Fifty Shades Freed review: The final
film in the series comes to cinemas, but can the franchise redeem itself with its climax?
I hope they learn from their mistakes with the third (inevitable)
film in this series coming out 2015.
Not exact matches
EASTWOOD: When I did the Rawhide
series in the 60s and late 50s we had a lot of wonderful directors, old time
film directors that had not been doing that well so they would do television and our television show would
come on.
Since making its hugely successful U.S. TV
series debut
in October 2015, and with the upcoming
film coming to the big screen this October, YO - KAI WATCH is quickly becoming a household favorite, partnering with some of entertainments» biggest brands including Disney, Netflix, Hasbro, Nintendo and now Bazooka Candy Brands who is delivering new delicious confectionery treats.
Sections may include who won the World
Series and other sports championships as well as a cost of living comparison — who knew a carton of milk was only $ 1.20
in 1985 —
films that
came out the same year they were married and chart topping songs of the year.
Created by director George Lucas, the
film series has Star Wars Celebration is
coming April 13 - 16, 2017, to the Orange County Convention Center
in Orlando, FL..
It's a shame, then, that screenwriters Ben Garant and Thomas Lennon have opted to throw
in a
series of increasingly dramatic interludes, as there's just no denying that such moments
come off as entirely needless and flat - out forced (ie unlike certain similarly - themed efforts, the
film's more schmaltzy attributes stand out like a sore thumb).
Sure it's still quite funny, but the laughs no longer
come from the main characters, the trend began
in the second
film and now the Shrek
series is entirely about how funny you can make the extras.
The Hangover
series comes to a merciful close with an installment that's at least a slight improvement over its immediate predecessor, with the narrative, thankfully, going
in a slightly different direction than the first two
films (ie there's no actual hangover this time around).
Peyton honed his talent for chaos and balancing the monstrous charisma of his leading man with the pathos that
comes from dealing with disaster
in a
series of
films starring Johnson that have gotten better and better as time has gone on.
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1 opens on November 21st, so expect a few more glimpses at the third
film in The Hunger Games
series (and first of a two - part finale) over the
coming weeks.
From the
series of pranks and stunts that are done to ruin Shack professionally throguh the scenes of A No. 1 trying to educate Cigaret all the way to the big final confrontation aboard the moving train, this
film is fileld with energy, tension, and the world being presented really
comes alive
in all of its unsavory detail.
Fernandez felt grateful for the opportunity, but reportedly hated the job itself so much that he hearkened off for the greener pastures of acting.Fernandez landed his first formal acting assignments as a guest star on episodes of the network
series Cold Case and Jericho
in 2006 and 2007, but truly
came into his own as a star of low - medium budgeted independent
films such as director Marc - Andre Samson's taut thriller Interstate (2006)(as a young man trying desperately to reach his girlfriend
in Los Angeles, but waylaid by drugs and the trappings of an odd motel), and directors Lucky McKee and Trygve Diesen's violent psychological thriller Red (as a disturbed young man who plays the role of accomplice
in killing a senior citizen's dog).
The seventh and final
film in Frank Capra's Why We Fight
series, War
Comes to America is one of history's great propaganda movies.
While we're no stranger to the idea of shock deaths
in movies and TV
series — our favorite characters being killed off gives fans something to talk about — the sheer scale of what happens at the end of Infinity War, and the Russo brothers decision to leave the ball
in Thanos» court, is unprecedented when it
comes to a
film franchise of this scale.
In the new
film the
series» viewpoint
comes into focus, and it's a lot more intricate and enlightened than some unthinking death wish.
Gerwig herself has been open about the many
films that inspired «Lady Bird» — she even programmed an entire
series at NYC's Quad Cinema featuring a dozen
films that she says helped fuel her creativity — and it while the list is peppered with some surprises, there's at least one
coming - of - age classic that seems obvious: Howard Deutch's «Pretty
in Pink.»
The other week
came word that Syfy had scrapped plans for a TV
series based on the «Tremors»
films, one which would have seen the return of Kevin Bacon and Fred Ward
in their roles as Valentine «Val» McKee...
In the midst of all the franchises
coming from studios today, there's one unlikely collection of
films that has just as loyal and rabid a fanbase as any comic book, young adult or fantasy
series.
This
film is actually terrible — I mean, yeah — it is scary
in the sense that its creepy, but I think, really, the
film is just the byproduct of global DVD residuals from the directors father — allowing Panatos to string together a
series of overproduced, overgrained interior sequences, cheap synth score and a slasher movie ending, and trying to pass it off as a «cult movie», when really we, the audience, need to know who, what or where the protagonist is
coming from, what her dramatic need is, who she interacts with, and so on.
Coming up next, Cage stars
in «Left Behind,» a Christian - themed apocalyptic action
film based on the best - selling book
series by Tim LaHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins.
Another
film series rebooted by its studio just
in time to avoid losing the rights to the property, Fantastic Four
comes ten years after Twentieth Century Fox's first attempt at turning the Marvel comic - strip into a
film series.
The Strangers
In about as simple a horror
film premise as a high school screenwriting student might
come up with, this night out with Scott Speedman («Felicity,» «Anamorph») and Liv Tyler («The Lord of the Rings»
series) hits the standard horror buttons to ensure a spectrum of shocks so that inveterate genre fans won't won't be demanding their money back.
As daffy father Clark, Chase turned the
film into a huge hit, harnessing a likable befuddlement that kept the
series going even as the sequels were increasingly less well received and tiresomely slapstick.Chase's other big hit
came in 1985, when he starred as the title character
in Fletch, the
film widely considered the actor's best and most complimentary of his sharp talent for wordplay.
