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There are a handful of movies I consider perfect, as in they do absolutely nothing wrong. It's a pretty short list, but Paul Verhoeven's RoboCop is on it.
No. Not a chance in hell. How can I be so confident about this? First of this claim - that Star Wars: Episode IX will feature a flashback to a lightsaber duel between Luke Skywalker and Snoke - is being reported by The Daily Express. For those not familiar with the paper, it's a right-wing tabloid with a notoriously loose grip on truth. Secondly and more importantly, their source is notorious bullshit artist Mike Zeroh, who has forged a career out of making stuff up on YouTube about Star Wars while claiming it's coming from mysterious 'sources'.
I'm pretty down on Solo: A Star Wars Movie in general. I think it's a wasted opportunity for Star Wars - when they sacked Lord & Miller they abandoned creativity in favor of homogeneity. The result was a bland film which didn't have much to say, looked rather drab and ultimately lacked soul. Having said all that it's not without its cooler moments. I liked the giant space monster in the middle of the Kessel Run, I liked the opening chase sequence on Corellia, I liked the introduction of Chewbacca and I liked this tiny moment where Lando casually tosses a blaster to Han.
Explaining what the new Halloween is has been a little tricky. The most straightforward way I've come up with is to say that it's a direct sequel to John Carpenter's 1978 original that completely disregards the many sequels, remakes and reboots (significantly, this one ditches the revelation in Halloween II that Laurie and Michael are brother and sister).
Nicolas Cage has said he would be a great Lex Luthor in a Superman movie and he's absolutely goddamn right. Over the course of his career Cage has demonstrated that he's got a beautiful grasp of megalomaniacal self-confidence tinged with craziness that would make him a perfect Luthor. Of course, the role is theoretically currently held by Jesse Eisenberg, but it's unlikely that he's going to reprise the role so who knows?
Disney and LucasFilm's plan of releasing one Star Wars movie a year indefinitely always seemed like a bad idea. After all, a new Star Wars movies kind of feels like it should be a cinematic event and a conveyor belt of releases dilutes that quite a bit. Said plan apparently consisted of alternating a 'saga' release with standalone spinoff movies - so The Force Awakens was followed by Rogue One, and The Last Jedi was followed by Solo. Presumably, Episode IX would have been followed by either Obi-Wan or Boba Fett.
Hellboy is back, and by the looks of this just-released poster, in style. I loved the Guillermo Del Toro films and was incredibly skeptical when David Harbour was cast as the titular character. After all, how could anyone do the character better than Ron Perlman? Well, the jury's still out on that one, but consider my reservations dialled back significantly after getting a good look at this excellent poster showing off their take on Big Red. Check it out below.
Jon Favreau's live-action Star Wars TV show begins (or has begun, by the time you read this) shooting in South California soon and these shots of the set indicate that at least some of the action will take place on the desert planet of Tatooine.
Back in August Ethan Hawke ruffled a few feathers when he criticised James Mangold's critically lauded Logan, which he tied into a wider problem with the superhero movie genre in general. The comments came in an interview with The Film Stage during an interview that touched on Hawke's career in film. During this, Hawke explained his slight disillusionment with the "big business of film" and that the notion of a 'great movie' is being devalued. Here are his comments:
With Sony Pictures' Venom releasing later this week, you'd expect the marketing campaign to be a well-oiled machine by this point. Unfortunately, though, it seems they didn't reckon with Tom Hardy, who's provided ample fuel for fans dismayed about the movie's PG-13 rating.