Movie Reviews and Previews Beetlejuice Beetlejuice Beetleju— Tim Burton’s Beetlejuice is the definition of a cult classic, a film that did okay enough in its own time only to go on to spawn a rabid, multi-generational fanbase. It’s Burton’s sophomore film, sandwiched between Pee-wee’s Big Adventure and Batman, and is arguably the quintessential By Sarah • Sep 05, 2024 02:45 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Goth Gilmore Girls The first looks we’ve gotten at Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, Tim Burton’s legacy sequel of the 1980s horror-comedy classic Beetlejuice, really didn’t give away much about the new movie except nostalgia vibes and that Lydia Deetz has a daughter. The new trailer, though, coming just about six weeks before By Sarah • Jul 19, 2024 10:50 am
Winona Ryder Beetlejuice is autumn vibes and Scooby Doo I was divided on the teaser for Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, the decades in the making sequel to Tim Burton’s 1988 classic, but the full trailer has me feeling hopeful that this won’t suck? There’s less memberberry juice in the full trailer, as it introduces some new characters, though By Sarah • May 24, 2024 01:55 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Beetlejuice…Beetlejuice… With Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire hitting theaters this weekend, it’s time for the other revered 1980s horror-comedy that is ostensibly for children but also definitely not, Beetlejuice, to get the legacy sequel treatment. The first teaser for Beetlejuice Beetlejuice—admittedly, a clever title—dropped yesterday, showing off Winona Ryder’s By Sarah • Mar 22, 2024 12:15 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews TIFF Review: Knox Goes Away Yet another actor-director at TIFF! That was big this year, gee, I wonder why? Michael Keaton directs his first feature since 2008’s The Merry Gentleman with Knox Goes Away, a thriller about a hit man battling dementia in a race to save his son. (It was interesting to see By Sarah • Sep 14, 2023 03:13 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews The Flash’s slow start I really thought, despite Ezra Miller’s many problems and an equal number of delays with the release date, that The Flash would make money. Barry Allen is a very popular comic book character with a high degree of audience recognition, thanks in no small part to the long-running CW By Sarah • Jun 19, 2023 11:00 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Ezra Miller and Michael Keaton in The Flash After years of false starts, delays, a global pandemic, and an (alleged) international crime spree, The Flash is finally here, and it is…just fine. Not the best superhero movie, not the worst superhero movie. Measuring by the rather abysmal track record of DC superhero movies, The Flash is actually By Sarah • Jun 16, 2023 12:14 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Beetlejuice…Beetlejuice… For many years now, I have refused to believe in the possibility of Beetlejuice 2, but now, it seems, it is finally happening, it’s real this time. According to Warner Bros. Discovery, Beetlejuice 2 starts filming in London TODAY, with Tim Burton directing, Michael Keaton and Winona Ryder returning, By Sarah • May 10, 2023 01:48 pm
Douchebags The Flash hype train is now boarding CinemaCon is ongoing in Las Vegas, and The Flash was the centerpiece of the Warner Bros. Discovery presentation yesterday, dropping a new trailer—which was released online—and screening the whole film for an audience of press and theater owners. The Flash hype train is officially leaving the station, and By Sarah • Apr 26, 2023 12:21 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews The Flash at last The Super Bowl brought with it many things, mostly Rihanna, but also, the first trailer for the long-awaited, much delayed The Flash. James Gunn recently called it “probably one of the greatest superhero movies ever made”, and, honestly, the trailer is a cut above average. The best part, for me, By Sarah • Feb 13, 2023 08:33 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Batfleck’s back, alright! The news that Ben Affleck will, after retiring from the role, return as Batman in an upcoming DC movie is a huge surprise, BUT ALSO, it perfectly scans with the melody of “Everybody (Backstreet’s Back)”. It’s not the most important detail to discuss about this news, but I By Sarah • Aug 21, 2020 10:00 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Michael Keaton may return as Batman Today in I Didn’t Even Know That Was An Option news, Michael Keaton may return as Batman in The Flash, the movie centered on Ezra Miller’s speedster. The Wrap first reported that Keaton is in talks to reprise the role, but then Deadline jumped in to clarify that By Sarah • Jun 23, 2020 10:38 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Tom Holland in Spider-Man: Homecoming The heart of Spider-Man: Homecoming is a story about a kid anxious to grow up and join the world of adults. Peter Parker (Tom Holland) chafes against the rules put in place for him by his mentor, Tony Stark (RDJ, who keeps evolving this character in ways that keep his By Sarah • Jun 29, 2017 03:20 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Taylor Kitsch’s What The Hell movie A red band trailer for American Assassin, the hopeful launching pad for a new action franchise in the vein of Tom Clancy (the movie is based on the “Mitch Rapp” novels by Vince Flynn so it is a straight-up Clancy knock-off), has been released and I have not previously paid By Sarah • Jun 20, 2017 12:57 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Spider-Man: Homecoming bringing back your faves (Lainey: OMG …and Gwyneth too???) A new trailer for Spider-Man: Homecoming debuted yesterday at CinemaCon, the annual film industry show-and-tell, and today it’s online, bringing us more of the absolutely adorable Tom Holland as Peter Parker. And lots and LOTS of Iron Man. Anyone who’s tired of seeing By Sarah • Mar 28, 2017 11:51 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Michael Keaton in The Founder As a title, The Founder is a bit of wordplay meant to test your knowledge of Americana. You see The Founder is about Ray Kroc, the man who founded a fast-food franchise empire, but who did not found the restaurant he made famous: McDonald’s. Originally a California burger stand, By Sarah • Feb 03, 2017 11:45 am