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The Suicide Squad Trailer Knows Lots of Bad Words

AlexGherzo | Mar 26, 2021 | 6

As director James Gunn promised on his Twitter feed, a red-band trailer for The Suicide Squad arrived online today. Also joining the advertising campaign are some individual character posters – and one outstanding ensemble one. A sequel to David Ayer’s 2016 Suicide Squad (though minus a number i...

REVIEW: Kiki’s Delivery Service (1989)

virginiakublawi | Mar 23, 2021 | 4

1989 saw the release of yet another whimsical Hayao Miyazaki-directed adventure, Kiki’s Delivery Service. I can vividly remember the ads for this movie’s American home video release when I was a kid; I can practically hear the cheesy, upbeat, “inspiring” song they played over it. However, th...

Justified Hero Raylan Givens May Return

AlexGherzo | Mar 21, 2021 | 0

Timothy Olyphant may have to dust off his Stetson soon. Variety exclusively reports that the producers of the FX series Justified are developing another TV show based on an Elmore Leonard book. This time, their source is City Primeval: High Noon in Detroit, about a lawman named Raymond Cruz who purs...

In the Heights Releasing Early

virginiakublawi | Mar 20, 2021 | 0

The film adaptation of Lin Manuel-Miranda‘s Broadway musical In the Heights is coming to audiences a little sooner. The film, which was slated to release simultaneously in theaters and on HBO Max, has moved up from June 18th to June 11th. This news comes on the heels of 6 new posters being rel...

REVIEW: My Neighbor Totoro (1988)

virginiakublawi | Mar 17, 2021 | 1

Studio Ghibli released two movies in 1988. After Isao Takahata’s first film with the studio, Grave of the Fireflies, explored the aftermath of WWII in Japan, Hayao Miyazaki’s next was a decidedly more light-hearted venture. Nausicaa and Castle in the Sky were a mixture of fantasy and steampunk, ...

Mourning and the Movies

virginiakublawi | Mar 15, 2021 | 0

Usually, I like to write straightforward reviews, or even contrast similar movies. Today I’d like to do something a little bit different, specifically an idea I’ve had for a while. I’ve mentioned here and there how important movies are to me. For me, watching and talking about movi...