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Trailer Trashin’: An Animated Classic Comes to Life in The Jungle Book Teaser Trailer
It’s almost October, dear readers, and that means prestige movie season is just around the corner. But it also means that we’re going to be getting trailers for more of next year’s big movies. And this week’s installment of Trailer Trashin’ is just that, with our first look at Disney’s The Jungle Book. Premise: The orphan boy Mowgli (Neel Sethi) grows up in the Indian jungle with the help of a pac...[Read More]
Palladium Theatre Re-imagined By Emagine Entertainment
“From the moment you enter the venue, you will see and feel the difference,” says Paul Glantz, Co-Founder and Chairman of Emagine Entertainment, Inc., the Michigan owned and operated company that will open the new Emagine Palladium theatre to the public on Friday, October 2. The remodeled theater promises patrons a unique, upscale, and luxurious movie going experience. The theater, along with acco...[Read More]
Second-Chance Cinema: Guardians of the Galaxy
No critic is infallible. It’s an open secret that few of them will admit, but would be remiss to deny. As valuable a resource as the informed film critic can provide when appraising a motion picture, we’re prone to the same random prejudices and peccadillos as anyone else. Sure, professionalism dictates that we diligently strive to check them at the door, but few of even the very best films are re...[Read More]
Box Office Weekend: Hotel Transylvania 2 Scares Up Record Box Office Rout
It may be getting marginally better reviews than the first film, but audiences were more than happy to see Hotel Transylvania 2. So much so, that its estimated $47.5 million opening is the best domestic September opening on record. While its unreleased budget makes it hard to tell whether it is on path to be a financial success in the long run remains to be seen (even Minions, with its relatively ...[Read More]
Trailer Trashin’: Christmas Gets Horrific in the Krampus Official Trailer
Sorry that it’s been a while, dear readers. A combination of computer trouble and being busy with other things has kept me away for the last couple weeks. But the column is finally back, and this week’s Trailer Trashin’ takes a look at the upcoming horror-comedy Krampus. Premise: When his dysfunctional family clashes over the holidays, young Max (Emjay Anthony) is disillusioned and turns his back ...[Read More]
Box Office Weekend: Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials Burns Up the Box Office
Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials may be the winner at the box office with an estimated $30.3 million, but it failed to make much headway with critics, nor did it manage to top the previous film and its $32.5 million opening (though it will likely do well with overseas dollars). Interestingly, the real winner of the box office may well be second-place finisher Black Mass. With an estimated $23.4 mill...[Read More]
Interview with David Oyelowo, Star and Producer of Captive
In March 2005, Ashley Smith was held hostage in her apartment by Brian Nichols, an escaped killer hell-bent on seeing his newborn son. As Nichols kept Smith captive for seven hours, the pair slowly came to a crossroads between hope and despair. Smith had bonded with Nichols by reading aloud Rick Warren’s best-selling book The Purpose Driven Life. The new film, Captive, based on Smith’s account of ...[Read More]
Brie Larson Shines in the New Trailer for Room
The new film Room, based on the best selling novel by Emma Donoghue and directed by Lenny Abrahamson, premiered to packed houses and standing ovations at the Telluride Film Festival earlier this month and will next screen at the Toronto International Film Festival as a Special Presentation before being released in New York and Los Angeles on October 16th and nationwide on November 6th. Both highly...[Read More]
Box Office Weekend: Three Weeks In and Straight Outta Compton Is Still A Hit
Straight Outta Compton has proven itself box office champ again and, with an estimated $13.2 million this past week, a monetary winner as well. At $134.1 million in domestic earnings so far, it has blown away its $28 million costs. The closest contender was newcomer War Room, a faith-based film lambasted by critics, but at an estimated $11 million for the weekend more than made back its $3 million...[Read More]
Trailer for The Witch Reveals a New Vision of Horror Cinema
Writer/director Robert Eggers’ debut feature, The Witch, which premiered to great acclaim at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival (and won the Best Director Prize in the U.S. Narrative Competition), recently released a new trailer. It was also announced that the film will enjoy its international premiere at the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival as a special presentation. Set in a painstaki...[Read More]
Trailer Trashin’: Matt Damon is Lost in Space in The Martian Official Trailer
It’s the last weekend of August, dear readers, and the summer movie season is at an end. But there’s still plenty of cool stuff coming to our theaters this year, from James Bond to Star Wars and everything in between. This week’s installment of Trailer Trashin’ takes a look at The Martian, the upcoming sci-fi film from director Ridley Scott. Premise: A manned mission to Mar...[Read More]
Are You Prepared for the New Red-Band Trailer for Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse?
For some time now, the horror films we’ve been subjected to around Halloween have been, for the most part terrible. This year there’s a film being released that looks like it might actually be a decent genre offering – the new horror-comedy Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse! The film follows three scouts and lifelong friends as they join forces with one badass cocktail waitress to become the w...[Read More]