Woody Allen’s 50th film, “Coup de Chance” made a pretty good impression after premiering at last year’s Venice International Film Festival and then in France a short time later. Since then it has been finding its way to screens including here in the States courtesy of MPI Media Group. It’s Allen’s first French-language feature. And … Continue reading
Sometimes a poster just grabs you (terrible pun absolutely intended). Such is the case with the new poster for “Alien: Romulus” released today from 20th Century Studios. The film is the seventh installment in the long-running Alien franchise and is said to be set between 1979’s original “Alien” and the first sequel, 1986’s “Aliens”, but … Continue reading
As its title hints, the third and seemingly final Venom movie is coming this fall and Sony Pictures Releasing just dropped the first trailer. It has been a rocky yet somewhat profitable ride for the franchise. The first film, 2018’s “Venom”, wasn’t bad and made good money. Its sequel, 2021’s “Venom: Let There Be Carnage”, … Continue reading
I realize that the Western genre has fallen out of fashion (case in point – just check out some of the early reactions to Kevin Costner’s upcoming frontier epic “Horizon” which just premiered at Cannes). Sure, there are those rare exceptions. But they often consist of cynical deconstructions or genre mashups. As for the more … Continue reading
It’s quite the accomplishment whenever someone is able to bring something new to slasher movies. I mean we’re talking about a horror sub-genre than has been around for 50-plus years and has spawned hundreds of feature films. It has fueled lucrative decades-long franchises and lined the shelves of video stores with cheap B-movies of every … Continue reading
Star-power drives the new film “Wolfs”, a buddy thriller that sees George Clooney and Brad Pitt back together on screen for the first time since 2008’s “Burn After Reading”. The movie is written and directed by Jon Watts (best known for helming the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s three Spider-Man movies) and is being released as part … Continue reading
Keith & the Movies 