Tag: willsmith
BAD BOYS: RIDE OR DIE Review: More of the Same, Just Different
After the Slap Heard (and Seen) Around the World, Will Smith, fresh off an Oscar win for King Richard, found himself in desperate need of image and reputational rehab. The answer, as always, was clear: Return to the long-running series...
Review: EMANCIPATION, Stellar Action Filmmaking, Anguished Will Smith
In an alternate, presumably better timeline, Will Smith’s long-expected Oscar win this past spring would not have involved the Slap heard and seen around the world. Instead, Smith would have ignored Chris Rock’s distasteful joke at Jada Pinkett-Smith’s expense, accepted...
Review: KING RICHARD, More Than Just Another Award-Worthy Turn By Will Smith
Will Smith, Aunjanue Ellis and Jon Bernthal star in a biographical drama, directed by Reinaldo Marcus Green, now in theaters and streaming on HBO Max.
Review: GEMINI MAN, Perfectly Good 90s Action Flick Gets Lost in the Modern Day
Will Smith, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Benedict Wong and Clive Owen; Ang Lee directed.
BRIGHT Trailer: Netflix's $100 Million Blockbuster Shines
Humans, Orcs, Elves... everybody is just trying to get along in Netflix's $100 million original film Bright, based on the Max Landis script that caused something of a bidding war when it was passed around. The film about "racial" tension...
Review: SUICIDE SQUAD, Not So Painless
Warner Brothers has aggressively set out to course-correct its still-fledgling DC Comics Cinematic Universe with Suicide Squad - a villain-fueled movie that wants you to believe it's off the hook, man! It's no lie that director David Ayer's (Fury, the...
SUICIDE SQUAD: The New Trailer, It's What Bad Guys Do
Well, here you go. Here is the new trailer for DC's Suicide Squad, due out on August 5th. I imagine that all eyes are going to be on Margot Robbie this Summer. By the looks of it she gets a lot...
Review: CONCUSSION Strikes A Blow In Spite Of Itself
A more cynical filmgoer would likely say that there's a lot wrong with Concussion. And that opinion would not be incorrect. But that said, a longer look at it under the microscope might just reveal a thing or two.Sometimes an...
BAD BOYS 3: THE GREY's Joe Carnahan In Talks To Take Over Action Franchise
Joe Carnahan, writer and director for action flicks like The Grey and The A-Team, has been reportedly approached by Sony to take over their Bad Boy franchise. According to reports Carnahan could be taking a look at a previous draft...
SUICIDE SQUAD: Here's Will Smith As Deadshot
One of the immediate questions that came up from the cast of Suicide Squad in costume shot released earlier this evening was if that was the complete costume of Will Smith as Deadshot. Where was his cybernetic eye, asked the...
SUICIDE SQUAD: Here Is The First Pic Of The Cast In Costume
Here you go. The first pic of the cast of Suicide Squad in costume. Director David Ayer tweeted the pic around an hour ago with the caption, "Task Force X assembled and ready."LtoR: Adam Beech as Slipknot, Jai Courtney as Capt. Boomerang,...
Review: FOCUS, A Fun Trifle
It's fair to say that Focus is the best Will Smith film in what seems like several decades. It's equally fair to say that's not exactly saying very much. Still, this quirky con-man flick is actually loads of fun,...
Interview: ScreenAnarchy Talks FOCUS With Adrian Martinez
It's that old story for character actors - you might not know the name Adrian Martinez, but surely you've seen his face. He's that big guy that connects with Ben Stiller in Walter Mitty, and is compadre to Will...
SUICIDE SQUAD Just Got Less Purdy. Tom Hardy Drops Out. (UPDATED. Sort of)
Huh. Well this is a shame. THR's Heat Vision blog is reporting that British actor, future Mad Max, and off-and-on nemesis to the Peaky Blinders, Tom Hardy, has left the adaptation of The Suicide Squad scheduled to begin shooting here...
SUICIDE SQUAD: Will Smith, Jared Leto, Tom Hardy And Margot Robbie Officially Cast
Warner Bros and DC Entertainment have lined up some serious star power for its villains-forced-to-be-heroes film Suicide Squad, according to a report from THR. Though rumors were whirling around prior to today's official announcement, no one knew who landed what role. Tom...
BAD BOYS 3 In The Works? Whatcha Gonna Do?
Ah, Bad Boys. I have a soft spot in my heart for these films. The first one came out when I was in college. Myself and some classmates were surrounded and questioned by police about a car theft in the area...
China Box Office: FAST & FURIOUS 6 Speeds Into Pole Position
Justin Lin's Fast & Furious 6 races to the top of the Chinese box office this week, despite giving Roland Emmerich's White House Down a 4-day head start, while M. Night Shyamalan's After Earth plummets to fifth place. Rank Title...
China Box Office: AFTER EARTH Ghosts Its Way To The Top
Will Smith's domestic turkey, After Earth, enters the Chinese charts in pole position, but only just ahead of Johnnie To's still-strong Blind Detective. Rank Title Origin 8/7-14/7 (US$M) Total (US$M) Screening days 1 After Earth USA $13.89 $13.89 3 2...
Euro Beat: Is It Art Or Porn? France Re-Opens The Debate
For the first time in many years (at least since 2000's Baise-Moi), sex in cinema has become a point of controversy in France. That's thanks in large part to the fact that the two most critically acclaimed films to come...
Jason Gorber's Cineruminations: On Shyamalan, SHE'S ALL THAT and a Preponderance for Pigeonholing
Part of the (heated) discussion about my take on After Earth surrounded the dicey proposition, popularized by the "Cahiers du Cinema" crowd in the 50s, that a director's work is to be considered part of a continuous process of development,...
