Join us this week as we break down the latest Hollywood news and rumors including Marvel casting Angelina Jolie in an Eternals movie, casting news for Ghostbusters 3, and new details on Space Jam 2.
Explosions! Action! Quick Cuts! Young, scantily-clad, conventionally attractive women! That's right, this week we're talking about Michael Bay in part 1 of 2 of our Big, Dumb, Action Movie Director Showdown. We dive deep into the filmography from one of the most critically maligned and commercially successful directors out there and, in our most meta turn yet, determine whether Michael Bay's Tranformers is better or worse than the most mediocre movie ever made, Michael Bay's Transformers. Follow...
Join us this week as we delve into the latest Hollywood news and rumors including James Gunn's reentry into Marvel's good graces, the surprisingly popular release of the Dora the Explorer trailer, and the new trailer for Quentin Tarantino's star-studded new film, Once Upon A Time In Hollywood.
With Avengers: Endgame just on the horizon, join us as we review the first female-led Marvel superhero film, Captain Marvel, to see how it squares against the Marvel Cinematic Universe and, of course, how it compares the most mediocre movie ever made, Michael Bay's Transformers. It's got everything you could want in a movie from 90s nostalgia to a de-aged Samuel L. Jackson and even an adorable cat sidekick.
Join us this week as we bring you the latest Hollywood news and rumors including the newest Game of Thrones trailer, more updates on James Gunn's (Guardians of the Galaxy) Suicide Squad sequel, and some clarity on Amazon's Lord of the Rings series.
Didn't get the chance to visit Pensacon? We got you covered! We'll bring you our signature boots-on-the-ground reporting to make you feel like you were there. We discuss some of our favorite parts of Pensacon and our feelings on Cons in general. PLUS: You get to hear our uninformed opinions every week. This week we're bringing you the voice of the people! We got to interview some fine folks at Pensacon about their favorite fandoms and we wanted to share a few of our favorites. Pensacon Interview...
Join us this week as we break down the latest Hollywood news and rumors including the new and improved trailer for David Harbour's Hellboy movie, details on the new Star Wars theme park coming to a Disney World/Land near you, and the beginning of our contentious Game of Thrones debates that will only deteriorate from this point forward. (Also some bonus Star Wars discussion if you stick around till the end!)
As the days get longer, the movies get better. This week we're running through the highlights and lowlights of the upcoming spring slate including Captain Marvel, the other Captain Marvel, two live-action Disney movies, a Pokemon mystery/adventure, multiple horror movies, an Avengers movie that might literally break the box office, and more! Join us as we navigate the best and most anticipated new movies and determine which ones are worth the price of admission.
Join us this week as we bring you the latest Hollywood news and rumors including a Hulk Hogan biopic starring Chris Hemsworth, John Krasinski's involvement in the Quiet Place sequel, and a lot of honest and passionate opinions on the most prestigious and frustrating awards in cinema, the Oscars.
It's Oscars time once more and we have come prepared with opinions. From the various controversies and reversals from the Academy to Bradley Cooper's snub as Best Director, we are here to provide the definitive guide to the 2019 Academy Awards. This includes who we think should win, who is actually going to win, and who was egregiously excluded from the nominations. Join us this week and rage over an award show that is utterly arbitrary and seems singularly determined on doing everything wrong....
Join us this week as we break down the latest Hollywood news and gossip including Spike Lee's follow-up to BlacKkKlansman, an Aaron Paul-led Breaking Bad movie coming to Netflix, and the first trailer for the long-awaited sequel to Disney's Frozen.
This week we're taking on the pretty extensive career of the angriest Welshman we know, Christian Bale. He's an actor best known for his dramatic chops, transformative performances, and strong opinions about professionalism. We'll traverse his filmography from his baby-faced days in Empire of the Sun and Newsies all the way through his most recent Oscar-nominated performance in Vice and determine which is the best performance of his career.
Join us this week as we break down the latest Hollywood news and gossip including 4 new animated Marvel series aimed at an adult audience, Batman casting speculation involving a certain Twilight star, and the premier of an underwhelming live-action Aladdin trailer.
Join us this week as we take two great directors, Peter Jackson and Guillermo del Toro, and pit their films against one another in pursuit of determining the greater filmmaker. These two fantasy heavyweights may both look alike and share a love for special effects but we'll compare and contrast their bodies of work and declare a single victor.
Join us this week as we break down the latest Hollywood news and rumors including the official ousting of Ben Affleck from the new Batman film, Netflix's purchase of Zac Efron's Ted Bundy movie, and all the trailers that premiered during the Super Bowl this past weekend.
