Let’s fucking go! The pairing of a lifetime is coming to the Marvel Cinematic Universe for the first time ever, and it’s time for a second trailer, which you can see below.
Wade Wilson and Logan have united together to save Deadpool’s world from what looks like a bald little shit. Actually, it’s Cassandra Nova, played by Emma Corrin. This is just from the small amount we see in the trailer so presumably there’s more to it than that. This looks like an insane amount of fun and Easter egg after Easter egg in this second trailer. It’s still holding back, but we get a lot more Wolverine this time. It even begins with him in a recreation of his first ever seen in X-Men. But also, he’s a lot more sweary, very much let off the reins in this R rated film.
However, whilst we don’t get much, we do get a lot of action in the shape of explosions, teaming up, and lots of stabbing each other. The butting of heads between this pair looks like it’s going to be the main focus of the humour in the film, something which a lot of fans have wanted for so long. Especially with the pair taking the piss out of each other in real life, which has provided a lot of comedy relief. Can’t wait for this!
The third Deadpool film has been directed by Shawn Levy and will be released in the UK on July 26th.
After the success of Joker, especially Joaquin Phoenix’s Oscar win for the role, it still came as a surprise that a sequel was announced. Since then, it’s been quite the rumour mill, with speculation on who will Lady Gaga will be playing, whether it’s a musical and more. Well, we have some answers now. Check out the first trailer below.
That’s quite the meet cute, isn’t it? Getting together in an asylum and then causing chaos wherever they go. What couple doesn’t do that? There’s a mention of music just after the start of the trailer, which may indicate the musical nature of the film but not confirmation as of yet. If it is, this will be very interesting! Have we ever seen a violent musical? Violent in the traditional, not the La La Land backlash on Twitter. Sorry, I mean X. Either way, this is a beautifully shot film, with what we can see from the trailer. Lawrence Sher has been hard at it again with the cinematographer returning for the Joker sequel.
Even though we see a lot, very little is revealed. Although something that is the norm for Harley Quinn has been changed. Here she’s not the psychologist the Joker corrupts. Instead, they are very much on the same sanity level to begin with. Unless they reveal that she was the person Arthur Fleck was speaking with at the end of the first film. Who knows?
Starring alongside the two leads are Zazie Beetz, Steve Coogan, Catherine Keener, Brendan Gleeson and more. That’s quite a stacked cast with none of the new additions roles having been announced. Todd Phillips returns as director, with a script co-written with Scott Silver. The film will release on October 4th, 2024.
The first trailer for the upcoming Star Wars series The Acolyte has been released and it looks bad ass! Think Jedi and martial arts mixed in one. That’s certainly the feel of it. Check it out below.
This clearly expands on the world of Star Wars as we know it, adding to the rich lore with new characters. It’s been one of these showd that because it’s seemingly all brand new, we’ve known nothing about it. Until now. The astonishing trailer gives us plenty to get excited about including some stunning fight scenes, a great lightsaber sequence and even a Jedi Wookie. Who knew they existed?? It is set around 100 years before the Phantom Menance (to be fair, if I could be 100 years away from that film, I would be too), at the end of the High Republic.
There’s so much going on in the trailer as it jumps from character to character and place to place, making what we know of this franchise even bigger. The series stars Lee Jung-jae, Carrie-Ann Moss, Jodie Turner-Smith, Dafne Keen and more. The sequences we see including a force fight, loads of lightsabers lighting up at once and someone who is very good with a knife are teasing us. It’s all just very exciting!
This is a brand new part of the timeline to explore so much so that little is known about it. There’s a lot of room for all sorts of storytelling whilst not being a Skywalker story, so let’s see where this goes. The shows is by Leslye Headland whose previous credits include Russian Doll and Single Drunk Female. The Acolyte premieres its first two episodes on Disney+ on June 4th.
