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New 'Power Rangers' poster

Thu, 02 Feb 2017 15:46:21 -0800

They've given up on the movie and have gone straight to the merchandising because there's no way this isn't just the Power Rangers toys posed to look like a movie poster.

Legendary Pictures' 'Dune' reboot gets director Denis Villeneuve on board

Wed, 01 Feb 2017 00:48:05 -0800

Brian Herbert (son of Dune author Frank Herbert) has confirmed that Arrival director Denis Villeneuve has been signed to direct Legendary Pictures' upcoming Dune reboot.

It's official -- Legendary Pictures has signed the very talented Denis Villeneuve to direct the exciting new DUNE series film project.
— Brian Herbert (@DuneAuthor) February 1, 2017

Dune seems more suited for an HBO miniseries than a single film, but considering Denis Villeneuve's track record and the fact that he's stated Dune is his dream project, whatever approach they take will probably be amazing. Villeneuve is so good he could probably make it work as an animated stop-motion short if he wanted.

Here's your last trailer for 'Beauty and the Beast'

Tue, 31 Jan 2017 15:07:56 -0800

If you can't wait until the live-action Beauty and Beast comes out on March 17, you can basically watch the entire movie in this final trailer. It's like the previous trailers, except even more revealing. They could've at least pretended not every single person who's going to watch this has already seen the original animated version. Spoiler alert: the beauty and the beast fall in love.

Here's the first shot from the all-female 'Ocean's Eleven' spin off 'Ocean's 8'

Mon, 30 Jan 2017 06:45:59 -0800

Well it's definitely eight women, so they at least got that part correct. Some of them also appear to be color-coded, like they're Clue pieces. Also, it's possible they turned all of the actresses into actual wax figures before taking this picture, because some of them definitely don't look alive.

A bunch of 'La La Land' movie references

Mon, 30 Jan 2017 06:38:19 -0800

Thought La La Land was good? Well you're wrong, because turns out they just lifted a bunch of scenes from other older movies. That's right, the movie that moved me to tears and sent my heart soaring was nothing more than a lie.

Here's the trailer for the Britney Spears Lifetime biopic: 'Britney Ever After'

Tue, 24 Jan 2017 02:51:26 -0800

It's finally here: the trailer for the biopic about Britney Spears you probably wouldn't have cared about even if it was released when Britney Spears was still relevant. If you couldn't guess, Britney Ever After is a Lifetime Original Movie that was made without Britney Spears' approval or support. And with less access to Britney than you probably have, it's probably safe to say that this will be an accurate portrayal of Britney in the same way that Dumbo was an accurate portrayal of elephants. Also, the secret to a good celebrity lookalike is to never actually show their face so you can't tell whether or not they actually look like the celebrity they're trying to look like.

'Colossal' trailer features Anne Hathaway controlling a not-Godzilla

Fri, 20 Jan 2017 02:10:31 -0800

In what is one of the more original movie premises of recent memory, Colossal features Anne Hathaway unknowingly controlling a giant godzilla-type monster that wreaks havoc in Seoul. The film was originally described by director Nacho Vigalondo as "Godzilla meets Lost in Translation." More recently it was described by Hathaway as "a sci-fi companion to Rachel Getting Married." It also stars Jason Sudeikis and tonally almost feels like a Judd Apatow movie. So basically the big takeaway here is that it's going to be a pretty weird movie.

Flying Lotus's first feature film 'Kuso' looks understandably crazy

Fri, 20 Jan 2017 02:08:00 -0800

Experimental music producer Flying Lotus has directed his first feature film titled Kuso, and it looks to be about as insane as you'd expect from an experimental music producer directing a feature film. Here's the official description, though it probably won't help you understand what you're seeing:

Broadcasting through a makeshift network of discarded televisions, Kuso is tangled up in the aftermath of Los Angeles' worst quake nightmare. Travel between screens and between aftershocks into the twisted lives of the survived.

