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Anthony Mango
- Friday, January 3, 2020
Welcome to another edition of 6 Flicks Picks, wherein I list all of the upcoming films that are scheduled to be released in the United States for the month which is about to begin and break down which ones I'll be watching in theaters, which ones I'll wait to rent at home, and which ones I'll be skipping out on entirely. After going through the list, I'll choose which six films stand out to me as the ones I want to see the most, even if there are more or less than six that interest me.
Note: The list below is based primarily off the expanded nationwide USA release dates on IMDB as well as some other random outlets if possible, so some information may be different. If I am missing some of the limited releases or the dates conflict in some fashion, please let me know in the comments below and any adjustments and corrections will be made!
Without further ado, another new month means another new set of films, so what's coming soon to theaters in January 2020?
RELEASE DATE: January 3, 2020
The Grudge
Synopsis: A house is cursed by a vengeful ghost that dooms those who enter it with a violent death.
Will I watch? = No
RELEASE DATE: January 10, 2020
Like a Boss
Synopsis: Two friends with very different ideals start a beauty company together. One is more practical while the other wants to earn her fortune and live a lavish lifestyle.
Will I watch? = No
Underwater
Synopsis: A crew of aquatic researchers work to get to safety after an earthquake devastates their subterranean laboratory. But the crew has more than the ocean seabed to fear.
Will I watch? = No
The Informer
Synopsis: An ex-convict working undercover intentionally gets himself incarcerated again in order to infiltrate the mob at a maximum security prison.
Will I watch? = No
RELEASE DATE: January 17, 2020
Bad Boys for Life
Synopsis: Marcus Burnett is now a police inspector and Mike Lowery is in a midlife crisis. They unite again when an Albanian mercenary, whose brother they killed, promises them an important bonus.
Will I watch? = No
Dolittle
Synopsis: A physician discovers that he can talk to animals.
Will I watch? = Maybe
RELEASE DATE: January 24, 2020
The Gentlemen
Synopsis: A British drug lord tries to sell off his highly profitable empire to a dynasty of Oklahoma billionaires.
Will I watch? = No
Run
Synopsis: A home schooled teenager begins to suspect her mother is keeping a dark secret from her.
Will I watch? = No
The Turning
Synopsis: A young governess is hired by a man who has become responsible for his young nephew and niece after the deaths of their parents. A modern take on Henry James' novella "The Turn of the Screw".
Will I watch? = No
The Last Full Measure
Synopsis: Thirty-four years after his death, Airman William H. Pitsenbarger, Jr. ("Pits") is awarded the nation's highest military honor, for his actions on the battlefield.
Will I watch? = No
RELEASE DATE: January 31, 2020
The Rhythm Section
Synopsis: A woman seeks revenge against those who orchestrated a plane crash that killed her family.
Will I watch? = No
Gretel & Hansel
Synopsis: A long time ago in a distant fairy tale countryside, a young girl leads her little brother into a dark wood in desperate search of food and work, only to stumble upon a nexus of terrifying evil.
Will I watch? = No
6 FLICKS PICKS
Which films make the cut?
Oh boy...this month is not good. There are so few picks to begin with and I'm not interested in a single one of them.
6. Underwater — No interest in this, but I had to pick something and it wasn't going to be Like a Boss.
5. The Gentleman — Guy Ritchie's gangster movies have disappointed me in the past and I didn't even come close to smirking at this trailer. But crime is more my speed than some of the other options here.
4. The Informer — Again, crime over horror.
3. The Rhythm Section — Again...crime over horror.
2. Bad Boys for Life — I saw Bad Boys 2. Oddly enough, I didn't see Bad Boys 1. At least this will be stupid action fun.
1. Dolittle — Maybe this is interesting or heartfelt enough to not make me feel like I wasted my time. However, even this is a movie I just know that I'm not going to bother watching.
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Anthony Mango
- Wednesday, January 1, 2020
Welcome to the annual New Year's edition of 6 Flicks Picks that will jump-start the year 2020!
Naturally, this breakdown won't be listing the releases of every single movie that will be coming out in the year—partially because that's too daunting of a task and partially because even the studios don't know all of those yet—but it will still follow the same format as far as the picks go.
This will be much harder, as there are hundreds of films that will be coming out, but it still boils down to the same concept: if I had to pick only six movies that I could watch, which ones would they be?
Without further ado, let's take a look at what makes my cut for 2020!
6 FLICKS PICKS FOR 2020
What is so difficult about this type of thing is that I have to go by the general breakdown of the big releases, as there can definitely be movies that pop up that I'm completely unaware of that are smaller in scale. A major summer blockbuster is already in promotion now, but what about the little indie flick?
Those end up being ignored in this generic year scope, but on the monthly basis, they'll get much more attention, so keep that in mind.
Last year, I had over 30 movies on my list, to varying degrees. I didn't end up seeing all of them. Naturally, I also saw some other films that weren't on my list, so that's proof in the pudding that there are always movies that you're not aware of at the start of the year that will catch your attention.
This year, I don't have 30 movies to pick from. That means I'll be narrowing it down to 24 and taking out the Bottom Tier Honorable Mentions list. Then, I'll proceed to break things into 6-film lists, leading up to the main 6 Flicks Picks that made the final cut.
Bottom Tier Honorable Mentions:
n/a this year.
Low Tier Honorable Mentions:
24. Dolittle — I don't have the highest hopes for this, but this narrowly beat out some other "meh" entries like Jungle Cruise, as well as Bill & Ted Face the Music (I remember liking the other movies as a kid, but I have a feeling if I rewatched them now, I'd hate them). Dolittle isn't something I'll probably actually watch, but if I'm feeling like I need to get out of the house, maybe I'll peep it.
23. Bad Boys for Life — Funny enough, I've seen Bad Boys 2, but not the first one.
22. Fantasy Island — Uh....
21. Onward — Pixar.
20. The New Mutants — I still think this needs to be released on Hulu...
19. Snake Eyes — G.I. Joe was never my biggest passion,
but I did enjoy it as a kid. I saw the other two films and if this
movie is better than those, then cool.
