Come see the Magnificent, Extravagant, Spectacular Seven!

Release Date: September 23, 2016 Cast: Denzel Washington, Chris Pratt, Ethan Hawke, Vincent D’Onofrio, Byung-hun Lee, Manuel Garcia-Fulfo, Martin Sensmeier, Haley Bennett, Peter Sarsgaard Director: Antoine Fuqua Studio: LStar Capital, Village Roadshow Pictures, Pin High Productions, Escape Artists Distributor: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Columbia Pictures Genre(s): Action & Adventure, Western Review Spoilers: Only what you can see from […]

Snowden Seeks to Humanize True Events

Release Date: September 16, 2016 Cast: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Shailene Woodley, Melissa Leo,  Zachary Quinto, Tom Wilkinson Director: Oliver Stone Studio: Endagame Entertainment, Wild Bunch Distributor: Open Road Films Genre(s): Biopic Review Spoilers: Low, but, ya know, it’s non fiction. IMDB | Rotten Tomatoes | Wikipedia This movie is important. At least, Oliver Stone thinks it is. And everyone else who put […]

Blair Witch is a Creepy, Enjoyable Addition to the Franchise

Release Date: September 16, 2016 Cast: James Allen McCune, Callie Hernandez, Corbin Reid, Brandon Scott,  Wes Robinson, Valorie Curry Director: Adam Wingard Studio: Room 101, Snoot Entertainment, Vertigo Entertainment Distributor: Lionsgate Genre(s): Horror Review Spoilers: Low IMDB | Rotten Tomatoes | Wikipedia When a group of college students head into the Black Hills of Maryland in search of one’s missing […]

Captain America: Civil War Brings the Fight Home on Blu-Ray with Some Excellent Behind-the-Scenes Special Features

Captain America: Civil War [Blu-Ray] Release Date: September 13, 2016 Cast: Chris Evans, Robert Downey Jr., Sebastian Stan, Chadwick Boseman, Scarlett Johansson, Anthony Mackie, Don Cheadle, Paul Bettany, Elizabeth Olsen, Daniel Bruhl Director: Anthony and Joe Russo Studio: Marvel Studios Genre(s): Adventure, Superheroes Extra Feature Rating: ★★★★☆ Rating: ★★★★☆ Review Spoilers: High (in Special Features section) […]

The Jungle Book Live Action Film Comes Home Today on Blu-Ray, DVD, and Digital HD

The Jungle Book (2016) [Blu-Ray] Release Date: August 30, 2016 [Digital HD August 23] Cast: Neel Sethi, Ben Kingsley, Bill Murray, Idris Elba, Lupita Nyong’o Director: Jon Favreau Studio: Walt Disney Pictures Genre(s): Adventure, Family Extra Feature Rating:  ★★★★★ Rating: ★★★★★ Review Spoilers: Low Amazon | IMDB | Wikipedia | RT The magic of Disney’s classic animated […]

SDCC 2016: Luc Besson Brings Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets to Life With DeHaan and Delevingne

Set for the summer of 2017, French producer, writer, and director Luc Besson will be releasing a passion project, the much-anticipated science fiction action film Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets. Valerian is based off of the French comics series Valérian and Laureline. The series was created by writer Pierre Christin […]

“Kubo and the Two Strings” Celebrates Japanese Culture and Inspires Greatness

Kubo and the Two Strings (2016) Release Date: August 19, 2016 Cast: Matthew McConaughey, Charlize Theron, Rooney Mara, Ralph Fiennes, Art Parkinson, George Takei, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, Brenda Vaccaro Director: Travis Knight Studio: Laika Distributor: Focus Features Genre(s): Animation action  Review Spoilers: Low IMDB | Rotten Tomatoes | Wikipedia It’s incredibly difficult to write a story based around Asian culture and […]

“War Dogs” Weaves A Fairly Familiar Story But is Bolstered By Strong Leads

War Dogs (2016) Release Date: August 19, 2016 Cast: Jonah Hill, Miles Teller, Ana de Armas, J.B. Blanc, Bradley Cooper Director: Todd Phillips Studio: Green Hat Films, Joint Effort Productions, The Mark Gordon Company Distributor: Warner Bros. Pictures Genre(s): Biographical crime comedy  Review Spoilers: Low Based On “The Stoner Arms Dealers: How Two American Kids Became Big-Time Weapons […]

Disney Brings Back Feel-Good Family Films with “Pete’s Dragon”

Pete’s Dragon (2016) Release Date: August 12, 2016 Cast: Bryce Dallas Howard, Oakes Fegley, Wes Bentley, Karl Urban, Oona Laurence, Robert Redford Director: David Lowery Studio: Walty Disney Pictures, Whitaker Entertainment Distributor: Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures Genre(s): Live action fantasy adventure drama  Review Spoilers: Low Based On Pete’s Dragon by Malcolm Marmorstein IMDB | Rotten Tomatoes | Wikipedia Although Disney has […]