“Back of the Bus Funny” comedy special from Kevin Hart’s mentor Keith Robinson

Posted on August 27, 2015 by Denise
Official Poster Art (PRNewsFoto/Comedy Dynamics)

(PRNewsFoto/Comedy Dynamics)

Kevin Hart’s funny. That’s a given. But did you know about the man he calls his mentor, Keith Robinson? Obviously, Robinson is funny too. In fact, he’s in Trainwreck; check out the going-to-the-movies scene. The couple Amy and Aaron argue with? Keith Robinson and Marina Franklin. Told you this film was full of funny folks.  BTW, Robinson was a writer for The Wanda Sykes Show & Chappelle’s Show.  ‘Nuff said people.

Robinson has a new comedy special from Comedy Central called Kevin Hart Presents: Keith Robinson – Back of the Bus Funny.  And the trailer hints at some riffs on childhood, levels of stardom, politics, and social media popularity.  Back of the Bus Funny hits Comedy Dynamics Friday, August 28th, 2015.  This cable-cutter is looking forward to getting into this special this weekend.  Thank you Roku.

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Captain America: Civil War – new images! What side are you on?

Posted on August 27, 2015 by Denise

civil war whose side are you on
Looks like things are gearing up for Captain America: Civil War.  Marvel has released images that show which characters are on what side of the Superhero Registration Act.  And though it doesn’t have everyone — Spidey, Scarlet Witch and Crossbones are noticeably absent, so I’m guessing those will be big reveals in the film — it’s still pretty cool.  Here’s the breakdown:

  • Red Side (for the Act): War Machine, Black Widow, Iron Man, Black Panther and Vision
  • Blue Side (against the Act): Hawkeye, Ant Man (on Hawk’s shoulder), Agenty 13, Cap, Falcon and Winter Soldier — note Falcon’s Redwing flying in the background.  Looks like the rumors are right, and Redwing will be a drone in the MCU.

Though I love wading through all of the Batman v Superman stuff I’ve seen this summer, it’s nice to finally get a taste of Civil War. This Marvel arc threw down some serious ideas, and came to a climax that rocked the MCBU.  I’m looking forward to seeing how it plays out in the MCU.

(ComicBookMovie.com)

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“Suffragette” celebrates Women’s Equality Day, 8/26

Posted on August 26, 2015 by Denise

suffragetteI’ve been looking forward to Suffragette — a film about the early days of the women’s equality movement — ever since I heard about the cast.  Carey Mulligan.  Helena Bonham Carter, LA STREEP. I got extra pumped when I heard that costuming for the film would be almost entirely real period clothes from the 1900s.

Now the makers of Suffragette tip their hat to Women’s Equality Day with this video.  It’s brief, but it’s moving.  They’ve also chosen today to unveil the official poster.

Suffragette hits theaters October 23rd, 2015.

Suffragette synopsis: Continue reading →

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Baltimore Screening Pass-palooza: A Walk in the Woods!

Posted on August 26, 2015 by Denise

a walkTo those of you who will nab tickets; I won’t be at this screening.  But I will be hella jealous of you.  Why?  Because this looks like a whole lot of fun.  Dig the trailer:

Synopsis? Here ’tis:

In this new comedy adventure, celebrated travel writer, Bill Bryson (Academy Award winner Robert Redford), instead of retiring to enjoy his loving and beautiful wife (Academy Award winner Emma Thompson), and large and happy family, challenges himself to hike the Appalachian Trail – 2,200 miles of America’s most unspoiled, spectacular and rugged countryside from Georgia to Maine.

The peace and tranquility he hopes to find, though, is anything but, once he agrees to being accompanied by the only person he can find willing to join him on the trek – his long lost and former friend Katz (Academy Award nominee Nick Nolte), a down-on-his-luck serial philanderer who, after a lifetime of relying on his charm and wits to keep one step ahead of the law – sees the trip as a way to sneak out of paying some debts and sneak into one last adventure before its too late. The trouble is, the two have a completely different definition of the word, “adventure”. Now they’re about to find out that when you push yourself to the edge, the real fun begins.