You never know what you are going to get from the Oscars, and this year’s certainly didn’t disappoint. Jimmy Kimmel took to the stage as a now four time Oscar host in a monologue which referenced the writers and actors strikes, the Barbie snubs, and made an *interesting* gag about Robert Downey Jr’s past which seemed to be taken in the way it was intended. At one point, Kimmel brought out a lot of people who work behind the scenes on films that we don’t normally see to celebrate their work as well. Nice touch!
This time around, there was very little straying away from the awards. It certainly felt more focused. Minus a very brief section where Guillermo Rodriguez gave our tequila to the audience. Lucky them! This was certainly a ceremony where a lot of the writing for the presenters worked, the acting categories brought back previous winners in a lovely tribute to the awards as well as the people. Seeing people return like Nicolas Cage, Ke Hue Quan, Sally Field, Rita Moreno, and more was genuinely heartwarming.
As for the multiple duos of presenters, there were a lit of laughs all round. Ryan Gosling and Emily Blunt duking it out on what was nore popular, Barbie or Oppenheimer. Arnold Schwarzenegger and Danny DeVito getting up close and personal with an angry Batman aka Michael Keaton. John Cena’s naked routine which could have been distasteful but he has the comedy chops to pull it off as he presented Best Costume. However it was Melissa McCarthy and Octavia Spencer’s presenting that just felt as if the jokes fell short of the standard of the night. It’s not that hard! The less said about Al Pacino’s presenting skills, the better. Perhaps they should have had Messi, the dog from Anatomy of a Fall, to give out the final award instead.
He was stealing the show constantly! But, this is the Oscars, and if it was anyone’s to steal, it was Ryan Gosling’s! He may have walked away empty-handed (your time will come), but he pulled off one of the great Oscar moments we’ll ever see. He reprised his Oscar nominated role as Ken to perform I’m Just Ken, with 60+ dancers including Simu Liu, Ncuti Gatwa, and more. This was a go hard or go home moment, and he went hard as Ken, and we’re all the luckier for it!
The awards themselves, for the most part, there were no big surprises other than Godzilla Minus One winning Best Visual Effects, defeating the frontrunner, The Creator. On top of that, those who worked on the film had Godzilla shoes and brought toys of the monster with them as well. Very cool. Still need to see that!
All in all, it was a fun night that didn’t go on too long. Fingers crossed, they get rid of the whole lot who were the ITV correspondents, and that was truly dreadful! Ill informed people who make frankly stupid comments is not why I stayed up. Maybe next year will be different. Until then, here are all the winners and nominees from this year’s awards!
Best picture
American Fiction Anatomy of a Fall Barbie The Holdovers Killers of the Flower Moon Maestro Oppenheimer– WINNER Past Lives Poor Things The Zone of Interest
Best actor in a leading role
Bradley Cooper (Maestro) Colman Domingo (Rustin) Paul Giamatti (The Holdovers) Cillian Murphy (Oppenheimer) – WINNER Jeffrey Wright (American Fiction)
Best actor in a supporting role
Sterling K Brown (American Fiction) Robert De Niro (Killers of the Flower Moon) Robert Downey Jr (Oppenheimer) – WINNER Ryan Gosling (Barbie) Mark Ruffalo (Poor Things)
Best actress in a leading role
Annette Bening (Nyad) Lily Gladstone (Killers of the Flower Moon) Sandra Hüller (Anatomy of a Fall) Carey Mulligan (Maestro) Emma Stone (Poor Things) – WINNER
Best actress in a supporting role
Emily Blunt (Oppenheimer) Danielle Brooks (The Color Purple) America Ferrera (Barbie) Jodie Foster (Nyad) Da’Vine Joy Randolph (The Holdovers) – WINNER
Best directing
Anatomy of a Fall (Justine Triet) Killers of the Flower Moon (Martin Scorsese) Oppenheimer (Christopher Nolan) – WINNER Poor Things (Yorgos Lanthimos) The Zone of Interest (Jonathan Glazer)
