Lionsgate Premiere and Grindstone Entertainment Group released the first trailer for ‘Imperium’ starring Daniel Radcliffe.
Nate Foster (Daniel Radcliffe), a young, idealistic FBI agent, goes undercover to take down a radical right-wing terrorist group. The bright up-and-coming analyst must confront the challenge of sticking to a new identity while maintaining his real principles as he navigates the dangerous underworld of white supremacy.
‘Imperium’ is written and directed by Daniel Ragussis, and stars Daniel Radcliffe, Toni Collette, Tracy Letts, with Nestor Carbonell, Burn Gorman and Sam Trammell.
The film will be in theaters and on-demand August 19.
The one part of this story that I don’t understand is why France gets a restored version of ‘Predator’ before the United States?
Darkhorizons is reporting that a new 2K restored version of ‘Predator’ will have a limited release in France on August 17.
Directed by John McTiernan, ‘Predator’ was originally released in June of 1987 on a budget of $15 million. The film went on to gross $98 million worldwide.
No blu-ray announcement was made at this time.
Shane Black is working on ‘The Predator’ with a release date of February 9, 2018. Black wants to make ‘The Predator’ to bring back the event film.
“We live in a culture where everyone’s like, “[I want to] know everything about it before it comes out, and I want to be able to see every moment, and I’m gonna go back and forth on the goddamn YouTube channel and get every goddamn moment and every Easter egg.” [But] I’ll tell you a little bit about it. It’s an attempt to event-ize the Predator and make it more mysterious. The Predator has been so overdone in a way — very low budget with a guaranteed return, every couple of years there’s a knock off churned out. It’s gotta get to the point where people buy their tickets in advance instead of saying, “Oh honey look, another Predator movie. Nah, no, Adam Sandler’s got this thing on TV let’s do that instead.” I want people to say, “The Predator is coming, I know it’s coming, we want to see it, it’s mysterious, interesting, it’s got the same sense of wonderment and newness that Close Encounters had when that came out.” That’s what we want. That’s very impossible to achieve, but we’re going to try,” said Black to The Play List.
Production on ‘The Predator’ should begin early in 2017 to meet the February 2018 deadline.
If you’ve seen Captain America: Civil War, you know that the opening action sequence ended with the death of Cap’s foe Crossbones, whom we met in Captain America: The Winter Solider. The actor who plays Crossbones, Frank Grillo, doesn’t think that his character actually died in the film, saying the following:
“You think he dies, don’t you? Did you see the body? What did you see?”
It’s pretty common for characters in the Marvel Cinematic Universe to be falsely killed then brought back to life, so we’ll just have to wait and see what happens.
If this is the case and Grillo’s assumption is correct, would you want to see Crossbones pop up in another MCU film? If so, which one? Drop a comment down below and let us know.
2016 seems to be traveling at warp speed, and we’ve already reached the halfway point for this movie year. So far our films have ranged from alien invasions to being held captive in an underground bunker, internal conflict between the world’s greatest superheroes, and being attacked in a green room by a group of neo-nazis. One of toughest parts of being a film critic is creating these types of lists as they are of course highly subjective. The other issue with these lists stems from not seeing everything that has come out. So this list will be a very a fluid one (expect some changes). Okay, here we go –
Batman V Superman: Dawn Of Justice was a tremendous film to launch the DC cinematic universe. This film received and unfair amount of critique because it wasn’t up to the standard that Marvel had previously set. How soon people forget that critics blasted the original Ironman film for being too slow in parts. This film was meant to be a launching pad DC and what a launch it was. Plus, Gal Gadot’s performance as Wonder Woman is truly worth the price of admission.
A film that begins terribly and doesn’t relent. Quite possibly the best role of John Goodman’s career and set the bar early on for suspense in 2016. Just when the audience think that they have this film figured out, the twists will keep the audience the audience guessing to the very end.This film also boats some of the best writing of 2016 to date.
