15 December
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SPIDER-MAN: NO WAY HOME Director: Jon WattsStarring: Tom Holland, Zendaya, Jacob Batalon, Benedict Cumberbatch, Jamie Foxx, Alfred Molina, Willem Dafoe, Marisa Tomei, Jon Favreau, Benedict Wong, Tony Revolori Your friendly neighborhood Spider-Man is back, and I’m here to say that Spider-Man: No Way Home is the best Spider-Man film to date. There’s no wasting time for director Jon Watts and his writing team of Erik Sommers and Chris McKenna. It picks up moments after the events of the second film Far From Home as Spider-Man’s real identity is revealed to be of the teenage Peter Parker. His life is forever changed as now all eyesRead 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 →

16 November
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THE MANDALORIAN Season 2 & LEGO STAR WARS HOLIDAY SPECIAL Star Wars fans should be rejoicing as The Mandalorian Season 2 and LEGO Star Wars Holiday Special are now available on Disney+ Star Wars television series like Rebels and Clone Wars didn’t quite have the wide spread universal appeal like the movies. That all changed once The Mandalorian came around and Baby Yoda took the world by storm. Season 2 is here and proves its staying power and strength and reminds us this wasn’t just a one season gimmick. Pedro Pascal is back as the title character. He’s a no nonsense bounty hunter who followsRead More →

16 July
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THE LION KING Director: Jon FavreauStarring: Donald Glover, Beyoncé, Seth Rogen, Billy Eichner, James Earl Jones, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Alfre Woodard, John Kani, Keegan-Michael Key, John Oliver Disney’s latest remake is their 1994 masterpiece, The Lion King. Director Jon Favreau is using the same technology and special effects he used with The Jungle Book to make the animals come to life in a photo-realistic way. The results are stunning. He has an all-star cast bringing Simba, Nala, Mufasa, and the rest of Pride Rock back to life. Here’s my reviewRead More →

15 January
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SPIDER-MAN: FAR FROM HOME Director: Jon WattsStarring: Tom Holland, Jake Gyllenhaal, Zendaya, Marisa Tomei, Jon Favreau, Tony Revolori, Samuel L. Jackson, Michael Keaton, Remi Hii, Cobie Smulders  Good news Marvel fans! Marvel and Sony Pictures Entertainment dropped the trailer for the next Spidey adventure Spider-Man: Far From Home. The bar is pretty high right now given how well the animated film Spider-Man: Into the Spider Verse has done with audiences and critics. Tom Holland is back as Peter Parker who’s European vacation seems to be cut short upon the arrival of Samuel L. Jackson’s Nick Fury. The grand villain this go-around is Mysterio played by JakeRead More →

05 July
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SPIDER-MAN: HOMECOMING Director: Jon Watts Starring: Tom Holland, Michael Keaton, Robert Downey Jr., Marisa Tomei, Jon Favreau, Zendaya, Donald Glover, Jacob Batalon, Tony Revolori, Tyne Daly, Abraham Attah, Hannibal Buress If you think three different iterations of Spider-Man within a ten-year period were too many, you may be right. I present to you Spider-Man: Homecoming, which may change your mind a bit after the disappointing Amazing Spider-Man movies. We were first introduced to actor Tom Holland as Peter Parker/Spider-Man last year in Captain America: Civil War. Homecoming opens in the aftermath of the first Avengers movie with Michael Keaton’s Adrian Toomes collecting various alien debrisRead More →

14 April
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THE JUNGLE BOOK Director: Jon Favreau Starring: Neel Sethi, Bill Murray, Ben Kingsley, Idris Elba, Lupita Nyong’o, Scarlett Johansson, Giancarlo Esposito, Christopher Walken, Garry Shandling In the past few years Disney has created “live action” versions of some of their animated classics. With each successful one come more rumored projects like Dumbo and Peter Pan that are in the development stage. If they continue on this upward trend, I have faith in those projects. Last year’s film Cinderella was a complete and utter joy, and now Disney will have another slam dunk on their hands with The Jungle Book. After the death of his father,Read More →

30 May
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CHEF Writer/Director: Jon Favreau Starring: Jon Favreau, Sofia Vergara, Emjay Anthony, John Leguizamo, Bobby Cannavale, Dustin Hoffman, Scarlett Johansson, Robert Downey Jr., Amy Sedaris Jon Favreau got his big break when he wrote and starred in 1996’s indie hit Swingers. Lately he’s been found in the director’s chair with huge movies like Iron Man, Iron Man 2, and Elf. With Chef, he seems to be returning to his roots by writing, directing, and starring in a film that is far smaller in scale and budget compared to those films. Favreau sharpens his knife skills as Carl Casper, the head chef at a fine dining restaurant.Read More →

31 December
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THE WOLF OF WALL STREET Director: Martin Scorsese Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio, Jonah Hill, Matthew McConaughey, Rob Reiner, Kyle Chandler, Margot Robbie, Joanna Lumley, Jon Favreau, Jean Dujardin, Christine Ebersole Who’s in for a three hour ride full of drugs, debauchery, profanity, and horrible people? I do not think Jordan Belfort (DiCaprio) quite knew what was in store for him when he decided to become a stockbroker. A luncheon meeting with his new boss Mark Hanna (McConaughey) becomes a lesson on what it will take to survive in this market. He recommends an excessive supply of cocaine, martinis, and prostitutes to get through the average dayRead More →

17 June
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THE WOLF OF WALL STREET Director: Martin Scorsese Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio, Matthew McConaughey, Jonah Hill, Jon Favreau, Kyle Chandler, Jean Dujardin, Ethan Suplee, Rob Reiner, Spike Jonze, Joanna Lumley, Christine Ebersole Martin Scorsese and Leonardo DiCaprio are teaming up for their fifth collaboration. They are bringing Jordan Belfort’s memoir of the same name to the big screen with an adaptation by Terence Winter (“Boardwalk Empire”, “The Sopranos”). The film is a biographical boiler room drama that follows the notorious Jordan Belfort (DiCaprio), a Wall Street stockbroker who was flying high on drugs, money, and women. This bad business included a “pump and dump scheme” ofRead More →