Tag: movies
Jack Reacher TV Series on the Way From Skydance and Paramount
If Lee Child has his way, Jack Reacher will be trading a need for speed for long-form television. Deadline reports via an author interview with BBC Radio Manchester that the Reacher features starring Tom Cruise are at an end. The plan now is for Skydance and Paramount Television to reboot the chara...
Read MoreThe Nutcracker and the Problem with the Disney Brand
When I first saw the trailers for The Nutcracker and the Four Realms, I was excited. It looked like a brand new fantasy world for fans to sink their teeth into, though my enthusiasm was tempered a bit by this world having a veneer of “sameness” resembling other Disney features like Alic...
Read MoreFirst Trailer for Ryan Reynolds’ Detective Pikachu Arrives
We have our first glimpse of Ryan Reynolds living in a Pokémon world as the first trailer for Detective Pikachu has been released. When this movie was first announced, I have to admit that I wasn’t particularly excited. It felt like they were getting away from the core of what Pokémon was: a co...
Read MoreREVIEW: The Grinch (2018)
When I first started seeing ads for Illumination’s attempt at adapting Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas, my first thought was, “Oh God, here we go again.” I think many people probably shared the same sentiment; you hear a lot of mixed opinions on the 2000 Jim Carrey version, but I t...
Read MoreREVIEW: Outlaw King (2018)
If you saw my coverage of the trailer for Outlaw King, David Mackenzie’s follow-up directorial effort to 2016’s phenomenal Hell or High Water – also starring Chris Pine – you know I have been quite excited for this film to make it’s Netflix debut. Sadly, I have to say that I’m quite di...
Read MoreREVIEW: The Girl in the Spider’s Web (2018)
In 2011, the American version of The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo was released. The movie showed that there was plenty of potential for the franchise to bring something unique to the crime thriller genre. Since the release of that movie, we haven’t heard much about the franchise until now. T...
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