BATMAN VS SUPERMAN: DAWN OF JUSTICE | TEASER TRAILER #1

This is what fans of Batman and Superman have been waiting for, the first teaser trailer reveal of Batman Vs Superman: Dawn of Justice. This particular trailer finally teases Ben Affleck as the new Batman, while some may like the idea of a new Batman I will always prefer Christian Bale as the ultimate Batman. Though back onto the trailer front you can definitely hear Jesse Eisenberg narrating, whom plays super villain Lex Luther, any other details surrounding the plot are shrouded in secrecy so fans are going to have to wait another year before the showdown begins. Batman Vs Superman: Dawn of Justice stars Henry Cavill as Clark Kent, Ben Affleck as Bruce Wayne, Amy Adams as Lois Lane, Jesse Eisenberg as Lex Luther, Jason Momoa as Arthur Curry, and Gal Gadot as Diana Prince,

STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS | TEASER TRAILER #2

Earlier in the week a new teaser trailer for Star Wars: The Force Awakens dropped and as you could imagine the internet went crazy. If you didn't already know the reboot stars Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher, Harrison Ford, Oscar Isaac, Andy Serkis, Domhnall Gleeson, John Boyega, Adam Driver, Daisy Ridley, Warwick Davis, Lupita Nyong'o, and Gwendoline Christie.

A continuation of the saga created by George Lucas set thirty years after Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi

FANTASTIC FOUR TEASER TRAILER

The first official trailer has been released in form of a teaser for the highly anticipated rebooted franchise of Fantastic Four. The revamped cast includes rising stars, Miles Teller as Reed Richards, Kate Mara as Sue Storm, Michael B. Jordan as Johnny Storm, Jamie Bell as Ben Grimm, and Toby Kebbell as Victor Domashev.

Four young scientists achieve superhuman abilities through a teleportation experiment gone haywire. They must now use these abilities to save the world from an uprising tyrant.

THE AGE OF ADALINE TRAILER

The first official trailer for The Age of Adaline dropped online last week, which stars Blake Lively, Harrison Ford, Michiel Huisman, Ellen Burstyn, and Richard Harmon. I've waited a long time for any kind of visual's for this film so I was quite surprised to see how the story transfers to screen, put together with such an unusual cast this could very well be an exceptional film.

A young woman, born at the turn of 20th century, is rendered ageless after an accident. After years of a solitary life, she meets a man who might be worth losing her immortality.

TAKEN 3 (TAK3N) TRAILER

It's that time again when sequels are made just for money and just lose the plot, Taken is one of those sequels. The first was thrilling, the sequel was almost up to par, and now with the release of the first official trailer for Taken 3, we get to see who's 'taken' this time... plot twist nobody does unless you consider the death of Lennie which I suppose counts as 'taken'. At one point I thought I was watching a remake of The Fugitive, but nether the less I will still watch this final instalment in the Taken trilogy, it will be interesting to see how the conclude the trilogy. Taken 3 stars Liam Neeson, Maggie Grace, Famke Jenssen, Forest Whitaker, Dougray Scott, Sam Spruell, and Andrew Howard.

Ex-government operative Bryan Mills finds his life is shattered when he's falsely accused of a murder that hits close to home. As he's pursued by a savvy police inspector, Mills employs his particular set of skills to track the real killer and exact his unique brand of justice.

Amazon Instant Video Recommendations | Summer 2014

Sometimes I find I am overwhelmed with the amount of choices I have on Amazon Instant Video, so I have decided to compile a list of shows and films that you should check out before they expire! I have coloured coded them, green for a high five star rating and red for a four star rating, enjoy!

TV
Comedy
Awkward

Mystery
Revenge

Sci Fi
Orphan Black
Extant 

Marvel
Arrow 

Kids/Animation
Avatar: The Last Airbender 
Legend Of Korra 

Historical Fiction
The Pillars Of The Earth

Films
Family
We Bought A Zoo

Comedy
Horrible Bosses
Ted 
Due Date

Action
Safe House

Mystery
Now You See Me

Crime
The Place Beyond The Pines
Broken City
Contraband

Thriller
Martha Marcy May Marlene
Side Effects

Sci-Fi
Chronicle 

Fantasy
Snow White And The Huntsman
Byzantium

Marvel
The Amazing Spiderman

Indie
The Kings Of Summer

Foreign Language
After Lucia 

Biography
Rush 
The Impossible
The Bling Ring
Behind The Candelabra
The Blind Side

Book Adaptatation
The Perks Of Being A Wallflower
Warm Bodies

PRIDE AND PREJUDICE AND ZOMBIES TO START PRODUCTION

Total Film are reporting that Pride And Prejudice And Zombies will begin filming in September with a brand new cast which so far includes Lily James, Sam Riley, and Bella Heathcote, Lily Collins was previously attached to star.

