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[rwp-review-recap id=”0″] Star Wars: The Last Jedi is a strong return to form for the canon entries into the Star Wars pantheon. After a tepid first outing by Disney with Episode VII and the heartbreaking passing of Carrie Fisher, there has been concern in how Rian Johnson would be able to pull it all together. […]

One of the most pleasant surprises in recent years of streaming service original dramas, Mozart in the Jungle is coming back for its fourth season on Amazon. The series, based on Blair Tindall’s autobiography Mozart in the Jungle: Sex, Drugs, and Classical Music, the story follows an oboist with the New York Symphony (which Blair was) and the […]

In a tweet posted yesterday, the official Ready Player One film account let fans know something is coming on Sunday morning at 9:45 a.m. PST. Specifically, that a special event with the author of Ready Player One would be a livestream, and that means we’ll probably get to see the new trailer, too. So, without further […]

After the disappointing reception for Ghost in the Shell’s big live-action adaptation, fans of manga have been waiting for a glimpse of the upcoming Alita: Battle Angel film. The first trailer for the James Cameron-produced film from 20th Century Fox just hit. https://youtu.be/CqYfXOYqzy4 Directed by Robert Rodriguez (Sin City, From Dusk Til Dawn) from a script by Laeta Kalogridis (Shutter Island, Terminator Genisys) […]

[rwp-review-recap id=”0″] After three films set against the backdrop of World War II, and one of which is Christopher Nolan’s Dunkirk, I hadn’t gone into Darkest Hour with much enthusiasm. I generally expect Gary Oldman to be solid in his performance, but really — have audience really been wallowing around yearning for yet another Churchill […]

[rwp-review-recap id=”0″] Guillermo del Toro is back in top form in The Shape of Water. It’s a mashup of genres, blending monster, romance, and a period setting into an artistic beauty. Doug Jones (whom del Toro also worked with most recently in Crimson Peak) is one of the few actors who can consistently emote through a […]

Well, it’s only taken nearly three decades for the bad taste of one of Stephen King’s worst film adaptations to fade. While Pet Sematary remains one of King’s great underappreciated novels, its original 1989 film entirely excised vast chunks of the book — unfortunately, they were the parts that contained the connective threads. Variety is […]

One of the most anticipated book-to-film adaptations of the last five years, Ernest Cline’s Ready Player One, is finally getting another trailer. The first was released in July at San Diego Comic-Con during the Warner Bros. presentation in Hall H, and the immediate response was one of awe. The second trailer, just announced by Cline on Twitter, […]

Maybe you saw our “Best Viewing Order for the MCU” post prompted by a fast-spreading meme earlier this week. In it, we discussed the decision to watch Marvel Cinematic Universe films in either release order OR storyline order, the biggest change being where Captain America fits in. Well, guess what? We’re a little more than a […]

After several starts and stops, a remake of goth comic film The Crow is moving forward. Based on the original comic created by James O’Barr, production on the ‘reborn’ film began just last month, with Jason Momoa in the lead as Eric Draven, undead guitar-wielding avenging corvid. On the whole, fans of the original film starring Brandon Lee […]