8. Popstar
A brilliant parody of our celebrity-driven culture, written by the boys from Lonely Island. It’s eighty minutes of nonstop laughs and well worth seeing in theaters. Seal’s cameo alone will have you in stitches.
Green Room is the best horror film so far in 2016, and one of the more cleverly shot films as well. The film brought out a side in Patrick Stewart that scared me to my core. Shot on a very low budget, but the camera work gives it the feel of a bigger budget horror flick.
Just a fun look back at the 80’s with a relatively unknown cast that will leave you smiling well after the film. Everybody Wants Some is the most fun I’ve had at the movies so far this year.Everybody Wants Some is also cleverly written as well. This film is already out and is well worth your time.
Visually stunning and masterfully produced retelling of one of Disney’s most classic tales. Plus anytime you can have Christopher Walken doing a dance number; then that’s, of course, an automatic win.
Finding Dory wasn’t quite finding Finding Nemo, but anytime you can take a popular Disney character and weave in a tale about acceptance of who you are then that’s a home run to me. Plus the animation was fantastic.
The Russo brothers had what seemed to be a monumental task of fitting all of those superheroes in one film and do it in such a way that appeared effortless, and man did they pull it off. They also found a very cool way to bring Spider-man into the Marvel cinematic universe. The action is relentless and the story-line is extremely relevant to boot.
A film unlike any other, shot in such a way that the audience is mesmerized, is the epitome of what a top film is. How seldom do you come across a film that has such little narrative but comes across so well? This film is special.
Nothing could have prepared me for just how wonderful Deadpool was to watch. The authenticity that the director insisted be throughout this film elevated the quality of this film. It shouldn’t be a shock that the fight sequences were just as rated “R” as the language in the film. Most importantly, Deadpool was just pure cinematic fun from start to finish.
It’s about damn time I get to something that I thoroughly enjoyed this season. And wouldn’t you know it, it’s a series of controversy. It seems I can’t escape this nonsense no matter what my opinion is. But if I can give any advice, don’t be swayed by what people are saying about Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress. I say this because most people hate this show soley because they don’t get it, or are missing the point. This seems to be a trend with the Infamous hollywood style director Tetsuro Araki, given another misunderstood show he did in Highschool of the Dead. But I’m here to defend all things I like and maybe give some much-needed insight on Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress, why I think it’s so good and how to properly enjoy a show like this. If that opening statement doesn’t sound prevention enough, we’ll see if we can get worse.
So I want to get into whats appealing about this show and sort of have it snowball into what is good, whats bad and why they both work together to make an entertaining show. Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress’s purpose as an anime is to be the coolest anime to ever anime. It sets up from the first two episodes all its cool and unique concepts and gives a very clear road for where these concepts will take us as viewers. From the concept of Kabaneri and the high-powered, close range steam gun that Ikoma invents in the first episode, Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress shows that its cool ideas are meant to be taken for face value and nothing else. To some this may seem as bad writing, not having ideas that make logical sense in the world. But Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress makes its logical sense on a meta textual level. Its “loop holey” as all get out, but it makes for some of the coolest ideas and execution techniques to be seen in anime. An example would be Ikoma’s weapon. Logically, in the shows universe, it wouldn’t make sense for Ikoma to invent a close range weapon at the risk of being bit and turned by the kabane. In a meta sense its brilliant because close range combat and plowing into stuff makes for great and creative action scenes. The same can be said for how Mumie gets superhuman like powers by being a Kabaneri. It doesn’t really make sense but it would be cooler if she was spinning around and doing backflips while wielding sawed off Kabane killing shotguns. All throughout Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress there are cool ideas for the sake of showing those ideas in the coolest way. And while it doesn’t always make the “most” sense in the universe, it is grounded enough with everything else happening that it doesn’t seem foreign or forced. All these wacky ideas seems natural for the world and the way the characters react to them.