The film is an adaptation of the novel of the same name by Seth Grahame-Smith, which introduces hordes of the shambling undead into Jane Austen’s 1813 society story. 

Young stars Lily James, Sam Riley and Bella Heathcote will now be taking the leading roles, with Burr Steers directing from a script cooked up by himself and David O. Russell.

ANOTHER ME TRAILER

Another Me will definitely attract a lot of buzz among fandoms such as Game Of Thrones, Dracula, and City Of Bones, with such a well known cast that includes Sophie Turner, Gregg Sulkin, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Claire Forlani, and Rhys Ifans. Another Me is a book to movie adaptation of Cathy MacPhail's novel of the same name and also has executive producer credit on this film.

A teenager finds her perfect life upended when she's stalked by a mysterious doppelganger who has her eyes set on assuming her identity.

WHIPLASH TRAILER

Fans of Miles Teller will be excited to learn that the trailer for his latest film, Whiplash, has officially been released, which also stars Melissa Benoist and J.K. Simmons.

A young musician struggles to make it as a top jazz drummer.

UNBROKEN TRAILER

The first official trailer for Unbroken has finally arrived, directed by the one and only Angelina Jolie. I've yet to see any of her films but this one certainly seems very promising, especially since so many rising stars are involved, most notably Garrett Hedlund, Domhnall Gleeson, Jack O'Connell, Jai Courtney, and Luke Treadaway.

A chronicle of the life of Louis Zamperini, an Olympic runner who was taken prisoner by Japanese forces during World War II.

AFFLUENZA TRAILER

When this trailer popped up the IMDb trailer gallery, I was immediately drawn to it because of the strange title it was given, which thanks to google Affluenza means 'a psychological malaise supposedly affecting young wealthy people, symptoms of which include a lack of motivation, feelings of guilt, and a sense of isolation.' From the summary the film takes place in 2008, the year of financial turmoil, and by viewing the trailer it seems to have quite a substantial effect on the rich elitist kids. I'm quite surprised this hasn't had much buzz on any social networking sites but I do look forward to seeing this whenever they decide to release it, because as of yet it hasn't got any release dates for any other countries other than the US. Affluenza stars Gregg Sulkin, Nicola Peltz, Ben Rosenfield, and Grant Gustin.

An aspiring young photographer finds himself caught up in a heady world of money, sex, and privilege when he moves to wealthy Long Island in the summer of 2008.

LOVE LETTERS TO THE DEAD OPTIONED FOR FILM

Deadline reported earlier this week that Fox 2000 has optioned Ava Dellaira's debut novel, Love Letters To The Dead, for film. Temple Hill will be producing who also produced the highly anticipated book to film adaptation The Fault In Our Stars, which comes out next month. Ava Dellaira will also be writing the basis of the script due to the fact that she has spent time working in the film industry.

Producing are Temple Hill‘s Wyck Godfrey and Marty Bowen.

The author will write the script, under the supervision of Fox 2000 execs Elizabeth Gabler and Erin Siminoff will oversee for Fox 2000.

It begins as an assignment for English class: Write a letter to a dead person. Laurel chooses Kurt Cobain because her sister, May, loved him. And he died young, just like May did. Soon, Laurel has a notebook full of letters to people like Janis Joplin, Amy Winehouse, Amelia Earhart, Heath Ledger, and more; though she never gives a single one of them to her teacher. She writes about starting high school, navigating new friendships, falling in love for the first time, learning to live with her splintering family. And, finally, about the abuse she suffered while May was supposed to be looking out for her. Only then, once Laurel has written down the truth about what happened to herself, can she truly begin to accept what happened to May. And only when Laurel has begun to see her sister as the person she was; lovely and amazing and deeply flawed; can she begin to discover her own path.

CLOUDS OF SILS MARIA TRAILER

For any fans of Kristen Stewart or Chloe Grace Moretz I can announce that the official trailer of Clouds Of Sils Maria starring the two was released during Cannes Film Festival. I believe it has quite a few mixed reviews already but that is because of the harsh critics down at Cannes. What do you think? Is it a hit or will you give it a miss when it comes out later this year?