Best animated feature film
The Boy and the Heron – WINNER Elemental Nimona Robot Dreams Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
Best adapted screenplay
American Fiction –WINNER Barbie Oppenheimer Poor Things The Zone of Interest
Best original screenplay
Anatomy of a Fall – WINNER The Holdovers Maestro May December Past Lives
Best cinematography
El Conde Killers of the Flower Moon Maestro Oppenheimer –WINNER Poor Things
Best costume design
Barbie Killers of the Flower Moon Napoleon Oppenheimer Poor Things– WINNER
Best documentary feature film
Bobi Wine: The People’s President The Eternal Memory Four Daughters To Kill a Tiger 20 Days in Mariupol – WINNER
Best documentary short film
The ABCs of Book Banning The Barber of Little Rock Island in Between The Last Repair Shop – WINNER Nǎi Nai & Wài Pó
Best film editing
Anatomy of a Fall The Holdovers Killers of the Flower Moon Oppenheimer– WINNER Poor Things
Best international feature film
Io Capitano Perfect Days Society of the Snow The Teachers’ Lounge The Zone of Interest – WINNER
Best makeup and hairstyling
Golda Maestro Oppenheimer Poor Things– WINNER Society of the Snow
Best original score
American Fiction Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny Killers of the Flower Moon Oppenheimer – WINNER Poor Things
Best original song
The Fire Inside (Flamin’ Hot) I’m Just Ken (Barbie) It Never Went Away (American Symphony) Wahzhazhe (A Song for My People) (Killers of the Flower Moon What Was I Made For? (Barbie)– WINNER
Best production design
Barbie Killers of the Flower Moon Napoleon Oppenheimer Poor Things – WINNER
Best animated short film
Letter to a Pig Ninety-Five Senses Our Uniform Pachyderme WAR IS OVER! Inspired by the Music of John & Yoko – WINNER
Best live action short film
The After Invincible Knight of Fortune Red, White and Blue The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar – WINNER
Best sound
The Creator Maestro Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One Oppenheimer The Zone of Interest– WINNER
Best visual effects
The Creator Godzilla Minus One– WINNER Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 3 Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One Napoleon
Can you hear that?? It’s the greatest cartoon theme tune of all time! That’s right, X-Men, the animated series, aka X-Men ’97 is coming back! Taking place immediately after the end of the series from 1997, the show will continue the adventures of some of the greatest superheroes of all time. Here is the trailer.
Keeping the theme and to the original style of animation is a stroke of genius, both are essential parts of the show as are the cast, with Cal Dodd, Lenore Zann, George Buza, Catherine Disher, Chris Potter, Alison Sealy-Smith, Adrian Hough, Christopher Britton, Alyson Court, Lawrence Bayne, and Ron Rubin all coming back to either reprise their roles or voice new characters. In the trailer, we see the X-Men say goodbye to Charles Xavier (sorry, spoiler!), the adversary between Wolverine and Cyclops continues (as does the former’s use of the word bub!) and much more.
The series will release on Disney+ on March 20th and it looks like the first two episodes will be released, then weekly after that. Much better to be weekly, right??
We’re in the midst of full-blown awards season, which means there’s a lot of films where people mostly just talk. What happened to the fun, dumb, stupidity of blockbuster cinema I hear you ask! Well, fret not! We have a new Godzilla/Kong film coming very soon. In the meantime, enjoy the brand new trailer for the latest in the MonsterVerse.
Lots and lots of crashing and bashing around, plus plenty of punching and destruction as we see Godzilla and Kong teaming up against a common enemy. The New Empire has an ice spewing baddie, a mini Kong, multiple apes and more cast additions. Dan Stevens joins the likes of Rebecca Hall, Brian Tyree Henry, and more. The best bit? Kong’s new metal fist. So cool! Surely he’ll be making good use of that!
