Category: Movies
J.J. Abrams Looking for a New Deal with Studios
J.J. Abrams is about to rule a very different kind of galaxy as Variety reports the Star Wars Episode IX filmmaker is looking into several studios for his new overall deal. Abrams, whose current deal with Paramount ends in March of 2020, is said to be seeking an agreement that would have all of hi...
Read MoreYou Should Be Watching: Song of the Sea (2014)
Welcome back to You Should Be Watching, where I shine a spotlight on movies and TV series that need more love. This week we’re going on an adventure through Irish folklore with Tomm Moore’s Song of the Sea. Aside from featuring the mythical characters and lore of his homeland, Moore also based a...
Read MoreRian Johnson Announces Start of Knives Out Production
Rian Johnson is trading in lightsabers for knives. Johnson announced on his social media that production had officially begun on his new murder mystery film Knives Out, where James Bond Daniel Craig will play a Poirot-inspired detective. While I will admit to a bit of “phantom menacing” ...
Read MoreCoco vs. The Book of Life
Ever since Pixar announced Coco, a movie inspired by the Mexican Day of the Dead celebration, comparisons to Reel FX’s 2014 film The Book of Life seemed inevitable. The main plot of both movies takes place on Dia de Muertos, both star a young man who wants to be a musician despite his family’s w...
Read MoreWhy I’m Excited: Aladdin (2019)
Carpets, magic, and monkeys, oh my! For most kids of the nineties, Aladdin was a seminal movie. I remember being six years old and going to Disneyworld, completely myopic about meeting the beloved street-rat. I had been watching the first two films on repeat, completely unaware of all the behind th...
Read MoreFox to Pay Rent
Fox is about to find out how you measure a year, as Entertainment Weekly reports the studio has filled out the cast of their latest live musical Rent. Among the cast is the once and future Iris West, Kiersey Clemons (playing Joanne, a role originated by Shelley Johnson on stage and by Traci Thoms o...
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