Check out Tom Cruise in this first teaser for TOP GUN: MAVERICK!
Cruise surprised Hall H in San Diego as the Top Gun: Maverick official trailer soars at Comic-Con 50.
This teaser will give you chills! Wow!
Even the first poster is crazy good… all we can say is, damn!
The original film was released on May 13, 1986 in over 1,000 cinemas by Paramount Pictures and was the highest-grossing film of 1986. It would be six months before its theater count dropped below that of its opening week. It was number one on its first weekend with an US $8,193,052 gross, and went on to a total domestic figure of US $176,786,701.
Nominated for 4 Oscars, the film won an Academy Award for Best Original Song for “Take My Breath Away” performed by Berlin.
Paramount Pictures, Skydance and Jerry Bruckheimer Films Present Top Gun: Maverick. Starring Tom Cruise, Miles Teller, Jennifer Connelly, Jon Hamm, Glen Powell, and Lewis Pullman. With Ed Harris.
Joseph Kosinski, who directed Cruise in 2013’s Oblivion, is helming TOP GUN: MAVERICK.
Look for TOP GUN: MAVERICK in theaters on June 26, 2020.
Contributed by Michelle Hannett and Melissa Thompson
In the blood-soaked wake of the frenzy over MESSED UP PUZZLES’ trio of Grindhouse classics—CANNIBAL HOLOCAUST, PIECES, and THE BEYOND—comes a gruesome twosome from Blue Underground with a special treat from that company’s owner-cum-MANIAC director, William Lustig.
MANIAC isn’t just a much-demanded puzzle garroted from the original controversial theatrical poster…It’s also a Willy Wonka-style hunt for a one-of-a-kind collectible. Out of this limited run of 500 puzzles, William Lustig has hand-signed 1 in 25 (somewhere between the blood and the bulge), only to be revealed on the puzzle itself once assembled! Everyone else still gets a jigsaw puzzle with serious mommy issues, cut from 1000 pieces that need to be locked in the closet.
The other half of this double header is Lucio Fulci’s masterpiece, ZOMBIE (or ZOMBI 2 or ZOMBIE FLESH EATERS, or whatever), a monster of a jigsaw puzzle that is going to eat you! (Or at least your sanity.) The beloved face of The Conquistador has rotted into 1000 flesh-eaten pieces for the puzzling pleasure of those up to the challenge. ZOMBIE marks Fulci’s second contribution to the Messed Up Puzzleverse, the first being THE BEYOND.
Both MANIAC and ZOMBIE are available now at MessedUpPuzzles.com.
Stay tuned for the announcement of new Messed Up Puzzles in time for XXXmas.
About MESSED UP PUZZLES
Created by horror fans and jigsaw puzzle junkies who have zero tolerance for Thomas Kinkade pukescapes, these NSFW, not-for-kiddos boxes of DIY horror art have provided an antidote to those who feel likewise. Each Messed Up Puzzle features nothing but the goods. A decorative, removable obi wraps each box, but the puzzles themselves are just eye-popping film art without titles, credits, or any other cheats; unless where noted.
The 19th Annual Whitaker St. Louis Filmmakers Showcase, a presentation of the nonprofit Cinema St. Louis, serves as the area’s primary venue for films made by local artists. The Showcase screens works that were written, directed, edited, or produced by St. Louis residents or films with strong local ties. The Festival continues this Friday, July 19th. Narrative Shorts: Drama 3 is at 7pm and Narrative Shorts: Sci-Fi/Thriller plays at 9:15
The 19 film programs that screen at Washington University’s Brown Hall from July 12-14 & 19-21 serve as the Showcase’s centerpiece. The programs range from full-length fiction features and documentaries to multi-film compilations of fiction and documentary shorts. Many programs include post-screening Q&As with filmmakers. There are 106 films in this year’s event.
Tickets for film programs from July 12-21 at Brown Hall are $13 each; $10 for students with valid and current photo ID and for Cinema St. Louis members with valid membership cards. No phone sales, but tickets can be purchased online at brownpapertickets.com. Direct ticketing links will be on the Cinema St. Louis website, or search for “St. Louis Filmmakers Showcase” on Brown Paper Tickets. There is a small service charge per ticket for online sales, which are limited to full-price tickets only. The closing-night awards party is free and does not require tickets.
