Released at this year’s Star Wars Celebration, here’s the first teaser trailer for Star Wars: The Last Jedi starring Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher, Adam Driver, Daisy Ridley, John Boyega, Oscar Isaac, Billie Lourd, Domhnall Gleeson, and Gwendoline Christie. The film opens in theaters on December 15th.
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How did this franchise manage eight films? When The Fast and the Furious was released in 2001 to mixed reviews I doubt anyone foresaw the series generating seven sequels. Following in the path of the previous films, The Fate of the Furious is a pretty dumb film that provides entertainment mostly through the more ridiculous pieces of its plot (and let’s be honest, it’s all ridiculous).
When the series began there was a focus on racing, real stunt work, and fast cars. Over the recent entries the series has devolved a bit into a live action cartoon making it impossible to take anything seriously. Remember the last (almost completely forgettable) movie had a tank and cars jumping through buildings? Well this on has a submarine!
Playing on the themes of friendship and family, the latest entry pits Dominic Toretto (Vin Diesel) against the team he put together when the world’s best hacker known as Cipher (Charlize Theron) blackmails him into joining a crew that actually doesn’t need his help (seriously, every piece of Cipher’s plan is only made harder by Dom’s involvement, as it brings in his team to stop them).
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Anne Hathaway stars as Gloria, an unemployed alcoholic who is forced to move back home to her parents’ abandoned house after her boyfriend (Dan Stevens) kicks her out. Back home, she reconnects with childhood friend Oscar (Jason Sudeikis) while struggling not to fall back into old patterns. All the pieces are here for an entertaining dramedy focused on Gloria, her questionable choices, and the people in her life. However, writer/director Nacho Vigalondo has something far more unusual in mind.
At the same time Gloria returns home a giant creature appears on the streets of Seoul, South Korea. Watching news footage, Gloria can’t help but notice some similarities between the creatures mannerisms and her own and quickly discovers that at one spot in her town, and one specific time, she causes the creature to manifest halfway around the world and controls its actions (be that wanton destruction or goofy dancing). From here the movie could devolve into a wacky comedy, but once again Vigalondo has something more interesting in mind as the film takes an unexpectedly dark turn.
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Awaking from his fall with the lone surviving Daughter of Aku, Jack (Phil LaMarr) begins his trek once more. Not willing to abandon the wounded brainwashed child Ashi (Tara Strong), the samurai decides to take her with him (despite the fact that she attempts to kill him every opportunity she gets). Even being swallowed by a giant beast and Jack having to crawl out with Ashi chained to his back does lessen the girl’s hatred. One at the end, seeing Jack react in harmony with the environment does doubt begin to creep into Ashi’s mind. Could Jack not be the end-all-evil that Ashi was taught to hate and kill her entire life? And, if so, what happens now?
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Here’s London pop-duo Oh Wonder with the official video for “Ultralife,” the title track for the pair’s second studio album.
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