Fred Topel The nerds trying to be popular has been a subject of teen comedies since the beginning of the genre. Booksmart has a new twist on it, but this will probably be an everygreen concept for teen comedies to come for the rest of time. Molly (Beanie Feldstein) and Amy (Kaitlyn Dever) didn’t mind being unpopular
Aladdin doesn’t just re-enact the animated movie in live-action form. It has, ahem, a whole new world of scenes to show you. One is a Bollywood style dance when Aladdin (Mena Massoud) arrives at the palace as Prince Ali of Ababwa. For Massoud and his Jasmine, Naomi Scott, however, the choreography was secondary. This was
After the success of Beauty and the Beast, The Jungle Book and Cinderella, Disney is bringing Aladdin to live-action life. Naomi Scott plays Jasmine in the movie and gets to sing an all new song. Aladdin composer Alan Menken wrote the music and Benj Pasek and Justin Paul wrote the music for Speechless. “The fact
Since Stranger Things became a phenomenon on Netflix, Millie Bobby Brown has become Hollywood’s most sought after actress. Godzilla: King of the Monsters is her first film since embodying the iconic role of Eleven. All the offers she’s getting are more than a single teenager can field. “That’s what my team deals with,” Brown said
Final Destination is a great franchise where no matter what you do, death finds a way to turn everyday activities into death traps. The Sun Is Also A Star has a more positive take on destiny, whereby everyday coincidences can actually bring people together. Natasha Kingsley (Yara Shahidi) is meeting with the immigration office the
Just when we thought we’d seen everything movies could do, the John Wick films came along and showed us more. It seems this level of action was building up in director Chad Stahelski, who created the franchise with David Leitch. Stahelski has directed all three films in the John Wick series while Leitch went on
I had not heard of UglyDolls before they got their own movie, but I think I’m into them now. The UglyDolls were rejected by the factory and live in Uglyville. Moxy (Kelly Clarkson) is the one who still wants to venture into the Big World and be a child’s toy. Her journey takes he to
We met director Deon Taylor last year when we discussed his film Traffik. He’s back with another thriller, The Intruder. Scott (Michael Ealy) and Annie (Meagan Good) buy Charlie Peck (Dennis Quaid)’s house. It’s a dream home. The problem is, he won’t leave. It was fun to catch up with Taylor about his latest film
One of my favorite genres of all time is the _____ from Hell genre most prolific in the ‘90s with The Hand that Rocks the Cradle, Single White Female, Unlawful Entry, etc. I’m not saying The Intruder is as good as those classics, but it knows what it is and I’m grateful it exists. Scott
Each Avengers movie raised the stakes for the Marvel Cinematic Universe. The first Avengers showed all the heroes could work together, even if they didn’t all get along. Avengers: Age of Ultron showed the Avengers getting along, until more trouble started. Avengers: Infinity War ended with a bang, or a snap rather. So Avengers: Endgame