So, passes?  Right this way…

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Macabre Mansion brings Poe, Irving and Dickens to your earparts!

Posted on August 26, 2015 by Denise

MMpresentsLG LogoI’ve seen Halloween stuff on the shelves, people.  Ready for Fall?  Well, if it’s something spooky to listen to, how about some old-school scary?  Macabre Mansion has three haunting titles they’re just dying to get you to listen to. Bwahahaha!

They’ve got CD’s and audio downloads, depending on your preference.  Me?  I’m a digital download girl.  (That, and my car’s CD player is busted.)  What better way to while away the hours on a dark evening’s road trip than listening to The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (with Daniel Roebuck from Grimm and Lost)?  Or maybe getting ready for visiting the fam by cranking up The Fall of the House of Usher (with Kevin Sorbo!) (Just me?)  They’ve even got my favorite ghost story here; A Christmas Carol (with John de Lancie!)

Read on for the full 411!
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Fear the Walking Dead: “Pilot” episode dodges sophomore slump

Posted on August 25, 2015 by Denise

fear the walking deadGotta love The Walking Dead.  And though I was amped to see that Fear the Walking Dead would deal with the start of the walker pandemic, I feared sophomore slump.

I needn’t have worried.  Fear the Walking Dead starts off with a creepy stew of disbelief, dread, and self-doubt.  The characters here don’t know what’s going on, and all except for two don’t believe it’s anything to be seriously worried about.

That’s mostly because in Fear, things get creepy when a heroin addict (Frank Dillane, Sens8) sees some horrifying zombie stuff go down in his “shooting gallery”…and gets hit by a car when he runs out into the street.  So naturally, nobody believes him because they figure he’s tweaking.

Meanwhile, you’re introduced to the leads, Madison (Kim Dickens), a guidance counselor who’s also Frank’s mom;
Madison’s boyfriend Travis (Cliff Curtis), who works with Madison;
Madison’s daughter Alicia (Alycia Debman-Carey), the “good kid” of the family, who loves her brother but has all but given up on him.  Add to that a bunch of other characters that are really good people. The heartbreak to come will be seeing some – or all – of these redshirts die horribly, possibly joining the shufflers. (Okay, there’s one huge jerk, but it’s The Walking Dead.  You know not everyone will be kumbaya-ing their way into the apocalypse.)

Yes, there are themes here.  Fear of losing your sanity, the slavish belief in being protected by the powers-that-be, the generation gap – adults saying “the authorities would tell us” vs kids knowing what’s all over the Internet. Meanwhile, children aren’t showing up to school… Continue reading →

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“Scout’s Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse”: Green (and Red!) band trailers hit. Bloody good.

Posted on August 22, 2015 by Denise

Scouts Guide onesheetIt’s almost here.  The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year.  No, not December.  HALLOWEEN.  And so, because the studios love us (sometimes), we get horror.  Crimson Peak, Goosebumps, Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension, The Final Girls…it’s a veritable feast of fear funtimes.

Naturally, we get some very cool low-budget stuff too.  Say hello to my little friend, Scouts’ Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse.  Goofing on the perceived nerdiness of Scouts, you know this’ll be fun.  I mean really; check the poster.  Gorgeous.  And goofy.  I like that in a Halloween splatterfest.  And believe me, this looks like it’ll bring the red.  Sure, some of the FX look way too much like CGI gameplay.  But if this is half as crazy as the trailer hints at?  Should be fun.

Synopsis: Three scouts, on the eve of their last camp-out, discover the true meaning of friendship when they attempt to save their town from a zombie outbreak.

Scouts’ Guide hits theaters October 30th, 2015.  Perfect, right?

Green Band trailer:

Wanna see the Red Band trailer?  Right this way…

 

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“The Final Girls” trailer: meta-horror done right

Posted on August 22, 2015 by Denise
(Image: TIFF)

(Image: TIFF)

I love slasher films.  Mostly because you can connect the dots easily and everything follows the same exact storyline.  Shift a few characterizations around, but boom.  What you see is what you get.  (That’s probably why I’m also a romance genre junkie.)

