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THE ACOLYTE: Get A Force-Ful, Action-Packed Look At Carrie-Anne Moss And Lee Jung-Jae In The Official Trailer!

Star Wars is making another epic comeback now with The Acolyte hitting Disney+ this summer and the first teaser trailer is finally here after debuting a new poster on Monday. What’s more here is the addition of new faces to the saga beyond the stars and the wars therein, namely Carrie-Anne Moss front and center and back into her element brandishing safetied, stylish action she’s accustomed herself to in The Matrix saga out of WB. Seriously, just look at her go! In The Acolyte, an investigation into a shocking crime spree pits a respected Jedi Master (Lee Jung-jae) against a dangerous warrior from his past (Amandla Stenberg). As more clues emerge, they travel down a dark path where sinister forces reveal all is not what it seems…. We also have “Squid Game” star Lee Jung-jae and Logan co-lead Dafne Keen straight flexing here, along with Amandla Stenberg, Manny Jacinto, Charlie […]

ANITA DIRECTOR´S CUT Review: The Eternal Sunset of an Icon

Mike Garcia

The recent trend of bringing to the big screen the life of musical icons, was the perfect occasion to finally bring Anita Mui´s life into cinema. A long time project by producer Bill Kong (Anita´s close friend) who has finally found the perfect timing to turn this project into a reallity, finding the right people that could deliver a biopic that could be measured with the immensity of Anita Mui´s legacy. Bringing her back to life through the magic of the seventh art as that one in a lifetime artist, queen of canto pop and legend of cinema that transcends the boundaries of entertainment as an eternal myth. The film has been one of the big winners of the latest Hong Kong film awards, with five awards to its name, best new performer (Louise Wong), Best supporting actress (Fish Lew), Best costume and and make up design, best visual effects, […]

Disney+ Delivers The R-Rated Goods With DEADPOOL, DEADPOOL 2 And LOGAN

Lee B. Golden III

Disney+ is ramping up its R-rated content this Friday with the releases of Deadpool, Deadpool 2, and Logan, according to the trades and press announcements on Thursday. All three films will be made available in the U.S. under the Marvel brand. The news comes following the stellar success of the first two Deadpool films with a third to be directed by Shawn Levy in reunion with his Free Guy and The Adam Project star. Logan remains lead actor Hugh Jackman’s final appearance as the Marvel character seventeen years after debuting the adamantium-clawed maverick in the 2000 inaugural superhero ensemble, X-Men. “Deadpool” (2016): Based upon Marvel Comics’ most unconventional anti-hero, DEADPOOL tells the origin story of former Special Forces operative turned mercenary Wade Wilson, who after being subjected to a rogue experiment that leaves him with accelerated healing powers, adopts the alter ego Deadpool. Armed with his new abilities and a dark, […]

OBI-WAN KENOBI Review: Patience, Young Padawans

Lee B. Golden III

Disney+ gave an earlier premiere kick-off on Friday for the first two episodes of the new series, Obi-Wan Kenobi, reviving its Star Wars series format following the successes of the first two seasons of The Mandalorian and season one of The Book Of Boba Fett. With each show taking up a certain space in the franchise timeline, we now have the newest addition returning title star Ewan McGregor to the role the late Alec Guiness birthed in George Lucas’s maiden 1977 release of Episode IV: A New Hope. It’s been ten years since the events of Episode 3 as Chancellor Palpatine executed Order 66, forcing any surviving Jedi into hiding if they weren’t hunted and killed. Kenobi, reclusive and all but given up in the years after losing Anakin Skywalker (Hayden Christensen) to the dark side, is embedded on Tatooine, quietly watching from a distance over a much younger Luke […]

ANDOR: Star Wars Celebration Debuts Official Series Teaser For ‘Rogue One’ Tie-In Series

Lee B. Golden III

Star Wars Celebration Anaheim 2022 kicked off on Thursday with several developments, including the 2023 premieres of Season 3 for The Mandalorian, and Season One of Ashoka with Rosario Dawson. The festivities also included a first look at Diego Luna and co. in the first teaser footage now online for upcoming series, Andor, with Luna reprising the role in title form following his debut in Rogue One: A Star Wars Story. Andor, created by Tony Gilroy, stars Diego Luna, reprising the role of rebel spy Cassian Andor from Rogue One: A Star Wars Story in a tale set five years prior to the events of the film. Joining Luna is Genevieve O’Reilly, who will return as Mon Mothma (Rogue One, Tin Can), as well as Stellan Skarsgard (Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End, Good Will Hunting), Denise Gough (Collett, Angels in America), and Kyle Soller (Anna Karenina, The Titan). Andor premieres August 31, 2022, […]

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Marvel Confirms New DAREDEVIL Series For Disney+

