0 comments by Ian Casselberry on 7/24/2016
DC Films hoarded the early Saturday attention at San Diego Comic-Con with their shiny new trailers, but Marvel came in late with some fun stuff to show fans as well. Perhaps the biggest reveal was the new preview for Doctor Strange, which was far better than the teaser trailer that was released four months ago. Principal […]
0 comments by Ian Casselberry on 7/23/2016
With filming under way for Justice League in London, fans were hoping to see footage from the upcoming DC Comics superhero blockbuster at this year’s San Diego Comic-Con. Warner Brothers and DC Films made sure there was no fanboy letdown, revealing a teaser sizzle reel. Perhaps best of all, the reel provides the first on-screen […]
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As the superhero movie revolution has taken over geek fandom and Hollywood, Saturday has become the day for big reveals from Marvel and DC Comics at San Diego Comic-Con. This year’s edition hasn’t been a disappointment in that regard. With the Wonder Woman and Justice League movies set to hit theaters next year, the expectation […]
0 comments by Ian Casselberry on 7/22/2016
The rebooted Star Trek films aren’t a trilogy, per se, especially when the franchise is an ongoing series. But the third installment of trilogies in sci-fi and superhero blockbuster sagas haven’t typically been the strongest of the trio. Spider-Man 3 and The Dark Knight Rises quickly come to mind. Staying in the Star Trek universe, […]
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It’s Comic-Con time in San Diego, which means comic book publishers, TV networks and movie studios have plenty of product to promote. We probably won’t get the blockbuster announcements until the weekend, but Marvel unveiled some long-awaited trailer for its upcoming Netflix shows on Thursday. First out of the box was a teaser for Luke Cage, […]
0 comments by Ian Casselberry on 7/21/2016
During the past week since Mr. Robot‘s season two premiere, a fan theory from Reddit has been circulating around online discussion and writing about the show. The theory is that Elliot is suffering through a far greater delusion than the one he experienced in season one, when his dead father emerged as a separate personality […]
0 comments by Ian Casselberry on 7/20/2016
There might be a great movie in the story of Robert Mazur, a U.S. Customs Agent who went undercover to work his way into the money laundering operation of Pablo Escobar’s Medellin drug cartel. Unfortunately, The Infiltrator has difficulty deciding whether the man going undercover or his operation is the more compelling story. It’s understandable to see […]
0 comments by Ian Casselberry on 7/19/2016
One of the more intriguing new TV series of the summer looked to be USA Network’s Shooter, based on the 2007 Mark Wahlberg film (which itself was based on Stephen Hunter’s Bob Lee Swagger novels, particularly Point of Impact). Ryan Phillippe is taking over the Swagger role for the TV series, also starring Omar Epps […]
0 comments by Ian Casselberry on 7/18/2016
Would The Night Of really introduce a new potential suspect in the second episode of the series? If so, seems like kind of a trick on the part of writer Richard Price and director Steven Zaillian. (And both are better than that.) All of the important players to be considered in the murder of Andrea Cornish were […]
0 comments by Ian Casselberry on 7/16/2016
Don’t be afraid of the new Ghostbusters. It’s nowhere near as bad as the haters wanted to believe. In fact, it’s pretty good and a much-needed dose of family-friendly fun for what’s been a lackluster summer movie season thus far. The Ghostbusters remake has fought a swirling vortex of bad buzz and fan hostility ever […]
0 comments by Ian Casselberry on 7/14/2016
When last we saw Elliot Alderson in season one of Mr. Robot, the leader of the hacker group fsociety had loaded in the code that would take down the conglomerate that controlled much of everything in our society, E Corp (which Elliot sees and hears as Evil Corp throughout the series), and erase all consumer […]
0 comments by Ian Casselberry on 7/11/2016
Though HBO’s The Night Of seemingly comes at a perfect time when our culture is intrigued by episodic true crime stories like season one of the Serial podcast or Netflix’s Making a Murderer, this miniseries has been in development for a few years. A reminder of that comes during the opening credits when James Gandolfini’s […]
0 comments by Ian Casselberry on 7/8/2016
The rebooted Star Trek movie mythology attempted to boldly go where no Star Trek story has gone before, yet that direction wasn’t quite as accepted as might have been presumed. On Thursday, news circulated that the character Hikaru Sulu, the helmsman of the famed starship USS Enterprise, was being established as gay in the upcoming […]
0 comments by Ian Casselberry on 7/6/2016
Your willingness to see Swiss Army Man, and subsequent enjoyment if you do decide to take that chance, may depend on how you respond to the film being labeled “that Daniel Radcliffe farting corpse movie” coming out of the 2016 Sundance Film Festival. If that’s an immediate turnoff, it’s entirely possible that you won’t be […]
0 comments by Ian Casselberry on 7/5/2016
One of the uglier tendencies among film critics and movie writers in recent years is when a mob mentality develops and decides to collectively hate a movie before it’s even been released or seen. Two examples that come to mind are 2012’s John Carter and 2013’s The Lone Ranger. The latest target of derision appears to […]
