It’s time for another edition of Trailer Time. Today’s teaser/trailer comes from our friends at Marvel and is for the highly anticipated movie Eternals.
After getting 12 seconds of footage recently from Marvel featuring the Eternals, today the Marvel team dropped an actual teaser for the upcoming film. And we have to say, it looks pretty epic. But did you really expect otherwise?
In case you’re not familiar, Eternals features a group of immortals originally created by the Celestials who “after an unexpected tragedy following the events of Avengers: Endgame, reunite to protect humanity from their evil counterparts, the Deviants.”
You know what that means, of course? Expect a lot of epic battles and Marvel’s usual dose of humor. In fact, you even get a bit of that in this teaser. Stay to the end. It’s pretty funny.
Eternals, originally created by the great Jack “King” Kirby, is written by Chloé Zhao and Patrick Burleigh and directed by Chloé Zhao. It stars Gemma Chan, Richard Madden, Kumail Nanjiani, Brian Tyree Henry, Kit Harrington, Salma Hayek and Angeles Jolie.
It hits theaters and, one would suppose, streaming on Disney+ on November 5. Until then, check out the teaser below.
It was 41 years ago today that one of the greatest sci-fi epics of all time was released in theaters. We’re talking, of course, about the sequel to Star Wars, then known simply as The Empire Strikes Back. But it wouldn’t be simple for long.
When Empire was released it instantly blew up and ushered in a more mature version of the Star Wars universe complete with bigger stakes, more action, romance, drama, suspense, improved visual effects and quite a twist ending, to put it mildly.
That twist, still often misquoted to this day, was one of the seminal events in many a young sci-fi fans life and marked a turning point in sci-fi movies that endures to this day. Sure, Empire didn’t invent the “twist” ending, but it damn sure brought it to millions of new fans around the world.
In short, we love this movie. And 41 years later it’s still one of our favorites of all time, especially for our Editor and podcast co-host Chris Ullrich. To him, there’s pretty much nothing better.
So, happy 41 Empire Strikes Back and thank you for being great then, and still being great today. We love you and we know you know. We also promise never to tell you the odds.
The Empire Strikes Back stars Mark Hammill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Anthony Daniels, David Drowse, Kenny Baker and Billy Dee Williams. It’s written by Lawrence Kasdan and Leigh Brackett, produced by George Lucas and directed by Irvin Kirshner.
Another day, another cool trailer for Trailer Time. Today it’s the latest one for writer/director David Lowrey’s The Green Knight.
This movie was actually ready to drop in 2020, but we bet you can guess what happened to that. Fortunately, things seem to be turing a corner, at least here in the US, so it looks like movies are back, baby!
And, of course, with movies coming back that means new trailers. So here we are.
In this latest Arthurian tale Dev Patel plays Sir Gawain in what’s described in the official synopsis thusly:
“An epic fantasy adventure based on the timeless Arthurian legend, The Green Knight tells the story of Sir Gawain, King Arthur’s reckless and headstrong nephew, who embarks on a daring quest to confront the eponymous Green Knight, a gigantic emerald-skinned stranger and tester of men. Gawain contends with ghosts, giants, thieves, and schemers in what becomes a deeper journey to define his character and prove his worth in the eyes of his family and kingdom by facing the ultimate challenger.”
We gotta say, this movie looks crazy as hell and we are totally in. Will watch. In fact, this is one of the movies that may get us back in the theater. Maybe. Or maybe we’ll wait for Dune. Anyway . . .
The Green Knight stars Dev Patel, Alicia Vikander, Joel Edgerton, Sarita Choudhury and Sean Harris. It’s based on the novel Sir Gawain and the Green Knight by Anonymous and written/directed by David Lowrey.
Look for it in theaters, and likely streaming too, on July 30th. In the meantime, check out the trailer below.
It’s time for another edition of What We’re Watching. This time we’re watching the the 2020 South Korean martial arts epic The Swordsman.
Before we go on it should be known we’re huge fans of martial arts films here at The Flickcast. Some of us go way back with them. That said, The Swordsman one of our favorite new martial arts films to come out in the last ten years.
Featuring a compelling cast, great production design and cinematography, amazing fight action and an emotionally engaging story The Swordsman delivers. Here’s more on what the film is all about (via Wikipedia):
“During the chaotic period of Ming-Qing dynasty transition, after failing to protect and preventing the downfall of Gwanghaegun, Tae-yul, the best swordsman in Joseon, lives in seclusion with his daughter Tae-ok in the mountains. As Tae-yul’s eyesight begins to fail due to an old injury, Tae-ok seeks to find a treatment for him. When she is captured and taken away by slave trader Gurutai, Tae-yul is forced to raise his sword again in order to save her.”
