat. I think they all but give it away in this latest trailer, but at least the circumstances around it still remain a mystery, and I won’t be giving them away.

Also starring Charlotte Rampling and Charles Dance, Euphoria still awaits a U.S. release date but rest assured that it will get one.

‘Mom And Dad’ Trailer: Nicolas Cage & Selma Blair Have Gone Batsh*t Crazy

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John Nolan
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“I brought you into this world, and I’ll take you out!”

That classic line from The Cosby Show gets a funny callback in the new trailer for Mom and Dad, a batshit comedy-thriller starring an  equally batshit Nicolas Cage as a hysterical father trying to murder his kids. Oh, and his wife is Selma Blair, also insane. All of the parents are under some form of mass hysteria. Did I mention it’s directed by Brian Taylor, one half of the duo behind Crank and Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance?  Neither of those movies is what I would call tranquil.

The film had its premiere in the Midnight section at TIFF earlier this year and I remember there being some strong buzz for how off-the-chain it gets. The trailer definitely looks like it, with Cage set free to be as wild as he wants to be, tripping over toys in the living room, swinging a sledgehammer while singing “The Hokey Pokey”. Yeah, I’m down for this one.

Mom and Dad opens January 19th 2018.

Hailee Steinfeld And Classic ‘Bumblebee’ In New Look At The ‘Transformers’ Spinoff

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John Nolan
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What’s old is new again. Of the many things to complain about with Michael Bay’s Transformers movies, one is that it barely resembles the toys we grew up on.  Well that looks to change with the upcoming Bumblebee spinoff, a film that brings with it a couple of firsts. A new image from Empire’s upcoming issue (via HeroicHollywood) reveals Bumblebee, not as a slick Camaro, but as an old school yellow Volkswagon Bug just as he was in the cartoons and toys we loved in the ’80s.

So this is not only the first Transformers live-action spinoff, it’s also the first time we’re seeing Bumblebee in this form on the big screen. The image also shows star Hailee Steinfeld as mechanic Charlie Watson, another human who comes to befriend the Autobots’ smallest, loyalest, quietest, and yellowest hero. Bumblebee has a habit of picking up human strays, doesn’t he?

The film does take place in the 1980s so the look makes sense. We know he’s actually been around much longer than that, even battling Nazis in WWII. Based on the synopsis it sounds like his decades of fighting have taken a toll…


On the run in the year 1987, Bumblebee finds refuge in a junkyard in a small Californian beach town. Charlie (Hailee Steinfeld), on the cusp of turning 18 and trying to find her place in the world, discovers Bumblebee, battle-scarred and broken. When Charlie revives him, she quickly learns this is no ordinary, yellow VW bug.


Directed by Travis Knight with John Cena, Jorge Lendeborg, Jason Drucker, Abby Quinn, Rachel Crow, Ricardo Hoyos, Kenneth Choi and  Gracie Dzienny, Bumblebee opens December 21st 2018.

New Fansite Increases Push For Zack Snyder Cut Of ‘Justice League’

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John Nolan
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Hey. Go check out ForSnyderCut.org.  It’s okay, there aren’t any viruses. You aren’t going to get Rickrolled or anything. Would I do that? Go ahead, I’ll wait……

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Okay, that’s enough. That is a site which will presumably take the next step in petitioning Warner Bros. to release Zack Snyder’s cut of Justice League. I don’t know what we’re going to get when that countdown clock hits zero, but if it’s an explosion it’ll be fitting for a cause that is likely to go up in flames. We’ve seen online petitions for an all-Snyder version of Justice League, and even some members of the production requesting the same thing. But there isn’t likely to be an assembled, complete movie of just Snyder’s material. Remember, he left early and was replaced by Joss Whedon, who then went on to do extensive reshoots. The Snyder footage wasn’t completed when he left. Some of it, maybe, but certainly not enough to make a complete, coherent movie.

