One of my favorite time of the year is the holiday season. I love Christmas for many reasons, especially my grandkids and grandnephews. We always find time to watch our old and new favorite Christmas …
After two decades as one of the most beloved and enduring musicals on the stage, Wicked makes its long-awaited journey to the big screen as a spectacular, generation-defining cinematic event this holiday season. Synopsis: Wicked, …
In recognition of Domestic Violence Awareness Month, here’s an impactful new film Another Love Story, now available for streaming on TUBI. This timely film sheds light on the emotional and psychological journey of domestic abuse survivors …
My #1 grandson and I screened the new #TwistersMovie last night. And it was a long overdue date, too. The film was much better than we expected. It had its excitements that kept you on …
We’ve only seen the trailer for The Irishman and we are intrigued. It looks good and has quite an impressive cast: Robert De Niro, Al Pacino, Joe Pesci, Harvey Keitel, Ray Romano, Bobby Cannavale, Anna Paquin, Stephen Graham, Stephanie Kurtzuba, Jack Huston, Kathrine Narducci, Jesse Plemons, Domenick Lombardozzi, Paul Herman, Gary Basaraba, Marin Ireland, and directed by Martin Scorsese.
Synopsis: Scorsese’s The Irishman, an epic saga of organized crime in post-war America told through the eyes of World War II veteran Frank Sheeran, a hustler and hitman who worked alongside some of the most notorious figures of the 20th century. Spanning decades, the film chronicles one of the greatest unsolved mysteries in American history, the disappearance of legendary union boss Jimmy Hoffa, and offers a monumental journey through the hidden corridors of organized crime: its inner workings, rivalries and connections to mainstream politics.
In theaters November 1 and on Netflix November 27.
I had the pleasure of sitting down with writer/director Paul Kampf to talk about the making of his film, Imprisoned. We had a lively exchange and you can watch it now.
The film stars Laurence Fishburne, Juan Pablo Raba, Juana Acosta, John Heard, Esai Morales, Jon Huertas, Edward James Olmos, and Ana Isabelle.
Synopsis: In the thriller, Imprisoned, Dylan Burke (Raba), attempts to move on from his former life as a criminal, with his true love, Maria (Acosta). He soon realizes that his past will continue to haunt him, when he learns the new local prison warden, Daniel Calvin (Fishburne), has not forgiven him for an old crime.
Calvin does everything in his power to make sure that Burke pays for his past mistakes, even going as far as to frame him for a murder he didn’t commit, landing him back in jail. When the prison erupts into a riot, Burke and Calvin are each forced to make a choice between righteousness and revenge.
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A decade after Zombieland became a hit film and a cult classic, the lead cast (Woody Harrelson, Jesse Eisenberg, Abigail Breslin, and Emma Stone) have reunited with director Ruben Fleischer (Venom) and the original writers Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick (Deadpool) for Zombieland 2: Double Tap.
In the sequel, written by Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick and Dave Callaham, through comic mayhem that stretches from the White House and through the heartland, these four slayers must face off against the many new kinds of zombies that have evolved since the first movie, as well as some new human survivors. But most of all, they have to face the growing pains of their own snarky, makeshift family.
Also starring Rosario Dawson, Zoey Deutch, and Luke Wilson.
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“There is a crisis on our southern border-families are being torn apart–children are put in cages Latinos were massacred in El Paso.” — Gregory Nava
The acclaimed, Oscar-nominated epic about immigrants from Central America seeking the promise the U.S. represented, returns to 200-plus movie theaters Sunday to mark National Hispanic Heritage Month and the film’s 35th anniversary.
The film, which was named to the U.S. National Film Registry, tracks the flight of two terrorized Guatemalans—Rosa (Zaide Silvia Gutierrez) and her brother Enrique (David Villalpando)—as they travel from their highlands village to Los Angeles.
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A few of us got to sit down and catch up with director Gregory “Greg” Nava (My Family/Mi Familia, Selena) on the re-release of his 1983 classic, who he co-wrote with Anna Thomas. We covered how prevalent the film is thirty-five-years later.
He also said, after El Norte, he became an important director in the U.S.A. and international scene.
He invites everyone on Sunday, September 15th at 2pm to join him in theaters across the nation as we once again take the journey to EL NORTE. Thanks to Fanthom events.
Now listen in on our conversations. Just click on the audio boxes above.
For all its splashing, thrashing, and–quietly literally–gnashing, Crawl is something of a relief. Make no mistake, this latest entry in the Animal as Monster horror/action subgenre that slithers all the way back to Jaws and beyond is intense. But it’s simple, too, in the best possible way: you’ve got a couple of characters you care about fighting to survive a big, relentless hungry animal with time running out. Will they live or die? Hang on to find out.