Narrative Shorts: Drama 3 is at 7pm. Ticket information can be found HERE
Camellia
Leonardo Panziera, 12
min.
Strange dreams of
flowers inspire Milton to fulfill the ambition of his girlfriend to open a
café.
Epicaste
Ryan Matthew Kneezle,
10 min.
An immortal mother
raises a mortal child until it grows old in an Eden surrounded by the River
Styx.
Give Me a Reason
Carleeka Kimmins, 9
min.
After overdosing,
Giselle encounters her father, who committed suicide, in a realm between life
and death.
Unwritten
Justin May, 14 min.
Two young lovers
explore closure and personal growth through their passion for music.
The Wagon
Stacey Nation, 15 min.
Armed with only a
small metal wagon and a heart full of hope, a woman ventures to overcome the
past to find her future.
Who’s Paisley? (An
Expression of Love)
Richard Ulrich, 17
min.
A young manic songwriter must confront her conscience-stricken veteran father.
Narrative Shorts: Sci-Fi/Thriller plays at 9:15 . Ticket information can be found HERE
Abducted Anonymous
Nathan Karimi, 23 min.
The rich and powerful
exploit the temptations of seven men.
Breaking Cycles
Brent Butler, 10 min.
A robotics engineer
re-creates his late wife only to realize he has made a huge mistake.
The Exchange Student
Nathan Bowman, 5 min.
In this third-place
winner of the Cinema at Citygarden Competition, a middle-school student embarks
on a journey that leads to self-reflection and a newfound appreciation of
nature.
George
Jess Stamper, 2 min.
George is called into
human resources, and all is revealed.
The Lines We Cross
Jake Thebeau, 13 min.
Three survivors must
navigate a barren world.
Rabbit’s Foot
Dustin Carter, 16 min.
A man’s dependency on
a future device causes him to lose sight of reality.
The Shine
Tristian Montgomery, 4
min.
In this winner of the
2019 St. Louis Science Fiction & Fantasy Short Film Festival — based on a
poem by Kendra Allen — a light shines brightly inside of black men, but certain
forces fight hard to extinguish it.
Shipslog
Richard Taylor, 5 min.
Mitch Majors uses his
spaceship’s video log to chronicle a 28-year voyage to the distant Proxima
Centauri system.
The Stranger
Damon Davis, 17 min.
In this surrealist
allegory to the American Diaspora’s return to the African continent, a stranger
falls from the sky one day, in search of a castle and a queen that was shown to
him in his dream.
Witness the end. Watch the NEW trailer for IT CHAPTER TWO.
Evil resurfaces in Derry as director Andy Muschietti reunites the Losers Club—young and adult—in a return to where it all began with “It Chapter Two.”
The film is Muschietti’s follow-up to 2017’s critically acclaimed and massive worldwide box office hit “IT,” which grossed over $700 million globally. Both redefining and transcending the genre, “IT” became part of the cultural zeitgeist as well as the highest-grossing horror film of all time.
Because every 27 years evil revisits the town of Derry, Maine, “It Chapter Two” brings the characters—who’ve long since gone their separate ways—back together as adults, nearly three decades after the events of the first film.
Oscar nominee Jessica Chastain (“Zero Dark Thirty,” “Mama”) stars as Beverly, James McAvoy (“Split,” upcoming “Glass”) as Bill, Bill Hader (HBO’s “Barry,” “The Skeleton Twins”) as Richie, Isaiah Mustafa (TV’s “Shadowhunters: The Mortal Instruments”) as Mike, Jay Ryan (TV’s “Mary Kills People”) as Ben, James Ransone (HBO’s “The Wire”) as Eddie, and Andy Bean (“Allegiant,” Starz’ “Power”) as Stanley. Reprising their roles as the original members of the Losers Club are Jaeden Martell as Bill, Wyatt Oleff as Stanley, Jack Dylan Grazer as Eddie, Finn Wolfhard as Richie, Sophia Lillis as Beverly, Chosen Jacobs as Mike, and Jeremy Ray Taylor as Ben. Bill Skarsgård returns in the seminal role of Pennywise.
