English comedians Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon have made bickering and sniping at each other a palatable part of their shtick, and audiences can chow down on their acerbic and sharp brand of humor with their latest travel laffer, The Trip to Italy. As you can see in the trailer up top, The Trip to Italy features Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon on an all-expenses paid journey through Italy, where they are...
Above, you can catch the trailer to This Is Where I Leave You, the new drama-comedy from Shawn Levy. An impressive cast has been assembled for this movie, including Jason Bateman, Tina Fey, Adam Driver, Corey Stoll, Jane Fonda, Rose Byrne, Connie Britton, Dax Shepherd, Kathryn Hahn and Abigail Spencer. The film details the story of siblings that reunite following the death of the family patriarch,...
John McTiernan and Nicolas Cage are Hollywood survivors. Box office grosses and brushes with the law are temporary, and these two filmmakers seem immortal, one returning to directing after a stay in prison and the other narrowly avoiding time spent for tax issues by doubling down on dubious gigs with big paychecks attached. Now McTiernan and Cage will end the flirtation. They are now set to work together,...
"Can you keep a national secret?" That's the question posed by the bold poster Focus Features has released to tease the unveiling of their soon-to-hit trailer for Kill The Messenger. You may not recognize him blown out and bearded, but featured here is two-time Academy Award nominee Jeremy Renner (Check the name under his nose). As follow-up to his charming turn as a corrupt politician in American...
Movie marketing is a very tricky business to get into, particularly if you're one of those lucky people that gets to decide what goes into the trailer. Fans are becoming increasingly frustrated with how trailers are selling movies these days, and Mark Wahlberg is a sympathetic ear to that exact group of film geeks. In an interview with IGN, Mark Wahlberg lamented how trailers today seem to thrive...
Antoine Fuqua has found himself in the position of being a director in serious demand. His last film, Olympus Has Fallen, was a big box office success when it came out last year, and this fall he is back working with his Training Day star Denzel Washington on the television show adaptation The Equalizer. These projects have gotten people excited, and as a result, some big studios are now courting...
With our first real look at any footage from Jurassic World still months away, much about the film remains a mystery to us – and it was supposed to be that way for a long time. The filmmakers and the folks at Universal Pictures have done their best to try and keep the details of the movie under wraps, trying to leave the big surprises for the big screen. Unfortunately, the constantly swirling...
The comic book movie world was shocked late last week when it was revealed that director Edgar Wright and Marvel Studios would no longer be working together on the 2015 superhero blockbuster Ant-Man. In the days since, we've read many reports and heard plenty of speculation as to exactly what happened between the filmmaker and the studio, but in the mind's of many fans the big question isn't about...
Whether you liked World War Z or didn't, you knew there was going to be a sequel in the works. The Paramount film starring Brad Pitt went from being counted out before it had even shown a trailer to making $540 million worldwide, proving that sometimes a film can beat the odds to become a success story. With new director J.A. Bayona at the helm, it would seem like the perfect time for a new writer....
Endless Love Blu-ray Youthful love is a common trope in cinema, and when done correctly, can feel timely, eternal and touching. When not done correctly, it can end up like the 2014 remake of Endless Love, a tale of two lovebirds that consistently feels aged, stilted and inappropriate. Endless Love stars Alex Pettyfer and Gabriella Wilde as David and Jade, two high school seniors who barely know one...
Steven S. DeKnight will take over the Netflix series Drew Goddard (Getty Images) There’s more change happening at Camp Marvel, though this time it’s in the company’s TV department. Drew Goddard, who had been attached to write, produce and oversee the Daredevil series for Netflix, has departed the project to focus on Sony’s Spider-Man spin-off Sinister Six film . But (Man Without)...
Blended lands third When it was first announced, the idea of a time-travelling storyline, itself based on one of the best-loved storylines from the X-Men comics run, which also blends the original X-cast with the First Class team, seemed like a massive gamble. It’s one that has paid off in spades, as X-Men: Days Of Future Past has earned $90.7 million in three days and a huge $111 million across...
Those who want to see The Fault in our Stars a day early may want to check out "The Night Before Our Stars," an advance screening and Q&A event scheduled the day before the film's official release. In addition to attending the live simulcast, and getting to see the movie a day ahead of everyone else, ticket holders will also receive a commemorative charm bracelet and an exclusive poster for the...
You'd have to figure the end of the line was coming for Adam Sandler sooner or later, no? Adam Sandler movies usually generate pretty negative reviews, but his latest, Blended, seemed to draw a different, more specific sort of ire, with critics blasting Sandler's particularly conservative view of contemporary families and sex roles. And now it seems as if audiences have also rejected Blended. Adam...
It was a loaded field of competitors at Cannes this year, with new films from David Cronenberg, Bennett Miller, Xavier Dolan, Mike Leigh and Jean-Luc Godard. The jury had to make some difficult decisions (and some not so difficult decisions), as there was no runaway favorite like last year's Blue Is The Warmest Color. But in the end, the festival decided to honor a frequent attendee in a gesture that...
Let me preface this by saying that I love Hugh Jackman as Wolverine, and his portrayal of the legendary mutant in X-Men: Days of Future Past. LOVE HIM. His turn in X-Men is his best, yet. I even said that in my review of the movie. However, it's time for him to walk away from the role that helped put him on the map, and I'll explain why in this week's Monday Movie Memo. Watch the video above. For...
If you've seen X-Men: Days Of Future Past (and we're assuming you have, because ALL SPOILER ZONE FROM HERE ON OUT), you know that the movie leaves the franchise in a peculiar place. Weirdly enough, it continues the idea that what we're talking about is three separate franchises, each one wildly different than the last. Because of the time travel shenanigans in Bryan Singer's film, these three separate...
Edgar Wright and Marvel are in that awkward, post-break-up stage, when it’s a good idea to stay off of social media because you can’t trust what you might possibly say about the other party. Wright is a dedicated Tweeter, and savvy fans (as well as Marvel die-hards) have been paying close attention to his feed to see if he’d have an official statement regarding the split with Marvel...
Carrie Fisher’s in the mood to reminisce. The actress is in London, filming J.J. Abrams’ wildly anticipated Star Wars: Episode VII, and she’s surrounded by a number of familiar faces. "Melted" faces, is how Fisher refers to her aging action co-stars, Harrison Ford and Mark Hamill. "It is good to have us all in a room because it's unique," she said. "I mean, I don't suppose they have...
What do we know about Bryan Singer's X-Men: Apocalypse? The answer is not very much. Few details have leaked out about the project since it was announced last December, and while we know that the movie will be set in the '80s and center on Professor Xavier (James McAvoy), Magneto (Michael Fassbender) , Beast (Nicholas Hoult) and Mystique (Jennifer Lawrence), we don't really know for sure which other...