So you may be asking why the meta-textual justifications work in something in Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress, and not something like Sword Art Online, the show where people will never learn that VR/AR video games will always end up killing people. The reason is very simple, Kabaneri’s justification fits the tone/intent of the show. You see the events that happen never supersede what is cool about the show in the first place. The story will never get in the way on why the show is cool and enjoyable. But in shows like Sword Art Online, where the “plot” is the main pull of the show, if things don’t start to make sense then everything is up for scrutiny. Because now you have made the thing focus of the show not make sense and that’s “bad writing”. For the most part, Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress knows why its cool and knowingly sacrifices certain narrative logic to make its cool ideas shine past that.
Now another reason that Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress is so cool is because Ikoma is just so interesting as a character. Mumie is awesome and cool but as a shortcoming of the show, its really Ikoma’s story and Mumie gets the unfortunate role of being sort of a tool for his development. Early on its seemed as mutual growth but the last arc makes it clear who the stories hero really is. Which I’m fine with. Rarely do we see a character like Ikoma in an anime. He’s not like the Shinji Ikari/ Eren Jeager type that we find in these post-apocalyptic series. He has clear motivations, and has struggles that are more relatable and believable in their execution. Basically they don’t make his character or his problems over dramatic. He’s smart and fiercely determined and knows what’s right to begin with. Where as in most similar stories the main characters morality would be tested, kinda like with Mumie’s development. Ikoma’s struggle is purely on himself getting over his past failures, and literally not being strong enough. Ikoma wants to progress, he wants to help, and he wants to make the world a better place. But sadly he’s ill equipped, and the enjoyment comes from watching him struggle and earn the life and world that he wants to make a reality. Honestly its a fresh spin on the shonen action style hero that I welcome in full. Actually most of the characters in Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress were super cool. Mumie and the pink haired train girl are total waifu level awesome. The rest of the cast is great and memorable in their own cool and stylish way, and always steal the scene whenever they are given the chance.
So with all the cool concepts, accompanied by a stellar soundtrack (with people like Hiroyuki Sawano, Aimer, and Egoist its kinda hard not too), amazing art direction, and confident animators where does Kabaneri fall short. You could say that the concepts get too crazy some time where they break the suspension of disbelief. Honestly this wants a big issue for me because the result was always something cool that I could have fun with and the show never focused on or tried to rationalize. The other could be the predictability of the show, where I can say that it was always obvious where the show was going. There was a little transparent writing but may be forgivable seeing that its impact wasn’t too far from the realm of irrational. Biba’s motivation was certainly hard to understand given the way the show explained it. The whole military government situation was hard to follow and should have been either further explained or cut out, given how boring and a mess it was. Ultimately Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress functions for what it was made to be and it does a great job. There isn’t any evidence that it wasn’t exactly what the creators intended to make, which was something cool and fun with griping actions scenes and cool characters that you could care about.
With only a month until Suicide Squad will be in theaters, it’s no surprise that the marketing has been kicked into full effect in these last few weeks. Following the trend, La Cosa Cinehas released two new magazine covers for the film, which can be seen below.
The Joker cover is an image we’ve already seen before, but the fully assembled Task Force X cover is brand new.
It feels good to be bad…Assemble a team of the world’s most dangerous, incarcerated Super Villains, provide them with the most powerful arsenal at the government’s disposal, and send them off on a mission to defeat an enigmatic, insuperable entity. U.S. intelligence officer Amanda Waller has determined only a secretly convened group of disparate, despicable individuals with next to nothing to lose will do. However, once they realize they weren’t picked to succeed but chosen for their patent culpability when they inevitably fail, will the Suicide Squad resolve to die trying, or decide it’s every man for himself?
Suicide Squad hits theaters in a month, on August 5.
Comicbook.com released a brand new Ghostbusters TV Spot on their YouTube channel, which can be viewed down below.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1_Avi8LXhPg
The clip, unsurprisingly, has more dislikes than likes, following the recurring theme in the marketing thus far.
Can you put down all the negativity and get excited for Ghostbusters, or does the film simply not look good to you? Let us know in the comment section down below.
The film entitled City Huntermay have the greatest cosplay moment in cinematic history.