And one final point on this. Justice League is about to wrap up its theatrical run as the lowest-grossing DCEU movie. Yep, less than Man of Steel’s $668M back in 2013. Think about that. You think Warner Bros. wants to go back in and dump a bunch of money back into Justice League just to…what, put out a different version on the Bluray release? Send it back into theaters where it can be ignored/criticized again? Something tells me it isn’t high on their to-do list.

Best they can do is focus on the home release, but even the cover art seems to confirm there won’t be an additional cut of the movie. It would be featured prominently on the cover, wouldn’t it?

*UPDATE* New ‘Solo: A Star Wars Story’ Image Is Unofficial As Hell

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John Nolan
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*UPDATE* Disney and Lucasfilm have informed Screenrant that the above image? The one with the cool Lando hair, Han peering into our souls, and Chewie looking mildly perplexed, is unofficial. Oops. Ah well, presumably we’ll be getting the real stuff very soon. Original story is below. *

Star Wars fans eager for more after The Last Jedi won’t have to wait a full year until the next film. It’s only five months until Solo: A Star Wars Story arrives, and so we should probably expect a legit marketing campaign to start soon, perhaps with a trailer? But for now, these leaked images from a Russian site (via CBM) will have to suffice in giving us our best look at young Han Solo and Lando Calrissian.

The image features Alden Ehrenreich as Solo, Donald Glover with an interesting ‘cut as Lando, plus Chewbacca and Emilia Clarke as a character we know as Kira. And of course, there’s the Millennium Falcon, which probably is still owned by Lando at this point, until he loses it to Solo in a game of Corellian Spike. 
The production has recovered under the guidance of director Ron Howard, who came in after the creative turmoil that shook loose Phil Lord and Chris Miller.  He’ll be in charge of bringing to the big screen some of Solo’s most iconic moments, like winning the Falcon, his first encounter with Chewbacca, and the infamous Kessel Run. 
Solo: A Star Wars Story opens May 25th 2018. 

Win Tickets To A Free DC Screening Of ‘The Commuter’

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John Nolan
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We’re happy to offer our DC readers the chance to attend a free advance screening of The Commuter, starring Liam Neeson!

SYNOPSIS: In this action-packed thriller, Liam Neeson plays an insurance salesman, Michael, on his daily commute home, which quickly becomes anything but routine. After being contacted by a mysterious stranger, Michael is forced to uncover the identity of a hidden passenger on his train before the last stop. As he works against the clock to solve the puzzle, he realizes a deadly plan is unfolding and is unwittingly caught up in a criminal conspiracy. One that carries life and death stakes, for himself and his fellow passengers.


The screening takes place on Tuesday, January 9th at 7:30pm at AMC Mazza Gallerie. If you’d like to attend, simply enter through the Rafflecopter contest form below. Winners will be selected on Thursday, January 4th and contacted by email. Good luck!

The Commuter opens January 12th.

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Ridley Scott Says He’s “Too Dangerous To Direct A ‘Star Wars’ Movie

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John Nolan
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After 40 years steadily directing some of Hollywood’s biggest films, Ridley Scott is saying everything he wants to say. Sometimes that comes back to bite him in the ass, like his past comments defending the white-washed casting of Exodus: Gods and Kings. Other times, like now, it leads to some real gems. In an interview with Vulture about his gutsy decision to reshoot parts of All the Money in the World in just nine days, Scott also couldn’t help but take a shot at Star Wars. When asked if he had ever been approached by Lucasfilm to direct a Star Wars movie, here was his bragging response…

“No, no. I’m too dangerous for that,” he continues. “Because I know what I’m doing. I think they like to be in control, and I like to be in control myself. When you get a guy who’s done a low-budget movie and you suddenly give him $180 million, it makes no sense whatsoever. It’s f**kin’ stupid. You know what the reshoots cost? Millions! Millions. You can get me for my fee, which is heavy, but I’ll be under budget and on time. This is where experience does matter, it’s as simple as that! It can make you dull as dishwater, but if you’re really experienced and you know what you’re doing, it’s [frick]ing essential. Grow into it, little by little. Start low-budget, get a little bit bigger, maybe after $20 million, you can go to $80. But don’t suddenly go to $160.”