Middle Tier Honorable Mentions:
18. Morbius — I have little faith in Sony to pull this off, but since it's tangential to Spider-Man, I'll see it.
17. Bloodshot — I know nothing about this, but it's based on a comic, so it might be cool.
16. Birds of Prey — This absolutely 100% is going to suck. Not a single thing about the movie, from its title to the way they dressed the characters to the choice of characters in the movie makes me think this is anything but an ENORMOUS disaster.
15. Wonder Woman 1984 — I have little faith in this movie, particularly as the first one is massively overrated and I don't think the time period aspect is going to be anything but "wouldn't it be neat if we referenced ___" masturbatory nonsense. But...like many other superhero things...it's a Wonder Woman film, so I'll see it opening night.
14. Top Gun: Maverick — I actually didn't see Top Gun until 2019. While I wasn't totally in love with it, I can see why people were high on it when it came out. Some of that nostalgia is completely lost on me, but on the strength of that film alone, I'll be interested to peep this.
13. Free Guy — This looks super fun! I didn't know anything about it until seeing the trailer before Jumanji: The Next Level. I'm so down.
Top Tier Honorable Mentions:
12. Coming 2 America — I actually also just watched Coming to America for the first time in 2019, as recommended by my girlfriend. She and I will definitely be watching this together.
11. A Quiet Place: Part II — Big fan of the first one.
10. Sonic the Hedgehog — Gotta go fast. Give me Tails and Knuckles in there somewhere, too.
9. Godzilla vs. Kong — I don't know how they're going to make this work by stepping backward and doing two babyfaces against each other while they already had Godzilla fight everyone else the last time. But hey, King of the Monsters was a visual spectacle.
8. The Purge 5 — It's weird. The first Purge was blah. The second, third and fourth, I enjoyed. I'll go see this one on the strength of that trajectory.
7. Venom 2 — The first film has its flaws and its charm. It's a Spider-Man related movie. Naturally, it's an opening night viewing for me.
What Made the Final Cut:
6. The Eternals — I know virtually nothing about The Eternals, but this is the MCU, so it gets a top spot by default.
5. The King's Man — The first Kingsman film is amazing. The second one suffered from some really bad decisions, like killing off certain characters. I hope this is a step backward to what worked the first time.
4. Ghostbusters: Afterlife — Pleeeeeeease don't screw this up. I absolutely love the first film and I have a fond attachment to the second one, too. Bustin' makes me feel good. Don't make me feel bad.
3. Tenet — I still have no idea what this is about, but it looks neat and it's Christopher Nolan.
2. Black Widow — MCU. Of course this is high up on the list. Black Widow's a great character and although I'm nowhere near as excited about this as I was last year for Avengers: Endgame, I'm more confident I'll like the movie than most things on this list, strictly because it's the MCU.
1. No Time to Die — After the Star Wars sequels and Terminator: Dark Fate, I'm entirely convinced this movie is going to piss me off by either killing off James Bond and/or trying to make Nomi the lead going forward, rather than "hoping for a spin-off." However, it's still a James Bond film (at least, for now, it seems) and I'll be there opening night, hoping there's a gun barrel at the start, that it does the series justice and that it doesn't end with passing the torch or anything like that.
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Anthony Mango
- Sunday, December 29, 2019
Welcome to another edition of WEEK IN GEEK here at Fanboys Anonymous—a rundown of some of the events, news and stories that went down over the past few days in the geek culture spectrum.
Here are some of the topics I felt like voicing my opinions about:
Riley Howell Added to Star Wars Canon
Riley Howell, a young man who had died earlier this year while saving many people during a shooting, was a huge fan of Star Wars. As a tribute to him, the character of Ri-Lee Howell was created, as an historian Jedi in the visual dictionary of The Rise of Skywalker.
That is awesome and very touching. More people should be rewarded for such amazing acts of heroism. It never brings those people back, but it's a nice way to say thank you and to help society heal and promote positivity. Very, very cool.
Hawkman and Hawkgirl/Hawkwoman in Black Adam
It seems the Black Adam film could have the JSA battling it out with the titular...well, not hero...but protagonist, I guess.
Considering the ties to Egypt and all, I think it makes sense for the Hawks to be in the movie. However, I still maintain that it's a mistake to give Black Adam his own film in the first place. That's like doing an entire film about Metallo before having him fight Superman in a sequel.
The Mandalorian Season Finale
The Force Awakens disappointed me. Rebels underwhelmed in some big ways sometimes. Rogue One was meh. The Last Jedi killed my passion for Star Wars. Solo was trash. And yet, The Mandalorian—completely lacking in the Jedi, which is the main thing I like about Star Wars (I'm not as big a fan of the aliens and spaceships side of the series)—got me hooked from the start.
This is a well made show that was very interesting. I'm looking forward to season 2.
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Anthony Mango
- Thursday, December 26, 2019
Welcome to the third annual FANBOYS FILM AWARDS! This is my attempt to counterbalance the Academy Awards bias when it comes to movies that are often ignored due to their genre.
So rather than focus on the Oscar-bait, the Fanboys Film Awards pays tribute and extends gratitude to the movies which are overlooked because they're more along the lines of science fiction, fantasy, action/adventure and so on.
The only qualification for the nominees is that they must fall somewhere into the geek culture spectrum, which means superhero films and similar genres. Everything else is not eligible for any of the categories, so you won't see Ford v Ferrari or Ad Astra on this list. That isn't what this focuses on, even though I enjoyed them.
Also, you may notice that the awards structure isn't the same as the Academy Awards. That's because I feel this is a more efficient way of doing things and an easier list to make, rather than diving into technicalities that I'm not qualified to judge. But by all means, if you want to create your own categories, go ahead in the comments!
— All possible films came out in the time frame of January 1, 2019 to December 31, 2019 as far as release dates.
— This is only one person's opinion. You're encouraged to leave your choices for the nominees and winners in the comments below to keep the discussion going!
— Admittedly, I haven't even seen every film that could potentially be nominated. For instance, I skipped Men in Black: International, Alita: Battle Angel, Hellboy, Fast & Furious Presents Hobbs & Shaw, The Kitchen, Angry Birds 2, Gemini Man, Maleficent: Mistress of Evil, Charlie's Angels, and some others. That is obviously going to put a significant bias on this, as I'm not working with a full deck of cards.