It’s straightforward, it’s linear, is easy to follow. You’ve got a tough college girl, a swimmer at UF Gainesville, who goes to fetch her estranged father before a big-ass hurricane hits, and ends up in a crumbling, flooding house with a wounded Dad and an alligator. Check that, a whole bunch of alligators. And really, that’s all you need to know. It’s the Florida Swamp. In a hurricane. It’s alligators, man. Enjoy.
Directed by Alexandre Aja, who gave us one of The Hills Have Eyes movies and the exemplary (?) Piranha 3D almost ten years ago, this is a well-made action flick without a wasted breath or missed jump-scare. And Michael and Shawn Rasmussen, who gave us John Carpenter’s The Ward a few years back and wrote and directed The Inhabitants, know what they’re doing when it comes to high-tension action. But English actress Kaya Scodelario, who you may remember for the Maze Runner movies or one of the Pirates of the Caribbean flicks, is the one who really holds this movie together. She’s in virtually every scene, and brings a tough, smart, never-give-up credibility that transcends your basic Final Girl trope. (And if she isn’t an Olympics-level swimmer in real life, she sure looks like it.) She is tough, and the next time you get caught in a flooding house full of alligators, you’ll want her to be with you. The only other actor worth remembering is Barry Pepper, who’s one of Those Guys; he’s a stand-up pro whose face you’ll recognize from a million things, and who delivers the flawed-but-brave Dad role right when he needs to. There are other people in Crawl, too, but almost none of them are named and almost none of them have more than a few lines before…well, you know, chomp. Don’t get too attached.Read the rest of this entry »
In Almodóvar’s Pain and Glory tells of a series of reencounters experienced by Salvador Mallo, a film director in his physical decline. Some of them in the flesh, others remembered: his childhood in the 60s, when he emigrated with his parents to a village in Valencia in search of prosperity, the first desire, his first adult love in the Madrid of the 80s, the pain of the breakup of that love while it was still alive and intense, writing as the only therapy to forget the unforgettable, the early discovery of cinema, and the void, the infinite void that creates the incapacity to keep on making films. Pain and Glory talks about creation, about the difficulty of separating it from one’s own life and about the passions that give it meaning and hope. In recovering his past, Salvador finds the urgent need to recount it, and in that need he also finds his salvation.
Starring: Antonio Banderas, Penélope Cruz, and Asier Etxeandia. the film is written and directed by Pedro Almodóvar.
Season two plot: After tracking a suspicious shipment in the Venezuelan jungle, Jack Ryan heads to South America to investigate. As Jack threatens to uncover a far-reaching conspiracy, the President of Venezuela launches a counter-attack that hits home, leading Jack on a mission spanning the US, UK, Russia, and Venezuela to unravel the President’s plot and bring stability to a country on the brink of chaos.
Starring John Krasinski, Wendell Pierce, Abbie Cornish, and John Hoogenakker.
Brad Munson got a chance to see IT: Chapter Two, arguably the most highly anticipated horror movie of the summer, in an early screening. As a long-time Stephen King fan (and a horror writer himself), as well as the co-host of a weekly podcast called The Dark Multiverse of Stephen King, he seemed like the ideal person to talk about the movie, how it measures up to Chapter One, and how King fans, horror fans, and movie fans in general might react to Andy Muschietti’s massive three-hour conclusion of the IT saga.
Taking a widely beloved book like It (or The Shining or The Stand or Salem’s Lot before it) is risky business, to say the least. Adaptations of King’s books have often been lackluster or just plain bad; you can count the (generally agreed-upon) successful film or TV versions on the fingers of one hand: Shawshank Redemption, Stand By Me, The Green Mile, maybe The Mist and the first version of Carrie…and then there’s everything else. And there’s plenty “else.”
How does the new version of IT, both Chapters One and Two measure up? They are certainly as beautifully made as the best of the King adaptations, and some of the performances, especially Bill Skarsgård as the evil clown-creature Pennywise, as absolutely amazing. But the two films–taken together and separately–are rich and complicated and long; they move very quickly and demand a lot more from the audience than a normal ‘horror’ movie…in part because the horror is often not the center of the story: the center is the relationship between the six children (and later the five adults) that form The Loser’s Club, and how they come to understand that they will perish as individuals, but can make miracles if they work together.
The young actors who brought the characters of Bill Denbrough, Beverly Marsh, Richie Tozier and the rest to life in Chapter One are still very much present in Chapter Two, even though their adult versions, played with grace and power by folks like James McAvoy, Jessica Chastain, and Bill Hader, are center stage. Together they have a hell of a job: to confront the re-emergent evil of Pennywise twenty-seven years after ITs first appearance, to rediscover the friendships of youth that they had almost completely forgotten, and to both uncover the origin and finally destroy a creaturethat is literally millions of years old. Read the rest of this entry »
DEADPOOL & WOLVERINE are COMING TOGETHER…Watch at home with your BEST BUBS again and again and again!
