Numbers star David Krumholtz is putting his name in the conversation to play the Thing in Marvel’s upcoming Fantastic Four movie. If you are unfamiliar with the Fantastic Four, Ben Grimm becomes the Thing when an experiment spacecraft is hit with cosmic rays. The rays affect everyone differently. Reed Richards becomes Mr. Fantastic, Sue Storm becomes the Invisible Woman, and Johnny Storm becomes the Human Torch. It certainly impacts Grimm in the worst way possible…
"Fantastic Four: David Krumholtz Wants To Play The Thing"Author: Danielle Solzman
Danielle Solzman
A skilled CIA operative discovers dark secrets by accident and finds a bounty on his head while assassins chase him in The Gray Man. If you’re expecting a film similar in tone to any of their Captain America or Avengers work, you can forget it. Even though they are playing in spy thriller territory, Chris Evans is playing as opposite of Captain America as he can get. The mustache here is a choice although should…
"The Gray Man Asks Who Can You Trust"
Fandango, the feature film debut from director Kevin Reynolds, makes its arrival on Blu-ray via the Warner Archive Collection. Steven Spielberg’s name might not be on the movie but both Frank Marshall and Kathleen Kennedy produced for Amblin Entertainment. The film had been produced on a $7 million budget but it didn’t get a wide release. In fact, it brought in under $100,000 at the box office. However, it’s found a second life on home…
"Fandango: Cult Classic Is Now On Blu-ray"
The Dakota Johnson-starring Persuasion makes its arrival on Netflix as the first big screen adaptation of the Jane Austen novel. While there have been previous film adaptations, they were made-for-TV and not for the big screen. In fairness, this film did get a brief theatrical release before going to its forever home on Netflix. Unfortunately, one should not go into this film with any high hopes. I mean, it’s very telling alone with Netflix not…
"Persuasion: The Jane Austen Adaptation Is Terrible"
Western comedy The Frisco Kid, starring both Gene Wilder and Harrison Ford, arrives on Blu-ray via the Warner Archive Collection. The Blu-ray is sourced from a new 1080p HD Master and presented in 1.85:1 widescreen. In terms of audio, the film features DTS-HD MA MONO 2.0 sound. What follows is my original review after watching the film on HBO Max in March: The Frisco Kid is a solid Western comedy following an immigrant rabbi and…
"The Frisco Kid Arrives On Warner Archive Blu-ray"
In what is extremely disappointing news, a not-funny transphobic Netflix comedy special was nominated for the 74th Emmy Awards. Let me repeat: Emmy voters watched Dave Chappelle: The Closer and decided that Dave Chappelle delivered one of the best specials of the year. If you need a reminder, Chappelle is once again transphobic and also delves into antisemitic territory. And once again, voters watched this and decided it is worth of an Emmy. The Academy…
"Emmy Voters Nominate Transphobic Comedy Special"
Where the Crawdads Sing brings the North Carolina-set best-selling Delia Owens mystery drama novel to the big screen. I want to preface this review by saying that I did not read the book. In glancing over the Wikipedia page after watching the movie, the film is a faithful adaptation, attempted rape and all. Let me warn you right now that there are a few scenes that feature abuse in this film. When we first meet…
"Where the Crawdads Sing Brings Book to the Screen"
Summertime, the Oscar-nominated 1955 film directed by David Lean, makes its arrival on Blu-ray via The Criterion Collection. David Lean and company travel to Venice to film entirely on location in this adaptation of The Time of the Cuckoo by Arthur Laurents. The film marks a departure for Lean, who spent much of his career at this point filming on soundstages. From here on out, he would make films on the location rather than soundstages.…
"Summertime: David Lean Film Gets Criterion Blu-ray"
Taika Waititi went from indie film to Marvel blockbusters while bringing his humor to both Thor: Ragnarok and Thor: Love and Thunder. I saw one of the worst possible takes that I’ve ever seen about a Marvel movie: comparing Thor: Love and Thunder to Batman and Robin. Both Thor and comic book movies are going to be fine. What makes this take so bad is that Batman and Robin practically killed the Batman franchise until…
"Taika Waititi, Marvel Studios, and Auteur Filmmaking"
Elijah Wood answered fan questions during Fan Expo Chicago and touched on producing 7 Stages to Achieve Eternal Bliss a few years ago. While most of the questions dealt with The Lord of the Rings trilogy, a few touched on other titles involving the actor. Wood joined his SpectreVision partners Daniel Noah, Josh C. Waller, and Lisa Whalen in producing the film through their Company X banner. Vivieno Caldinelli directed the comedy from a screenplay…
"Elijah Wood talks 7 Stages to Achieve Eternal Bliss"