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What are the Hottest Musical Movies to be Released in the Second Half of This Year?

Going to see a Broadway musical — performed live by artists at the pinnacle of their careers — can be an electrifying and memorable experience. But the coronavirus pandemic has kept productions shuttered for more than a year and, even though most are slated to reopen next month, some theater lovers may be too anxious or…

Film Review- “Don’t Breathe 2” Blindly Stumbles into a Nest of Moral Ambiguity

It’s fair to say that Don’t Breathe was a runaway hit. It doesn’t matter if you liked it or not, it was popular and it took a lot of people by surprise. There was never a question that a sequel was on its way. Stephen Lang (The Blind Man) himself has been ready to continue…

Film Review- The Green Knight; An Adaptation of the Chivalric Romance That is Completely Void of Chivalry and Romance

Arthurian tales have always been a wealth of resources for story-tellers through the years. Yet, we keep getting the same old stories or Arthur, Guinevere, Lancelot, and Merlin being told over and over again. Different takes on the same point of legend get old, pretty fast. Enter David Lowery, with his interpretation of the anonymously…

Film Review- Snake Eyes is a Mediocre Romp That Wastes a Ton of Talent

G.I. Joe was instrumental in creating the action figure craze. From toys, to comics, to T.V. shows…the brand at one point was unstoppable. The jump to live action films was a no-brainer. The output of the the early millennia attempts could best be described as, silly. Now, the Snake Eyes origin story is here, and…

Tribeca Film Festival Review- “Werewolves Within;” The Best Video Game Movie, Ever!

Predictable, tiresome, overdone, cliche…all terms I probably use for the majority of films I see. It’s hard to be original and different when we’re drowning in oceans of content at this point. And yes, while some of those words can be used to describe certain aspects of Werewolves Within— as it isn’t in any form…

Review: Spiral- A lesson in missing the point

Let’s get a little personal here. I remember seeing the original Saw when it came to theaters. I wasn’t the film’s biggest fan, but I appreciated its final twist. It didn’t matter if you figured it out ahead of time, or not. It was well conceived and delivered. As the subsequent films went down the…

Citizen Penn : An Exclusive Interview with Director Don Hardy

On January 12, 2010, a 7.0 magnitude earthquake hit Haiti and killed 220,000, injured 310,000; more than 1.5 million were left homeless. From that moment, desperate patients had to endure civil war style medicine, the doctor had to carry out the amputation without anesthesia. In Los Angels, six days after the 2010 earthquake in Haiti, Sean Penn…

Review: “Without Remorse” should be filled with it

The espionage action thriller was a mainstay of 90s cinema; and the novels of Tom Clancy were their bibles. While the continuation of Clancy’s characters and storylines continues through the 2000s, it wasn’t until Captain America: The Winter Soldier and Sicario came along that the movie going public seemed back on board the espionage train….

Godzilla Vs. Kong Vs. Audiences

Things people don’t want in their movies; cliché characters, tired storytelling, too much exposition, bloated runtimes. Things people do want in their movies; big creatures punching each other into oblivion. Since the resurgence of the Godzilla/Kong cinema universe, audiences seem to feel they haven’t had enough of the latter. While the new Godzilla Vs. Kong…

Does Covid play a role in Michael Keaton returning as Batman?

Everyone took it on good faith that Michael Keaton would be in some part reprising his role as Batman in the upcoming The Flash film. That may not be a done deal yet, though. What would keep Keaton from returning to the role? While it seemed definite that Keaton was set to reprise his version…

New Docu-Series on the Life and Death of Brittany Murphy Set for HBO Max

The life and subsequent death of actress Brittany Murphy will be the subject of a new Documentary series coming to HBO Max. Murphy, died in 2009 at the age of 32 after fighting pneumonia. online pharmacy phenergan with best prices today in the USA Her husband, Simon Monjack, would pass five months later. online pharmacy…