For the past year my anticipation for the MAN OF STEEL has grown quite rapidly. From Christopher Nolan producing to the incredibly subtle yet extremely affective first teaser trailer’s with voiceovers imparting dramatic wisdom from Superman’s Krypton father Jor-El played by Russell Crowe and another from his earthly father Jonathan Kent played by Kevin Costner, [...]
The first two clips from the movie event of the summer, MAN OF STEEL, have been released and I find them to be an odd choice from the marketing team as far as movie clips go. The first one features Lois Lane (Amy Adams) and Perry White (Laurence Fishburne) talking about something that results in [...]
MAN OF STEEL has premiered to the press in Los Angeles and so Henry Cavill, Zack Snyder and the rest of the players have already suffered through what promises to be the first of many press gauntlets for the film. With a major tent-pole like this, the questions will probably all be the same and [...]
In the beginning of the MAN OF STEEL promotions, it was all very existential and focused on the epic nature of Superman and his purpose. That lasted for quite a while and then we got the final trailer and it was all about Superman in action. But with this latest TV spot, Warner Bros. seems [...]
I almost called this the “final” MAN OF STEEL trailer, but given how many trailers, TV spots, posters and images we’ve gotten so far, I doubt this is the last trailer we’ll get for the film. We’re just over three weeks away and the marketing onslaught is almost too much to bare. But this new [...]
All the super-powered people from Krypton in MAN OF STEEL seem to have gotten their own character poster. Henry Cavill as Kal-El, Russell Crowe as Superman’s father, and my favorite Michael Shannon as General Zod are all front and center look strong and mystical. We’ve had so many pictures and posters featuring the Man of [...]
We all knew that Warner Bros. would be partnering with any and everyone on the marketing for MAN OF STEEL, but I didn’t expect Wal-Mart to be one of the primary partners. But the superstore giant has money to burn and so the next time you’re at Wal-Mart picking up some toiletries or perhaps trying [...]
After a flurry of final one-sheets for MAN OF STEEL, we now get an onslaught of new images from the film. Most of these are images of Henry Cavill looking very Superman-y, but hidden in the batch is a picture with a caption that might get some Superman fanboys riled up. As was long rumored, [...]
What’s the rule about saying “Superman” in reference to Zack Snyder’s MAN OF STEEL? I hope I’m not breaking any cherished comic rules by calling him “Superman”, but I’m not a Superman comic aficionado, so I’m not sure what the rules are. Anyway, Warner Bros. is apparently going for a record in terms of MAN [...]
TV spots, trailers, posters, stills, promotional tie-ins; must be summer movie season. Warner Bros. is banking that MAN OF STEEL is going to be huge and given how epic the TV spots and trailers are trying to make the film look, I’d say there’s a good chance they’re right. But in the days of everyday [...]
Most big stars eventually have an opportunity to take a role that allows them to show their acting range to potentially be an Oscar contender. Sadly, most of those films are, like BROKEN CITY, not very good. I can almost envision the pitch taking place with Wahlberg, explaining his characters emotional journey, the slight action [...]
I’m always pretty hard on posters, mainly because I’ve been an avid collector for about 20 years now and after all this time, I get pretty tired of the floating heads and bad PhotShopping we see these days. But I had hopes for the final MAN OF STEEL poster since we had seen several nice [...]
The epic marketing angle for MAN OF STEEL continues even into TV land, where the latest TV spot for the new Superman film feels a lot like the trailers we’ve seen in that we don’t see much of Henry Cavill and then Russell Crowe gives a long speech and asks the question, “What if a [...]
Images, TV spots, merchandising tie-ins, trailers and posters, oh my. Warner Bros. has stepped up their efforts for MAN OF STEEL and now we have what I believe is the fourth poster for the next Superman movie. This time borrowing straight from a scene from the latest trailer with Henry Cavill as Superman walking out/in [...]
MAN OF STEEL has officially propelled itself to my number one most anticipated summer movie. Warner Bros. has been in high promotion mode, recently dropping another awesome trailer and now releasing another image of Henry Cavill donning the cape as Superman. Standing tall and strong with a slew of military behind him, I’m sure this [...]
Another MAN OF STEEL trailer has been released and although it’s still great and does feature a lot of new footage, it feels pretty similar to what we’ve seen before. Clark Kent is discovering who he is while his two fathers have different ideas about what he should/could become. We get it; Superman is a [...]
As much as we’d like to think Batman and Superman might be above the mass marketing splurge that all summer movies seem to get, the fact is, they’re not. Not even close. In fact, one could argue that Superman is the most famous of all superheroes and the one most recognizable worldwide. So that means [...]