The
film eventually devolves into a
series of life - and - death struggles where the casualties, rather than
coming across as random and unpredictable, play out as if they had been negotiated with the cast's publicists
in order of name recognition.
Told through the eyes of an alien being (played by Scarlett Johansson), we're introduced to the
film's protagonist through a
series of inexplicable images that eventually
come to reveal a human eye, perhaps
in an attempt to create a new way of looking at the world.
Out goes director John McTiernan, who helmed the excellent first
film in the
series and the dreadful third one, and
in comes Len Wiseman.
They
came from the NT Live *, the ongoing
series of National Theatre plays
filmed in the UK and beamed to cinemas around the world.
Coming off the most successful
film in the
series, The Purge: Election Year, creator James DeMonaco returns alongside director Gerard McMurray to detail how the night of mayhem began
in The First Purge.
The eagerly - anticipated release of Warcraft is finally upon us, with the first
film based on the hugely successful video - game
series opening
in the UK this
coming week [read our review here].
In fact, this
film was originally supposed to
come out on Blu - ray but was decided to head into theaters to take advantage of the fact that it was a spin - off from Pixar's «Cars»
series.
Newt is the world's premier expert on beasts, and
in the
film — the first of a five - picture
series that also stars Colin Farrell, Samantha Morton, and Katherine Waterston — he
comes to New York to research and rescue magic creatures, but things get hairy when some of his own beasts get loose.
«Planes: Fire & Rescue — Dusty's Big Job» is a dive into the new
film in the
series, which
comes out this July
in theaters.
Part of the reason why the
film is crippled
comes from some less - than - stellar casting of the lead role
in Canadian Jeff Cooper, known primarily for bit roles on various TV
series.
Based on the 12th novel
in James Patterson's long - running
series, the studio is clearly hoping that «Alex Cross» can reboot the
film franchise that stalled out after 2001's «Along
Came a Spider,» but surely there was a better option to play Cross than a man whose biggest claim to fame is dressing up like a fat black woman.
Still, it all
comes together when you put the
film in the context of the overall theme of the Paradise
series, which is a dark portrayal of the human desire to achieve paradise on earth.
Coming Soon The Marvel Studios tv
series «S.H.I.E.L.D.» has begun
filming Gothamist wonders if TV's «The Carrie Diaries» (i.e. Sex & The City: the Prequel) is getting 1980s NYC all wrong Bleeding Cool posters for 47 Ronin with Keanu Reeves getting the whitewashed leading Japanese samurai role (fwiw: Keanu has some Asian ancestry so this is kind of like the Johnny Depp as Tonto thing) MNPP Everyone's favorite moment
in Skyfall
Buscemi
comes from starring on HBO's
series «Boardwalk Empire,» which aired its season three finale
in December, as well as appearing
in the 2012
film adaptation of Jack Kerouac's book «On the Road.»
Here is what one of our readers had to say about the new
film: «I went
in trying to enjoy the
film aspect of it and
came out thinking that this was just another abomination of a much beloved
series, much like the
film Dragonball Evolution.»
But Warner Bros. has confidence that the fandom of the popular Cartoon Network
series will
come - out
in force for the big screen
film adaptation.
After researching these
films, Maddin began remaking them, recruiting a cast of big, international arthouse names (Charlotte Rampling, Mathieu Amalric, Roy Dupuis, Ariane Labed, Udo Kier, Geraldine Chaplin, Maria de Medeiros and lots more) to
come in and «channel» the spirits of these lost
films, acting them out
in a
series of short
film remakes.
Even more concrete evidence of fan appreciation
came in March 2013, when
series creator Rob Thomas launched a Kickstarter project to help fund a feature
film extension of the
series.
Coming to theaters
in February 2015, the
film KINGSMAN: THE SECRET SERVICE got its start as this acclaimed
series by Kick - Ass writer Mark Millar, Watchmen legend Dave Gibbons, and superstar director Matthew Vaughn!
Diane Kruger, whose new
film «
In the Fade»
comes out Dec. 27, talked about her worst - ever auditioning experience during an interview with rising «Downsizing» actress Hong Chau for Variety «s «Actors on Actors»
series.
That's one reason why I was impressed by a
film that may not have
come on your radar yet, although it has played at various American festivals — Life and Nothing More, by Antonio Mendez Esparza, a Spanish director working
in the U.S.. It's the Florida - set story of a mother - son relationship, about a teenage boy going through problems at home and at school, and his mother, who keeps their household together through a
series of diner jobs while dealing with the attentions of a fond but potentially troublesome suitor.
We've seen a few images from Bong Joon - Ho's dystopian sci - fi thriller Snowpiercer, but now
come a
series of character posters for the bedraggled folk riding the rails
in the
film.
I will buy this
film when it
comes out just to have that
series of shots
in my collection.
The up - and -
coming actor, who hails from Waterford, currently appears
in the TV
series Vikings and also stars
in Terry McMahon's feature
film Patrick's Day, which was joint winner with Glassland of Best Irish Feature at the Galway
Film Fleadh earlier this year.
Ball has acquitted himself well with this
series and will hopefully find himself on a shortlist when it
comes to other action
films in need of a particular directorial eye (The Flash almost makes too much sense, but that spot is apparently taken... for now).
Danner has easily translated her talents from the stage to the small screen (her Emmy wins
came care of her supporting work on «Huff,» the Showtime
series she won back - to - back awards for
in 2005 and 2006) and into feature
film offerings, but the vast majority of her big screen roles have consisted of supporting turns that she elevated with her natural grace and unique sense of humor.