How long has it been since we’ve seen a brilliant, completely unironic superhero movie? 2011’s Captain America: First Avenger. Before that? Probably Richard Donner’s Superman: The Movie (1978)/Richard Lester & Donner’s Superman II (1980). To that remarkable (and remarkably short) list we can add Patty Jenkins’ Wonder Woman.
Tag: Chris Pine
Epic Final Trailer: Wonder Woman!
Warner Bros. has released the final trailer for Wonder Woman and it’s chock full of new footage – more battles, a few more quips and a sense of just how epic the film is intended to be. Additionally, the trailer includes a good deal more of Chris Pine’s Steve Trevor – showing that he’s more […]
Titanium Rex Faces Death in SuperMansion’s Second Season Finale!
Titanium Lex – the second season finale of Crackle’s superhero spoof series from Stoopid Buddy Stoodios (Robot Chicken) – finds The League of Freedom joining the Injustice Club to battle the Subtopian invasion. The only weapon capable of stopping the Subtopians will kill whoever uses it – and Titanium Rex is about to take on […]
The Origin Trailer: Wonder Woman!
The new Wonder Woman trailer was premiered on the Kids Choice Awards this evening. It shows how Diana, daughter of Hippolyta, earned the right to be Wonder Woman – and has a small, witty bit with Etta Candy (Lucy Davis) as a capper. Wonder Woman premieres on June 2nd.
Hell or High Water: The Old and New Wests Collide!
Hell or High Water is a simple story with a lot of layers – it’s about brothers who are robbing branches of the bank that’s about to foreclose on their family’s ranch in order to pay the bank off. It’s about a Texas Ranger on the brink of retirement who gets one last big case. […]
Contextual Trailer: Star Trek Beyond!
Remember the first trailer for Star Trek Beyond? The one that was a whirlwind of action with only pauses for a couple pithy remarks? Remember how a lot of Trekkers complained that it looked like Beyond was going to be Fast and Furious in space? The new trailer puts all that action into context – […]
Crime or Justice Trailer: Hell or High Water!
Brothers Toby and Tanner set out to raise the money to keep the bank from foreclosing on their mother – by robbing banks. Which puts them in the crosshairs of an about to retire Texas Ranger. Hell or High Water stars Chris Pine and Ben Foster as Toby and Tanner – and Jeff Bridges as the […]
The Finest Hours Weathers the Storm!
Disney’s The Finest Hours is based on a book about the greatest small boat rescue in the history of the Coast Guard. Bernie Webber and his crew (four, counting him) rescued thirty-two sailors from the aft half of the Pendleton, a tanker sheared in half by a blizzard in February of 1952. The film, which […]
Coast Guard Featurette: The Finest Hours!
Disney’s The Finest Hours tells the story of the most incredible rescue in Coast Guard history when a small boat with a crew of four rescued thirty-two men from the aft of a ripped in half tanker. Chris Pine, the film’s star, presents a look at the real Coast Guard – men and women who […]
Wreaking Havoc Trailer: Star Trek Beyond!
Here it is: the first trailer for Star Trek Beyond! (And the preliminary poster – as seen at MIPCOM.) With Justin Lin at the helm the franchise had definitely moved into an even more action-orientated stance but the character s still feel right and there are some great moments – Dr. McCoy’s ‘That’s just typical!’ […]
Stormy Trailer: The Finest Hours!
On February 18, 1952, a violent nor’easter pounded New England towns and tore an oil tanker in half. Disney’s The Finest Hours is the true story of the four Coast Guard men who took a tiny wooden boat to rescue the crew – and the man who kept them from dying before rescue arrived. Disney’s […]