Netflix Goes to World War II with Five Came Back (Trailer)
Netflix’s upcoming documentary tells the story of five legendary Hollywood directors who enlisted in World War II and documented the horrors and triumphs of the war for the audiences back home.
Bong Joon-Ho Brings Us Another Monster in Okja (Trailer)
Following up Snowpiercer, Bong Joon-Ho returns to similar ground as his monster movie The Host with Okja, where the titular creature and a young girl bond and try to escape an evil corporation led by Tilda Swinton.
March Movie Preview
March seems more like a summer month than a spring one, at least as far as the box office, as huge movies like Logan, Kong: Skull Island and Beauty and the Beast are all coming out.
Battle at the Box Office 2/27
Riding high on some of the best reviews of the last few months, Jordan Peele’s directorial debut Get Out took the top spot at the box office with $30.5 million while the two other new releases were epic bombs.
Return to Mordor in Middle-Earth: Shadow of War (Trailer)
Ranger Talion and his Elf wraith companion Celebrimbor return in Middle-Earth: Shadow of War, looking to use a new Ring of Power to take down Sauron and his evil forces in Mordor.
David Ayer and Will Smith Reteam for Bright (Trailer)
Will Smith is an LAPD officer in a fantastical Los Angeles populated with creatures like elves and orcs in the upcoming Netflix movie from David Ayer (and co-written by Ayer and Max Landis), Bright.
Musical Montage: Ryan Gosling & Emma Stone “City of Stars”
One of two songs nominated for Best Original Song from La La Land, City of Stars managed to take the prize as one of La La Land’s six Oscars.
89th Academy Award Winners
La La Land didn’t dominate quite as thoroughly as predicted going into the Oscars but it still took home 6 awards but Moonlight won Best Picture after perhaps the greatest mistake in the show’s history wrongfully had Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway declaring La La Land the winner first thanks to the wrong card in the envelope.
News Shotgun 2/25
The Batman finally confirms a director, Nightwing is getting is own movie, more additions to The Predator, a ton of TV premiere dates and much more in this week’s News Shotgun.
Everything Actioncast Ep 338 “The Nightwing”
This week on the podcast, Zach, Chris and Joe talk about finally getting a director for The Batman, a Nightwing movie, the Stephen King universe, hated character actors, casting Timon and Pumbaa, hipster wilderness survival, Italian Rambo and much more.