Muschietti directed the film from a screenplay by Gary Dauberman (“IT,” “Annabelle: Creation”) based on the novel IT by Stephen King. Barbara Muschietti, Dan Lin and Roy Lee produced the film, with Marty Ewing, Seth Grahame-Smith and David Katzenberg serving as the executive producers.
The behind-the-scenes creative team included director of photography Checco Varese (“The 33”), Oscar-winning production designer Paul Denham Austerberry (“The Shape of Water”), editor Jason Ballantine (“IT,” “Mad Max: Fury Road”), and Oscar-nominated costume designer Luis Sequeira (“The Shape of Water,” “Mama”). The music is by Benjamin Wallfisch (“Shazam!,” “Blade Runner 2049,” “IT”).
New Line Cinema presents, a Vertigo Entertainment/Rideback Production, an Andy Muschietti film, “It Chapter Two.” The film is slated for release in theaters and IMAX on September 6, 2019 and will be distributed worldwide by Warner Bros. Pictures.
20th Century Fox has released a new trailer and poster for AD ASTRA. Starring Brad Pitt, the film follows an astronaut as he travels to the outer edges of the solar system to find his missing father. The mission unravels a mystery that threatens the survival of our planet.
Directed by James Gray, AD ASTRA stars Brad Pitt, Tommy Lee Jones, Ruth Negga, Liv Tyler, and Donald Sutherland.
AD ASTRA arrives in theaters everywhere onSeptember 20, 2019 fromThe Walt Disney Studios.
Watch the trailer now.
The timing of the release date couldn’t be more perfect considering the anniversary of Apollo 11 50 years ago this year. This looks amazing and is definitely one of our must-sees of 2019.
SYNOPSIS Astronaut Roy McBride (Brad Pitt) travels to the outer edges of the solar system to find his missing father and unravel a mystery that threatens the survival of our planet. His journey will uncover secrets that challenge the nature of human existence and our place in the cosmos.
” Dammit. Who typed a question mark on the Teleprompter?”
The ‘Movies on Art Hill’ Series in St. Louis continues this Friday, July 19thwith ANCHORMAN. Admission is FREE and the movie will start about 9pm.A Facebook invite for the event can be found HERE
Celebrate 10 years of films, food, and fun with your dream team this summer at the Art Hill Film Series! Everyone knows that Art Hill, in front of the St. Louis Art Museum, is a great place to go sledding in the winter. But did you know it’s a great place to see movies in the summer?
The We Are Movie Geeks gang always goes to these, so if you wanna hang with the cool kids, you should go too. It’s free and they set up a big screen at the bottom of the hill. There are food trucks and beer and wine for sale. You can even go dine in the museum’s restaurant before the show if you got money to burn. If you’re a museum member, you can show your membership card and get free popcorn and ice cream (I did that last year even though my card was expired!). Of course, you can bring a cooler with your own food and drinks as well. It’s a lot of fun! Bring your dog! The movies start at 9 but get there early! Thousands of people show up, especially if the weather is nice, and close parking is scarce. There’s live pre-show music and the people-watching can be entertaining.
What’s a film series without the food?
Bring your own picnic.
Food Truck Fest, presented by Sauce Magazine, will run from 6 to 8:30 pm in the parking lot to the west of the Louis IX statue on Art Hill. Food trucks vary each week and lines will close at 8:30 pm sharp each night. Cash, credit, and debit cards accepted. An ATM will be on Art Hill Plaza.
The Museum’s Cafe will be open and serving casual fare including freshly prepared soups, sandwiches, and salads until 9 pm.
Concession stands with snacks and soda will be located at the top of Art Hill. Show your Saint Louis Art Museum membership card and get a free bag of popcorn!
Adult beverages will be available for purchase at the Panorama booth.
Bring your appetite! Before the movie starts, make sure to tap into your creative side. Each week, there will be an Art Lab for adults complete with an instructor and all the materials you need to create your own Film Series masterpiece.
In ANCHORMAN Hotshot television anchorman Ron Burgundy (Will Ferrell) welcomes upstart reporter Veronica Corningstone (Christina Applegate) into the male-dominated world of 1970s broadcast news — that is, until the talented Corningstone begins to outshine Burgundy on air. Soon he grows jealous, begins a bitter feud with Veronica and eventually makes a vulgar slip on live TV that ruins his career. However, when an outrageous story breaks at the San Diego Zoo, Ron may get a chance to redeem himself.
