The Trailer Park: Expanding Universes
The common denominator in this week’s collection of movie trailers focuses on filmmakers expanding the worlds of their respective franchises. Or, in the case of this summer’s big-budgeted religious...
View ArticleThe Trailer Park: The Magnificence of Remakes & Reboots
Before anyone starts angrily typing on their keyboards about the lack of originality in Hollywood or how studios no longer take risks, here are some examples where reboots and remakes might prove...
View ArticleThe Trailer Park: And So, the Battle Begins
Everybody loves a good fight! At least, we do in our movies because they usually make for great drama on the big screen, whether it’s a literal conflict between two opposing forces, an inner struggle...
View ArticleThe Trailer Park: When Good Previews Go Bad
Admittedly, this week’s collection of new movie trailers aren’t entirely bad, but they do reveal a couple issues worth noting, particularly when the properties in question already have established fan...
View ArticleWeekend Roundtable: Worst Videogame to Adapt into a Movie
Even though movies based on videogames have a terrible track record, Hollywood keeps trying to make them work. With ‘The Angry Birds Movie’, we’ve reached a phase where even games that may seem...
View ArticleThe Trailer Park: Trying to Rectify Past Mistakes
Because previous trailers for this summer’s lineup of movies looked like major letdowns, the studios have just released new previews hoping to show improvement. Sadly, this second time around seems to...
View ArticleWeekend Roundtable: Casting the Next James Bond
Daniel Craig swears that he’s done playing James Bond, and just turned down a huge payday to return as secret agent 007. Who should replace him? Shannon Nutt While I still think that Craig will re-up...
View ArticleWeekend Roundtable: Which Kids’ TV Series Should Become the Next Blockbuster...
Counting the original trilogy from the 1990s, we’re now up to the fifth live-action ‘Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles’ movie. A fifth ‘Transformers’ entry is also currently in production. Clearly, any...
View ArticleThe Trailer Park: An Animated End of the World
Even as a big fan of animated films, this week’s new movie trailers for upcoming CG-animated features are largely disappointing. They don’t generate much interest or excitement. ‘Ice Age: Collision...
View ArticlePoll: Will You Go See the ‘Ghostbusters’ Reboot?
Ever since the project was first announced, the all-female reboot of ‘Ghostbusters’ was met with great skepticism from fans of the original movie. When the first trailer was revealed earlier this year,...
View ArticleThe Trailer Park: Marvel v. DC in San Diego
At this year’s San Diego Comic-Con, Marvel and DC duked it out with a series of teaser trailers to whet the appetites of comic book fans everywhere. ‘Wonder Woman’ Even if this year’s ‘Batman v....
View ArticleThe Trailer Park: Bigger than Big
Although often lumped together with historical period pieces, the epic film as a genre is more commonly defined by featuring a central hero on a grand, ambitious journey. The stories are told in a...
View ArticleTIFF Journal: ‘Arrival’
Denis Villeneuve continues his transition from Canadian indies to sprawling Hollywood fables that retain his masterful style and personal touch. After last year’s searing drug war thriller ‘Sicario’,...
View ArticleThe Trailer Park: Franchises Forever!
Franchise movies are certainly nothing new, even going back to silent film serials, but lately there’s been an abundance of them in cinemas. So far, 2017 looks like it will be overrun and conquered by...
View ArticleThe Trailer Park: With or without Spandex?
With the end of 2016 right around the corner, movie fans are being bombarded with trailers for blockbuster features in the upcoming year. This batch showcases another year of superheroes, some in...
View ArticleThe Trailer Park: The Beginning of Good Things?
As more and more trailers tease viewers with movies to come in 2017, here’s a collection of previews that may potentially launch new franchises. ‘The Mummy’ (2017) Tom Cruise isn’t a name we usually...
View ArticleWeekend Roundtable: ‘Star Wars’ Spinoffs
Assuming that ‘Rogue One’ is a success (and there’s every indication that it will be a huge success), Disney and Lucasfilm plan to expand ‘Star Wars’ with more spinoff films between the main Episodes....
View ArticleThe Trailer Park: A Long Time Coming
The biggest movie news of the week has got to be the teaser trailer for the long-awaited sequel to Ridley Scott’s sci-fi cult classic. Let’s take a look. ‘Blade Runner 2049’ The moment I watched this...
View ArticleWeekend Roundtable: 2017 Movies You’re Looking Forward To
For our first Roundtable of January, let’s try to start the year on an optimistic note. What upcoming movies are you most anticipating in 2017? If you haven’t paid much attention to the movies coming...
View ArticleThe Trailer Park: Horror Is in the Air Tonight
This Feburary, celebrate the month of love and romance by cozying up next to that special someone and holding on tight while watching some terrifyingly bad horror movies. ‘Rings’ I’m not sure whether...
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