Baltimore Screening Pass-palooza – “Underwater”!

Horror! Kristen Stewart! Looks fun! Exclan points are always best when overused! Synopsis!

A crew of aquatic researchers work to get to safety after an earthquake devastates their subterranean laboratory. But the crew has more than the ocean seabed to fear.

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Happy New Year’s Eve-Eve!

Sorry I’ve been MIA. I’ve been holiday-ing. I really need to eat a vegetable.

But I have seen The Rise of Skywalker (liked it well enough) and The Irishman (appreciated the story, but y’all it was A Slog). And hey – I even finally caught Midsommar (excellent, but some may find the slow burn pacing glacial).

Anyway, if you’re down with the Ramones and find yourself up at midnight tonight, crank up “I Wanna Be Sedated”. And a huge thank you to whoever first came up with this!

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“A Hidden Life”

“What’s happened to our country? To the land we love?”

Story: Austrian Franz Jägerstätter is happy in his village. He farms, he loves his family, and he gathers with his fellows at the local beer garden. But this is WWII, and every able bodied Austrian man must do his service for the Reich. Understandably, Jägerstätter isn’t keen and demurs, even with shunning and even death looming before him.

Genre I’d put it in: Bladder Punishing Gripping Biopics

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Movie News – “A Quiet Place Part II” reveals teaser poster, and promises a trailer new year’s day

The end of the year is almost here – and hello, a trailer for A Quiet Place Part II drops new year’s day 2020! But til then, peep this new teaser poster, and the info on the story! Synopsis!

Following the deadly events at home, the Abbott family (Emily Blunt, Millicent Simmonds, Noah Jupe) must now face the terrors of the outside world as they continue their fight for survival in silence. Forced to venture into the unknown, they quickly realize that the creatures that hunt by sound are not the only threats that lurk beyond the sand path.

A Quiet Place Part II comes to theaters March 20th, 2020.

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TrailerWatch – “Top Gun: Maverick” shows an older, wiser, but still cocky pilot

Ready for the danger zone? Synopsis!

After more than thirty years of service as one of the Navy’s top aviators, Pete “Maverick” Mitchell (Tom Cruise) is where he belongs, pushing the envelope as a courageous test pilot and dodging the advancement in rank that would ground him. When he finds himself training a detachment of Top Gun graduates for a specialized mission the likes of which no living pilot has ever seen, Maverick encounters Lt. Bradley Bradshaw (Miles Teller), call sign: “Rooster,” the son of Maverick’s late friend and Radar Intercept Officer Lt. Nick Bradshaw, aka “Goose.”

Facing an uncertain future and confronting the ghosts of his past, Maverick is drawn into a confrontation with his own deepest fears, culminating in a mission that demands the ultimate sacrifice from those who will be chosen to fly it.

This trailer hits all the notes we remember from the original film, keeping its own story top secret. I’m looking forward to seeing more. Top Gun: Maverick hits theaters June 26th, 2020.

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“Jumanji: The Next Level” levels up the franchise nicely

“So, what part of New Hampshire is this?”

Story: High school is done, welcome to college, Jumanji survivors! While Martha, Bethany, and Fridge level up on education, Spencer feels like he’s floundering at NYU. But hey, it’s winter break; time to get together again! Good to see everyone, including Spencer’s persnickety grandfather Eddie, and Eddie’s (ex)BFF Milo. Aren’t those two adorable? Hey, where’d Spencer go…?

Genre I’d put it in: Satisfying Sequels

Remake, Sequel, Based-On, or Original: Second sequel to the 1995 film.  Based on the 1981 book by Chris Van Allsburg. Continue reading

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Columbia Screening Pass-palooza – “Little Women”!

Yeah it’s another adaptation of the classic novel. But look at the cast y’all! Synopsis!

Writer-director Greta Gerwig (Lady Bird) has crafted a Little Women that draws on both the classic novel and the writings of Louisa May Alcott, and unfolds as the author’s alter ego, Jo March, reflects back and forth on her fictional life. In Gerwig’s take, the beloved story of the March sisters – four young women each determined to live life on her own terms — is both timeless and timely.

Cast: Saoirse Ronan, Emma Watson, Florence Pugh, Eliza Scanlen, with Timothée Chalamet as their neighbor Laurie, Laura Dern as Marmee, and Meryl Streep as Aunt March.

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TrailerWatch “IN THE HEIGHTS”

“This is gonna be an emotional roller coaster.”

Damn y’all, this is an incredible adaptation. We ready to dance in the aisles? YES WE ARE. Synopsis!

Lights up on Washington Heights… The scent of a cafecito caliente hangs in the air just outside of the 181st Street subway stop,where a kaleidoscope of dreams and tight-knit At the intersection of it all is the likeable, magnetic bodega owner Usnavi (Anthony Ramos), who saves every penny from his daily grind as he hopes, imagines and sings about a better life.

In the Heights hits your neighborhood in 2020.

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TrailerWatch “THE GRUDGE” releases a red band trailer…and a whole lot of quality creep

You know it’s one helluva thriller when I barely register that John Cho is shirtless in one scene… Synopsis!

Producer Sam Raimi brings us a twisted new take of the horror classic. Directed by Nicolas Pesce, THE GRUDGE stars Andrea Riseborough, Demián Bichir, John Cho, Betty Gilpin with Lin Shaye and Jacki Weaver. With a screenplay by Nicolas Pesce and a story by Nicolas Pesce and Jeff Buhler, THE GRUDGE is based on the film “Ju-On: The Grudge” written and directed by Takashi Shimizu.

Maybe don’t go for finger sandwiches today. Just a thought.

The Grudge hits theaters January 3rd, 2020.

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Streaming News – Amazon’s “Troop Zero” drops trailer and poster

“Dad? I think I could be part alien.”

Kiernan Shipka’s young doppelgänger  Mckenna Grace in an adorable film set to tug all the heartstrings…written by Beasts of the Southern Wild‘s Lucy Alibar? Sign me up! Just one look at this trailer, and I know this movie is gonna be a hit. Truth. Synopsis!

In a tiny Georgia town in 1977, a motherless girl dreams of life beyond the confines of her trailer-park home in Troop Zero. When her quest for connection leads her to reach for the stars in a competition to be included on NASA’s landmark Golden Record, it becomes clear she will have to depend on some new friends to take her the last mile.

Troop Zero comes to Amazon Prime January 17th, 2020.

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