VALAK RETURNS In 2018, The Conjuring cinematic universe prepared to explore the past of the main demonic antagonist of 2016’s The Conjuring 2 with the release of The Nun. Directed by Corin Hardy, the film, which starred Taissa Farmiga, Demian Bichir, Jonas Bloquet, and Bonnie Aarons, follows a Roman Catholic priest and a nun in her novitiate training as
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A VISUAL FUN, YET FORGETTABLE HAUNT OF A MOVIE In 2003, Walt Disney Studios struck cinematic gold with the release of Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, a live-action movie that took the premise of one of their popular park attractions and made it into a full feature length film. The success of The Curse of the
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CAN YOU SEE THE WOLF IN THE PICTURE? Legendary and famed director Martin Scorsese as always had a special “affinity” towards crime dramas; making his mark in Hollywood by the ways and means of directing narratives mobsters and gangsters. Tales of intrigue, powerful men, violence, turf wars, and family dynamics within organized crime organizations has been a poignant fascination
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FAMILY, GREECE, AND A DISJOINTED THREEQUEL Back in 2002, the surprise hit of the year was in the form of the family comedy movie My Big Fat Greek Wedding. In a nutshell, the movie followed Fotoula “Toula” Portokalos, an American Greek woman who falls in love with a non-Greek male named Ian Miller, which causes Toula’s large Greek family a lot
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A “BULLET TO THE BRAIN” ROMANTIC COMEDY FLOP Within the realm of romantic comedies endeavors, a special little “niche” has been curated over the past several decades in the form of narratives of this genre’s presentation and tone in drumming those classic “rom com” feelings that surround a wedding marriage. Naturally, wedding movies, much like romantic comedies, are over-the-top
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DEATH IS JUST THE BEGINNING… In 2017, actor / director Kenneth Branagh brought the classic and beloved murder mystery drama of novelist Agatha Christie to the silver screen with the release of Murder on the Orient Express. Directed and starring in the lead role by Branagh himself, the film, which also had the talents of Johnny Depp, Penelope Cruz,
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Step in a world of “purge imagination” as Warner Bros. Studios releases the second official trailer for the upcoming musical fantasy film Wonka. View trailer below.
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WILL YOU MAKE A CHOICE….. Director M. Night Shyamalan has always been the case of cinematic scrutiny and sometimes movie frustration when it comes to his feature films. While he had directed movies like 1992’s Praying with Anger and 1998’s Wide Awake, many moviegoers were introduced to Shyamalan with his 1999 supernatural horror The Sixth Sense, which starred actor Bruce Willis and young
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The bond of two sister is stronger than you know as Warner Bros. Studios releases the second official trailer for the upcoming film The Color Purple. View trailer below.
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A VISUALLY STUNNING SCI-FI ACTION BLOCKBUSTER Stories of artificial intelligence have always been at the forefront of science fiction inspired narratives; sparking ideas of revelations and consequences of bringing to life robotic automatons. Bridging futuristic technology and with sometimes philosophical idealism, tales of artificial intelligence showcase the cautionary and mentality takes on such constructs; projecting the existence of computer
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