Here it is, the comeback the “Alien” franchise sorely needed. “Nothing,” remarked Daniels (Katherine Waterston, “Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them”) on the noise level of her surroundings, a gorgeous planet seemingly teeming with conditions perfect for them, 2,000 in-cryosleep passengers and 1,000-plus embryos to colonize. Little does the character know this, but what…
In my high school days, I wrote a script about a hitman who does drugs with Jesus. I thought it was edgy. Fortunately, you’ll never see it to know otherwise. Occasionally though, juvenile ideas like that land on the desks of eager producers. In rarer cases, they’re blessed with a million dollars and a distribution…
The first trailer for Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters was entertaining enough. The red-band trailer released today for it is even more entertaining (unless, one doesn’t enjoy action with comical explosions, gore and corny one-liners). In this re-imagining, Jeremy Renner and Gemma Arterton portray the fairy tale duo 15 years after their famed encounter with…
The re-imaging of fairy tale characters is officially upon us. Taking cues from Snow White’s toughening up (“Snow White and the Huntsman“) comes Paramount Pictures’ Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters. 15 years removed from the gingerbread house where they were both almost eaten by a witch, Hansel (Renner) and Gretel (Arterton) take up leather and…