Add The Highest-Grossing R-Rated Film of All-Time to Your Marvel Studios Movie Collection when it arrives on Digital on October 1 and on 4K Ultra HD™, Blu-ray™ and DVD on October 22.
Experience all the laughs with hours of all-new exclusive bonus content including a gag reel, deleted scenes, filmmaker commentary and all-new featurettes!
Cast Ryan Reynolds (Wade Wilson/Deadpool), Hugh Jackman (Logan/Wolverine), Emma Corrin (Cassandra Nova), Matthew Macfadyen (Mr. Paradox), and Dafne Keen (Laura / X-23).
° ° ° ° ° ° ° ° ° Veep: The Complete Series. All 65 episodes from the 17-Time Emmy® Award winning series will be available to purchase on Blu-ray October 22.
Warner Bros. Discovery Home Entertainment will be releasing the complete series. Get ready to binge on all 65 episodes (seven seasons) from HBO’s Emmy® award-winning original series, along with all the previously released special features. The political comedy series follows United States Vice President Salina Meyer (Julia Louis Dreyfus) and her incompetent team as they attempt to secure a legacy, but often instead become bogged down in day-to-day political games. Pre-order your copy today. Also starring Anna Chlumsky, Tony Hale, Reid Scott, Timothy Simons, Matt Walsh, Sufe Bradshaw, Kevin Dunn, Gary Cole, Sam Richardson, Sarah Sutherland, and Clea DuVall. The series was created by Armando Iannucci.
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The West Wing: The Complete Series for the first time ever on Blu-ray, in celebration of the 25th anniversary of the critically acclaimed series. Get ready to binge all 156 episodes from NBC/WBTV’sEmmy® Award-winning original series.
The brilliant political drama, following an extraordinarily intimate look at an American President and the inner workings of the White House, will be available to own on Blu-ray on October 1.
Widely considered one of the best series of all time, The West Wing remains a landmark achievement in television, earning 26 Emmys, including four for Outstanding Drama Series. With its sharp writing and memorable ensemble cast, the show continues to inspire audiences with its intimate look at the triumphs, sacrifices and inner politics of the White House.
Created by Aaron Sorkin who executive produced with Thomas Schlamme, and John Wells, The West Wing stars Rob Lowe, Dulé Hill, Allison Janney, Janel Moloney, Richard Schiff, John Spencer, Bradley Whitford, and Martin Sheen. The series was produced by John Wells Productions in association with Warner Bros. Television.
The Complete Series Includes all 156 episodes from all seven seasons on 28 discs, plus over 20 commentaries, behind the scenes featurettes, unaired scenes, gag reels and more.
° ° ° ° ° ° ° ° ° HBO’s The Gilded Age: The Complete Second Season to DVD on October 1, 2024. The Gilded Age season 2 was recently nominated for six Emmy® Awards including Outstanding Drama Series. Indulge in all 8 episodes from the second season of the historical drama that won fans over with its charming cast and compelling storylines plus over 20 pieces of bonus content including never-before-released featurettes.
The Gilded Age season 2 cast includes Carrie Coon, Christine Baranski, Cynthia Nixon, Morgan Spector, Louisa Jacobson, Denée Benton, Ben Ahlers, Michael Cerveris, Kelley Curran, Taissa Farmiga, and more.
The American Gilded Age was a period of significant economic change, conflict between old and new systems, and fortunes made and lost.
° ° ° ° ° ° ° ° ° FRIENDS: The Complete Series in 4K Ultra HD for the first time on September 24.
This ultimate collector’s set features ALL 10 seasons from one of television’s most popular sitcoms completely remastered–plus all new bonus content!
Pre-order your copy now.
From Warner Bros. Television, FRIENDS follows the lives and loves of a close-knit group of friends living in New York City: siblings Ross (David Schwimmer) and Monica Geller (Courteney Cox), along with friends Chandler Bing (Matthew Perry), Phoebe Buffay (Lisa Kudrow), Joey Tribbiani (Matt LeBlanc) and Rachel Green (Jennifer Aniston).
FRIENDS marks its 30th anniversary this year, the beloved TV series continues to hold an enduring place in popular culture and hearts worldwide.
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We’ve only seen the trailer for The Irishman and we are intrigued. It looks good and has quite an impressive cast: Robert De Niro, Al Pacino, Joe Pesci, Harvey Keitel, Ray Romano, Bobby Cannavale, Anna Paquin, Stephen Graham, Stephanie Kurtzuba, Jack Huston, Kathrine Narducci, Jesse Plemons, Domenick Lombardozzi, Paul Herman, Gary Basaraba, Marin Ireland, and directed by Martin Scorsese.
