02 June
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“LISEY’S STORY” – Cast Interviews The latest Stephen King page to screen adaptation is Lisey’s Story coming to AppleTV+ June 4. It stars Julianne Moore who I have long admired, so it was a complete thrill getting the chance to talk to the Oscar winner. I sat down with Moore, Ron Cephas Jones, Joan Allen, Dane DeHaan, and executive producer J.J. Abrams to talk about the joy of having Stephen King adapting the screenplays, having the author on set, and sitting in the mindset of a disturbed stalker. **click SUBSCRIBE for more reviews and interviews** Here’s my interviewRead More →

21 October
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STAR WARS: THE RISE OF SKYWALKER (FINAL TRAILER) Director: J.J. AbramsStarring: Daisy Ridley, John Boyega, Adam Driver, Oscar Isaac, Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher, Lupita Nyong’o, Keri Russell, Domhnall Gleeson, Richard E. Grant, Billie Lourd, Billy Dee Williams The countdown is on to finally feast our eyes on Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker. According to the official Star Wars website, we sit at 59 days until the release of Episode IX. It will mark the end of this new trilogy and the stories we have come to cherish about Luke, Leia, and Han Solo. The final trailer premiered on Monday Night Football and I amRead More →

12 April
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THE RISE OF SKYWALKER – WHAT WE KNOW Today was a big day for Star Wars fans. The Star Wars Celebration is in full swing in Chicago as Lucasfilm is unveiling nuggets of information about a variety of projects. The biggest one is the title and trailer for Episode IX. The panel kicked off with director J.J. Abrams, Lucasfilm head honcho Kathleen Kennedy, and host Stephen Colbert. You can tell Colbert’s a geek like the rest of us with how he approached the cast looking for little secrets. Here are five takeaways from the panel which consisted of those three along with: Anthony Daniels (C-3PO),Read More →

12 April
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STAR WARS: THE RISE OF SKYWALKER Director: J.J. AbramsStarring: Daisy Ridley, John Boyega, Adam Driver, Oscar Isaac, Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher, Lupita Nyong’o, Keri Russell, Domhnall Gleeson, Richard E. Grant, Billie Lourd, Billy Dee Williams If you’re a Star Wars fan, that probably means you’ve been paying a close eye on the Star Wars Celebration currently happening in Chicago. It’s here where Kathleen Kennedy and Lucas Film are unveiling new insights into the variety of Star Wars projects in development. One of which, is the long anticipated, Episode IX. We now have a title “The Rise of Skywalker” and teaser trailer for the new filmRead More →

16 December
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STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS Director: J.J. Abrams Starring: Daisy Ridley, John Boyega, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Mark Hamill, Adam Driver, Domhnall Gleeson, Gwendolyn Christie, Andy Serkis, Lupita Nyong’o, Anthony Daniels, Peter Mayhew Where do you even begin when talking about a movie that is probably the biggest, most highly anticipated film of what? The last year? The last decade? It’s a film shrouded in extreme secrecy and comes with huge expectations. The Star Wars prequels left fans disappointed. Star Wars: The Force Awakens is back to the Star Wars we know and love. Jedi Master Luke Skywalker (Hamill) has gone missing, and everyone, especiallyRead More →

15 September
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FALL MOVIE PREVIEW 2015 EDITION This fall season may be one of the best in recent years. It’s chock-full of exceptionally buzzy movies that I’m super excited about. We have films from big directors (Spielberg, Abrams, Mendes, Scott), promising teen/children’s movies (The Good Dinosaur, Goosebumps, The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2), and of course plenty of movies looking for Oscar gold. ‘Tis the season! I had a hard time narrowing down my top ten, but here they are: 10. THE DANISH GIRL Director: Tom Hooper Starring: Eddie Redmayne, Alicia Vikander, Matthias Schoenaerts, Ben Whishaw Eddie Redmayne reteams with his Les Miserables director Tom Hooper andRead More →

16 April
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STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS Director: J.J. Abrams Starring: John Boyega, Daisy Ridley, Oscar Isaac, Adam Driver, Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Lupita Nyong’o, Domhnall Gleeson, Andy Serkis, Gwendoline Christie, Max Von Sydow           Here is the brand new teaser trailer for STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS that just premiered at the Star Wars Celebration on April 16, 2015 What are your first impressions? Feel free to comment below! RELEASE DATE: December 18, 2014 Here’s the trailer:Read More →

28 November
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STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS Director: J.J. Abrams Starring: John Boyega, Daisy Ridley, Oscar Isaac, Adam Driver, Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Lupita Nyong’o, Domhnall Gleeson, Andy Serkis, Gwendoline Christie, Max Von Sydow           I can’t really think of a better person to take over the Star Wars empire than J.J. Abrams. He always felt like the right choice to me. I’ve been following the rumors, casting notices, and set photos, and it all seemed right to me.  After watching this teaser trailer for Episode VII a couple of times now, I think fans should rest assured that this willRead More →

21 May
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STAR TREK INTO DARKNESS Director: J.J. Abrams Starring: Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Zoe Saldana, Benedict Cumberbatch, Simon Pegg, John Cho, Bruce Greenwood, Alice Eve Trekkies might have been on edge back in 2009 when J.J.Abrams was going to reboot the beloved Star Trek films with a younger cast playing all the old familiar characters from the original series. I am sure there are some purists out there that turn their head in disgust, but Abrams successfully brought back a series that made the Star Trek universe cool again. Old fans rejoiced and new fans came in droves to check out the reboot. If these newRead More →

06 December
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STAR TREK INTO DARKNESS Director: J.J. Abrams Starring: Chris Pine as James T. Spock Zachary Quinto as Spock Zoe Saldana as Uhura Karl Urban as Bones Simon Pegg as Scotty Anton Yelchin as Chekov John Cho as Sulu Benedict Cumberbatch as our villian rumored to be Khan!!! In 2009 J.J. Abrams brought us his exciting “reboot” of the Star Trek series with a new, younger cast playing the characters we grew up knowing and loving that were previously played by William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, and George Takei to name just a few. The movie blew people away with a fresh approach to a series whoseRead More →