01 September
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CINDERELLA Director: Kay CannonStarring: Camila Cabello, Nicholas Galitzine, Idina Menzel, Billy Porter, Pierce Brosnan, Minnie Driver If we get new versions of Spider-Man, Batman, or James Bond every few years, it’s fair to reason that we’ll continue to see new adaptations on the fairy tale of “Cinderella”. This time its pop star Camila Cabello who dons the glass slipper. What would a fairy tale be without a storyteller? Emmy winner Billy Porter tells this tale as Fab G, the Fairy God Mutha to Camila Cabello’s Cinderella. We learn that’s the nickname given to her by her wicked stepsisters and stepmother, played by Idina Menzel. EllaRead More →

30 August
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REMINISCENCE Director: Lisa JoyStarring: Hugh Jackman, Rebecca Ferguson, Thandiwe Newton, Maria de Tavira, Cliff Curtis The ability to watch someone else’s memory recall sits at the center of the new Hugh Jackman film Reminiscence. It takes place in what seems to be the near future however Miami now looks like Venice, Italy with its rising water. It’s rotten to the core with corruption after a war tore the city apart. Hugh Jackman’s character Nick Bannister runs a private company that allows clients to submerge themselves in a tank of water to recall memories and nostalgia. He mentions in the voice over narration that “The pastRead More →

25 August
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CANDYMAN Director: Nia DaCostaStarring: Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Teyonah Parris, Colman Domingo, Nathan Stewart-Jarrett, Vanessa Williams, Brian King, Kyle Kaminsky The 1992 horror film Candyman spawned a terrifying new monster for scary movie fans. The legend of Candyman is back with a vital reality check in this new sequel. Yes, sequel, not reboot or remake. The housing projects of Chicago known as Cabrini-Green were the haunting ground for Candyman in the original film. In the years since then, the towers of Cabrini-Green have been torn down and gentrified into a white, preppy, millennial neighborhood. The urban legend of Candyman has since been long forgotten by many.Read More →

24 August
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SPIDER-MAN: NO WAY HOME Director: Jon WattsStarring: Tom Holland, Zendaya, Benedict Cumberbatch, Jacob Batalan, J.K. Simmons, Marisa Tomei, Jon Favreau, Benedict Wong, Alfred Molina The highly anticipated teaser trailer for Spider-Man: No Way Home premiered last night at CinemaCon in Vegas. This came after someone behind the scences leaked a very rough looking version of it on TikTok causing Film Twitter to lose their minds. The third official Spider-Man movie starring Tom Holland looks to be the biggest one of the three following Spider-Man: Homecoming and Spider-Man: Far From Home. Here’s what we know so far. Spider-Man’s identity has been revealed as Peter Parker causingRead More →

22 August
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THE NIGHT HOUSE Director: David BrucknerStarring: Rebecca Hall, Sarah Goldberg, Vondie Curtis-Hall, Evan Jonigkeit, Stacy Martin Horror movies are at their best when they play on our realities bringing out the scary in our everyday lives. The psychology terror that comes with grief is at the heart of The Night House. It stars Rebecca Hall as Beth who is recently widowed and faces the rotating stages of grief. We don’t know at first how her husband Owen passed away, but that is revealed later. Her nights home alone at their lake front property leave her on edge. There’s a knock on the door, the floorboardsRead More →

20 August
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WHAT IF…? Director: Bryan AndrewsStarring: Jeffrey Wright, Haley Atwell, Samuel L. Jackson, Chadwick Boseman, Michael Rooker, Josh Brolin, Stanley Tucci, Dominic Cooper Marvel has ventured into animation with their latest Disney+ series, What If…? The story continues to play into the idea of a multiverse that’s posed in Loki and teased in future Marvel Cinematic Universe movies. There’s a celestial being known as The Watcher that poses as the series narrator. He introduces the audience to alternate realities to some of our favorite MCU movies in a “What If” style fashion. The first episode poses a question as to what would have happened if PeggyRead More →

20 August
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Yahya Abdul-Mateen II Interview – CANDYMAN, CANDYMAN, CANDYMAN CANDYMAN, CANDYMAN Say his name! You do not want to miss out on the new Candyman starring Emmy winner Yahya Abdul-Mateen II. I sat down with Yahya Abdul-Mateen II to talk about the new film, what made him realize it wasn’t going to be the standard horror sequel, holding a mirror to the horrors of society, and finding his voice as an actor. Find out why he takes on project like Candyman, Watchmen, The Trial of the Chicago 7, Us, and more. Candyman opens in theaters August 27 **I would love it if you clicked the LikeRead More →

19 August
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THE PROTÉGÉ Director: Martin CampbellStarring: Maggie Q, Michael Keaton, Samuel L. Jackson, Robert Patrick, Ori Pfeffer Maggie Q stars as a new action heroine to root for in The Protégé. In 1991 Vietnam, a young girl named Anna is taken in by a hitman after she leaves behind a room of dead bodies. She clearly knows her away around a weapon. Thirty years later, Anna, now played by Maggie Q, works as a hired assassin with her mentor, Moody (Samuel L. Jackson) right by her side. As she reminds Moody, “We don’t send anyone away who didn’t have it coming.” She’s quick on her feetRead More →

19 August
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FLAG DAY Director: Sean PennStarring: Dylan Penn, Sean Penn, Josh Brolin, Kathryn Winnick, Regina King, Hopper Penn Sean Penn’s latest film finds him directing and starring opposite his daughter Dylan Penn in the true story Flag Day. It’s a complicated father daughter relationship for their characters, John Vogel and Jennifer Vogel.  Dylan Penn provides Jennifer’s voice over narration recounting their relationship. He was in and out of her life making reckless, imperfect decisions every step of the way. She always preferred life at her dad’s as he made it exciting with their adventures at his cabin home. Life with her mom (Katheryn Winnick) was filledRead More →

12 August
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RESPECT Director: Liesl TommyStarring: Jennifer Hudson, Forest Whitaker, Marlon Wayans, Marc Maron, Audra McDonald, Heather Headley, Titus Burgess, Mary J. Blige, Saycon Sengbloh, Hailey Kilgore It’s clear that Jennifer Hudson was born to play the Queen of Soul, Aretha Franklin. She’s even said Franklin hand-picked her to star in the film version of her life. Like far too many biopics before it, Respect covers a lot of ground spanning decades of Aretha’s life going back to her troubled childhood. We learn that her father, played by Forest Whitaker, was a respected preacher with a large following. Six-time Tony winner Audra McDonald stars as her motherRead More →