This movie debuted in 1993 starring Jackie Chan in what was billed as an action comedy (comedy being the key word). From what I could gather from the film, Jackie Chan is a detective trying to fight crime in his own unique way. However, what’s important here isn’t necessarily the film as much as the final fight sequence which has Jackie Chan fighting the main villain as if they were in the video game Street Fighter II. Here’s what I believe is the greatest cosplay moment in cinematic history.
What do you all think? If this isn’t the greatest cosplay moment in cinematic history, what would be your choice?
DC Comics films are having an identity crisis. The poorly received and rather maudlin Batman V Superman: Dawn Of Justice has cast somewhat of a shadow over DC’s planned cinematic universe. The upcoming release of Suicide Squad has a chance to right the ship, but it has its own obstacles to overcome, namely a blonde psychopath with a penchant for clown makeup and indiscriminate havoc.
Suicide Squad, for all intents and purposes, can be the Guardians Of The Galaxy-type sleeper hit that Warner Bros. desperately needs this summer. There are plenty of colorful characters and a solid cast, but its biggest asset is also its biggest problem. Harley Quinn is what I like to refer to as a ‘designer character’. What that means is, it is a character with a very vocal fanbase, which makes others think they are more popular or better than they really are, but when put on a big stage, fail tremendously. Other ‘designer characters’ would be Ghost Rider or Venom, both realized on the big screen and both fell flat.
When you look at the bigger picture and history of the Suicide Squad, it is one of DC’s most diverse, adventurous, and fun properties. Also known as Task Force X in various media, the group has interacted with almost every notable character in the DC Universe. Making their debut appearance in 1959, with the current incarnation of using supervillians introduced in 1987, the unit has taken on everyone from Russian mercenaries to Darkseid and everything in between. Rick Flag Jr., Deadshot, and Captain Boomerang have been tied to the team as its most permanent fixtures while a rotating cast of minor to major supervillians have filled the ranks. They are DC’s version of the Dirty Dozen. They are the worst, the no-good, and also very good at what they do, which is why they are useful.
Harley Quinn, while entertaining, is not useful.
Quinn should be on the sidelines photo: Warner Bros.
Introduced in Batman: The Animated Series in 1993, Quinn is the oft-abused right hand of the Joker. Once a psychiatrist at Arkham Asylum who attempted to treat the Joker, she became obsessed and has become a pawn, punching bag, and sometimes paramour of the Clown Prince Of Crime. She has garnered a very vocal and supportive fanbase, presumably because she is ‘relatable’ to a point, having no superpowers. She is portrayed as a somewhat capable fighter and expert gymnast, but what else is there besides her on again/off again slavish devotion to the Joker?
Quinn was added to the Suicide Squad roster in 2011. It was a win-win for DC Comics as Suicide Squad had been enjoying increasing sales and positive response prior to her addition and bringing Quinn in bought more eyeballs to the title. That seemed to be a decision made for the external optics and not for the good of the book. Harley Quinn is a very popular character, being portrayed by current IT actress Margot Robbie, and her being added to the film feels like an external decision, not one that makes the movie better. So what does Quinn bring that compliments the team she is a part of?
The answer is nothing. Nothing at all.
There is nothing she excels or is good at, that another member of the team isn’t already better at. She is not an expert marksman like Deadshot (Will Smith) or Rick Flagg (Joel Kinnaman). Not a highly skilled hand to hand or close quarters fighter like Captain Boomerang (Jai Courtney) or Katana (Karen Fukuhara). She has no powers or meta-human abilities like El Diablo (Jay Hernandez) or Killer Croc (Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje). She is exceptionally violent and is more often than not, portrayed as a glorified domestic violence victim of the Joker. Do not be surprised, once the movie comes out and some time has passed, that it was mandated by Warner Bros. that she be included in the film.
Is this a fair assessment? Am I way off?