Directed by Adam Wingard, writers of the movie include Simon Barrett, Terry Rossio and Jeremy Slater. The film will release in cinemas in thr UK on March 29th this year.
Well, this is something delightfully unexpected from Lucasfilm. A film featuring not only the Mandalorian but also his wonderful little buddy/sort of son Grogu (Baby Yoda to none of you) will begin production this year.
The Mandalorian and Grogu, as it is currently titled, will be directed by Jon Favreau and is being produced by Favreau, Kathleen Kennedy, and Dave Filoni.
Jon says, “I have loved telling stories set in the rich world that George Lucas created. The prospect of bringing the Mandalorian and his apprentice Grogu to the big screen is extremely exciting.”
This is the latest film to be announced after Star Wars Celebration which took place in April last year. During the long weekend, multiple stars appeared and announced several films. Pedro Pascal is expected to reprise his role for the film, although no official casting announcement has been made as of yet. No release date has been confirmed either but it could be December 2025. We shall see.
They’re back, and they aren’t fighting each other this time. Since apparently being one of the films that saved cinema post pandemic with their previous outing, Godzilla and Kong have returned for a brand new Monsterverse film. Here is the first trailer for Godzilla X Kong: The New Empire.
Lots of big monsters, plenty of action and even a baby Kong who, let’s face it, is adorable. The film’s plot will revolves around the pair (and let’s not forget the human characters) discovering an underworld threat which threatens all existence. It will delve into the past of Skull Island, Kong and Godzilla. Think of this film as part monsters punching each other, part history lesson.
The cast includes previous Monsterverse members Rebecca Ferguson, Kaylee Hottle and Brian Tyree Henry as well as newcomers to the franchise, Dan Stevens, Bernie Hayes and Fala Chen.
Directed by Adam Wingard, who helmed the previous Godzilla/Kong mash up, the film is due for release in April 2024.
Carol Danvers (Brie Larson), Monica Rambeau (Teyonah Parris) and Kamala Khan (Iman Velani) are teaming up to become The Marvels and it looks like a lot of fun. Here is the new trailer for Marvel Studios latest film.
In the newest team, we find out the the three of them have their powers, all related to light, linked by Dar-Benn, played by Zawe Ashton. This looks like immense fun, with Kamala Khan still looking overwrought, similar to Ant-Man in Civil War. Fingers crossed these two will be in a film together soon. Plus Monica Rambeau using the very modern Gen Z term I can’t, I can’t. These kids today!
It looks like, similar to Ms. Marvel, Dar-Benn’s powers may come from a bangle. Where this bangle came from, how it was discovered is something we’ll have to wait and see. It seems she us blaing Captain Marvel for what happened to her, again something we’ll find out later.
The Marvels is directed by Nia DaCosta who has written thr script in collaboration with Elissa Karasik, Megan McDonnell and Zeb Wells. The latest Marvel Studios film is in cinemas on November 10th.
J. Robert Oppenheimer is recruited to head up the Manhattan project in order to develop and test a weapon that could either end all wars and create new ones.
Christopher Nolan’s latest is an extremely well written and outstandingly acted portrayal of one of mankind’s biggest achievements. A tale more about the man than what he created, Cillian Murphy is at his best ever.
Cillian Murphy’s portrayal of the father of the atomic bomb is a subtle but brilliant one, which is just what this film needs. The creation of the most powerful weapon the world had seen requires a great smdeal of subtlety surrounding it in order for it to be the main event. And boy, what a main event it is. When we reach the sequence of the detonation, it’s an extraordinary accomplishment of not only vision but also sound. Oppenheimer has sound design like no other, using it to it’s maximum effect, which will blow you back into your seat after being on the edge for so long. Along with Cillian’s almost muted performance, are a lot of scenes of men talking and arguing in rooms, it’s something that takes up the majority of the runtime but as this has been written by Nolan, these sequences are as interesting as they are compelling. The film itself is actually an almost retelling and reflection by Oppenheimer himself as he is interrogated about having communist links in a room full on snivelling lawyers. It’s his reflective nature where Cillian shines even more, it is the performance of his career.
