The Origin of Movie Trailers
LinkToday I Found Out talks about the history of movie trailers as well as a couple of bonus trivia about this popular form of advertisement. The most important one being that the first trailers were...
View ArticleNo Small Parts: Christopher Hart
Link(PG-13) Christopher Hart is arguably the perfect subject for No Small Parts. You may not know his name or his face, but you definitely know his hand. He played the Addams Family’s loyal pet, Thing....
View ArticleQuietly Going Insane Together
LinkLessons from the Screenplay’s Halloween episode is about The Shining. Early on, the film gave away obvious hints of what was to come. The dread comes from its intentionally disjointed buildup, from...
View ArticleFrank & Lola (Teaser)
Link(PG-13) Michael Shannon plays a successful chef who falls in love with an up-and-coming fashion designer played by Imogen Poots. But their whirlwind romance takes a diabolical turn when she turns...
View ArticleBefore the Flood (Full Movie)
Link“In 2040, you will be able to sail over the North Pole.” Fisher Stevens’ documentary about Leonardo DiCaprio’s three-year journey to enlighten himself about climate change is currently available on...
View ArticleThe Hero’s Journey
LinkNow You See It presents a supercut of scenes from more than 50 movies, each of which takes us on a ride along with their protagonists as their adventures and the crises they face take their lives...
View Article7 Things About Doctor Strange
LinkDid you know that Joaquin Phoenix almost got the part of Stephen Strange in Marvel’s Cinematic Universe? That bombshell and more in CineFix’s trivia video about Doctor Strange. Also, we’ve seen it,...
View ArticleMovies with Mikey: John Wick
Link(PG-13: Language, Gore) Chainsawsuit Original presents John Wick – which was marketed as a flick with an absurd premise and flashy action – as a well-rounded project about grief that also bids...
View ArticleT2 Trainspotting (Trailer)
Link(PG-13) Mark, Spud, Sick Boy, Begbie, and director Danny Boyle reunite 20 years after the chaos of Trainspotting, and this time out, we learn that more things change, the more they stay the same....
View ArticleWilson (Trailer)
Link(PG-13: Language) Woody Harrelson plays a lonely middle-aged man desperate to connect with others but also unable to repress his incredulity at life’s absurdity. Daniel Clowes wrote and directed...
View ArticleThe LEGO Batman Movie (Trailer 4)
LinkThe latest trailer for the solo adventure of Will Arnett’s blocky Batman emphasizes Bruce Wayne’s emotional conflict: he’s lonely, but he’s also afraid of losing his loved ones again. What he...
View ArticleThe Purpose of Movies
LinkAs it argued for museums, The School of Life wants us to consider classifying and critiquing films based on their therapeutic value. Instead of age ratings or genres, it may be more helpful to...
View ArticleClassic Funny Movie Moments
LinkCineFix touches on three popular theories about humor and how movies make us laugh while ranking its picks for the funniest scenes of all time. The list has way too much Hot Rod and not enough Mel...
View ArticleIndependence Day 2 Honest Trailer
LinkScreen Junkies rightfully delivers a beat down to Independence Day: Resurgence, a sequel that no one really wanted, and inevitably ended up being worse than we all thought it would be. Goldblum,...
View ArticleLive by Night (Trailer)
LinkJoe Coughlin is the son of a prominent Boston police captain in the 1920’s. But the height of the Prohibition lures him into becoming a mobster. An adaptation of Dennis Lehane’s eponymous crime...
View ArticleBeauty and the Beast (Trailer)
Link“Think of the one thing you’ve always wanted. Now find it in your mind’s eye, and feel it in your heart.” Emma Watson stars as Belle and Dan Stevens stars as The Beast in Disney’s live action...
View ArticleJackie (Trailer)
LinkNatalie Portman stars as the late Jackie Kennedy Onassis in this critically-acclaimed biographical drama about the former US First Lady’s life before and after the assassination of her first...
View ArticleWarcraft ILM VFX
LinkIndustrial Light & Magic shares some of the visual effects work that they did for the movie Warcraft. As you may have guessed, it’s basically the entire movie. The Alliance. The Horde. Their...
View ArticleKong: Skull Island (Trailer 2)
Link“Kong’s a pretty good king. Keeps to himself mostly.” Our latest look at Kong: Skull Island is a stark contrast from the first trailer. Apparently, it’s more lighthearted than you’d think. Also the...
View ArticleDetour (Trailer)
Link“Don’t regret the things you do. Just things you don’t.” A young man blames his mom’s hospitalization on his stepdad. He meets a thug that makes his revenge fantasy come true. Or did it? This...
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