The New "Creed II" Trailer is Here and It's Fire

In case you still haven't seen the first Creed, it features the son (Adonis Creed) of Rocky Balboa's rival-turned-friend, Apollo, and his struggle to come to terms with living in his legendary father's shadow while pursuing a professional boxing career. Adonis' pops died in the ring in Rocky IV -- the one in which the "Italian Stallion" fought the roided-up Russian. And guess what? That very same Russian, who delivered the fatal punches to Apollo, will appear in Creed 2. Yep, Dolph Lundgren is making a return to the Rocky series.

The down-side is that Creed director Ryan Coogler was so busy overseeing Black Panther that he didn't return to write the script (or direct). Instead, Sylvester Stallone wrote the screenplay. But if the trailer's any indication, the movie won't disappoint.

December 2018 Movie Trailers

December may be the month of redemption. Aquaman will attempt to make up for the DCEU's lowest point, 2017's Justice League. And Bumblebee will try to right The Transformers franchise's sinking ship. We'll also see the cinematic debut of the Black Spider-Man.

December 4


Capernaum

December 7


Under the Silver Lake

Ben is Back

December 14


Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse

Vice

The Mule

December 19


Mary Poppins Returns

It's hard to imagine that Emily Blunt has much of a shot at filling Julie Andrews' shoes. But Disney has been prepping this thing for awhile. Mary Poppins references popped up in two of the studio's big hits last year (Guardians of the Galaxy 2 and The Last Jedi). And Star Wars' usual release slot was cleared for Mary Poppins Returns' arrival -- which contributed to Solo's legendary failure. Will MPR justify all of the hype and upheaval? We'll see.













December 21


Bumblebee

Bumblebee is the first live-action Transformers movie to not be directed by Michael Bay, which is probably for the best given that each of the four sequels is worse than the movie that preceded it. It's also the first Transformers prequel, which suggests a change (a much-needed one) in direction for the series. If for no other reason, Bumblebee may be worth watching for the chance to see Bumblebee and fan-favorite character Starscream rocking their original looks.











Aquaman

Entourage, a partly-satirical television show about a fictional movie star (Vincent Chase) and his oldest friends, featured said movie star headlining a biopic about billionaire drug-trafficker Pablo Escobar. Before portraying Escobar, Chase took on the role of Aquaman. Both movies were chosen in order to illustrate Hollywood's tendency to scrape the bottom-of-the-barrel in terms of subject matter after having exhausted the most popular figures of a given genre. Since then, various real-life movies and television shows have been released about the deceased kingpin. One of which, Narcos, is among the best shows of 2015 and 2016. So maybe Mr. H2O has the goods as well. But after Justice League, that looks a whole lot less likely.

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December 25

Holmes & Watson

  

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November 2018 Movie Trailers

Good news, Rocky fans. Creed, which is probably the best of the series and unquestionably brought the franchise back from the dead, has a sequel. The Creed follow-up, Rocky 8 if you're counting, is scheduled to hit theaters November 21 -- just in time for Thanksgiving. 

November 2


The Nutcracker and the Four Realms

Sort of looks like the movie that last year's Beauty and the Beast should've been.

Bohemian Rhapsody

November 9

The Grinch

We might just have a future Christmas classic on our hands.

Peterloo

November 16

The Crimes of Grindewald

The trailer alone is better than the last Fantastic Beasts movie.

Instant Family

November 21

Robin Hood

Creed II

In case you still haven't seen the first Creed, it features the son (Adonis Creed) of Rocky Balboa's rival-turned-friend, Apollo, and his struggle to come to terms with living in his legendary father's shadow while pursuing a professional boxing career. Adonis' pops died in the ring in Rocky IV -- the one in which the "Italian Stallion" fought the roided-up Russian. And guess what? That very same Russian, who delivered the fatal punches to Apollo, will appear in Creed 2. Yep, Dolph Lundgren is making a return to the Rocky series.

The down-side is that Creed director Ryan Coogler won't be returning to write the script (or direct). Instead, Sylvester Stallone will write the story. He wrote Rocky and Rocky Balboa (the second-best movie in the series). That's not a bad resume but the problem is that he's apparently never had any familiarity with genuine Black culture. For instance, two of the African-American antagonists were named Clubber Lang and Mason Dixon. FOH.












Green Book

November 23

Shoplifters

November 29

Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle

November 30

If Beale Street Could Talk

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The First Look of Joaquin Phoenix as the Joker Has Been Released

Earlier today, writer/director/producer Todd Phillips (of The Hangover fame) posted released the first image of Joaquin Phoenix in full make-up as the title character in the upcoming movie Joker. The 1980s-set origin story, which is unconnected to the DCEU, will feature the arch-criminal as stand-up comic Arthur Fleck who becomes a sociopathic killer. Producer Martin Scorsese has since left the project but Robert DeNiro (who portrayed an unhinged comedian in 1982's The King of Comedy) will appear as a talk show host alongside Brett Cullen as Thomas Wayne -- father of Bruce "the Batman" Wayne. No word yet on whether or not the famed vigilante will make an appearance. 

The famous villain, most recently portrayed by Jared Leto in 2016's Suicide Squad and most memorably brought to life by Heath Ledger 10 years ago in The Dark Knight, will hit multiplexes again on October 4, 2019.

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by John Z.

What a surprise I encountered with the movie ‘Alpha.’ This is a great film that kept me so engrossed I could not get up and leave my seat. I did not expect to find it so enjoyable. It is a beautifully shot film that speaks to everyone about love, faith, courage, respect and honor. I did not know any of the actors in this film but they all did a great job, especially the young actor who played the role of ‘Keda.’ This is one film that is for everyone!





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Glass

Release Date: January 18

Who knew Unbreakable was just the first step in a superhero trilogy? First, the vigilante and a villain got their origin stories. Then another villain emerged in Split. We can only assume that the hero faces off against two evildoers in Glass -- Dark Knight-style.


















The LEGO Movie 2: The Second Part

Release Date: February 8

















Triple Frontier

Release Date: March 6

Dumbo

Release Date: March 29

The trailer for Dumbo looks great, the subject matter seems to be right up director Tim Burton's alley and most importantly, it'll give Disney a chance to redeem themselves for the racist original version. 

Endgame

Release Date: April 26

Something tells me that Thanos sealed his own fate when he told Thor that he should've aimed "for the head." Whether the jolly-less purple giant lives or dies the movie is sure to make billions.


















Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile

Release Date: May 3


















Spider-Man: Far From Home

Release Date: July 2

Joker

Release Date: October 4

Midway

Release Date: November 8

The Rise of Skywalker

Release Date: December 20

Carrie Fisher hadn't started working on the movie prior to her death and Lucasfilm's vowed to not use a CGI stand-in. So Princess Leia may be killed off off-screen. Or may not appear. And Lando Calrissian will definitely appear and probably be killed on-screen. I just hope JJ Abrams undoes all of the ridiculousness that Rian Johnson wrote into the hot garbage formally known as The Last Jedi. And that Kylo Ren keeps his mask on and no ewoks show up.















1917

Release Date: December 25