At the Movies!

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Black Widow Film Writer Jac Schaeffer: “I’m Not Interested in Adhering to Comic Canon That is Discriminatory…”

Yo, just so you know. A 4K re-release of Francis Ford Coppola's Apocalypse Now is coming soon. It's called Apocalypse Now: Final Cut.

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Happy 35th anniversary to Jackie Chan's Wheels on Meals!

Happy 10th anniversary, District 9!

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https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/21/busin...n-mcu.html

https://movieweb.com/spider-man-tom-holl...rvel-sony/

Spider-Man in the MCU is no more.

It's been five years since Robin Williams' death. R.I.P

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Happy 20th anniversary, Fight Club!

Happy 10th anniversary, Black Dynamite! This film is a parody of blaxploitation films. The film led to the creation of the Adult Swim show of the same name.

Spider-Man is back into the MCU!

EDIT (October 26): Happy 35th anniversary, The Terminator!

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Happy 80th anniversary to Gone with the Wind!

All The 'Sonic The Hedgehog' Design Changes They Made For The Live Action Film

The video descriptions says:

In April of this year, Paramount released a trailer for their live-action take on SEGA’s "Sonic The Hedgehog" franchise. Fans hated it. They attempted to make Sonic more “realistic” but ended up creating something fairly disturbing. Due to the backlash, the film’s director, Jeff Fowler, promised fans he would change Sonic’s design to make him more like the iconic character we all know and love. The newly released trailer has received a much warmer response. Watch as we break down the differences between Paramount’s first and second version of "Sonic the Hedgehog."

Three weeks late but... 

https://www.space.com/amp/rene-auberjono...-died.html

https://www.survivornet.com/articles/sta...ancer/?amp

Actor René Auberjonois has passed away at age 79.

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https://variety.com/2020/film/news/docto...203462569/ (Scott Derrickson is stepping down as director of Marvel’s Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness a.k.a Doctor Strange 2)

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Call of the Wild is the last movie I saw in the theater and boy was it painfully average. However the idea that a guy mo-capped as a dog and interacting with cranky ol'Harrison Ford is too damn funny.

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https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obitu...74441.html

Actor Brian Denney has passed away.

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February 26 was the 100th anniversary of The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari! I'm two months late, I know.

April 7 marked the 25th anniversary of the Bad Boys trilogy.

"the title says it's the theme from C-"

It's also the theme of the Bad Boys film series, you fool.

American Psycho premiered 20 years ago.

Happy 15th anniversary, Danny the Dog / Unleashed! Did you know that Jet Li was 42 years old when this movie was released? He looked like he was in his mid 20s! Yeah, I know. East-Asians age slower than most people, but still.

This lad watched Avengers: Endgame in 0.25x Speed and Here's What He Found

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Fred Willard, the prolific comic actor and frequent star of Christopher Guest films like 'Best in Show' and 'A Mighty Wind,' has died at age 86

Zack Snyder’s Cut of ‘Justice League’ to Premiere on HBO Max in 2021

Happy 10th anniversary, Iron Man 2!

Happy 10th anniversary, Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time!

Happy 25th anniversary, Mel Gibson's Braveheart!

EDIT (May 23): Happy 40th anniversary, The Shining!

EDIT (May 24th): Happy 20th anniversary, Mission: Impossible 2!

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Actor Sir Ian Holm Cuthber has passed away

Among other things, he was in Lord of the Rings and Alien (1979).

EDIT: New Halloween film confirmed. Coming 2021. WARNING: the teaser, while short, contains massive spoilers of the previous film.


Happy 15th anniversary to Christopher Nolan's Batman/The Dark Knight trilogy!

Happy 15th anniversary, Mr. & Mrs. Smith!

Happy 10th anniversary to Jaden's Smith The Karate Kid! (June 11) AKA The Kung Fu Kid.

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Ennio Morricone, Iconic Film Composer, Dies At 91

On a somewhat happier note, the X-Men movie franchise is 20 years old.

Happy 10th anniversary to Christopher Nolan's Inception! (July 8)

Happy 20th anniversary to Scary Movie!

Happy 15th anniversary to Tim Burton's Charlie and the Chocolate Factory!

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Happy 20th anniversary to Guy Ritchie's Snatch!

Happy 20th anniversary to Clint Eastwood's Space Cowboys!

Happy 15th anniversary to Steve Carell's The 40-Year-Old Virgin!

On a somber note, R.I.P Chadwick Boseman.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/bla...smsnnews11

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A month late, but happy 30th anniversary to Clint Eastwood's White Hunter Black Heart!

