And it’s glorious. Who needs to sit on the Iron Throne when you are the Iron Throne? Holy blip HBO. Y’all did this last season ad proud.
Can’t wait? Me neither. We’ll all be able to start this final Game on April 14th. Dracarys!
Tarantino’s last film, maybe?* Who knows for sure? But I do know this trailer looks absolutely amazing. Check out the incredible art direction – those sets are on point. Even the film stock feels like a throwback. Plus, I’m digging the chemistry between Pitt and DiCaprio big time. Synopsis!
Quentin Tarantino’s
Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood visits 1969 Los Angeles, where everything is changing, as TV star Rick Dalton (Leonardo DiCaprio) and his longtime stunt double Cliff Booth (Brad Pitt) make their way around an industry they hardly recognize anymore. The ninth film from the writer-director features a large ensemble cast and multiple storylines in a tribute to the final moments of Hollywood’s golden age.
And btw, this ain’t no ordinary Hollywood story. It’s not hinted at much in this trailer, but the story is about the Manson Family murders… Hooked yet? Yeah you are. Once Upon a Time in Hollywood hits theaters July 2019.
Let’s get our live action Disney on, shall we? Because I’ve got FOUR PACK passes for the B’more area screening of Dumbo! Synopsis!
Circus owner Max Medici (Danny DeVito) enlists former star Holt Farrier (Colin Farrell) and his children Milly (Nico Parker) and Joe (Finley Hobbins) to care for a newborn elephant whose oversized ears make him a laughingstock in an already struggling circus. But when they discover that Dumbo can fly, the circus makes an incredible comeback, attracting persuasive entrepreneur V.A. Vandevere (Michael Keaton), who recruits the peculiar pachyderm for his newest, larger-than-life entertainment venture, Dreamland. Dumbo soars to new heights alongside a charming and spectacular aerial artist, Colette Marchant (Eva Green), until Holt learns that beneath its shiny veneer, Dreamland is full of dark secrets.
Ready? Let’s go!
A look behind the kitchen door, into the world of restaurants, chefs and what it takes to thrive in this business, Agg’s unflinching look at her life feels like a master class in the art of running a restaurant, but I’m sure it’s just a tip of the iceberg. NOTHING is off the table, from her life as a suburban teen (complete with exploratory vibrator sessions) and falling in love to running her award-winning restaurants and her love of food. Agg has a charming prose style, one that feels as if you’re sitting right next to her at a bar, sharing some charcuterie. And it’s just as delicious.
While she calls herself a “bad feminist”, the book is ripe with bits on how women are treated in the world, shining the light on what she’s done in her own life that fed the patriarchal beast. In fact, by leaving no stone unturned in this memoir, Agg shows feminism in its warts-and-all splendor. Throw in pictures from an illustration of a charcuterie board to Bogie and Bacall, and you’ve got one delicious book you may just devour in one sitting.
(Penguin, 2017)
The trailer for this one caught my eye awhile back, so I’m happy to say I’ve now got passes for the B’more screening! Synopsis!
THE BEST OF ENEMIES is a timely, inspiring drama starring Academy Award® nominee Taraji P. Henson (Hidden Figures) and Academy Award® winner Sam Rockwell (Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri). Based on a true story, THE BEST OF ENEMIES centers on the extraordinary relationship between Ann Atwater (Henson), a fearless and outspoken civil rights activist who faced off against C.P. Ellis (Rockwell), a local Ku Klux Klan leader, to blaze the way for school desegregation in Durham, North Carolina, in 1971.
Henson! Rockwell! Let’s go!
It’s time to take a peek at what Jordan Peele has in store for us with Us! I’ve got passes for the B’more screening, and if you want in? Well, read on…but first? Synopsis!
Set in present day along the iconic Northern California coastline, Us, from Monkeypaw Productions, stars Oscar® winner Lupita Nyong’o as Adelaide Wilson, a woman returning to her beachside childhood home with her husband, Gabe (Black Panther’s Winston Duke), and their two children (Shahadi Wright Joseph, Evan Alex) for an idyllic summer getaway. Haunted by an unexplainable and unresolved trauma from her past and compounded by a string of eerie coincidences, Adelaide feels her paranoia elevate to high-alert as she grows increasingly certain that something bad is going to befall her family. After spending a tense beach day with their friends, the Tylers (Emmy winner Elisabeth Moss, Tim Heidecker, Cali Sheldon, Noelle Sheldon), Adelaide and her family return to their vacation home. When darkness falls, the Wilsons discover the silhouette of four figures holding hands as they stand in the driveway. Us pits an endearing American family against a terrifying and uncanny opponent: doppelgängers of themselves.
Ready? Let’s go! Continue reading
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How can you ignore a film with the tag line “Getting Straight A’s – Giving Zero F’s”? That’s right, you can’t. Synopsis!
Told from a wildly original, fresh and modern perspective, Booksmart is an unfiltered comedy about high school best friends and the bonds we create that last a lifetime. Capturing the spirit of our times, the film is a coming of age story for a new generation.
And did I mention it’s Olivia Wilde’s first directorial joint? Booksmart just hit SXSW, and hopefully will be in theaters soon!
More Tolkien! While the first trailer hinted at J.R.R. Tolkien’s stories and how they tied into his personal experiences, this trailer shows Tolkien (Nicholas Hoult) talking with BFF/future wife Edith Bratt (Lily Collins) about linguistics and language-building. It also shows more of Tolkien’s WWI experiences, and hints at love, loss and conflict.
Tolkien hits theaters May 10th, 2019. I for one am looking forward to it.
“Good kitty.”
Story: Girls just wanna have fun y’all. And what’s fun for Kree warrior Vers is to finally get the chance to prove herself on a mission. But things start to unravel as Vers finds herself having images of a different life. Are they memories, or fantasies? Only one way to find out…
Genre I’d put it in: Kickass Superhero Movies
Remake, Sequel, Based-On, or Original: Based on the Marvel comics of the same name. Part of the MCU/Marvel Cinematic Universe. Continue reading
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