Friday July 26th – OCEANS 8 – A Facebook invite can be found HERE
Five years, eight months, 12 days and counting — that’s how long Debbie Ocean has been devising the biggest heist of her life. She knows what it’s going to take — a team of the best people in the field, starting with her partner-in-crime Lou Miller. Together, they recruit a crew of specialists, including jeweler Amita, street con Constance, suburban mom Tammy, hacker Nine Ball, and fashion designer Rose. Their target — a necklace that’s worth more than $150 million.
August 2nd – GOONIES – A Facebook invite can be found HERE
A group of young misfits who call themselves The Goonies discover an ancient map and set out on a quest to find a legendary pirate’s long-lost treasure.
Here’s your first look at the upcoming and highly anticipated film version of CATS. The first trailer hits this Friday.
Oscar-winning director Tom Hooper (The King’s Speech, Les Misérables, The Danish Girl) transforms Andrew Lloyd Webber’s record-shattering stage musical into a breakthrough cinematic event.
CATSstars James Corden, Judi Dench, Jason Derulo, Idris Elba, Jennifer Hudson, Ian McKellen, Taylor Swift, Rebel Wilson and introduces Royal Ballet principal dancer Francesca Hayward in her feature film debut.
CATS will be in theaters this Christmas, December 20.
Featuring Lloyd Webber’s iconic music and a world-class cast of dancers under the guidance of Tony-winning choreographer Andy Blankenbuehler (Hamilton, In the Heights), the film reimagines the musical for a new generation with spectacular production design, state-of-the-art technology, and dance styles ranging from ballet to contemporary, hip-hop to jazz, street to tap. Universal Pictures presents a Working Title Films and Amblin Entertainment production, in association with Monumental Pictures and The Really Useful Group.
Cats is produced by Debra Hayward, Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner and Tom Hooper. The screenplay is by Lee Hall (Billy Elliot, Rocketman) and Hooper, based on Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats by T.S. Eliot and the stage musical by Lloyd Webber. Cats is executive produced by Lloyd Webber, Steven Spielberg, Angela Morrison and Jo Burn.
One of the longest-running shows in West End and Broadway history, the stage musical “Cats” received its world premiere at the New London Theatre in 1981, where it played for 21 years and earned the Olivier and Evening Standard Awards for Best Musical. In 1983, the Broadway production became the recipient of seven Tony Awards, including Best Musical, and ran for an extraordinary 18 years. Since opening in London in 1981, “Cats” has continuously appeared on stage around the globe, to date having played to 81 million people in more than fifty countries and in nineteen languages. It is regarded as one of the most successful musicals of all time.
John Cena, Keegan-Michael Key, John Leguizamo, Brianna Hildebrand, Dennis Haybert and Judy Greer are starring in Paramount Pictures upcoming comedy PLAYING WITH FIRE.
Set for holiday release on November 8, 2019, check out this super cute and really funny first preview for the film.
“I think the baby just broke your dog.” Hilarious! The combo of John Cena, Keegan-Michael Key and John Leguizamo is genius too. The last few seconds of Cena and Key is comedy gold!! Definitely a must-see this Fall!
When straight-laced fire superintendent Jake Carson (John Cena) and his elite team of expert firefighters (Keegan-Michael Key, John Leguizamo and Tyler Mane) come to the rescue of three siblings (Brianna Hildebrand, Christian Convery and Finley Rose Slater) in the path of an encroaching wildfire, they quickly realize that no amount of training could prepare them for their most challenging job yet – babysitters. Unable to locate the children’s parents, the firefighters have their lives, jobs and even their fire depot turned upside down and quickly learn that kids – much like fires –are wild and unpredictable.
Forty years ago this summer, a frog with a dream to make millions of people happy hopped out of the swamp, onto a bicycle and into cinema history in “The Muppet Movie.” For two days only this July, the original classic is back in movie theaters nationwide from Fathom Events, The Jim Henson Company and Universal Pictures.
Tickets are available at www.FathomEvents.com or at participating theater box offices.
“The Muppet Movie” will play in more than 700 movie theaters on Thursday, July 25, and Tuesday, July 30, at 12:30 p.m. and 7:00 p.m. local time each day through Fathom’s Digital Broadcast Network (DBN). For a complete list of theater locations, visit the Fathom Events website (theaters and participants are subject to change).
