Congratulations! You are only about 440 days away from seeing Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them! While we have so many more answers than we had two years ago when Fantastic Beasts was first announced (I can’t believe it’s already been two years), there are still so many questions. Let’s start with what we know: David Yates is…
My 12th grade English class studies Macbeth. My favorite production to show them has always been the filmed minimalist stage production with Sir Ian McKellen as Macbeth and Dame Judi Dench as Lady Macbeth. Granted, it can be a little boring for some students who are used to flashy and colorful video games and movies,…
Even though I need another dinosaur movie in my life, like, yesterday, I (or we) have to wait another three years to see another one, at least one from the Jurassic franchise. That’s right—Jurassic World 2 (which has no official title yet) will hit theaters on June 22nd, 2018. Sigh. That’s a long wait. But why announce…
Paper Towns was released this weekend! Hooray! I’m so exited to see this movie, because Paper Towns is probably my favorite John Green book, though The Fault In Our Stars—last summer’s hit John Green book-to-movie—doesn’t fall very far behind on my favorites list. But as Paper Towns‘s opening weekend now draws to a close, how do the two movies’…
Happy birthday to me! Today, I was given one of the greatest presents in recent memory: a new trailer for the upcoming Jurassic World movie! Leading up to the release of this trailer, three new (awesome!) posters were also released: But as awesome as these posters are, this trailer man… This trailer takes the cake. Birthday cake, if you…
A few years ago, I had a student whose ultimate fandom of choice was Star Wars. Sure, I like Star Wars too, but Lucasverse does fall behind Rowlingverse and Tolkienverse for me. This kid… he’s read all the books, whereas I’ve read a total of, well, none. He explained to me that (SPOILER ALERT), in those books, Luke…
The Fault In Our Stars, my first favorite John Green book. Paper Towns, my second favorite. I am so excited for this movie. Especially now that the first trailer and first poster have been released. Both look so awesome! The poster features Cara Delevingne and her sweeping hair with Nat Wolff, who played Isaac in The Fault in Our Stars.…
Jurassic World is open. The movie producers have gone to great lengths to make us imagine that Jurassic World is real, that it really exists, that you could buy a ticket and go there right now. How? Through a very cleverly designed website. If you visit JurassicWorld.com, you won’t get details about the upcoming movie. Instead, it’s…
I can’t believe I’m uttering these words, but I honestly think I would have enjoyed The Hobbit movies more had there been only two movies (as first reported there would be—with An Unexpected Journey and There And Back Again) or even one. I wrote in my review of The Battle of the Five Armies that after the hour-long battle scene,…
In case you missed it, last Saturday Martin Freeman hosted Saturday Night Live, which brought about, among other great sketches, an epic mashup of his two best-known characters. As the entire world knows by now, Martin Freeman played Bilbo Baggins in the three Hobbit movies (the last of which was just released in theaters in this past…