In The Final Girls, the idea of characters knowing what’s going to happen in their favorite horror film — “Camp Bloodbath” — is only the beginning.
A fire starts in the theater where five friends are catching an anniversary showing of the film, and boom; they find themselves at “Camp Blue Finch”, and realize they’ve become a part of the film.  Cue the meta-comments by the friends, and all the crazy cliches!  “Why am I colorblind?  Am I having a stroke?”  “We’re in a flashback.” Awwww, YEAH.

Synopsis! –

A young woman grieving the loss of her mother, a famous scream queen from the 1980s, finds herself pulled into the world of her mom’s most famous movie. Reunited, the women must fight off the film’s maniacal killer.

Nina Dobrev, Taissa Farmiga, Alexander Ludwig, Alia Shawkat, Thomas Middleditch play the Main Five in this horror spoof, with Malin Akerman (Trophy Wife; why did that fantastic show get cancelled, dammit?) as actress Amanda Cartwright, star of “Camp Bloodbath”.

Director Todd Strauss-Schulson (A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas) seems to be able to tweak the genre just enough to get giggles of the good kind, rather than the usual hate-watch laughter.  Think of this as Wet Bloody American Summer.  But with out the talking can of vegetables.  Well, it’s not in the trailer, anyhow…

The Final Girls hits theaters/VOD October 9th, 2015, and will premiere at TIFF in September.  I’m not ashamed to say I’m completely stoked. There’s no poster yet, but even though I have no idea what it’ll look like, I want it.  In fact, with this film I may just go for it and buy the movie outright.  Because this has the makings of an instant camp classic.  In more ways than one.  Chi-chi-chi!

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“Room” trailer: like Kimmy Schmidt but really, really creepy

Posted on August 21, 2015 by Denise

roomThey alive, dammit!  It’s a miracle!  Kimmy Schmidt may have broken free, but in Room they’re still trapped, and things aren’t nearly as funny.  In fact, it’s downright bleak and frightening.  Based on the novel (that I keep meaning to get to) by Emma Donoghue, Room is a look at how a woman and her son bond…while living in one room for years.  YEARS.  Synopsis?  I gotcha:

ROOM tells the extraordinary story of Jack (Jacob Tremblay in a breakout performance), a spirited 5 year-old who is looked after by his loving and devoted Ma (Brie Larson, SHORT TERM 12, TRAINWRECK).  Like any good mother, Ma dedicates herself to keeping Jack happy and safe, nurturing him with warmth and love and doing typical things like playing games and telling stories. Their life, however, is anything but typical—they are trapped—confined to a windowless, 10-by-10-foot space, which Ma has euphemistically named “Room.” Ma has created a whole universe for Jack within Room, and she will stop at nothing to ensure that, even in this treacherous environment, Jack is able to live a complete and fulfilling life.   But as Jack’s curiosity about their situation grows, and Ma’s resilience reaches its breaking point, they enact a risky plan to escape, ultimately bringing them face-to-face with what may turn out to be the scariest thing yet: the real world.

Check out the trailer below.  Room goes into limited release in October, then hits multiplexes everywhere in November.

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The 2015 “Future of Comics” winners!

Posted on August 21, 2015 by Denise

BaltimoreComicCon_logo_nodate2015 Future of Comics winners baltimore comic conThis year’s Baltimore Comic-Con held a pre-con “Future of Comics Contest” courtesy of their “Kids Love Comics Pavilion”, and the winners have just been announced.  And each one of these creators are truly outstanding. What’s even more amazing is the fact that all of these writers and artists are under 18.

Trinity McKnight, Eric Mann, L.J. Fowlkes and Kate Davis are this year’s winners.  You’ll get to see more of them, and their art, in the Kids Love Comics Pavillion this year, as these winners have now secured themselves a spot in that highly coveted area.

Congratulations to these amazingly talented kids…looking forward to seeing their work in print (or on my tablet!)

Read on for all of the details, including examples of the winners’ work! Continue reading →

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