BEST PICTURE
WINNER = Avengers: Endgame / Joker (tie)
EXPLANATION = I can't pick. Joker is fundamentally a better solo film, but Endgame is built with the understanding that you've seen everything leading up to that point, and it was just magical.
HONORABLE MENTIONS = Glass
BEST ACTOR
WINNER = Joaquin Phoenix as Arthur Fleck in Joker
EXPLANATION = I think even in the grand scope of all film from this year, not just the geek culture ones, he has to be at least nominated for Best Actor.
HONORABLE MENTIONS = Shout out to Robert Downey Jr and Chris Evans from Endgame and Tom Holland in Far From Home.
BEST ACTRESS
WINNER = Florence Pugh as Saraya "Paige" Knight in Fighting with My Family
EXPLANATION = She got Paige down super well.
HONORABLE MENTIONS = Man do I wish I could give this to Linda Hamilton for Terminator.
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
WINNER = Jack Dylan Grazer as Freddy Freeman in Shazam!
EXPLANATION = I almost gave this to Jake Gyllenhaal for Mysterio, but the more I thought about it, Shazam wouldn't have worked as a film without Grazer's performance. He is the glue that holds it all together, and that means more.
HONORABLE MENTIONS = Outside of Gyllenhaal, shout out to Will Smith for being the best Genie they could have done, as nobody could fill the shoes of Robin Williams.
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
WINNER = Zoey Deutch as Madison in Zombieland: Double Tap
EXPLANATION = I loooooooooooved the character of Madison. She was the perfect level of cute, obnoxious, pathetic and lovable, and could have easily been too annoying or something if in the wrong hands.
HONORABLE MENTIONS = Kyliegh Curran as Abra Stone in Doctor Sleep
BEST STORY
This is an alternative to Best Adapted/Original Screenplay where the execution of the overall product might not be the equivalent of Best Picture, but the idea was there.
WINNER = Avengers: Endgame / Joker (tie)
EXPLANATION = Same explanation to Best Picture, but I'm leaning more toward the idea of Endgame winning this, if I had to pick. Joker is a little too much of a copy of Taxi Driver and The King of Comedy for me to give it as much credit.
HONORABLE MENTIONS = Doctor Sleep
MOST FAITHFUL ADAPTATION
Which felt like it was the most honorable to the source material it was trying to represent?
WINNER = Avengers: Endgame
EXPLANATION = They knew exactly what people wanted and gave it to them. It took 10 years and they still didn't disappoint.
HONORABLE MENTIONS = Godzilla: King of the Monsters, Pokémon Detective Pikachu, Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (kind of), Zombieland: Double Tap
BEST VISUALS
This examines special effects, cinematography, production design and even editing.
WINNER = Godzilla: King of the Monsters, The Lion King (tie)
EXPLANATION = It's hard to distinguish a winner between these two. The Lion King is the best as far as animation, by far. However, the "acting" of the characters suffered from not having faces that could express things better. Godzilla is the best as far as blending live action with CGI. That Mothra stuff was beautiful.
HONORABLE MENTIONS = Captain Marvel for de-aging Samuel L. Jackson. Terminator: Dark Fate for de-aging Linda Hamilton and Edward Furlong and Arnold Schwarzenegger. Avengers: Endgame was nuts. Spider-Man: Far From Home for the illusions. Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker for pretty much all of it.
BEST ACTION SET PIECE
This honors the stunt work as well as the choreography and idea of an action sequence.
WINNER = Avengers: Endgame (Avengers...assemble climactic battle)
EXPLANATION = COME. ON. Cap wielding Mjolnir? "On your left"? Everyone shows up. That goddamn music. He says the line! SO. MANY. GOOSEBUMPS. I legitimately don't know if I've ever felt as much pure joy and excitement while watching a movie in my life and I cried in this film, which has happened less times than I can count on one hand. Insane.
HONORABLE MENTIONS = Spider-Man: Far From Home's illusions from Mysterio is my #2 pick. I also really enjoyed the action in Zombieland: Double Tap.
BEST CHARACTER DESIGN
This combines makeup, costumes and the CGI build of characters.
WINNER = Avengers: Endgame
EXPLANATION = By the sheer number of characters alone.
HONORABLE MENTIONS = Godzilla: King of the Monsters, Shazam! (particularly the rest of the family) and Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker.
BEST MUSIC
This category examines both the score and the soundtrack.
WINNER = Joker
EXPLANATION = This was the only one of the bunch that I downloaded some of the soundtrack from.
HONORABLE MENTIONS = It sure as hell wasn't going to be The Lion King with that Spirit song, or Aladdin with that new Jasmine song, even though both of their original films have some of the best music ever in films (A Whole New World, This Land, The Circle of Life, etc). Those two new additions killed them, though. Glass has some great tracks. Avengers: Endgame, naturally, has some great music, but it had already been established, so I don't know if that deserves as much credit. Plus, you've got to love the music from Star Wars.
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Anthony Mango
- Saturday, December 21, 2019
Welcome to another edition of WEEK IN GEEK here at Fanboys Anonymous—a rundown of some of the events, news and stories that went down over the past few days in the geek culture spectrum.
Here are some of the topics I felt like voicing my opinions about:
Superman: Red Son Trailer
So in on this. Why isn't there a release date if it's "early 2020"? That's cutting it close.
Wakanda = Free Trade
Apparently, the US Department of Agriculture had some test files they forgot to remove and for a while, Wakanda was listed as a free-trade partner.
Tenet Trailer
Oooooh so it's about time, in some fashion. Inception but time-based? I'm totally down.
Knives Out
I finally got a chance to see this and I enjoyed it quite a bit. It was lighthearted enough for some laughs and had a mystery worth tracking. I recommend checking it out!
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- Friday, December 20, 2019
On the latest edition of the Fanboys Anonymous REVIEWPOINT podcast, host Tony Mango breaks down the hits and misses of Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker by discussing what worked, what didn't, and whether you should see it or skip it.