This feels like if Kentucky Fried Movie had a child with Adult Swim.

Examining how different films approach color design

Thu, 19 Jan 2017 15:36:32 -0800

Listacles are generally terrible, but this one talking about the way color is used in film is actually informative and interesting. Although it would've been even better if they just focused on the content and removed the arbitrary ranking format. Not everything has to be a Top 10 List, especially something as subjective as color design.

Watch little girl Wolverine in new 'Logan' red band trailer

Thu, 19 Jan 2017 15:00:33 -0800

It appears that little girl in the firstLogan trailer wasn't just some random girl Patrick Stewart was trying to unload on Hugh Jackman. In a shocking turn of events, it turns out that innocent little girl *gasp* may in fact be a mutant. And one with little Wolverine girl claws at that. How adorably murderous.

New 'Power Rangers' trailer finally shows what they look like punching and kicking things

Thu, 19 Jan 2017 14:17:40 -0800

The new Power Rangers trailer is here, and it finally reveals what the actual Power Rangers look like in action. They didn't shy away from the crazy costumes or giant robot battles at all. Plus this one didn't just reuse footage from an original Japanese version, so they can actually show you the actors' faces during fight scenes now. You also get to hear Bryan Cranston show how professional he is by saying "It's morphin' time!" in about as serious a voice as somebody can use when saying "It's morphin' time!"

Pixar essentially confirms shared Universe with this compilation of Easter Eggs

Thu, 19 Jan 2017 05:44:34 -0800

The official Toy Story Facebook page uploaded this compilation of Easter eggs, pretty much confirming that every Pixar movie takes place in the same Universe. One really crazy Universe that has normal humans but also super humans, as well as talking animals, living toys, living cars, and a whole bunch of other stuff that if you actually encountered in real life would be a living nightmare.

Teaser trailer for Netflix original 'The Discovery'

Wed, 18 Jan 2017 14:53:52 -0800

Here's the trailer for the upcoming Netflix original movie The Discovery, starring Rooney Mara and Jason Segel and premiering March 31. Like any good trailer, it sets a mood without revealing too many plot points. For those curious, here's the official description:

One year after the existence of the afterlife is scientifically verified, millions around the world have ended their own lives in order to "get there". A man and woman fall in love while coming to terms with their own tragic pasts and the true nature of the afterlife.

It's nice to see Jason Segel taking on more serious work, though for me he'll always be the guy in Forgetting Sarah Marshall that showed his naked wiener. It doesn't matter how many seasons of How I Met Your Mother you did or if you played David Foster Wallace, once you write a Dracula musical and show your penis, that's who you are for life.

Honest trailer for 'Space Jam'

Tue, 17 Jan 2017 12:49:20 -0800

By far the best movie ever made starring Michael Jordan and Bugs Bunny.

'Shin Godzilla' nominated for Best Picture in the Japanese Academy Awards

Mon, 16 Jan 2017 16:23:47 -0800

The 2016 Japanese Godzilla remake Shin Godzilla (known in the States as Godzilla Resurgence) has been nominated for Best Picture in the Japanese Academy Awards. Not to be confused with the 2014 Gareth Edwards version of Godzilla, which was not nominated for Best Picture in any version of the Academy Awards, except for maybe the one put on by Gareth Edwards in his living room in 2014. And even then, Godzilla was probably still runner up.

Examining shaky cam and why it exists

Fri, 13 Jan 2017 11:54:01 -0800

In this video essay, Rossatron explains the rise of shaky cam and why it's so prevalent in modern action movies. He doesn't defend its artistic merit (because that would be impossible), but he explains why the changing industry and the actual economics of film-making have made it so popular now. Long story short: doing a proper action sequence is difficult and expensive and shaky cam makes it easier and cheaper. Apparently the final six-minute action sequence in The Raid took 8 days to shoot, and the video claims they sometimes shot between 17-26 hours per day. I don't even know how you shoot 26 hours in a day, but I guess I'd use shaky cam too if it meant I could avoid having to bend the laws of spacetime.