Pretty sure that’s a shot at Gareth Edwards who went from the tiny-budgeted Monsters to massive studio movies Godzilla and Rogue One, the latter faced with creative hurdles and costly reshoots. I guess Scott had nothing to say about The Last Jedi which ran smoothly under the guidance of Rian Johnson in his first huge movie. Personally, I think Scott’s been doing generic work behind the camera for years, and having him on a Star Wars movie would be like having Ron Howard. Oh wait, we already have that, don’t we?

The full interview is interesting if you want to get a full sense of the size of Scott’s ego. He also talks about Blade Runner 2049 and why it doesn’t work (“Too fucking long”), and teases another film that he was asked to replace a director on this year. It’s pretty obvious which one he’s talking about, but you can figure it out for yourself.

Loki Faces Doctor Strange In Marvel Funko’s Latest Short, “Time To Unwind”

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John Nolan
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We may never get to see Doctor Strange face off against Loki on the big screen, but that’s perfectly okay! Why? Because Funko and Marvel have decided to make that fight a reality in their latest Pop! short film, titled “Time to Unwind.”

The brief short features a Funko-ized version of Loki sneaking into the Sanctum Sanctorum to steal the Eye of Agamotto, only to be confronted by Doctor Strange’s Cloak of Levitation.  This is what happens when you dare to interrupt Strange in the middle of his studies.

Loki is a popular choice for Marvel and Funko’s movies. He also faced off against Thor in “Mjolnir Mischief” last month, right around the release of Thor: Ragnarok. Other movies include “Cosmic Sleigh Ride” featuring Star-Lord, “Bait N Switch” with Rocket, Groot, and The Collector, and “Chimichangas” with Deadpool and a hungry Venom. You can check those out below, as well!

Mark Hamill Now Regrets His Public Criticism Of ‘The Last Jedi’

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John Nolan
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Mark Hamill has been quite vocal in his criticism for Rian Johnson’s handling of Luke Skywalker in Star Wars: The Last Jedi. Specifically he has a bone to pick with the idea that Luke would ever “give up” on anything, and isolate himself in the farthest corner of the galaxy. In an interview with Vanity Fair he says he told Johnson, “I pretty much fundamentally disagree with every choice you’ve made for this character,” while in another he said he had to think of Luke as a different character altogether. Keep in mind, Hamill has also praised Johnson for being “the exact man” needed to tell that story.

Now Hamill is having some regrets over voicing his dissatisfaction so publicly, and took to Twitter to clear the air…

I think that was pretty big of him to do. It was disturbing to me to see Hamill going around bashing the film just because it didn’t do what he would have done, and his criticisms sounded a lot like the fans’ who have been upset at the direction. But Star Wars desperately needed to change, and Luke Skywalker, after all of these years, needed to be someone different from the character we last saw in Return of the Jedi.

‘Paddington 2’ Trailer: Hugh Grant Gets Paddington Locked Up

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John Nolan
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I don’t know how many Americans go scouring the aisles looking for marmalade, but if Paddington is around the store is probably cleaned out already.  The internationally  beloved bear stilll loves the sweet, sticky stuff in Paddington 2, the sequel to 2015’s charming hit.

Ben Whishaw once again provides the voice of Paddington, who works his furry butt off to buy an expensive antique book for his Aunt Lucy, only to see it stolen by a former actor-turned-thief played by Hugh Grant. To make matters worse, Paddington is falsely convicted of the crime and thrown in prison, where he concocts an Escape Plan with Sylvester Stallone and Arnold Schwarzenegger.

That last part may or may not be true.

Paul King is back to direct with Sally Hawkins, Jim Broadbent, Julie Walters, Peter Capaldi, Brendan Gleeson, Imelda Staunton, and Michael Gambon co-starring.  Paddington 2 opens January 12th 2018.

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