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Killers of the Flower Moon Sure Looks Fancy
Director Martin Scorsese is once again unleashed on the freedom of streaming services with his new film, Killers of the Flower Moon. It’s gonna be a big, long, dramatic period piece about the Osage Nation, their oil wealth and the white bastards who came to steal it and kill for it. Should be cool.
I enjoyed his last big streaming movie, The Irishman, so I’m sure I’ll enjoy this one. I’m no film snob. I’m not about to rant and rave about Martin Scorsese (not like I would Wes Anderson, oh man!). But he makes good movies, has some great actors and I’m sure this one will be a wild, fancy ride.
Killers of the Flower Moon is coming to theaters in October, and eventually to AppleTV+.
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6 Things I Want to See in Superman: Legacy
The world of comic book movie discussions is on fire with all the updates we get from James Gunn’s Superman: Legacy. It’s maddening. Though it’s self-inflicted. If I just stopped visiting comic book movie news sites, I wouldn’t be so inundated. But those same news sites are what told me that David Corenswet and Rachel Brosnahan had been cast as Superman and Lois Lane, respectively.
That’s neat. I don’t know anything about Corenswet and don’t know if I’ve seen him in anything, whereas I love Brosnahan in The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel and was hoping she’d get the part. She should be great! And I trust writer/director James Gunn in casting Corenswet. I’m sure he’ll be great. So what do I want from a new Superman movie? The Christopher Reeves movies were before my time and I have no real thoughts on them. I don’t care for Superman Returns. And I don’t care for Man of Steel. So what do I actually want?
Join me after the jump for six things I want to see in Superman: Legacy. And feel free to share your own hopes and dreams in the comments below.
Read the rest of this entryDune 2 Will Be the Duniest
A new trailer for Dune 2 came out and it’s pretty much like the last one. It’s full of all the excitement that the first movie lacked. I thought the first Dune film was fine, it just didn’t have much going for it. The movie was practically all set-up. So perhaps Dune 2 will be all pay-off?
Looks good. Definitely looks more interesting, more emotive, than the first film. Perhaps they will ultimately be good back-to-back viewing? I’ll probably never do that, but perhaps I will someday. The future is hard to parse. But one thing we know for sure is that Dune 2 will come to theaters on Nov. 3.
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First Look at Wingnut and the Mutants in new Ninja Turtles Movie
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem is shaping up to be a pretty awesome flick. I’ve been a Ninja Turtles fan since I watched the cartoon and collected the toys in the 1980s. So you best believe I am tickled pink that so many of my favorite guys are gonna show up as a mutant gang in this film, from Mondo Gecko to Ray Fillet to my favorite character, Wingnut! And finally, at long last, we’ve got a clear look at Wingnut and the other mutants courtesy of some dope character posters.
Personally, I would have liked a more humanoid Wingnut, but considering he’s been changed to a she, and she’ll be voiced by Natasia Demetriou, it probably would have been too easy to make her like Rouge the Bat from Sonic the Hedgehog.
I have faith in this fuzzy little critter they’ve created. I like that, instead of Wingnut’s traditional mechanical wings, they’ve given her mechanical arms instead. That makes a lot of sense with the character now being a mutant instead of an alien. I never liked that alien origin anyway. Also, I hope we get some kind of Screwloose Easter Egg.
So yeah, there’s a whole bunch of character posters to check out here. I think everybody looks great in that weird, wild way. Again, I prefer my TMNT mutants to be more humanoid, like the Turtles themselves. But I can definitely wrap my head around these oblong and weirdly shaped mutants. It fits the film, after all.
Also, in case you needed to hear it, I love what they’ve done with April O’Neal. She looks great.
Seth Rogen delivered a quickie behind-these-scenes look at the voice cast, so you can check that out as well.
Mutant Mayhem looks like it’s gonna be great! Comes out in August and I can’t wait!
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