Lee B. Golden III

Matt Corman and Chris Ord are attached to write and executive produce a new Daredevil series for Disney+, a move that makes things all but official following years of rumors since its Netflix cancellation in 2018, and recent confirmation that series actor Charlie Cox’s cameo in a recent Marvel/Sony pic affirmed that his portrayal is canon for the MCU. Long since Ben Affleck’s time in the red suit as “the man without fear” in 2003 for 20th Century Fox, the latest show was produced by Marvel Television and ABC Studios for Netflix and featured Cox for three seasons in the role as he tackled Kingpin, the menacing anti-hero Punisher and Bullseye to name a few. The show’s exhilirating fight scenery would be a standard bearer by fans for the interwoven shows that followed suit: Jessica Jones (starring Krysten Ritter), Iron Fist (Finn Jones) and Luke Cage (Mike Colter), all leading […]

May The 4th Be With You, Along With A New Trailer For Disney+ Series OBI-WAN KENOBI

Lee B. Golden III

Disney and Lucasfilm are keeping the energy up following the phenomenal success of series rollouts of The Mandalorian and The Book Of Boba Fett. For this, we turn to actor Ewan McGregor’s return in the title role of Obi-Wan Kenobi which premieres exclusively on May 27, and what better way to mark the occasion than a brand new trailer and poster to share with the masses? “Obi-Wan Kenobi” begins 10 years after the dramatic events of “Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith” where Obi-Wan Kenobi faced his greatest defeat—the downfall and corruption of his best friend and Jedi apprentice, Anakin Skywalker, who turned to the dark side as evil Sith Lord Darth Vader. McGregor is joined by Hayden Christensen who gets another celebrated stint as cinematic villain-cum-antihero Darth Vader. Also starring are Moses Ingram, Joel Edgerton, Bonnie Piesse, Kumail Nanjiani, Indira Varma, Rupert Friend, O’Shea Jackson Jr., Sung Kang, Simone […]

LOKI Adds ‘The Endless’ Directors To Shepherd Season Two

Lee B. Golden III

Disney+ hit series, Marvel Studios’ Loki, will get a second season, with Deadline‘s Justin Kroll reporting exclusively on the addition of directing duo Aaron Moorhead and Justin Benson (The Endless, Synchronic). The two will direct a majority of the six-episode second season from a script by Eric Martin, with series star Tom Hiddleston joined by Michael Waldron to executive produce season two. Thursday’s update marks a reunion for Benson and Moorhead who also directed several episodes for its upcoming Marvel Studios’ Moon Knight series starring Oscar Isaac and Ethan Hawke. With Loki, they will continue the saga of the title character with Hiddleston reprising the role he firstly debuted in Marvel Studios’ Thor (2011), whose actions in Avengers: Endgame (2019) – a la The Avengers (2012) – forced a split between two versions of Loki, here seeing the god of mischief then trapped in a different dimension and forced to […]

Your Next Viewing: THE MANDALORIAN Is A Welcome Addition to the Star Wars Universe

Christina Ortega

Unless you’ve been living under a rock these past few months, you know that Disney has officially launched their own streaming service, DisneyPlus. This service has a huge library including films released from the vault, Marvel movies, nostalgic TV shows and movies (Eek! Boy Meets World, Camp Nowhere!), original shows, and all things Star Wars. I was able to sit down last night and give DisneyPlus’ original Star Wars series The Mandalorian a try. What is The Mandalorian? Here’s the official trailer: The Mandalorian – Official Trailer 2 | Disney+ | Streaming Nov. 12 Pedro Pascal (Game of Thrones) stars as the title character. The series is set after the fall of the Empire and before the First Order. There is no muss, no fuss, no big set up: viewers are just planted directly into the Star Wars universe, see the Mandalorian pick up a bounty, encase him in carbonite […]

THE MANDALORIAN: Check Out The Official Logo And A Quartet Of First Look Stills From The Disney+ Series

Lee B. Golden III

The panel over at Star Wars Celebration this weekend for upcoming series, The Mandalorian, were reluctant to reveal any footage in the live-stream beyond the indoor crowd (save for the ones who braved it with their phones and leaked it on YouTube). Nevertheless, Disney/Lucasfilm proudly revealed several first looks at some of the key characters in costume via social media which you can view below. After the stories of Jango and Boba Fett, another warrior emerges in the Star Wars universe. The Mandalorian is set after the fall of the Empire and before the emergence of the First Order. We follow the travails of a lone gunfighter in the outer reaches of the galaxy far from the authority of the New Republic. The Mandalorian is but one of a sprawling content list coming to Disney+ when it launches on November 12. Jon Faverau hosted the first look photos below, and […]