Previews and Reviews that are Z's Views
I like the poster but REALLY like the trailer for The Informer. I’ll be looking forward to seeing it!
An ex-convict working undercover intentionally gets himself incarcerated again in order to infiltrate the mob at a maximum security prison.
Starring: Joel Kinnaman, Ana de Armas, Rosamund Pike, Common and Clive Owen
Directed by: Andrea Di Stefano
In Rogue City, a complex case of rivalry between gangs and a group of cops unfolds in Marseille, where the border between personal and professional justice is blurred. A dark and intense thriller directed by Olivier Marchal.
Caught in the crosshairs of police corruption and Marseille’s warring gangs, a loyal cop must protect his squad by taking matters into his own hands.
The fine folks at Me-TV decided to take a look at The 10 most timeless TV bromances that all friends should aspire to. Their list was a good one. Sadly it is no longer available.
But we still have three favorites from their list (and my thoughts), followed by some that didn’t make the cut but should have.
Here are some bromances that I would have included…
Who did I miss?
I want to see the documentary, Billie!
Billie Holiday had one of the greatest voices of all time and changed the face of American music. She was a woman of breath-taking talent and global popularity while also stirring controversy. She started a notable rebellion singing “Strange Fruit” which exposed the realities of Black life in America and earned her powerful enemies. Raw, emotional and brutally honest, Billie is filled with never-before-heard interviews from musical greats like Charles Mingus, Tony Bennett, Sylvia Syms and Count Basie.
Director: James Erskine
David Fincher is back with Mank!
1930s Hollywood is reevaluated through the eyes of scathing social critic and alcoholic screenwriter Herman J. Mankiewicz (Gary Oldman) as he races to finish the screenplay of Citizen Kane.
Starring Academy Award Winner Gary Oldman, Amanda Seyfried, Lily Collins, Arliss Howard, Tom Pelphrey, Sam Troughton, Ferdinand Kingsley, Tuppence Middleton, Tom Burke, and Charles Dance. MANK is directed by David Fincher.
In Select Theaters November and on Netflix on December 4.
Rambo just joined Mortal Combat!
I hope you like Matt Ryan Tobin’s print for The Crow as much as I do. Tobin actually did two versions and you can see them both at Mondo (where they are available for purchase).
The trailer for News of the World starring Tom Hanks is here!
This Christmas, Universal Pictures is proud to present Tom Hanks starring in News of the World, a moving story written and directed by Paul Greengrass, reuniting for the first time with his star from their 2013 Best Picture nominee Captain Phillips.
Five years after the end of the Civil War, Captain Jefferson Kyle Kidd (Hanks), a widower and veteran of three wars, now moves from town to town as a non-fiction storyteller, sharing the news of presidents and queens, glorious feuds, devastating catastrophes, and gripping adventures from the far reaches of the globe.
In the plains of Texas, he crosses paths with Johanna (Helena Zengel, System Crasher), a 10-year-old taken in by the Kiowa people six years earlier and raised as one of their own. Johanna, hostile to a world she’s never experienced, is being returned to her biological aunt and uncle against her will.
Kidd agrees to deliver the child where the law says she belongs. As they travel hundreds of miles into the unforgiving wilderness, the two will face tremendous challenges of both human and natural forces as they search for a place that either can call home.
News of the World is directed by Greengrass (the Bourne films, United 93) from his screenplay with Luke Davies (Lion), based on the National Book Award finalist and best-selling novel by Paulette Jiles. The film is produced by Gary Goetzman (Mamma Mia! franchise, Greyhound), Gail Mutrux (The Danish Girl, Donnie Brasco) and Gregory Goodman (22 July, 8 Mile). The executive producers are Steven Shareshian and Tore Schmidt. The film’s music is by eight-time Academy Award® nominee James Newton Howard.
The poster and trailer for The 355 are here and both look good.
A dream team of formidable female stars come together in a hard-driving original approach to the globe-trotting espionage genre in The 355.