STAR WARS: THE RISE OF SKYWALKER (2019):
DIRECTED BY
J.J. Abrams
WRITTEN BY
Chris Terrio (screenplay and story), J.J. Abrams (screenplay and story), Derek Connolly (story), Colin Trevorrow (story)
STARRING:
Adam Driver (Kylo Ren), Daisy Ridley (Rey), Oscar Isaac (Poe Dameron), John Boyega (Finn), Domhnall Gleeson (General Hux), Keri Russell (Zorii Bliss), Carrie Fisher (Leia Organa), Kelly Marie Tran (Rose Tico), Ian McDiarmid (Palpatine), Richard E. Grant (Allegiant General Pryde), Lupita Nyong'o (Maz Kanata), Naomi Ackie (Jannah), with Anthony Daniels (C-3PO) and Billy Dee Williams (Lando Calrissian)
The surviving Resistance faces the First Order once more as Rey, Finn and Poe Dameron's journey continues. With the power and knowledge of generations behind them, the final battle commences.
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- Tuesday, December 17, 2019
As requested through our Patreon "Pick Your Poison" tier by Guest Five, Fanboys Anonymous is providing you with another edition of the FanTracks podcast, this time for the follow-up to Batman: Mask of the Phantasm, which is animated film Batman & Mr. Freeze: SubZero tied into Batman: The Animated Series.
For copyright reasons, we cannot provide the movie itself, but after a short introduction, you will be told when to sync your copy of the film so you can following along with us and listen to our thoughts on the movie as we crack some jokes, expose plot holes, and discuss anything else that comes to our minds for commentary.
Batman & Mr. Freeze: SubZero
Release Date: March 17, 1998
Directed by Boyd Kirkland
Written by Boyd Kirkland and Randy Rogel
Starring Kevin Conroy (Bruce Wayne / Batman), Michael Ansara (Dr. Victor Fries / Mr. Freeze), Loren Lester (Dick Grayson / Robin), Mary Kay Bergman (Barbara Gordon / Batgirl), Bob Hastings (Commissioner James Gordon)
FanTracks Episode 25 hosted by Tony Mango along with Robert DeFelice.
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Anthony Mango
- Sunday, December 15, 2019
Welcome to another edition of WEEK IN GEEK here at Fanboys Anonymous—a rundown of some of the events, news and stories that went down over the past few days in the geek culture spectrum.
Here are some of the topics I felt like voicing my opinions about:
Ford v Ferrari
I got a chance to check this out and surprisingly, I'd recommend it. I'm not in the slightest bit a fan of cars, racing or anything that would draw me to the movie and I still enjoyed it. I'll never watch it a second time, I'm sure, but hey, I thought it was worth my time.
Wonder Woman 1984 Trailer
The first one is MASSIVELY overrated. The DC film franchise has gone down the shitter and doesn't exist anymore. I'm over the idea of era gimmicks after X-Men and some others have run it into the ground for no reason. I don't get the casting of Kristin Wigg. They'd better have a good justification for bringing back Steve. And ugh..I'll see it opening night...
Crisis on Infinite Earths
- I haven't been into these shows for a while. I stopped watching each of them one by one over the years. But I wanted to see the cameos.
- They killed Oliver Queen off in that shitty way? That's it?? How lame. I'm very glad I stopped watching Arrow when they killed Laurel. Even with the whole idea of him becoming The Spectre, I'm still underwhelmed. He went out by just having a bunch of ghosty things nipping at him.
- The CGI hasn't gotten any better.
- I bet you'd be able to solve this problem if you had Batman on the team instead of Batwoman, and you had Green Lantern somewhere in there, and you had Wonder Woman, and you had....
- Kevin Conroy. THE Batman.
- Jason being Superman's son is a good reference to Superman Returns, as many problems as that had. I really was into all the little references here and there.
- LUCIFER!!!!
- Wait...they're making everyone have to wait how many weeks until the finale? Another reason I'm glad I don't watch these shows anymore. Yeesh.
Ghostbusters: Afterlife Trailer
This has a VERY different feel to it than I expected...and I don't know how to feel. It seems very much Stranger Things, and I love that show, but I don't know. I really hate the idea of this revolving around a bunch of kids and I'm just nervous.
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- Friday, December 13, 2019
On the latest edition of the Fanboys Anonymous REVIEWPOINT podcast, host Tony Mango breaks down the hits and misses of Jumanji: The Next Level by discussing what worked, what didn't, and whether you should see it or skip it.
Jumanji: The Next Level (2019):
DIRECTED BY
Jake Kasdan
WRITTEN BY
Jake Kasdan, Jeff Pinkner and Scott Rosenberg
STARRING:
Dwayne Johnson (Dr. Smolder Bravestone), Karen Gillan (Ruby Roundhouse), Jack Black (Professor Sheldon "Shelly" Oberon), Kevin Hart (Franklin "Mouse" Finbar), Awkwafina (Ming Fleetfoot), Nick Jonas (Jefferson "Seaplane" McDonough), Alex Wolff (Spencer Gilpin), Morgan Turner (Martha Kaply), Ser'Darius Blain (Anthony "Fridge" Johnson), Madison Iseman (Bethany Walker) with Colin Hanks (Alex Vreeke), Danny Glover (Milo Walker) and Danny DeVito (Eddie Gilpin)
When Spencer goes back into the fantastical world of Jumanji, pals Martha, Fridge and Bethany re-enter the game to bring him home. But the game is now broken -- and fighting back. Everything the friends know about Jumanji is about to change, as they soon discover there's more obstacles and more danger to overcome.
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- Monday, December 9, 2019
The 77th annual Golden Globe Awards will take place Sunday, January 5, 2020 at the Beverly Hilton on NBC, hosted by Ricky Gervais. Here are the nominees for all of the categories. Give us your predictions on the winners and your favorites in the comments below!
