There isn’t a movie that improved its stock more than The Jungle Book at the D23 EXPO thanks to Disney’s newest favorite casting choice, Lupita Nyong’o and some eye-opening SFX.
Tag: Ben Kingsley
Self/Less – The Frankenstein Path to Immortality!
When the elderly, terminally ill Damian seeks to prolong his life by having his mind transferred into a healthy young body, things don’t quite go as expected. For one thing, the healthy young body he now inhabits may have been given to him in a lab, but it wasn’t necessarily grown there…
Majestic Trailer: TUT!
Spike has just released the first trailer for its three-day event, TUT – the story of Pharaoh Tutankhaten, the boy king of Egypt. It’s pretty spectacular – and not a little violent. Check it out after the jump. TUT premieres on Spike on July 19th.
Immortality Trailer: Self/Less!
When a movie carries the tag ‘God Made Man. Man Made Immortality’ you know there’s some weirdness ahead. Check out the trailer for Self/Less after the jump. Self/Less opens on July 10th.
Cryptic Trailer: Terence Malik’s Knight of Cups!
The first trailer for Terence Malik’s Knight of Cups is here! And, yes, it’s as bewildering as ever. Knight of Cups’ world premiere will be at the Berlin Film Festival in February, It will be released in North America later in 2015.
The Boxtrolls: Just Another Message Movie About Intolerance!
Laika, the company that produced the brilliant Coraline and fine ParaNorman, releases The Boxtrolls today. Sadly, while outdoing the first two in terms of technical wizardry, The Boxtrolls assembles a host of familiar elements with only one lead character and two minor ones really ever coming to life.
Robert Zemeckis’ 3D/IMAX 3D Caper The Walk Wraps Production!
Forty years ago today, a French tightrope artist named Philippe Petit walked from one World Trade Center tower to the other on an illegal wire. It was a caper worthy of Mission: Impossible and the subject of an award-winning documentary, Man on Wire. But neither Petit’s book, To Reach The Clouds, nor Man on Wire […]
Disney Looks To Murray for the Bear Necessities!
Amidst the high-powered signings of the likes of Christopher Walken, Scarlett Johannson, Lupita Nyong’o and Ben Kingsley to voice beloved characters of Disney’s The Jungle Book, it became apparent that a certain lovable, bumbling, kind-hearted bear had yet to be cast. Now the movie has its Baloo and that it is Bill Murray makes perfect […]
BAFTA To Honor Bigelow and Kingsley!
The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) will honor Kathryn Bigelow and Sir Ben Kingsley at the 2013 BAFTA Los Angeles Britannia Awards on Saturday, November 9, 2013. Bigelow will the John Schlesinger Britannia Award for Excellence in Directing, while Kingsley will be given the Albert R. Broccoli Britannia Award for Worldwide Contribution […]
Iron Man 3: Anxiety Attacks and Terrorism!
Marvel Studios continues to create ambitious, successful superhero movies with Iron Man 3 – the best of Tony Stark’s solo adventures to date. This time out, Stark is suffering post-traumatic stress disorder as a result of having his world upended in The Avengers – leaving him vulnerable both physically and emotionally. While Iron Man 3 […]
Disney Teases Iron Man 3 Super Bowl Ad With Poster and Trailer!
Seriously…? This whole teasing the trailer/TV spot thing is getting out of hand. Cool poster though. Follow the jump for the teaser trailer.