Many modern-day filmmakers and creatives can be characterized as franchise destroyers, creative cancer, or utter frauds, such as anyone out of Bad Reboot. However, few individuals are more deserving of these titles than Phoebe Waller-Bridge, destroyer of James Bond and the soon-to-be destroyer of I...
Read MoreLara Croft’s return finally has a release date. Deadline reports that the sequel to the 2018 film Tomb Raider – the status of which had been in doubt until Amy Jump’s hiring as screenwriter in April – now has a director in Ben Wheatley, as well as a March 19, 2021 release date. Alicia Vikand...
Read MoreLara Croft isn’t done on the big screen. Deadline reports that Free Fire’s Amy Jump has been hired to write a sequel to the underrated 2018 video game adaption Tomb Raider starring Alicia Vikander. I’m excited about this news for many reasons. First, you have Vikander, who had flirted with bei...
Read MoreI want to preface this review by admitting that I’ve been an avid fan of the Tomb Raider franchise practically since its inception in 1996. From the very outset, developer Eidos’ introduction of Lara Croft’s world-traversing treasure hunting escapades has received critical acclaim and was argu...
Read MoreJennifer Lawrence is perhaps the most important woman in Hollywood history. But don’t take my word for it – Lawrence herself has assured us of this, declaring herself the very first female action hero ever to lead a movie in an interview with Variety – actually, more of a conversation with Vio...
Read MoreElizabeth Banks is throwing some more blame around for her failure – specifically 2019’s Charlie’s Angels, the updated version of the 70s TV show (or is it the updated version of the 2000s films, which were an updated version of the 70s TV show?). In an interview with The New York Times in whi...
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