Author: Brendon Wagner

Japanese movies and media especially of the horror genre have been quite the fickle mistress in terms of Americanization for various reasons. From racially insensitive castings of all white actors to plots that just don’t make sense in western regions. Over all devoid of artistic asian style and influence that America just cant seem to nail;… Continue reading ‘The Grudge’ Reboot Gets Its Director in Nicolas Pesce

Over the span of almost two decades. The Pirates Of the Caribbean franchise has dominated theaters. Creating a cinematic empire of sorts garnering some of the highest domestic grossing films of all time with Deadman’s Chest and its successor At Worlds End. With that being said that leaves for some high expectations. The Pirates series… Continue reading FILM REVIEW: Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales

Alongside finally giving us the chance to finally see Aquaman on the big screen in his own live action film. Director James Wan is building off of his own franchises starting with Annabelle and its sequel Annabelle: Creation both branching from the first Conjuring film. Which introduced us to the titular possessed doll antagonist and… Continue reading ‘The Conjuring 2’ Spin-Off ‘The Nun’ Starts Filming

Power Rangers when you hear the name in your older years it’s filled with nostalgia of a show brimming with campy greatness giant robot fights cheeseball obscure villains and of course teens with attitude. Saban’s Power Rangers have gone through over 20  TV incarnations ranging from pirates to wizards. With each new iteration bringing forth… Continue reading FILM REVIEW: ‘Saban’s Power Rangers’

Entering Universals panel this year I had hopeful anticipation for an introduction into their soon to be reestablished Universal Monster Universe. Unfortunately, there was no slate or future title confirmations just yet but they rewarded us with a killer montage of the classic black and white Universal Monsters. Showing us the way to a new… Continue reading CinemaCon 2017: Universal Studios Panel

A newcomer to the film studio game STX Studios has in its own words started hitting the market with films at a breakneck pace with a relentless film schedule for the next two years. Garnering big names for their 2017 slate with casts including Tom Hanks, Emma Watson, Jackie Chan and Mark Whalberg.  Starting this year’s… Continue reading CinemaCon 17: STX Films Panel

Paramount  Pictures is aiming to hit hard this year with their 2017 film slate. Starting off strong with the cast of Baywatch showing us a brand new trailer deemed “FUchsia” rated. Baywatch seems incredibly reminiscent of the comedy that made the 21 Jump Street remake so great and with a cast including Dwayne Johnson and Zack… Continue reading CinemaCon 2017: Paramount Pictures Panel