I thought this trailer was going to come sooner, but here it is. I will have to say that the first part of this trailer scared me a bit because it was so serious, but then the ending sets the tone I am looking for. Funny. Ant-Man is supposed to be funny. Which is why I was so excited about Edgar Wright doing it, but I do understand that Disney wants this to be Marvel’s Ant-Man not Edgar Wright’s Ant-Man. Though that is what The Paladin wanted, and I can’t say I blame him. Maybe someday Disney will let people do different takes on its heroes, but probably not any time soon.
We Know When The Gambit Movie Opens!
Well my favorite member of the X-Men is finally getting his big screen debut (I am not counting X-Men Origins: Wolverine), and we now know the date: October 7th, 2016! Channing Tatum revealed this on his Twitter account and it was later confirmed by Fox, so it looks like we will be getting two standalone X-Man movies in 2016 (Deadpool is the other), and I can cross a superhero without a movie off my list. If for some reason you forgot what Channing Tatum looks like here is his mug:
I can believe how many comic book movies are coming out in 2016. I wonder if that will be the year the bubble pops on the comic book superhero movie, and we have to go back to standard boring action movies? I hope not.
Ron Burgundy’s Legend Continues!
Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues is the 2013 sequel to the 2003 Anchorman (obviously) released by Paramount Pictures. It sadly can never reach the heights of Anchorman, but it isn’t as bad as some people have let on. If you are in the mood for a dumb comedy Anchorman 2 might fit the bill quite nicely.
The movie picks up some time after the first one with Ron Burgundy (Will Ferrell) and his wife Veronica Corningstone (Christina Applegate) working for a network news cast in New York, but it seems that they may be called up to the big leagues soon and anchor The National News. Well not “they” just Veronica because Ron is terrible. This leaves Ron to find work on the first 24 hour news agency.
This movie works best if you have watched a 24 hour news station lately. It lampoons them so well. It is all so dumb that it is hard to imagine that someone like Ron Burgundy didn’t come up with the idea. The rest of the jokes are hit and miss, but there are so many jokes that you will get a few laughs out of them anyway.
The cast is quite good, but whether you like this movie or not depends on how much you can stand Will Ferrell being Will Ferrell. Sure he is acting as “Ron”, but it is still pretty much standard Ferrell shtick. I think it is pretty funny, but I know others that can’t stand it, and for them this movie is probably almost impossible to sit through.
I guess what I am saying is that if you liked Anchorman, you will probably at least mildly enjoy Anchorman 2. If you disliked Anchorman, stay far, far away from this movie since it is not as good. On other hand if you haven’t watched Anchorman, I am not sure why you are reading this review, but you should watch that movie. It is one of Will Ferrell’s best.
Scarlett Johansson Will Star In A Ghost In The Shell Movie!
Well here is by far the biggest rumor/news item for geek movie news thus far in 2015: Scarlett Johansson is going to play the lead in an American made Ghost in the Shell movie for DreamWorks studios!
That is crazy. I am not sure that an American movie studio is going to be able to do the anime justice. I mean you have no idea how hard it was just finding a PG enough picture for the header for this article. Still, Scarlett Johansson has proven that she knows how to lead an action movie, so if they are going to give this movie a shot she is the perfect fit. Especially since Marvel still hasn’t given Black Widow her own movie yet.
Stay At The Grand Budapest Hotel!
Oh Wes Anderson! You either love the guy, or hate him. I love him, and he is getting better at what he does. What he does is tell an odd and engaging story with a great cast of characters all while playing with his little set pieces. As always you are watching a child playing with this toys, but I am starting you think you are watching a genius.
The movie is about how a onetime Lobby Boy, Zero Moustafa (Tony Revolori), came to be the owner of the titular Grand Budapest Hotel as recounted by The Author (Jude Law) according to a girl reading the book The Grand Budapest Hotel. Zero gets involved with a murder mystery involving his boss and idol the concierge Monsieur Gustave H. (Ralph Fiennes), and a lonely old woman Madame D (Tilda Swinton). Zero has to get everything sorted out while under the threat of war.
I love that Wes Anderson tells this story under several layers of narration. It lets you know that while this is all fake anyway, what you are getting is probably not the whole story, kind of like the movie version of the old game telephone. It allows his toy-box style to seem much more appropriate. He is getting much better at getting the audience in the right frame of mind for his films.
The best part of Wes Anderson’s movies for me is always his amazing cast, and that they are willing to do whatever silly thing Anderson can think of. This time around he added Ralph Fiennes to the mix and it worked wonderfully. He plays Monsieur Gustave with such a zany grace that I wish he was at the front desk of every hotel. Everyone else is great too, but without Fiennes this movie would have fallen apart.
If you haven’t liked Wes Anderson’s movies in the past, you can skip this one. It is very much his film, but if you are on the fence, or have liked his other works, this is a must watch. It is nice to know that there is still a place for quirky directors out there that aren’t named Woody Allen. As long as Wes Anderson keeps making them, I will keep watching them.