Pretty cool, right? We sure think so. We also think you should watch this film, especially if you’re a fan of great martial arts action.
Check out the trailer for the film below. The Swordsman is now available on one of your favorite streaming service, probably for a fee (at least right now). Worth it.
The Swordsman features Joe Taslim (of the recent Mortal Kombat reboot), Jang Hyuk, Kim Hyun-soo and Jung Man-sik. It’s written and directed by Choi Jae-hoon.
Have you seen The Swordsman? Do you love it as much as we do? Let us know in the comments or hit us up on Twitter, Instagram or Facebook. Happy Watching!
Sure, Pineapple Express might feel like an odd choice given the movie came out in 2008. That seems so long ago. It kinda was. But if being stuck at home during a pandemic showed us one thing, it’s you need to entertain yourself.
One way we enjoy entertaining ourselves is pretty much the same way most of the people in this movie do. So yes, Pineapple Express is a fine choice for us . . . and it might be for you too.
The movie is very funny and features great performances by stars Seth Rogen and James Franco (especially Franco). We do find the shift in tone from stoner buddy comedy/drama to violent gore fest rather abrupt and it does dampen our enjoyment of the movie somewhat.
While we do realize what the gang who made the film were going for, it just doesn’t quite land with this one. But even so, the film managed to be very successful and profitable, so obviously it didn’t bother a lot of other people. We were just hoping for more, as always. Opinions differ, and that’s cool.
Rogen and company do a much better job pulling this off with the more recent This is the End. We really like that one. Don’t worry, we’re gonna watch that again soon and will be posting about it.
Until then, watch Pineapple Express and entertain yourself. It really is quite fun, not matter where your head’s at.
Oh, if you do decide to enjoy this movie, partake in other related products (or both), please do so responsibly. We don’t advocate breaking the law and certainly aren’t encouraging you to do so.
Sorry, our lawyers made us say that. But yeah, try to be cool.
Pineapple Express stars Seth Rogen, James Franco, Danny McBride, Amber Heard, Gary Cole, Rosie Perez, Craig Robinson and a host of other great actors. It’s written by Rogen and Evan Goldberg, produced by Judd Apatow and directed by David Gordon Green. Check out the trailer below.
Lots of trailers coming out this week already so we’re here with yet another edition of Trailer Time. This time it’s the brand new teaser for Marvel’s Upcoming Shang-Chi.
In truth, the full title is actually Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, but that’s a lot to type out. So, we’re just gonna call it Shang-Chi, if that’s okay will you. We hope it is.
As fans of Marvel movies from way back, all we can say about this one is: awesome. As in it looks awesome. So much good stuff in here we love including kick-ass martial arts action, stunts, stuff blowing up, good character moments and hey, even a little comedy to lighten things up. Everything a great Marvel movie should have.
If you’re not familiar with the Shang-Chi comic, the character is the master of kung-fu inspired by martial arts legend Bruce Lee. In this adaptation: “Shang-Chi is drawn into the clandestine Ten Rings organization, (and) he is forced to confront the past he thought he left behind.” Uh oh.
In other words, he doesn’t want to be a bad guy like his father “The Mandarin” so he decides to rebel a bit. Well, more than a bit, really. Of course, mayhem ensues. We are here for this all the way.
Shang-Chi is written by David Callaham, Andrew Lanham and Destin Daniel Cretton and directed by Destin Daniel Cretton. It stars Simu Liu, Tony Leung, Akwafina, Fala Chen and Michelle Yeoh.
It hits theaters and, we presume, Disney Plus Premium on September 3rd. Until then, check out the trailer below.
It’s getting to the point where movies don’t really need titles anymore. You just need a couple digits and people get the idea. This is especially true for the Fast and the Furious franchise, which is near to releasing its ninth installment called, you guessed it, F9. Yep, it’s time for another edition of Trailer Time.
Wow. Nine movies. Pretty impressive. And there’s gonna be at lest two more. Meanwhile, in this one, based on the official synopsis:
“After the events of The Fate of the Furious, Dominic Toretto and his family must face Dominic’s younger brother Jakob, a deadly assassin, who is working with their old enemy Cipher, and who holds a personal vendetta against Dominic.”