Have you ever watched a movie that was totally different from the trailer? Or a flick you were confident was one genre and then turned into something unexpected? This week we're diving into movies that were mismarketed, either by misleading trailers, inept promotion, or downright deceptive advertising. We've got preachy dramas disguised as rom-coms, black comedies disguised as screwball stoner flicks, a space epic that no one knew about, and one bald-faced lie of a talking kangaroo.
Join us this week as we discuss the latest Hollywood news and gossip including the new Ted Bundy biopic starring Zac Effron, the Joaquin Phoenix Joker movie being rewritten on set, and some absolutely outrageous Oscar nominations and snubs.
Love him or hate him, Jake Gyllenhaal has a pretty extensive film career for a man not even out of his 30s. From Oscar nominations to Roland Emmerich films, this better-looking Tobey McGuire has done it all. We start from the baby-faced, young Gyllenhaal in October Sky all the way through present-day, baby-faced Gyllenhaal in much stranger and more ambitious roles and determine, once and for all, his best performance ever. What We're Watching: 30:07 *************NOTE: "Glass" spoilers galore lie...
Join us this week as we break down the latest Hollywood news and gossip including the trailer for the third installment to the John Wick series, potential Pokemon movies in the pipeline following positive response to the Detective Pikachu trailer, and the long awaited first trailer for Spider-Man: Far From Home.
With Glass just on the horizon, we here at Reel Phonies thought it would be a good idea to reflect on the ups, downs, and headscratchers that make up the complicated but surprisingly steady filmography of the one and only M. Night Shyamalan. We share our thoughts and insight on the hits (The Sixth Sense, Signs), the misses (The Last Airbender, The Happening), and the unclear (The Village, Split) and determine whether M. Night Shyamalan, as a concept, is better or worse than Michael Bay's Transfo...
Avengers: Endgame will close out an 11-year, 21-movie master plan that probably started before Tom Holland was even born. But what's next? Aside from Spider-Man: Far From Home, the future Marvel cinematic slate is completely blank. That's where we come in. Join us this week as we make some predictions, speculations, and wistful nerdy dreams for what lies ahead for Phase 4 of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. We'll pitch stories and concepts for sequels for existing characters, like Captain America,...
Join us this week as we break down the newest Hollywood news and rumors including Jon Bernthal and Vera Farmiga in the Sopranos prequel movie, 10 Cloverfield Lane director Dan Trachtenberg helming the Uncharted movie adaptation, and the newest but frustratingly vague Game of Thrones teaser.
Join us this week as we unravel the latest Hollywood news and gossip including the award atrocities committed at the Golden Globes, grim updates on Todd McFarlane's Spawn movie, and two new Netflix projects including a David Fincher/Tim Miller-helmed anthology series and a John Wick-style action flick starring Mads Mikkelsen.
Remember what life was like before everyone on planet Earth had seen Black Panther? As hard as it is to imagine, that was just January of this year. Join us this week as we look back on some of the big movie, TV, and general pop culture events that shaped the year and dole out some best and worst superlatives for all the new things that 2018 brought us.
Join us this week as we take on the latest Hollywood news and rumors including the trailer for Jordan Peele's new project "Us", the Chris Hemsworth/Tessa Thompson-led MIB International trailer, and some very divisive set photos from the new live action Aladdin film.
When the multi-verse it at stake, sometimes one Spider-Man just isn't enough. Join us this week as we profess our love for this stylish, fun, inventive take on a Spider-Man origin you probably haven't heard before. We take some time discuss initial impressions of the movie, what characters we'd like to see more of, and where it ranks in the greater Spider-Man catalog.
Join us this week as we deliver the freshest Hollywood news and gossip including more cast updates for Disney's The Mandalorian TV series, a creepy, leaked Sonic the Hedgehog poster, everything you ever wanted to know about Shang-Chi but didn't know to ask, and more!
As the days get shorter and the weather gets cooler, cozy up with us as we dive into all the new releases from now until the end of February. We freely admit that the majority of good stuff happens before the new year begins but tune in to see if there might be an early 2019 surprise that piques your interest.
Join us this week as we bring you the latest scoop in Tinsel Town including a cryptic Game of Thrones trailer, updates on the new James Bond movie, and a huge trailer drop from Marvel including Captain Marvel, Avengers: Endgame, and a Spiderman: Far From Home trailer that debuted far from home (unless your home is in Brazil).
Remember how good Harry Potter was? Well Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindlewald probably isn't that but join us anyway as we really dissect what went wrong with this movie(and franchise), what made the Harry Potter movies work by comparison, and determine once and for all the best and worst wizard hair.