Netflix decides to dumb down 'Lucy' with new 'iBoy' trailer

Thu, 12 Jan 2017 20:26:55 -0800

For anybody who watched Luc Besson's Lucy and thought, "Hey, this would be a pretty good movie if they changed the main character to a boy and made Lucy a supporting character and also the story is way too believable so let's make it a bit more unrealistic," fear not, because Netflix heard you and made exactly that. Here's the trailer for iBoy, with a premise that's almost as dumb as the title. Emphasis added:

Tom is an average teenager whose world is turned on its head when a violent encounter with local thugs leaves fragments of his shattered smartphone embedded in his brain. He wakes from a coma to discover that returning to normal teenage life is impossible because he has developed a strange set of superpowers.

A24 just uploaded this mysterious 'Untitled' sci-fi trailer

Wed, 11 Jan 2017 23:48:28 -0800

Either the film is called Untitled or they've really left it untitled, but A24 has such a great track record that at this point this is enough to get me excited. It feels like something Shane Carruth (of Primer and Upstream Color) would be involved with, though his upcoming Modern Ocean features recognizable actors that don't appear here. And if this actually is a trailer for his new film, you've probably understood as much from this as you would from watching the entire completed movie.

Here's your Justice League standing around awkwardly

Tue, 10 Jan 2017 15:37:08 -0800

Because if you're going to have a picture of the Justice League lineup, it's definitely a good idea to leave out the most iconic character of the team and put the least known character smack dab in the middle. You want Superman in your Justice League? You must be a stupid idiot. Here, have Cyborg instead. You've done it again, DC Films.

'Rings' is still coming out and here's the new trailer

Thu, 05 Jan 2017 15:27:44 -0800

It keeps getting pushed back, but here's the new trailer for Rings set for release in early February. Although calling it a trailer is being generous, since it's only a minute long. Also, if you don't know what to expect from a Rings movie by now I'd get yourself checked for Alzheimer's or some other mental condition. There's, uh, only so much you can do with the exact same premise.

Pennywise loves hanging out in sewers in new 'It' image

Tue, 27 Dec 2016 05:31:03 -0800

I know this is supposed to be menacing, but Pennywise looks like he's just been caught masturbating in a sewer pipe. "This is my private time. Don't judge me."

Here's the official 'Alien: Covenant' red band trailer

Sun, 25 Dec 2016 01:03:03 -0800

Because it's Christmas and obviously everybody thinks of blood-thirsty unstoppable killing Xenomorphs on Christmas, 20th Century Fox released the official Alien: Covenant red band trailer today. With Ridley Scott back at the helm, it feels appropriately Alienish, hitting all the things we've come to expect from a proper Alien movie: weird slimy eggs, face-huggers, and pointy tails disemboweling humans. You know, the kind of stuff that brings families together this time of year to celebrate.

New shot from 'It' shows Pennywise in daylight

Fri, 23 Dec 2016 02:19:53 -0800

Costume/makeup designer Tom Woodruff Jr. posted a new image of Pennywise from the upcoming It remake on his Instagram last night. It's a clear departure from Tim Curry's costume from the original, going less for a traditional kid's clown and more of a carnival jester. A really creepy carnival jester that clearly likes to eat children and wouldn't pass as an employable clown at all. Tim Curry's version didn't appear threatening until he wanted to, whereas this version seems incapable of looking like it doesn't want to murder things.

New 'Wonder Woman' still reveals Gal Gadot stealing a sword

Fri, 23 Dec 2016 02:03:31 -0800

Entertainment Weekly has a new Wonder Woman production still depicting Gal Gadot attempting to steal the Amazon's mythical sword, the "god killer." More importantly though, the image shows the Amazon's shoddy craftsmanship when it comes to making skirts. I mean, c'mon, that thing's only like 70% done.