Based on the 1953 book of the same name, the film is loosely based on Peter Viertel's experiences while working on the 1951 film The African Queen.

Denis Villeneuve's 'Dune' Movie Is Moving to Late 2021

Jared Leto to Play Joker in Zack Snyder's 'Justice League'

Happy 5th anniversary to the 2015 biographical drama film Steve Jobs! Seth Rogen as Steve Wozniak was pretty good. He should star in more films where he DOESN'T play the same stoner character archetype.

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Sean Connery, Oscar-Winning James Bond Actor, Dead at 90

Among his roles include the movie Finding Forester, the movie where he said the famous line “You’re the man now, dog!”. The same line that would help create an Internet empire in the form of website YTMND.

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I've seen a shit ton of Movies that I can't really formulate my thoughts on all of them, So I will just tackle the movies that came out this year:

Sonic the Hedgehog 2020

This movie is the definition of a Summer Camp movie. So inoffensive and safe that I find hard to recommend the movie if you don't have kids to watch it with. None of the jokes landed for me but I was always mildly amused by the movie. It has a certain charm about, and I did enjoy Sonic's voice and Jim Carrey is entertaining as Eggman. What else can I say about it without being overtly negative? Its ok for what it is and at the end of the day, I wasn't repulsed by the Sonic design. BUT it is not the movie that breaks the Videogame Movie curse.

I give it 2 and a half "Gotta go FAST!!!".

The Call of the Wild

The movie where Harrison Ford hangs out with his CGI Dog. I am a huge fan of the novel and it was an alright interpretation of the book. What I don't like about the movie is that it castrates the parts that I love about the Book. The Dog aka Buck goes through a transformation of being a a selfish good for nothing Pet to a Dog that has seen pain and suffering through the actions of human and is finally able to become and embrace true FREEDOM through the titular "Call of the Wild". Clearly the people behind the film felt that the base storyline wasn't enough for the audience so they have to add side stories that I feel is not in service of the movie. I liked the movie but it completely misses the point of what the novel is about.

I give it three barks.

Tenet

I wished I actually heard what the the people were saying half the time and not be bombarded by the loud and clunky soundtrack. The movie is fine and I understood the abstract concept that the movie was playing with. Basically a Time travel that plays with the gimmick concept of time being inverted through the means of futuristic machines that were sent back in a series of convoluted spy-related stuff. A lot of pretentious shit.

I give it three inverted bullets.

The New Mutants

It clearly wasn't meant for me and pretty much the Final death nail of the Fox/X-men movies. Its a shame really, so much potential wasted and I ended up regretting watching it. 

I give it one new mutants.

The Gentleman

I really enjoyed this movie. It's a crime thriller movie that likes playing around with its genre and its entertaining watching the characters just trying to one up each other in a wild game of cat and mouse. The variety of characters that show up in the movie is astounding and it is in service of the movie. The acting from Mathew McConaughey and Colin Farrell is the highlight of the movie. The cinematography and the overall story is pretty great and I highly recommend it.

I give it Four Gentleman's.

Birds of Prey

Not worth your time. I was physically repulsed by the movie at a fundamental level. The movie clearly has no idea what makes these characters work and the overall dynamic of Harley Quin and the Birds of Prey is wrong in so many level. The scene of Harley Quin trying to kidnapped a girl in the Police Station was the worse thing I've seen this year and it absolutely destroys the character of Harley Quin(she is a villain that ranks up there with the Joker, how they made her some kind of Deadpool knock-off, I will never understand). How this movie got made makes it clear how delusional Hollywood really is. Especially the way the movie ends, where the Birds of Prey is established at the last second as if they are going to receive some kind of sequel.

I give it ZERO Birds of Prey and as a lover of woman of all kind and a follower of true gender equality, I highly recommend to throw this movie in the trash bin.

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Pretty sure Harley Quinn stopped being a straight-up villain some time ago. Ever since she broke up with the Joker. Her change in character reflects that.

Why do people want her to be a villain again? Do you want to her to go back to the Joker and throw her character arc out of the window? Or you want her to be a solo villain?

Moving on....

A month late, but happy 30th anniversary to Home Alone!

A month late, but happy 20th anniversary to Unbreakable!

A month late, but happy 15th anniversary to Zathura: A Space Adventure!

On a sad note, Dave Prowse, Actor Who Played Darth Vader, Dies at 85

Dave Prowse was the man behind the suit, not the one who voice Vader. The one who voice Vader was James Earl Jones.