TELEVISION AWARDS
Best Supporting Performance by an Actress in a Series, Miniseries, or Television Film
Patricia Arquette – The Act as Dee Dee Blanchard
Helena Bonham Carter – The Crown as Princess Margaret
Toni Collette – Unbelievable as Det. Grace Rasmussen
Meryl Streep – Big Little Lies as Mary Louise Wright
Emily Watson – Chernobyl as Ulana Khomyuk
Best Supporting Performance by an Actor in a Series, Miniseries, or Television Film
Alan Arkin in The Kominsky Method as Norman Newlander
Kieran Culkin in Succession as Roman Roy
Andrew Scott in Fleabag as Hot Priest
Stellan Skarsgård in Chernobyl as Boris Shcherbina
Henry Winkler in Barry as Gene Cousineau
Best Performance by an Actress in a Miniseries or Television Film
Kaitlyn Dever – Unbelievable as Marie Adler
Joey King – The Act as Gypsy Rose Blanchard
Helen Mirren – Catherine the Great as Catherine the Great
Merritt Wever – Unbelievable as Det. Karen Duvall
Michelle Williams – Fosse/Verdon as Gwen Verdon
Best Performance by an Actor in a Miniseries or Television Film
Christopher Abbott – Catch-22 as Capt. John Yossarian
Sacha Baron Cohen – The Spy as Eli Cohen / Kamel Amin Thaabet
Russell Crowe – The Loudest Voice as Roger Ailes
Jared Harris – Chernobyl as Valery Legasov
Sam Rockwell – Fosse/Verdon as Bob Fosse
Best Miniseries or Television Film
Catch-22
Chernobyl
Fosse/Verdon
The Loudest Voice
Unbelievable
Best Performance By an Actress in a Television Series (Comedy or Musical)
Christina Applegate – Dead to Me as Jen Harding
Rachel Brosnahan – The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel as Miriam "Midge" Maisel
Kirsten Dunst – On Becoming a God in Central Florida as Krystal Stubbs
Natasha Lyonne – Russian Doll as Nadia Vulvokov
Phoebe Waller-Bridge – Fleabag as Fleabag
Best Performance By an Actor in a Television Series (Comedy or Musical)
Michael Douglas – The Kominsky Method as Sandy Kominsky
Bill Hader – Barry as Barry Berkman / Barry Block
Ben Platt – The Politician as Payton Hobart
Paul Rudd – Living with Yourself as Miles Elliot / Miles Elliot's Clone
Ramy Youssef – Ramy as Ramy Hassan
Best Performance By an Actress in a Television Series (Drama)
Jennifer Aniston – The Morning Show as Alex Levy
Olivia Colman – The Crown as Queen Elizabeth II
Jodie Comer – Killing Eve as Oksana Astankova / Villanelle
Nicole Kidman – Big Little Lies as Celeste Wright
Reese Witherspoon – The Morning Show as Bradley Jackson
Best Performance By an Actor in a Television Series (Drama)
Brian Cox – Succession as Logan Roy
Kit Harington – Game of Thrones as Jon Snow
Rami Malek – Mr. Robot as Elliot Alderson
Tobias Menzies – The Crown as Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh
Billy Porter – Pose as Pray Tell
Best Television Series (Comedy or Musical)
Barry
Fleabag
The Kominsky Method
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
The Politician
Best Television Series (Drama)
Big Little Lies
The Crown
Killing Eve
The Morning Show
Succession
MOTION PICTURE AWARDS
Best Original Score
Alexandre Desplat – Little Women
Hildur Guðnadóttir – Joker
Randy Newman – Marriage Story
Thomas Newman – 1917
Daniel Pemberton – Motherless Brooklyn
Best Original Song
"Beautiful Ghosts" (Andrew Lloyd Webber, Taylor Swift) – Cats
"(I'm Gonna) Love Me Again" (Elton John, Bernie Taupin) – Rocketman
"Into the Unknown" (Kristen Anderson-Lopez, Robert Lopez) – Frozen II
"Spirit" (Beyoncé, Timothy McKenzie, Ilya Salmanzadeh) – The Lion King
"Stand Up" (Joshuah Brian Campbell, Cynthia Erivo) – Harriet
Best Supporting Performance by Actress in a Motion Picture
Kathy Bates – Richard Jewell as Barbara "Bobi" Jewell
Annette Bening – The Report as Dianne Feinstein
Laura Dern – Marriage Story as Nora Fanshaw
Jennifer Lopez – Hustlers as Ramona Vega
Margot Robbie – Bombshell as Kayla Pospisil
Best Supporting Performance By an Actor in a Motion Picture
Tom Hanks – A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood as Fred Rogers
Anthony Hopkins – The Two Popes as Pope Benedict XVI
Al Pacino – The Irishman as Jimmy Hoffa
Joe Pesci – The Irishman as Russell Bufalino
Brad Pitt – Once Upon a Time in Hollywood as Cliff Booth
Best Performance By an Actress in a Motion Picture (Comedy or Musical)
Ana de Armas – Knives Out as Marta Cabrera
Awkwafina – The Farewell as Billi Wang
Cate Blanchett – Where'd You Go, Bernadette as Bernadette Fox
Beanie Feldstein – Booksmart as Molly Davidson
Emma Thompson – Late Night as Katherine Newbury
Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture (Comedy or Musical)
Daniel Craig – Knives Out as Benoit Blanc
Roman Griffin Davis – Jojo Rabbit as Jojo Betzler
Leonardo DiCaprio – Once Upon a Time in Hollywood as Rick Dalton
Taron Egerton – Rocketman as Elton John
Eddie Murphy – Dolemite Is My Name as Rudy Ray Moore
Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture (Drama)
Christian Bale – Ford v Ferrari as Ken Miles
Antonio Banderas – Pain and Glory as Salvador Mallo
Adam Driver – Marriage Story as Charlie Barber
Joaquin Phoenix – Joker as Arthur Fleck / Joker
Jonathan Pryce – The Two Popes as Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio
Best Performance By an Actress in a Motion Picture (Drama)
Cynthia Erivo – Harriet as Harriet Tubman
Scarlett Johansson – Marriage Story as Nicole Barber
Saoirse Ronan – Little Women as Josephine "Jo" March
Charlize Theron – Bombshell as Megyn Kelly
Renée Zellweger – Judy as Judy Garland
Best Motion Picture (Foreign Language)
The Farewell (USA, Mandarin)
Les Misérables (France, French)
Pain and Glory (Spain, Spanish)
Parasite (South Korea, Korean)
Portrait of a Lady on Fire (France, French)
Best Motion Picture (Animated)
Frozen II
How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World
The Lion King
Missing Link
Toy Story 4
Best Director - Motion Picture
Bong Joon-ho – Parasite
Sam Mendes – 1917
Todd Phillips – Joker
Martin Scorsese – The Irishman
Quentin Tarantino – Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
Best Screenplay - Motion Picture
Noah Baumbach – Marriage Story
Bong Joon-ho and Han Jin-won – Parasite
Anthony McCarten – The Two Popes
Quentin Tarantino – Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
Steven Zaillian – The Irishman
Best Motion Picture (Comedy or Musical)
Dolemite Is My Name
Jojo Rabbit
Knives Out
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
Rocketman
Best Motion Picture (Drama)
1917
The Irishman
Joker
Marriage Story
The Two Popes
MY THOUGHTS
I certainly haven't seen all of these movies and television shows to be able to fully judge what's going on, which is why I don't give predictions for the Golden Globes. However, to chime in on the things I did see that are nominated:
- Wow. I have no horse in any of the TV races.
