It’s been nearly 30 years since Bill S. Preston, Esq., and Ted “Theodore” Logan graced the big screen, but on August 28th, the most excellent duo, played by Alex Winter and Keanu Reeves, respectively, are back. The franchise’s long-awaited third installment, Bill & Ted Face the Music, kicks off with …
Read More »Issa Rae, Bette Midler Reckon With the 'New Normal' in 'Coastal Elites' Trailer
HBO has released the first glimpse of Coastal Elites, a “socially distanced satire” created during and focused on the Covid-19 pandemic. The film stars Sarah Paulson, Bette Midler, Issa Rae, Kaitlyn Dever and Dan Levy as the so-called “coastal elites,” each living in New York or Los Angeles in isolation during …
Read More »'Sputnik' Review: How Do You Say 'Alien' in Russian?
A quick question: How much do you like Alien? Let’s rephrase this slightly: Do you dig Ridley Scott’s masterpiece so much that you’d be perfectly fine watching something that owes a massive debt to it, just to kill time between your 999th and 1000th viewing of the original 1979 groundbreaker? …
Read More »'Made in Italy' Review: Father-Son Bonding, Under the Tuscan Sun
There’s an indisputable emotional force at the core of this story about an estranged father (Liam Neeson) and son (Micheál Richardson) who travel together to Tuscany to sell a house that neither has seen since the car-crash death of the man’s wife. Made in Italy has nothing to do with …
Read More »Keanu Reeves, Alex Winter Discuss Their Most Excellent Bond as Bill and Ted
Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter chat about their bond as Bill and Ted — and seeing the movie recreated with a new generation — in a new behind-the-scenes featurette for Bill and Ted Face the Music. The short clip opens with producer Scott Kroopf recalling the audition process for the …
Read More »'Tenet' Will Premiere Internationally Before Opening in Select U.S. Theaters
Christopher Nolan’sTenet may get a summer release after all — despite of COVID-19. Warner Bros., who have been pushing for the blockbuster’s theatrical premiere in the midst of the global pandemic, now say that Tenet will debut internationally on August 26th before opening in select North American cities over Labor …
Read More »Trailers of the Week: 'Bill & Ted Face the Music,' 'Utopia,' 'The Weight of Gold,' and More
Bill & Ted Face the Music Bill (Alex Winter) and Ted (Keanu Reeves) aren’t exactly on track to fulfill their duty of writing the song that will unite the world. For starters, they each have marriages that need fixing, and their idea of joint couples therapy doesn’t seem very promising. …
Read More »'Relic' Review: When the Haunted House Is in Your Head
Atmosphere is everything in this ghost-less ghost story, in which a house is haunted not by a poltergeist, but the demon of dementia. It’s the kind of disease that afflicts one family member and digs its tentacles into those who try to manage it. Relic marks an auspicious debut for …
Read More »John Oliver Dissects the Deadly Spread of COVID-19 in Prisons and Jails
John Oliver examined the conditions that have allowed COVID-19 to ravage prisons and jails across the United States — and called for a wave of inmate releases to prevent swaths of unnecessary deaths — on Last Week Tonight Sunday. Prisons and jails have been hotbeds for the virus for months, …
Read More »'Cops' TV Series Canceled Amid Police Brutality Protests
The long-running series Cops has been canceled after 32 seasons, as The Hollywood Reporter reports. Paramount Network officially nixed the series in the wake of worldwide protests against police brutality and systemic racism following the killing of George Floyd. The ViacomCBS-owned cable network initially delayed Monday’s premiere of Season 33 …
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