Following massive global success with the television hit “The Muppet Show,” which at its height aired in more than 100 countries around the world, Muppets creator Jim Henson took a huge creative risk to have the characters star in their first motion picture. The result, “The MuppetMovie,” directed by James Frawley, proved to be an enormous box-office hit. The film also charmed critics and received an Academy Award® nomination for “The Rainbow Connection,” the film’s iconic theme song with music and lyrics by Paul Williams and Kenneth Ascher.
The film stars Kermit (performed by Henson), Miss Piggy and Fozzie Bear (performed by Frank Oz), Gonzo (performed by Dave Goelz) and his chicken Camilla (performed by Jerry Nelson), Scooter (performed by Richard Hunt), and Dr. Teeth and the Electric Mayhem as they embark on a road trip to Hollywood where fame and fortune beckons, driven only by hope, dreams and a wisecracking bear.
In addition to the Muppet performers, “The Muppet Show” is a veritable who’s-who of 1970s pop culture, with a cast that includes Charles Durning, Austin Pendleton and cameo roles by Dom DeLuise, James Coburn, Madeline Kahn, Carol Kane, Telly Savalas, Milton Berle, Elliott Gould, Edgar Bergen, Bob Hope, Richard Pryor, Steve Martin, Mel Brooks, Cloris Leachman and Orson Welles.
“‘The Muppet Movie’ is a cinematic treasure, a delightful film that may have been made 40 years ago but is truly timeless, thanks both to its iconic characters and to its always-stirring theme of following your dreams and believing in your own abilities,” said Tom Lucas, Fathom Events Vice President of Studio Relations. “This film’s return to the big screen is very well deserved and we are happy to work with The Jim Henson Company and Universal Pictures to give it a proper nationwide re-release.”
An all-star cast shoots their shot in the sharp and “funny as hell” (Flixist.com) R-rated comedy Long Shot, arriving on Digital July 16 and on Blu-ray™ Combo Pack (plus DVD and Digital), DVD, and On Demand July 30 from Lionsgate. Sparks fly between comedy superstar Seth Rogen (Knocked Up, This Is the End) and Academy Award® winner Charlize Theron (2003, Best Actress, Monster) in this Rotten Tomatoes Certified Fresh™ “must-see comedy of 2019” (Scott Menzel, WeLiveEntertainment.com) also starring O’Shea Jackson, Jr. (Straight Outta Compton), Andy Serkis (Black Panter, Planet of the Apes), June Diane Raphael (TV’s “Grace and Frankie,” TV’s “New Girl”), Lisa Kudrow (TV’s “Friends”), with Bob Odenkirk (TV’s “Breaking Bad,” TV’s “Better Call Saul”), and Alexander Skarsgård (TV’s “Big Little Lies,” TV’s “True Blood”). From the celebrated team of Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg, creators of outrageous comedy hits including Sausage Party and Neighbors franchise, director Jonathan Levine, and co-written for the screen by Dan Sterling and Liz Hannah, screenwriter of the Academy Award®-nominated The Post (2017, Best Picture), don’t miss this “terrific, hilarious, and sincere romantic comedy” (Rodrigo Perez, The Playlist).
Seth Rogen stars as Fred Flarsky, a hard-partying journalist who’s got it bad for Charlotte Field (Charlize Theron), his first crush turned presidential candidate. After Charlotte hires Fred as a speechwriter, he is a fish out of water on her elite team. But sparks fly as he turns her on to a wild new world of raging parties, secret rendezvous, and hilarious rule-breaking.
Take home Long Shot and laugh along with exclusive featurettes, featuring hilarious behind-the-scenes moments never before seen, until now! Additionally, the Blu-ray Combo Pack features Dolby Atmos® audio mixed specifically for the home, to place and move audio anywhere in the room, including overhead. The Long Shot Blu-ray™ Combo Pack and DVD will be available for the suggested retail price of $39.99 and $29.95, respectively.
BLU-RAY / DVD/ DIGITAL SPECIAL FEATURES
“All’s Fair in Love & Politics: Making Long Shot” Featurette
“Seven Minutes in Heaven: Seth + Charlize Uncensored” Featurette