At the peak of her international career, Maria Enders is asked to perform in a revival of the play that made her famous twenty years ago. But back then she played the role of Sigrid, an alluring young girl who disarms and eventually drives her boss Helena to suicide. Now she is being asked to step into the other role, that of the older Helena. She departs with her assistant to rehearse in Sils Maria; a remote region of the Alps. A young Hollywood starlet with a penchant for scandal is to take on the role of Sigrid, and maria finds herself on the other side of the mirror, face to face with an ambiguously charming woman who is, in essence, an unsettling reflection of herself.

SRPING BREAKERS SEQUEL ANNOUNCED

TotalFilm reported earlier today that the production company, Wild Bunch, behind the 2013 spring hit film Spring Breakers starring James Franco, Vanessa Hudgens, Selena Gomez, and Ashley Benson, has announced they're in the motion of planning and possibly filming a sequel titled Spring Breakers: The Second Coming just in time for the next Cannes film festival.

Spring Breakers: The Second Coming sees the bikinied gangsters doing battle with an extreme militant Christian sect that attempts to convert them. 

“It’s not a direct sequel although there are allusions to some of the characters in the original,” says Wild Bunch co-chief Vincent Maraval. He also said that there will be a mix of new and old cast in the follow-up, without confirming whether the four original leading ladies - Vanessa Hudgens, Ashley Benson, Rachel Korine or Selena Gomez - or James Franco would be returning.

NOT A DROP TO DRINK OPTIONED FOR FILM

It was reported yesterday by Variety that Stephanie Meyer's production company, Fickle Fish Films, has optioned the film rights for the debut novel Not A Drop To Drink, written by Mindy McGinnis. Fickle Fish Films only has two films currently in there portfolio which are, The Host and Austenland, both book to film adaptations.

Not A Drop To Drink is ultimately a survival story set in a world where water is hard to come by, the main protagonist, Lynn, must protect her only water source available by any means necessary.

“Mindy’s unique voice made for a truly riveting read,” said Meghan Hibbett, Meyer’s producing partner at Fickle Fish. “This story seamlessly blends gritty and dangerous dystopian realism with the larger themes of life vs. survival that we feel audiences will really respond to.”

The Amazing Spiderman 2 | *SPOILERS*

Andrew Garfield returns as Spiderman in the follow up to The Amazing Spiderman reboot along with Emma Stone who reappears as Gwen Stacy. I believe the film is set two years after the events of the first film and Spiderman still continues as always to help protect the people of the city by catching wanted criminals before they start to do some real damage. Though these acts of heroism come with some negative side effects, such as the reappearance of Gwen Stacy's dad, Captain Stacy, haunting Peter when he's in dangers way, foreshadowing the events that are about to come. With Peter's vivid visions of the late Captain Stacy, he decides to end his relationship with Gwen because of the guilt thats weighing him down, a promise he made Captain Stacy can never keep. In the mix of things we have three new villains coming into play, the beginnings of the Green Goblin, Electro and Rhino and with Peter's conflicting emotions he tries his best to defeat his arising enemies.

The back and forth between Peter and Gwen's relationship was exhausting, they were either together or apart, unsure of where they stand Gwen tries to enjoy life without being in the presence of Peter even though both of them wanted the same thing they simply do whats best for each other.

Dane Dehaan as always gave a spectacular performance of the troublesome Harry Osbourne, a wealthy heir who suddenly becomes the boss of Oscorp. As the previous Spiderman movies go Harry and Peter have been friends since childhood, though for the reboot Harry doesn't appear until the sequel so the audience is given a quick recap of the pairs childhood relationship. Harry's downfall escalates quite quickly, no longer a happy go lucky guy, he's now become obsessed to find the cure for his longevity since we discover he is slowly dying, something he's had first hand experience with and certainly does not want to repeat it onto himself.

I very much liked the combination of the dub step with every beat of Electro's destruction and especially the hum of Electro's vocal chords, another thing that was impressive was the whispering music that coincides with Electro's paranoia. Very recently it seems films are finally taking into account how the importance of adding music or scores into a film can really intensify the scenes thus building up the suspense for the audience.

Then obviously towards the end we have the build up to a super villain army, founded by none other than Harry Osbourne, as he so desperately wants to take revenge on Spiderman.