- Wow...the movie side of things feels so flat to me. I didn't think there would be such little for me to buzz about. I feel so unenthusiastic about this, and that doesn't make me feel all that confident that the Oscars will be something great, either. This seems like a dud year.
- Give Joker everything it's nominated for.
- Don't you dare give Spirit the best original song. That was stupid.
- I'm not surprised to see The Irishman all over the place, even though I was underwhelmed.
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WHO ARE YOU ROOTING FOR?
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Anthony Mango
- Saturday, December 7, 2019
Welcome to another edition of WEEK IN GEEK here at Fanboys Anonymous—a rundown of some of the events, news and stories that went down over the past few days in the geek culture spectrum.
Here are some of the topics I felt like voicing my opinions about:
Black Widow Teaser Trailer
Man, I really...really need to echo my previous thoughts about this, as my opinions haven't changed at all:
1 - It would not surprise me at all if Taskmaster ended up being Rachel Weisz.
2 - This movie makes a lot more sense if it would have come out after Civil War when it takes place, rather than post-Natasha's death.
3 - Yelena is definitely a replacement Black Widow for the future and will join the Thunderbolts.
4 - Red Guardian is totally going to die.
5 - Hawkeye's got to be in this in a flashback.
6 - I'll see this opening night and probably think it's great like damn near everything else in the MCU.
No Time to Die Trailer
- Don't screw me out of the gun barrel by having some twist on it. Give me the opening gun barrel.
- I'm still really disappointed that every Daniel Craig movie has been about him being on the outs of MI6 with 3 of them being about how he's "too old" and past his prime while the first and technically second were "he's not quite Bond yet."
- I'm a big fan of how the whole gang is back. Felix, Moneypenny, Q, Swann (though I'm hoping she dies), Blofeld. Neat.
- I'm still worried they're trying too hard with this female 007 thing. I really, REALLY hope it's just a matter of her having taken over for the 007 codename and then she dies or retires and he takes it back, rather than an attempt at doing movies in the future with her as the lead. I watch these movies for James Bond as 007 just the same as Bruce Wayne as Batman. Even if I like Lashana Lynch's character, she won't be Bond/007, no more than Dick Grayson (who I'm a huge fan of) is not Batman.
- General rule of thumb: if you're a Bond villain, your face must have something wrong with it.
- God I love the Bond theme.
Peter Sarsgaard is Two-Face?
Rumor has it Peter Sarsgaard has been cast as Harvey Dent in the new Batman film. I'm...meh...about this. Sarsgaard is a good actor, for sure. But I don't know if I'd go with him for Two-Face. To me, he'd almost be a better Penguin than Colin Farrell and they should swap. Actually, to be fair, Andy Serkis should be Penguin. Sarsgaard strikes me more as Hugo Strange, even.
No More Star Wars for Daisy Ridley, Oscar Isaac and John Boyega
ROFL they either truly mean it when they say they're done, or it's complete and utter bullshit, and both scenarios are awful. Either they sacrificed the entire future of the Star Wars franchise in a piss poor attempt to get over primarily 2 characters (since Poe was supposed to die anyway) only for them to not win people over and then fuck off, or this is just the actors building up hype for when they inevitably return however many years from now and people go "woaaaah they said they wouldn't come back but they diiiiiid."
Terrible.
Moon Knight, Ms. Marvel and She Hulk Coming "End of Next Year"
According to Kevin Feige, those shows will be ready by then. WTF? Seriously? They're only now filming Falcon & Winter Soldier and WandaVision and whatnot. We haven't even heard any casting for these three shows. I hope that doesn't mean that these programs will be lower budget than expected and that's how they can pump them out so fast. I don't want more Agent Carter CGI.
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- Sunday, December 1, 2019
Welcome to another edition of 6 Flicks Picks, wherein I list all of the upcoming films that are scheduled to be released in the United States for the month which is about to begin and break down which ones I'll be watching in theaters, which ones I'll wait to rent at home, and which ones I'll be skipping out on entirely. After going through the list, I'll choose which six films stand out to me as the ones I want to see the most, even if there are more or less than six that interest me.
Note: The list below is based primarily off the expanded nationwide USA release dates on IMDB as well as some other random outlets if possible, so some information may be different. If I am missing some of the limited releases or the dates conflict in some fashion, please let me know in the comments below and any adjustments and corrections will be made!
Without further ado, another new month means another new set of films, so what's coming soon to theaters in December 2019?
RELEASE DATE: December 6, 2019
Playmobil: The Movie
Synopsis: Animated feature film inspired by the Playmobil brand toys.
Will I watch? = No
The Aeronauts
Synopsis: Pilot Amelia Wren (Felicity Jones) and scientist James Glaisher (Eddie Redmayne) find themselves in an epic fight for survival while attempting to make discoveries in a gas balloon.
Will I watch? = No
En Brazos de un Asesino
Synopsis: Victor (William Levy) is one of the world's most handsome men, but he has a deep secret - he is a cold blooded assassin. Smooth talking and seductive, Victor was raised to do one thing only, which is to kill for money. When he is sent to the home of a brutal drug lord to collect payment for his most recent hit, he encounters the beautiful Sarai (Alicia Sanz), who has been forced to spend the last 9 years of her life with the drug lord. After Victor leaves the compound, Sarai seizes her chance at freedom by hiding out in Victor's car. But things don't go as planned and instead of being transported back to her home, she finds herself free from one dangerous man only to be caught in the clutches of another. While on the run from the vengeful drug lord and his brutal henchmen, Victor's conscience catches up with him as he risks all that he stood for to protect his captive. In the end, the power Sarai unknowingly holds over Victor and their undeniable attraction may be what places her right in the arms of a killer.