It can’t be all Superman, all the time, so we finally get some good looks at some of Henry Cavill‘s costars in the film, including his parents, Lois Lane and of course, Michael Shannon as the big baddie, General Zod. With MAN OF STEEL only a couple of months away, the marketing campaign is heating [...]
As I’m writing my 20th or so story about this summer’s MAN OF STEEL, I’ve realized that after all the trailers, images and posters, we still really don’t have much of an indication how this film will turn out. These new images from TotalFilm don’t really shed too much light on the film, but it’s [...]
It seems like it has been a while since we’ve seen anything for Zack Snyder’s upcoming Superman film MAN OF STEEL, but the two stars (Henry Cavill and Amy Adams) have landed the cover for the magazine Total Film and it makes me a bit excited. I don’t really have any strong opinions on Henry [...]
Russell Crowe may have won an Oscar in 2000 for GLADIATOR and then nominated again in 2001 for A BEAUTIFUL MIND, but in my opinion, his most impressive role was that of Jeffrey Wigand in 1999’s THE INSIDER. Aided greatly by Michael Mann’s trademarked stylish direction, THE INSIDER is a wonderful film that eats at [...]
I debated whether or not to post this because I’m still not convinced that this is an actual promo image from MAN OF STEEL or if this is just a top quality, fan made pic for the film. It was originally posted by a user on DeviantART, which is usually a place for fan made [...]
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment has announced that the critically acclaimed musical adaptation, LES MISERABLES (click the link to read our review) is hitting Blu-ray on March 22nd, 2013. Originally thought to be an Oscar juggernaut, the film has slowed down a bit, giving way to Ben Affleck’s ARGO, but it shouldn’t take away from the [...]
Empire has been recycling images from that Henry Cavill photo shoot for months now, but they really are the best looks we’ve had of the Superman costume in MAN OF STEEL. It’s a good, full image and I guess I haven’t noticed this before, but I think the thing that has always bugged me about [...]
Zack Snyder’s upcoming Superman film called MAN OF STEEL seems to be picking up steam as it’s hitting a lot of people’s most anticipated films in 2013 list (read our top ten movies to forward to in 2013 list). Entertainment Weekly has snagged another newish photo from the film which shows Superman (played by Henry [...]
If you guys read our list of top ten movies to look forward to in 2013 (click the link to read it), then you know Zack Snyder’s take on the Superman story called MAN OF STEEL was our number one most anticipated film. Although I am looking forward to the film, I’m still wary about [...]
I was just complaining that DJANGO UNCHAINED released another trailer only four days before the movie is released and here’s LES MISERABLES doing the same thing. This time, they’ve shunned stars Hugh Jackman, Anne Hathaway and Russell Crowe in favor of showing off Samantha Barks’ rendition of ‘On My Own’. In my humble opinion, she [...]
LES MISÉRABLES is being hailed as the grand musical experience you won’t want to miss! Unless of course you aren’t into musicals. Then more than likely you can’t be dragged there, regardless of your love for epic filmmaking. Musicals are the ultimate divider. Those who love the musical will find this to be the best movie [...]
Every time a new Mark Wahlberg movie came out, I used to give him a hard time about his acting ability. In fact, I used to get in debates with fellow Flix 66 writers about it, always losing the argument when they brought up his Oscar nomination for THE DEPARTED. To be fair, I was [...]
Universal Studios Home Entertainment has announced that the kung-fu action film THE MAN WITH THE IRON FISTS, from director RZA, presented by Quentin Tarantino and starring RZA, Russell Crowe, Rick Yune, Lucy Liu, Dave Bautista, Jamie Chung, Cung Le and Byron Mann, will be available on Blu-ray in an unrated extended edition on February 12th, [...]
I was brutally harsh on the first teaser trailer for MAN OF STEEL, mainly because I thought it was trying to be something too existential for a Superman movie. I don’t have complete faith in director Zack Snyder because he’s delivered a few bombs on his short resume and Superman seems to be a tough [...]
Apparently there has been a show called “Russell Crowe And Alan Doyle present the Indoor Garden Party” that has been traveling around New York City this fall season, which has a variety of performances from people like Scott Grimes, Size 2 Shoes, Alan Doyle, Kevin Durand and Samantha Barks (who is Russell Crowe’s co-star in [...]
Not surprisingly, the MAN OF STEEL has landed on the cover of a magazine called Studio Ciné Live, which is a magazine I’ve personally never heard of but they must be pretty popular to get Superman (played by Henry Cavill) to pose for them. This is all in anticipation of Zack Snyder’s upcoming film MAN [...]
A new clip for Mark Wahlberg’s upcoming film BROKEN CITY has been released, and in this we see Mark Wahlberg having a somewhat civilized discussion with Russell Crowe about their upcoming partnership. BROKEN CITY follows an ex-cop named Billy Taggart (Mark Wahlberg) who is hired by the mayor of New York City, Nicholas Hostetler (Russell [...]
