It was quite a week for trailer premieres for three new highly profiled movies. Lady Gaga, Jared Leto, and Al Pacino caused quite a stir playing members of the Gucci family in the Ridley Scott movie, HOUSE OF GUCCI while another true story is triggering talks of Oscar buzz for Will Smith in his portrayal of Serena and Venus Williams father in KING RICHARD. Watch the new trailer previews.
James Gunn sets things right with the new Squad. It's raw and DCEU's grittiest and most irreverent movie to date. While it doesn’t exactly reach DEADPOOL-level humor, it’s close. There are few issues with THE SUICIDE SQUAD. Luckily the new character's charming qualities and the group's chemistry outweigh the weakest part of the movie - the human villains.
Veteran actor Graham Greene stars as a serial killer in A DARK FOE. CineMovie talks to the Native American actor about his role as the villain and he shares funny behind-the-scenes stories over his iconic role in DANCES WITH WOLVES with Kevin Costner and THUNDERHEART with Val Kilmer. Watch the video interview below.
During the JUNGLE CRUISE press conference held at Disneyland in Anaheim, Dwayne Johnson, Emily Blunt, Edgar Ramirez, and Jack Whitehall were clearly having fun during the interviews. Blunt and The Rock continued riffing on each other, and Blunt reveals why she ghosted Johnson when he sent her a video to convince her to join the cast.
Big-time Hollywood producer James Schamus (CROUCHING TIGER HIDDEN DRAGON, HULK) was motivated to make SOMOS. after reading the investigative article by Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Ginger Thompson about the 2011 massacre of residents in a small Mexican town by the Zetas cartel as payback for a DEA operation. The limited Netflix series is a recreation of the human stories behind the tragedy that befell the residents of Allende, Mexico. Schamus explains in the video below what about the story inspired him to take this journey to make SOMOS. and why he fictionalized the story rather than making a documentary about the tragedy.
On this week's HCA's What to Stream podcast, Jana Nagase of Jana on Camera and I review JUNGLE CRUISE and THE SUICIDE SQUAD which are also premiering on streaming services in addition to movie theaters. We're also discussing the new TROLLHUNTERS movie: TALES OF ARCADIA, the sci-fi thriller SETTLERS, Netflix's docuseries Heist and the animated Harley Quinn show.
The Star Wars The Bad Batch series heads towards its finale, we sat down with actress Gwendoline Yeo (Curious George, Monkie Kid) who voices Nala Se to find out what her intentions are with Omega. Watch what she reveals in our one-on-one with the actress.
Natalie Morales directs, stars, and cowrote SPANISH LESSONS with her costar Mark Duplass. A new trailer has dropped along with a new poster for the film that was obviously shot over the pandemic.
A longer trailer to GHOSTBUSTERS: AFTERLIFE arrived with new footage that will make you nostalgic for the old movies. Two of the original characters make a cameo in the latest preview. Familiar ghosts also make an appearance with the devil dog chasing after Paul Rudd's character and a ghost similar to Slimer is on the run from the new ghostbusters, Finn Wolfhard and McKenna Grace.
THE NIGHT HOUSE is no ordinary horror movie about a haunted house. Rebecca Hall is a widow coming to grips with her husband's sudden death but it seems he may have left her an unwanted gift in the house he built. Watch the new trailer.
Michael C. Hall, his new costar Julia Jones, and Dexter showrunners/producers converged at a Comic Con@Home panel to reveal details about the new upcoming Showtime revival which picks up nine years after the finale. A new teaser trailer was also released with the premiere date of November 7. The cast and producers dropped some pretty big bombshells in the panel, which we outline below.
Portuguese actress Daniela Melchior portrays Ratcatcher 2 in James Gunn's THE SUICIDE SQUAD. Luckily Daniela didn't have aversions to rats but her costars did. She reveals Idris Elba and Viola Davis didn't go near her when Sebastian the rat was on set with her. She also shares some behind-the-scenes in the making of the James Gunn film and what Margot Robbie, David Dastmalchian, and Elba did to her when she took a nap on set.
Not much happens in SETTLERS by newcomer Wyatt Rockefeller, but the director manages to keep the tension going for 104 minutes in this home invasion thriller set on Mars.