Will I watch? = Maaaaybe?
Portrait of a Lady on Fire
Synopsis: On an isolated island in Brittany at the end of the eighteenth century, a female painter is obliged to paint a wedding portrait of a young woman.
Will I watch? = No
Little Joe
Synopsis: Alice, a single mother, is a dedicated senior plant breeder at a corporation engaged in developing new species. Against company policy, she takes one home as a gift for her teenage son, Joe.
Will I watch? = No
Midnight Family
Synopsis: In Mexico City's wealthiest neighborhoods, the Ochoa family runs a private ambulance, competing with other for-profit EMTs for patients in need of urgent help.
Will I watch? = No
RELEASE DATE: December 13, 2019
Jumanji: The Next Level
Synopsis: The gang is back but the game has changed. As they return to Jumanji to rescue one of their own, they discover that nothing is as they expect. The players will have to brave parts unknown and unexplored, from the arid deserts to the snowy mountains, in order to escape the world's most dangerous game.
Will I watch? = Yes
Black Christmas
Will I watch? = No
Synopsis: A group of female students are stalked by a stranger during their Christmas break. That is until the young sorority pledges discover that the killer is part of an underground college conspiracy.
Will I watch? = No
Richard Jewell
Synopsis: American security guard Richard Jewell (Paul Walter Hauser) saves thousands of lives from an exploding bomb at the 1996 Olympics, but is vilified by journalists and the press who falsely report that he was a terrorist.
Will I watch? = No
Uncut Gems
Will I watch? = No
Synopsis: A charismatic New York City jeweler always on the lookout for the next big score, makes a series of high-stakes bets that could lead to the windfall of a lifetime. Howard must perform a precarious high-wire act, balancing business, family, and encroaching adversaries on all sides, in his relentless pursuit of the ultimate win.
Will I watch? = No
Seberg
Synopsis: Inspired by real events about the French New Wave darling and Breathless star, Jean Seberg, who in the late 1960s was targeted by Hoover's FBI, because of her political and romantic involvement with civil rights activist Hakim Jamal.
Will I watch? = No
A Hidden Life
Will I watch? = No
Synopsis: The Austrian Blessed Franz Jägerstätter, a conscientious objector, refuses to fight for the Nazis in World War II.
Will I watch? = No
Cunningham
Synopsis: The iconic Merce Cunningham and the last generation of his dance company is stunningly profiled in Alla Kovgan's 3D documentary, through recreations of his landmark works and archival footage of Cunningham, John Cage, and Robert Rauschenberg.
Will I watch? = No
RELEASE DATE: December 20, 2019
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
Synopsis: The surviving Resistance faces the First Order once more in the final chapter of the Skywalker saga.
Will I watch? = Ugh. Yes.
Cats
Synopsis: A tribe of cats called the Jellicles must decide yearly which one will ascend to the Heaviside Layer and come back to a new Jellicle life.
Will I watch? = Hell No
Bombshell
Synopsis: A group of women decide to take on Fox News head Roger Ailes and the toxic atmosphere he presided over at the network.
Will I watch? = No
RELEASE DATE: December 27, 2019
Little Women
Synopsis: Four sisters come of age in America in the aftermath of the Civil War.
Will I watch? = No
1917
Synopsis: Two young British privates during the First World War are given an impossible mission: deliver a message deep in enemy territory that will stop 1,600 men, and one of the soldier's brothers, from walking straight into a deadly trap.
Will I watch? = No
Spies in Disguise
Synopsis: When the world's best spy is turned into a pigeon, he must rely on his nerdy tech officer to save the world.
Will I watch? = Download?
Clemency
Synopsis: Years of carrying out death row executions have taken a toll on prison warden Bernadine Williams. As she prepares to execute another inmate, Bernadine must confront the psychological and emotional demons her job creates, ultimately connecting her to the man she is sanctioned to kill.
Will I watch? = No
Just Mercy
Synopsis: Just Mercy shadows world-renowned civil rights defense attorney Bryan Stevenson as he recounts his experiences and details the case of a condemned death row prisoner whom he fought to free.
Will I watch? = No
The Song of Names
Synopsis: Tim Roth and Clive Owen star in an emotional detective story spread over two continents and a half century. Beneath the film's stunning and pulsing musical revelations burn the horror of a war and the lost souls extinguished from history.
Will I watch? = No
6 FLICKS PICKS
Which films make the cut?
6. 1917 — Bad month. I have no interest in this, but even less interest in everything else.
5. En Brazos de un Asesino — The plot is solid. I'm not much for foreign films, but maybe it could be decent.
4. Richard Jewell — My interest in this basically is only based on the lead and how well he did in I, Tonya. I have no interest in the story itself.
3. Spies in Diguise — This seems kind of funny and cute. Sure. Why not? It's a weak month.
2. Jumanji: The Next Level — The last one was pretty fun. I'll definitely check this out.
1. Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker — The Force Awakens was disappointing. The Last Jedi was a nightmare that legitimately turned me off as a Star Wars fan to a level I didn't think it could, where I just stopped caring about the franchise. Solo was so blah, too. I have my ticket for this, but I have zero faith that I'll feel okay afterward.
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- Saturday, November 30, 2019
Welcome to another edition of Predicting the Plot wherein I try my best to guess how an upcoming movie is going to play out from start to finish with as many details as I can possibly give, based entirely on the previews and lead-up material I've seen.
I might be dead wrong. I may get some things right. In any way, I encourage you to give your predictions just the same in the comments below.
For this edition, I'll be tackling my fan theory of what we're in store for with the latest Star Wars film, The Rise of Skywalker.
The movie starts with a shot of space. I'm kidding, of course it does. That's no prediction.
At the beginning of the movie, it's established that some time has finally passed by, unlike The Last Jedi. I still don't understand why they chose to structure these movies like they did...but I won't rant too much in this post. I'll at least try not to.
