Battle at the Box Office 3/15/21
Raya and the Last Dragon remained at the top of the box office this past weekend as the theatrical movie industry slowly begins to rebuild with theaters in NYC and California beginning to reopen and allow limited capacity, adding theaters to many of the wide releases currently playing.
Musical Montage: Singles
Widely considered to have helped the grunge scene of the early 90s in Seattle go mainstream, the soundtrack for Cameron Crowe’s 1992 movie Singles featured bands like Pearl Jam, Soundgarden, Alice in Chains, and more, with Pearl Jam even appearing in the film as Matt Dillon’s fake band, Citizen Dick.
News Shotgun 3/13/21
Hasbro is bringing back more classic Real Ghostbusters toys, the live-action Powerpuff Girls were cast for The CW pilot, Michael B. Jordan will be directing Creed III, a new TMNT beat-em-up game was announced, and more in this week’s News Shotgun.
Everything Actioncast Ep 523 “TMNT, Boss Level, Coming 2 America, Wandavision and More”
This week on the Everything Actioncast, Zach and Chris talk about a new TMNT beat-em-up game, the first (and possibly only) season of Wandavision, Wild Cards, Boss Level, Coming 2 America, Accident Man, Console Wars, and More.
The Spine of Night Pays Homage to Ralph Bakshi and Frank Franzetta (Trailer)
An homage to the works of Ralph Bakshi and Frank Franzetta, The Spine of Night is a rotoscoped, mature animated fantasy movie that is debuting next week at the digital SXSW festival and features the voices of Richard E. Grant, Lucy Lawless, Patton Oswalt, Joe Manganiello, Betty Gabriel and more.
Jeffrey Dean Morgan Goes from Zombies to Demons in The Unholy (Trailer)
Jeffrey Dean Morgan is a disgraced reporter who heads to New England to investigate the story of a girl who claims that she was visited by the Virgin Mary and granted her hearing and speech back while also gaining the ability to heal others but it seems like her powers may have a darker source in the Sam Raimi produced horror movie, The Unholy.
Everything Action Theater: Batman: Dying is Easy
Aaron Schoenke and the team at Bat in the Sun return to Gotham City for their latest Batman fan film, Batman: Dying is Easy, with Kevin Porter returning as Batman from their excellent Batman: City of Scars film, who heads to Arkham Asylum to confront a supposedly dying Joker.
Melanie Laurent Has No Memories or Air in Oxygen (Trailer)
The latest thriller from director Alexandre Aja, who most recently brought us Crawl, Oxygen finds Melanie Laurent trapped in some sort of futuristic cryogenic chamber with no memory and a rapidly depleting air supply.
Ruby Rose is Forced to Do a Series of Jobs for Morgan Freeman in Vanquish (Trailer)
Ruby Rose is a former Russian drug courier who is forced to reuse her old skills by a corrupt retired cop, played by Morgan Freeman, who has kidnapped her daughter and sends her out to perform five jobs against dangerous gangsters.
Costas Mandylor and Natasha Henstridge are Under Siege in Night of the Sicario (Trailer)
When a DEA convoy transporting a key witness against the cartel is attacked, the survivors take shelter in a nearby private clinic but the cartel assassins continue to close in the upcoming action thriller Night of the Sicario.