Tag: Viola Davis
REVIEW: Kung Fu Panda 4 (2024)
My appreciation for the Kung Fu Panda series is no secret. I remember being shocked by the simple but moving meaning in the first movie when I found it. I don’t love Kung Fu Panda 2 as much as most people; I think the original is still the best. But it is a solid sequel that develops …
Trailer: Kung Fu Panda 4
Today, DreamWorks and Universal Studios released a trailer and poster for Kung Fu Panda 4. The third film in the popular animated comedy adventure series was supposed to be the final one, but much like with the Shrek franchise, DreamWorks has reneged on that assertion. Check out the trailer here: A...
Read MoreREVIEW: The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes (2023)
I don’t have much of a history with The Hunger Games franchise. I saw all four movies in theaters, but it was for my sister, who read all the books and loved Katniss. But I never read them myself, and I don’t regularly re-watch the films or anything like that. When a prequel film was an...
Read MoreJames Gunn Calrifies DCU Canon and Returning Actors
James Gunn is trying to clear up any confusion about the upcoming DCU, partly by contradicting things he said in the past. In a series of posts on Threads, which I think he’s single-handedly keeping alive, Gunn clarified that his DCU begins with the animated series Creature Commandos, which is “...
Read MoreHunger Games Prequel Invites Fans to Enroll in the Academy
A new Hunger Games movie is coming out, not that you’d know it from the lack of fanfare it’s elicited. The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes (… okay, then) is a prequel to the main series that centers on Coriolanus Snow, who I gather is the villain of the story, and his &helli...
Read MoreREVIEW: Air (2023)
It’s been seven years since Ben Affleck directed a movie (or seven years since a movie he directed was released, to be more accurate), and Air shows us what we’ve been missing. This movie is excellent, a relentless, endlessly human, and distinctly American story about people who broke the rules ...
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