Let us know in the comments or you can reach me on social media @MatPDouglas
It’s a good and bad weekend for Disney. On the one hand, their latest Pixar sequel, Finding Dory is still swimming strong, returning for a third week in the number one spot with an extra $41.9 million in its pocket. It’s a bonafide hit, but the same can’t be said for their weekend release, Steven Spielberg’s The BFG, which came in fourth place with $19.6 million. Considering its $140 million budget (not counting extra marketing costs), it’s almost certainly a flop, which is a shame because it’s the better movie of the two. Well, in my opinion, at least.
All things considered, however, the Mouse House shot themselves in the foot over this fourth of July weekend. With the continued success of their animated sequel, they’ve essentially took families from seeing their one movie by getting them in theaters for their other. Finding Dory‘s domestic total now comes to a healthy $272.2 million, with a $538.2 million worldwide. That now makes it the fifth highest grossing animated movie of all-time, without adjusting for inflation.
The BFG, meanwhile, continues Spielberg’s cycle of disappointing box office openings of late. His first movie with Disney, it opened higher than the veteran filmmaker’s previous film, last year’s Bridge of Spies, but that Cold War movie opened with $15.3 million inside 2,811 theaters, significantly less than The BFG‘s 3,357 rollout. With that in mind, perhaps a July release was not the wisest choice for this Roald Dahl adaptation. Maybe October would have served it better? I guess we’ll never know.
Speaking of movies that opened on the wrong weekend, Independence Day: Resurgence came in fifth place in its second weekend with $16.5 million, continuing its ongoing underperforming box office performance. Although the film’s four-day weekend total is supposed to round out to $20.1 million overall, I have a hunch people are going to turn up to see this tomorrow. Call me kooky, but if people are going to see this movie at all, they’re probably going to see it on Independence Day. Radical thinking, I know.
As for the weekend’s other new releases, The Legend of Tarzan and The Purge: Election Yearopened in second and third place this weekend, respectively, with $38.1 million and $30.9 million to their names. Both performed better-than-predicted, although Tarzan will have some more work to do if it wants to make back its $180 million budget. (Deservedly) poor reviews are not going to help, so Warner Bros. might need some help overseas if they want to turn a profit on this one.
Election Year, however, will not have that problem, as it already made back its $10 million budget and then some. It’s not making a killing, but it’s nevertheless a hit. Universal should be pleased to know their property is among the very few franchises this summer not suffering from sequelitis fatigue. Although this new Purge suggested the end of the series, expect another sequel, or 10, to come in the near future.
As for the rest, Central Intelligence is holding on tight in sixth place with $12.3 million added to its $91.8 million domestic gross, The Shallows is also swimming smoothly with an additional $9 million in seventh place and Warcraft came dead in the water in Japan with a meager $273,000. Universal isn’t sweating it though, most likely, since they have The Secret Life of Pets set to obliterate Finding Dory out of the water next weekend. Water puns!
Check out the full box office results below, courtesy of THR and Box Office Mojo, below.
Finding Dory Weekend: $41.9 million Domestic Total: $372.3 million
The Legend of Tarzan Weekend: $38.1 million Domestic Total: $38.1 million
The Purge: Election Year Weekend: $30.9 million Domestic Total: $30.9 million
The BFG Weekend: $19.6 million Domestic Total: $19.6 million
Independence Day 2 Weekend: $16.5 million Domestic Total: $72.7 million
Central Intelligence Weekend: $12.3 million Domestic Total: $91.8 million
The Shallows Weekend: $9 million Domestic Total: $35.3 million
Free State of Jones Weekend: $4.1 million Domestic Total: $15.2 million
The Conjuring 2 Weekend: $3.9 million Domestic Total: $95.3 million
Now You See Me 2 Weekend: $3 million Domestic Total: $58.7 million
This movie debuted in 1993 starring Jackie Chan in what was billed as an action comedy (comedy being the key word). From what I could gather from the film, Jackie Chan is a detective trying to fight crime in his own unique way. However, what’s important here isn’t necessarily the film as much as the final fight sequence which has Jackie Chan fighting the main villain as if they were in the video game Street Fighter II. Here’s what I believe is the greatest cosplay moment in cinematic history.
As for the weekend’s other new releases,