As most followers of this film would know that Mary-Jane's scenes got cut from the entire movie, I'm guessing they did this because they didn't want the audience thinking that they were replacing Gwen, and maybe her scenes would of been irrelevant to the plot. But I am looking forward to watching them in the deleted scene section of the DVD. Seeing as they are most likely adding Mary-Jane to the cast in the next film I wonder who they'll cast, considering Shailene Woodley who was originally cast is also starring in her own film franchise, Divergent, it might be hard to film in-between films. Though you never know the studios may come to agreement now that Shailene Woodley has the Jennifer Lawrence effect in the film industry.

I was quite surprised to see that they weren't any extra scenes during the end credits something that is very rare among Marvel films, though we were giving a very edited down clip of X-Men: Days Of Future Past, something that I've never seen happen before during the end credits. I was actually confused about this part because I thought they were planning a Spiderman and X-Men crossover, something that I have not heard any news about, but not to worry because it was confirmed that it was just an advertising segment and nothing more.

Definitely go check this film out if your a Spiderman fan, though I'm hoping you already have because of my very spoilery review!

****

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I saw The Amazing Spiderman 2 on the UK release day, April 16th 2014.

As always this is an honest review.

IF I STAY TRAILER

MOVIECLIPS Trailers has released the first trailer for If I Stay, a film adaptation of the bestselling book by Gayle Foreman, starring Chloe Grace Moretz, Liana Liberato, and Jamie Blackley.

A car accident lands 17-year-old Mia in a coma and claims the life of her family.

The Place Beyond the Pines

Ryan Gosling stars as Luke, a reckless motorcycle stuntman lost in a world of little ambition finds himself drawn back to his former girlfriend, Romina. One day Luke spontaneously arrives at Romina's home to discover he has a son, startled by this revelation Luke decides he doesn't want to repeat the cycle of an absentee father so he quits life as stuntman and begins a string a bank robberies using the only skill he only knows best.

I was intrigued by this story from when I first saw the trailer of The Place Beyond the Pines and when I actually got the chance to watch it I was enthralled. Do not be fooled by the trailer advertised as it is completely misleading to what actually happens in the film, but it was a surprise to not know all the exact details from the film beforehand.

The fact that the film is made up from three difference acts, thats three different characters point of views and not forgetting the time differences, something that I certainly wasn't expecting but I loved how their stories were interwoven to create the ultimate master piece.

Ryan Gosling is an exceptional actor throughout this film, even though I have only seen two Ryan Gosling movies which are Blue Valentine and Drive and this by far is his best performance to date. Gosling displayed so much raw emotion when the riveting scenes took place, I was literally on the edge of my seat anxious by how the robberies were going to play out. Luke was clearly a mentally troubled soul and Gosling evidently showed Luke's vulnerability and made you feel sympathy towards Luke because of how far he was willing to go to provide for his son.

Bradley Cooper is a strange phenomenon, he's good at what he does and I certainly wasn't expecting him to take a role like this, although his performance in the Silver Linings Playbook sets the bar of his overall acting skills. But what I will say is that his role as Avery definitely comes close to bar, even though his character doesn't get much screen time he most certainly leaves a memorable impression.

This is the ultimate movie about the repeated cycles of fathers passing their demons onto their sons and someone will always pay the price for their past wrong doings.

*****

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I saw this film last year via Amazon Prime Instant Video.

As always this is an honest review.

GONE GIRL TRAILER

The first full length trailer for Gone Girl has hit the web via Youtube, it stars Ben Affleck, Rosamund Pike, Neil Patrick Harris, Tyler Perry and Boyd Holbrook. Gone Girl is a book to film adaptation written by best selling author Gillian Flynn, her other works include Sharp Objects and Dark Places, which has also been adapted for film which stars Charlize Theron, Christina Hendricks, Nicholas Hoult and Chloe Grace Moretz.

A woman mysteriously disappears on the day of her wedding anniversary.

FALLEN OFFICIAL CAST ANNOUNCEMENT

Lauren Kate, author of the Fallen series, announced earlier today the rest of the cast whom will be appearing in the book to movie adaptation of Fallen, which is slated for a 2015 release.

Lola Kirke as Penn

Sianoa Smit-McPhee as Molly

Daisy Head as Arianne

Hermione Corfield as Gabbe

Malachi Kirby as Roland 

Chris Ashby as Todd

And as a recap, here are the smokin’ leading characters

Addison Timlin as Lucinda

Jeremy Irvine as Daniel

Harrison Gilbertson as Cam