When a top-secret weapon falls into mercenary hands, wild card CIA agent Mason “Mace” Brown (Oscar®-nominated actress Jessica Chastain) will need to join forces with rival badass German agent Marie (Diane Kruger, In the Fade), former MI6 ally and cutting-edge computer specialist Khadijah (Oscar® winner Lupita Nyong’o), and skilled Colombian psychologist Graciela (Oscar® winner Penélope Cruz) on a lethal, breakneck mission to retrieve it, while also staying one-step ahead of a mysterious woman, Lin Mi Sheng (Bingbing Fan, X-Men: Days of Future Past), who is tracking their every move.
As the action rockets around the globe from the cafes of Paris to the markets of Morocco to the wealth and glamour of Shanghai, the quartet of women will forge a tenuous loyalty that could protect the world—or get them killed.
The film also stars Sebastian Stan (Avengers: Endgame) and Edgar Ramírez (The Girl on the Train).
The 355 is directed by genre-defying filmmaker Simon Kinberg (writer-director-producer of Dark Phoenix, producer of Deadpool and The Martian and writer-producer of the X-Men films), from a script by Theresa Rebeck (NBC’s Smash, Trouble) and Kinberg, and is produced by Chastain and Kelly Carmichael for Chastain’s Freckle Films and by Kinberg for his Genre Films. The film is executive produced by Richard Hewitt (Bohemian Rhapsody).
Alien, directed by Ridley Scott and starring Sigourney Weaver gets the Cinephilia and Beyond Treatment. Click over and you know it’s worth a look!
Phil Pirrello at Syfy.com took on the task to Rank Every Sci-Fi Arnold Schwarzenegger Movie. I decided to play along. Below is the chart comparing our rankings and some thoughts after.
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Phil Pirrello |
Craig |
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9. Terminator: Salvation (2009) |
** Terminator: Dark Fate (2019) |
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8. Terminator: Genisys (2015) |
8. The Running Man (1987) |
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7. The Sixth Day (2000) |
7. The Sixth Day (2000) |
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6. The Running Man (1987) |
6. Terminator: Salvation (2009) |
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5. Terminator: Dark Fate (2019) |
5. Terminator: Genisys (2015) |
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4. Predator (1987) |
4. Total Recall (1990) |
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3. Total Recall (1990) |
3. The Terminator (1984) |
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2. The Terminator (1984) |
2. Predator (1987) |
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1. Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991) |
1. Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991) |
Thief, directed by Michael Mann and starring James Caan gets the Cinephilia and Beyond Treatment. Click over and you’ll get…
Anthony Petrie created the limited edition poster for Night of the Living Dead shown above. It came in two versions (from Bottleneck Gallery) which went on sale today and both have already sold out! Still, the print was too nice not to share here.
And now the poster and trailer to Harry Chapin: When in Doubt, Do Something.
HARRY CHAPIN: WHEN IN DOUBT, DO SOMETHING is the inspiring story of Grammy Award-winning singer/songwriter/activist Harry Chapin (“Cat’s in the Cradle”). Chapin sold over 16 million albums and was one of his generation’s most beloved artist-activists who spent his fame and fortune trying to end world hunger before his tragic passing.
The film features Bruce Springsteen, Billy Joel, Peter Seeger, Sir Bob Geldof, Kenny Rogers, Graham Nash, Pat Benatar, Darryl “DMC” McDaniels, Robert Lamm, Richie Havens, and Harry Belafonte intimately reflecting on Chapin’s larger-than-life impact on music and the world including his founding, along with Bill Ayres, of WhyHunger – the nonprofit organization leading the movement to end hunger and advance the human right to nutritious food in the U.S. and around the world.
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Director: Rick Korn
Cast: Harry Chapin, Harry Belafonte, Pat Benatar, Sir Bob Geldof, Billy Joel, Robert Lamm, Darryl “DMC” McDaniels, Kenny Rogers, Pete Seeger, Bruce Springsteen
