Wednesday, September 20, 2017

Alicia Vikander's "Tomb Raider" Jumps Into Action With New Trailer

Way early this morning (or yesterday evening if you're on the West Coast), a trailer for the latest movie adaptation of the Tomb Raider games premiered on IGN Live (fun fact: one of the actors leaked a minute-long bit on his Instagram before removing it almost an hour later). This new film stars Alicia Vikander (The Danish Girl, Ex Machina) as the Lara Croft character in an origin story, taking her from her wealthy life in England and out of her element to find her missing father and seal a tomb to save the world.


Monday, September 18, 2017

Return of the Jedi: J.J. Abrams to Direct "Star Wars Episode IX"

A little less than a week ago, it was announced that Force Awakens director J.J. Abrams would return to close out the trilogy, creating an intensely mixed response among the Star Wars fanbase. Is it really a bad thing, though, that Abrams is back?


Sunday, September 17, 2017

Nolan Creates a Tense WW2 Snapshot with "Dunkirk"

A handful of young British soldiers walk the eerily quiet and empty streets of Dunkirk, France. Though the war rages on, this seems to be a rare moment of peace. Flyers rain from somewhere in the sky, obviously from the enemy. A red "X" marks Dunkirk: arrows point at it, all saying "WE SURROUND YOU." A grave message, but they don't seem to be here. The soldiers continue their walk--suddenly, ear-shattering gunfire surrounds them, bouncing off walls and striking them. Only one manages to make it back to the Allied barracks.

So begins the visceral one-hundred minutes of Dunkirk.

Rated PG-13 for intense war experience and some language

Sunday, September 10, 2017

"It" Floats with Terror, Character, and Adventure

In 1990, Tim Curry scarred children forever as Pennywise the Dancing Clown in ABC's 1990 adaptation of Stephen King's brick of a novel, It. Now, 27 years later, just like the eponymous character, It returns to theaters.

Rated R for violence/horror, bloody images, and for language

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