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With JJ Abrams deep in Star Wars territory now, Justin Lin has directed the next Star Trek film. Lin helmed Fast & Furious 6 and with Star Trek Beyond will hopefully bring a new spin on very well known characters. Joining the younger crew is Idris Elba in full alien make-up and Sofia Boutella as…
The Nice Guys (2016). D: Shane Black. DP: Phillippe Rousselot. W: Shane Black & Anthony Bagarozzi. Starring: Ryan Gosling/Russell Crowe/Angourie Rice/Margaret Qualley/Yaya DaCosta/Keith David/Matt Bomer/Lois Smith/Jack Kilmer/Kim Basinger. This summer a new duo has joined the streets in an original story by action genre wiz kid and Lethal Weapon creator Shane Black. Also a co-writer…
The first trailer has arrived from 20th Century Fox for their adaptation of the video game Assassin’s Creed. Directed by Australian Justin Kurzel the film stars his Macbeth team of Michael Fassbender and Marion Cotillard. Hitting theaters in December of this year, the trailer gets a pulsing overcoat of sound that includes a track from…
Bastille Day (2016). D: James Watkins. DP: Tim Maurice-Jones. W: Andrew Baldwin. Starring: Idris Elba/Richard Madden/Kelly Reilly/Charlotte Le Bon/José Garcia/Anatol Yusef/Thierry Godard. Last weekend the Paris set Bastille Day from the European house of Studio Canal hit theaters. An action film that could easily fit the likes of Liam Neeson, Bastille Day is a rapid…
Paul Greengrass and Matt Damon reunite for another installment of Jason Bourne in the first trailer out today. Joined by franchise vet Julia Stiles and Alicia Vikander, the film is in theaters July 29. Jason Bourne
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016). D: Zack Snyder. DP: Larry Fong. W: Chris Terrio & David S. Goyer. Starring: Henry Cavill/Ben Affleck/Jeremy Irons/Gal Gadot/Amy Adams/Jesse Eisenberg/Holly Hunter/Scoot McNairy/Laurence Fishburne/Diane Lane. (Based on the Batman character created by Bob Kane and Bill Finger and the Superman character created by Jerry Seigel and Joe Shuster.)…
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2 (2015). D: Francis Lawrence. DP: Jo Willems. W: Peter Craig & Danny Strong. Starring: Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth, Julianne Moore, Donald Sutherland, Woody Harrelson, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Sam Claflin, Natalie Dormer, Elizabeth Banks, Willow Shields, Jena Malone, Jeffrey Wright, Stanley Tucci, Mahershala Ali, Michelle Forbes. (NOTE: Based…
Sicario (2015). D: Denis Villeneuve. DP: Roger Deakins. W: Taylor Sheridan. Starring: Emily Blunt/Josh Brolin/Benicio Del Toro/Victor Garber/Jon Bernthal/Daniel Kaluuya/Jeffrey Donovan/Maximiliano Hernández. As London Film Festival comes to a close this weekend there is still plenty to see out in theaters. Sicario is the next installment in movies about the Mexican/American border cartel crisis, but…
Mad Max: Fury Road (2015). D: George Miller. DP: John Seale. W: George Miller, Brendan McCarthy & Nick Lathouris. Starring: Charlize Theron/Tom Hardy/Nicholas Hoult/Hugh Keays-Byrne/Rosie Huntington-Whiteley/Zoe Kravitz/Riley Keough/Abbey Lee/Courtney Eaton/Josh Helman. This summer is overloaded with new installments of franchises thought put to rest. But not a single studio can bare to let a profiting…
Captain America: The First Avenger (2011). D: Joe Johnston. DP: Shelly Johnson. W: Christopher Markus & Stephen McFeely. (Based on the Marvel comic books by Joe Simon & Jack Kirby.) Starring: Chris Evans/Huge Weaving/Tommy Lee Jones/Stanley Tucci/Dominic Cooper/Hayley Atwell/Toby Jones/Sebastian Stan/Neal McDonough/Derek Luke/Kenneth Choi/JJ Field. As summer slowly winds down, the last of the comic…