Jackie Chan Goes Sci-Fi in Bleeding Steel (Trailer)
Things look crazy in the new upcoming Jackie Chan movie Bleeding Steel as it looks like Jackie is up against some sort of futuristic cyber-soldiers and some over the top villains as he tries to defend a young girl.
Review: IT
A reboot of the Stephen King novel, and the 90s miniseries with the indelible performance of Tim Curry, the new IT is an excellent reboot that wisely updates and cuts certain things while keeping the heart and scares intact as The Losers’ Club takes on the horrifying entity that prays on their fears.
Battle at the Box Office 9/11
After weeks of historically bad box office earnings, the new IT had a massive opening that was actually the highest ever opening for a horror film and the 2nd highest ever opening for an R rated film.
Musical Montage: El DeBarge “Who’s Johnny”
Seemingly following up on the events of the first Short Circuit, El DeBarge is somehow a key witness in a court case trying to determine who Johnny 5 is in the music video for “Who’s Johnny”
Auto Pilot: Captain N
To get ready for the retro gaming awesomeness going on at AVGC this weekend, we headed back to 1989 for the Nintendo mashup Captain N which, along with The Super Mario Bros Super Show, was part of Nintendo’s all out pop culture domination in the late 80’s and into the 90’s.
Admit One 9/8
September begins with possibly the best horror movie of the year with the new IT while Reese Witherspoon stars in an apparently terrible new romantic comedy.
Christian Bale Returns to the West with Hostiles (Trailer)
Christian Bale plays an Army Cavalry Captain who is tasked with escorting a Cheyenne war chief and his family through dangerous territory in the next movie from director Scott Cooper, Hostiles.
Carla Gugino is Trapped in Gerald’s Game (Trailer)
After her husband has a heart attack while they are trying to spice up their love life with some handcuffs in a remote cabin, Jessie Burlingame (Carla Gugino) is left with both arms trapped and no one around to help in Netflix’s adaptation of the Stephen King story Gerald’s Game.
Action Hero of the Week: Nick Parker
Blinded and left for dead during the Vietnam War, Nick Parker is rescued and trained by the locals to become an expert swordsman and he returns to the States to use his newfound skills to rescue his friend and reunite him with his son.
Frank Grillo is the Wheelman in October on Netflix (Trailer)
Frank Grillo’s getaway driver goes on the run when a bank robbery goes wrong in the upcoming Netflix action thriller, Wheelman.