A new clip and red band featurette have been released for director RZA’s upcoming Kung-Fu film THE MAN WITH THE IRON FISTS and I think it looks pretty darn fun. One of the great things about this film is getting to see Lucy Liu channel her character from KILL BILL and kick some butt as [...]
A short little teaser trailer from the upcoming film THE MAN WITH THE IRON FISTS has been released, and one must admit that it looks pretty fun. Well, if you are into stylized kung-fu movies that is. Directed by former Wu-Tang Clan member RZA (who also stars in the film), THE MAN WITH THE IRON [...]
Character posters for the upcoming Broadway adaptation LES MISERABLES have been coming out, and today Russell Crowe, who plays the ruthless policeman Javert, has gotten a poster of his own. Since I’m not familiar with this play I can’t really speak much about the character, but the poster itself is rather average. It’s getting a [...]
Yesterday a poster for the upcoming Mark Wahlberg film BROKEN CITY hit the net and today we’re getting a new trailer which makes the film look…alright. There’s a special place in my heart for Mark Wahlberg, but I’m not sure this trailer did enough for me to get excited about BROKEN CITY, though it does [...]
A new poster has been released for the upcoming Mark Wahlberg drama entitled BROKEN CITY, and once again I’m disappointed. Maybe I’m being harsh and designing a poster is tougher than it looks, but is this really the best they could do? It just seems so lame and thrown together that I’m sure if you [...]
Screenwriter and director Akiva Goldsman (I AM LEGEND and CINDERELLA MAN) is rounding up cast for his next film WINTER’S TALE and today it appears he has added Matt Bomer (MAGIC MIKE) as well as Eva Marie Saint and Lucy Griffiths. WINTER’S TALE is based on the novel by Mark Helprin and follows a thief [...]
Unless you’re a hardcore Mark Wahlberg fan, you may not have realized that the bulky actor has another film coming out this coming January called Broken City. BROKEN CITY hasn’t really had a lot of press coverage so far, but today a popular magazine has released a couple of new images from the film that [...]
Considering the Darren Aronofsky biblical epic NOAH isn’t set to hit theaters until next spring, it’s a bit surprising that we’re already getting a first glance of the title character played by Russell Crowe. No complaining on this end though because we probably won’t get anything else of any substance until December, after that we [...]
Over a year ago the adaptation of the Stephen King novels THE DARK TOWER was all the rage as director Ron Howard was planning on making the novels into a multi-platform project that spanned three films, two television seasons, video games and even graphic novels. You may remember that Universal dropped the project because it [...]
Many fans were almost as excited to see Henry Cavill in the first teaser trailer for MAN OF STEEL as they were to see THE DARK KNIGHT RISES, which is surprising that Warner Bros. decided to release such a bland, existential trailer that barely features 5 seconds of Superman in action. We see Henry Cavill [...]
Zack Snyder and Henry Cavill had the crowd at Comic-Con pretty excited during their MAN OF STEEL panel. Aside from showing some very early footage, they made a few announcements, including that the first trailer for the film will be in front of next weekend’s much anticipated THE DARK KNIGHT RISES. Not that you really [...]
The next epic film from Darren Aronofsky (BLACK SWAN) is still gathering together talent as today we learn that Anthony Hopkins has joined. Anthony Hopkins is set to play Methuselah, which those who went to Sunday school will remember was the oldest man mentioned in the Bible. Methuselah also happened to be the grandfather to [...]
Henry Cavill may be absent, but his character isn’t. Below take a look at a young Clark Kent/Superman. Played by Dylan Sprayberry (who is on the far right), Clark is hanging out with his fictional friends Pete Ross (in the middle played by Jack Foley) and Whitney Fordman (on the left played by Robert Gerdisch). [...]
Jennifer Connelly‘s name has been thrown around for Darren Aronofsky’s (BLACK SWAN) upcoming film NOAH for a couple of months now, but it looks like today she is finally and officially in negotiations to star in the film alongside Russell Crowe, Emma Watson (who I’m guessing is replacing Saoirse Ronan), Logan Lerman, Douglas Booth and [...]
Just yesterday we received nine new images from Tom Hooper’s LES MISERABLES and today we get a brief trailer for the film. The first trailer features a heavy dose of Anne Hathaway singing “I Dreamed a Dream” and if you’re not familiar with the story or the song, then let’s just say this isn’t going [...]
Lost in all the excitement of the superhero movies and Quentin Tarantino’s DJANGO UNCHAINED is the A-list packed musical LES MISERABLES from director Tom Hooper. After winning an Oscar for THE KING’S SPEECH, Hooper is set to follow it up with the big screen adaptation of the popular musical. And to help him along the [...]