Anyway, Dom and the gang are back once again for more vehicular mayhem and there’s, of course, a new trailer to get people pumped for the upcoming film. And yes, there’s a lot of car chases, explosions, action, fights, stunts and, of course, family. Because it’s all about family, kids. Remember that.
F9, which stars Vin Diesel, Michelle Rodriguez, Charlize Theron, John Cena, Jordana Brewster, Tyrese Gibson, Sung Kang, Helen Mirren (and more!), hits theaters on Jun 25th.
Until that glorious time, check out the trailer below. In all honesty, it does look pretty great. We’re ready.
It is Star Wars, after all. And we don’t pass up a chance to talk about or feature or generally get excited for anything Star Wars around here. Not with nerds like Chris and Joe in charge.
So, to put it mildly, this The Bad Batch trailer looks pretty awesome. In fact, it looks really awesome. We’re also very happy it’s produced by Dave Filoni (of The Clone Wars and The Mandalorian) and features the voice talents of Dee Bradley Baker, Ming-Na Wen, Stephen Stanton and Andrew Kishino.
But what’s it all about, you may wonder? Here’s some info from the official synopsis:
“Star Wars: The Bad Batch” follows the elite and experimental clones of the Bad Batch (first introduced in “The Clone Wars”) as they find their way in a rapidly changing galaxy in the immediate aftermath of the Clone War. Members of Bad Batch—a unique squad of clones who vary genetically from their brothers in the Clone Army—each possess a singular exceptional skill that makes them extraordinarily effective soldiers and a formidable crew.”
We. Can’t Wait. Fortunately, it won’t be too long. Until then, check out the trailer below.
Look for Star Wars: The Bad Batch to hit Disney Plus on, you guessed it, May the 4th.
Time for another edition of Trailer Time. For this installment we’re bringing you the “redband” trailer for James Gunn’s highly anticipated “sequel” to Suicide Squad called, well, The Suicide Squad.
Some familiar faces return for this, as well as a whole new crop of residents of Belle Reve penitentiary. They are put together by Amanda Waller (Viola Davis) “as members of Task Force X and sent to the South American island of Corto Maltese to destroy Jotunheim, a Nazi-era prison and laboratory which held political prisoners and conducted experiments,” one of which seemingly produces an enlarged version of a certain intelligent starfish.
In addition to the returning Davis, the film again features Margot Robbie as Harley Quinn, Joel Kinnaman as Col. Rick Flagg and Jai Courtney as Capt. Boomerang. In addition, newcomers join in the mayhem including Idris Elba as Bloodsport, John Cena as Peacemaker, Michael Rooker (of course) as Savant, Pete Davidson as Blackguard, Peter Capaldi as Thinker and Sylvester Stallone as King Shark. Also, look for appearances by Alice Braga, David Dastmalchian, Sean Gunn (of course), Taika Waititi and Nathan Filion (also, of course).
Check out the “redband” trailer for The Suicide Squad after the break. It’s likely you’ll need to click through to YouTube to watch it. If so, we apologize. It sucks that some people can’t handle things, but here we are.
Either way, the trailer looks great and we expect the movie to be the same. Look for The Suicide Squad to drop in theaters and on HBO Max on August 6th.
It’s time for another edition of What We’re Playing. This time around What We’re Playing is The Elder Scrolls V, better know to all as the amazing Skyrim. If you’re a fan of this site, or gaming in general, we’ll guess you’ve probably heard of it.
When first released in 2011, Skyrim received universal acclaim and was touted as one of the best video games ever made. Since that time, the game continues to be immensely popular, with fans anxiously awaiting a new installment.
Of course, some have moved on to other games, it’s just the nature of the business. But we love Skyrim and always will. We know a lot of people agree.
For those few not familiar, you enter the game as The Dragonborn. Your quest “is to defeat Alduin the World-Eater, a dragon who is prophesied to destroy the world. The game is set 200 years after the events of Oblivion and takes place in Skyrim, the northernmost province of Tamriel.”
“Over the course of the game, (you) complete quests and develop your character by improving skills. The game continues the open-world tradition of its predecessors by allowing the player to travel anywhere in the game world at any time, and to ignore or postpone the main storyline indefinitely.”
That’s a rather mundane way of describing the awesomeness that is Skyrim. But don’t take our word for it, or the word of the person who wrote the words above and posted them on Wikipedia. You really need to play it for yourself.
But until then, check out the official trailer for Skyrim below to see what you’re missing or to remind you what you need to get back to. Happy gaming!
Have you played Skyrim? Do you love it as much as we do? If so, let us know in the comments or hit us up on Twitter, Facebook or Instagram.
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