We all know what this is leading up to but the build up and aftermath are equally interesting as Oppenheimer is recruited to take on the Manhattan project and he becomes more and more invested in his vision. Brings certain individuals on board, people he knows he can trust and divises a plan on how the keep this a secret and away from prying eyes. One of the aspects of the film is espionage as the Americans try to keep the development of the weapon away from the Russians. It’s an interesting part which isn’t widely known about, but there is a really intrigue into this part of the plot when Robert Downey Jr’s Lewis Strauss does he best to emphasise the importance of secrecy. Downey’s performance might be his best yet as he proves his emotional chops in every scene he’s in. He is also just as contemplative as Oppenheimer, as he talks of his own involvement in the bomb maker’s life.
The film flicks between multiple timelines, something of an occasional Nolan trait, going from Oppenheimer’s time at school, to the start of the project, to in between when he meets some of his heroes who inspire him. There’s something interesting about this style of storytelling as it gives you a lot of information about a person and why they do what they do very quickly however it does switch rapidly and could be paced better. Oppenheimer always wanted to be part of something big and the people around him knew he would be. It’s the event which the film counts down to, using its own score to create tension all the way up until that moment. The score, by Ludwig Göransson, is intense, stunning and necessary which can be heard for most of the runtime.
This film is ultimately about the man himself, about his life’s work, about his relationships. The female characters Kitty (Emily Blunt) the typical long suffering wife of a genius and Jean Tatlock (Florence Pugh) who played the most significant roles in his life are underserved and underused. Both brilliant with what they are given. Particularly in a scene with Blunt’s Kitty who has a thing or two to say to Jason Clarke’s Roger Robb. He is also someone who is dealing with the guilt which weighs on him, knowing what he has created. Knowing what is can do. What it has already done. There is no stopping this now. What’s done is done. The conflict within him as a man and as a scientist. It’s a conflict which continues when his closest allies speak their minds. This is about the take down of a hero after he is elevated to the highest of heights. The people who once helped him to get to where he is have turned their backs on him.
It’s Nolan’s biggest A-list cast to date, bringing together a variability selection of actors, some who are only in it for the briefest cameos and hardly speak. There’s Rami Malek, Jack Quaid, Alex Wolff, Matthew Modine, David Dastmalchian and so many more. The supporting cast expands to Josh Hartnett who has a much meatier role as his colleague Ernest Lawrence, his mentor Niels Bohr played by Kenneth Branagh, Alden Ehrenreich as a senate aide, Tom Conti as Albert Einstein, there is even a short scene with Gary Oldman who plays President Truman who even gets to call Oppenheimer a cry baby scientist, a famous line from his time in the Oval Office. Matt Damon is the General who recruits him and has one of those lines that feels it was done for the trailer but delivered in a hammy way. Casey Affleck pops up in a few key scenes and make an almost comeback, the last time a film he wad in that got a decent cinematic release was 2018’s The Old Man & The Gun.
Cinematographer Hoyte Van Hoytema uses the IMAX cameras to have some unapologetic closeup scenes, during Oppenheimer’s most difficult moments it doesn’t let up. He keeps focus on him as he is constantly going through turmoil. It’s unrelenting and needed to show how much of a burden has been put onto him. Of course they are also used to show the explosion itself which is an impressive feat and needs to be seen to be believed, especially on IMAX.
Whilst it could be 30 minutes shorter, the film is mostly paced beautifully. It’s editing keeps it fresh and engaging. Oppenheimer is Nolan’s biggest film and greatest achievement to date, not just as a director but as a writer. He has created an ultimately explosive man who, only when the dust settles, we see who he really is. This is filmmaking at its best.
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