I'm assuming we start with an attack. That way, we can see Kylo Ren brooding and being pissy while slicing his way through the galaxy and establish whatever version of Death Star they plan on making the "big threat" of this movie. It seems like it's Star Destroyers that have the abilities of the Death Star. Real original.
Maybe we cut to Rey feeling that through The Force, or maybe we just go straight to Rey. In any fashion, we see that she's grown even more powerful, if you could imagine that. They've skipped over her training, just like how she could skip over everything to reach the point she was at in The Force Awakens, since she's not a real character, but just a shell of an idea. Sorry, I'm ranting again.
Basically, she started at level 90 in Pokemon and over the course of the last film and this one, she's been given 10 more Rare Candies and is now at the top of her game. She's still having visions and psychic connections to Kylo Ren and she's one of the only people in the Rebel Alliance Resistance who is worth a damn in the fight against the Empire First Order.
The others are our plucky crew from before: Finn, Rose, Poe, maybe a few other characters that you'll never remember the name of. (Side note: it's true. You can tell me who IG-88 is, but I bet you can't tell me anyone in Maz Kanata's cantina other than the lead characters, right? Hell, you might not even remember Rose's sister's name. I sure as hell don't. I don't even remember Benicio Del Toro's character's name. Do you?)
Leia is sick. Maybe she dies right here, or maybe they wait until later for an emotional punch.
General Hux wants to overthrow Kylo Ren, but he can't, because he's a wimp. Ren is probably going through some sort of psychic connection of his own, drawing him toward what will later be revealed as the ruins of the Death Star from Endor. Palpatine is that voice in his head manipulating him.
Rey starts getting the same ideas going on about trying to reach this nexus point, while Poe and Finn and company are focused a little more on the battle with the First Order so they have something to do. Hopefully, they'll all stick together for most of the movie this time and not split up. It's nice if characters interact with each other.
Kylo Ren comes in contact with Palpatine. He's alive. Whaaaaat. If we're lucky, they'll say he was behind Snoke from the start and that he was just a pawn so that his death is a tad more forgivable in retrospect (even though we all know that's just cover-up). Maybe we're even lucky enough to get a justification of why Ben Solo is evil by having Palpatine be the one warping him so that he wasn't in control of his actions, instead of him being a moody dickhead emo.
The Resistance is given some knowledge about all this from an unknown source. They try to track down the same information and deal with some people along the way to get there. Kerri Russell's character is one of them. Lando and his daughter is another.
Maybe this is when they need to hook C-3PO up to the device that, rumor has it, wipes his memory. RIP Threepio, but these legacy characters need to go.
There's an attack on the heroes. Maybe this is when Chewbacca bites the bullet.
Blah blah blah. They do the whole heist thing in a way where they're looking for a way to find Palpatine. It turns out their contact within the First Order is Hux. He's killed for being a traitor.
Eventually, they reach that point and there's a big space battle at the same time as Kylo, Rey and Palpatine are in a throne room. It's just Return of the Jedi again. It turns out Rey is Palpatine's clone or daughter or granddaughter or some kind of lineage like that. She's related to Palpatine and he wants her and Kylo to unify for the Dark Side.
They fight. Kylo struggles with some feelings of the Light, maybe some visions, too. They all wax poetic about the inevitability of power corrupting people, having the will not to succumb to it, etc. He starts to suck life out of the two of them.
Knowing the way these films are going, they'll kill Ben. After all, Rey's the one they want to be the hero and he stands in her way. I wouldn't be shocked at all if he's just punked out, but maybe he comes back in the finale.
The space battle has its struggles, but the heroes win, by the way.
The finale is that Rey summons a bunch of our favorite heroes from the past via The Force. It's Luke, Anakin, Obi-Wan, Leia, Yoda, Qui-Gon and, again, if we're lucky, Ben Solo. The combined efforts of all them essentially praying is what "brings balance to The Force" like a sort of exorcism.
At the end, Rey chooses to go by the name Rey Skywalker, and/or the new name for Jedi is that they're called Skywalkers. Big celebration. The end.
That's what I'm expecting to happen, but what do you think?
Give your predictions and thoughts on my guesses in the comments below!
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Anthony Mango
- Saturday, November 23, 2019
Welcome to another edition of WEEK IN GEEK here at Fanboys Anonymous—a rundown of some of the events, news and stories that went down over the past few days in the geek culture spectrum.
Here are some of the topics I felt like voicing my opinions about:
John Turturro Cast as Carmine Falcone
Add another villain to the next Batman film as Carmine Falcone will be played by John Turturro.
I don't know about this. Turturro is great in certain roles, but he also likes to play very silly. I don't want a silly Falcone, if they go that route. I also just don't picture him being intimidating in the way that I think Falcone should be. For that matter, I didn't think Tom Wilkinson's version was the right call, either. The dude from Gotham...I'm blanking on the name...he was intimidating and I bought him as a mob boss.
Jormungard
In a previous version of Avengers: Infinity War, Thor would have had to retrieve Stormbreaker from inside Jormungand, the Midgard Serpent. It seems like in this version, Jormungard would have been the name of a planet and Thor, Groot and Rocket would have fought the "World Serpent" there, rather than doing the whole Ragnarok thing. Since, you know, Ragnarok was already adapted in a different form, this would have been a weird way to do it and an odd means for him to get Stormbreaker. I think the version in the film works better and they can save the Midgard Serpent for a future Thor film, like Love and Thunder.
JSA Coming to Black Adam Film
Apparently, the Justice Society of America will feature in some capacity in the Black Adam film.
More and more, I think this is a bad idea. I don't think Black Adam should get his own film to begin with and I've never liked the JSA. Some of the characters inside that group are okay, but the overall "old timey Justice League" thing doesn't do it for me, and if Black Adam is just fighting Hawkman and whatnot, I don't really care to see it.
Tim Miller Doesn't Want to Work with James Cameron Again After Terminator: Dark Fate
LOL! Funny enough, leading up to the movie, it's nothing but talk about how great this movie is and how this is the right direction for the franchise and all that nonsense babble bullshit that we heard with every other film so far after T2. Then, the movie flops, people hate it (or, at best, say "it's not as bad as T3 and Genisys") and lo and behold, now, Tim Miller doesn't want to ever work with James Cameron again because they butted heads throughout the filmmaking process.
I'd be very, very curious what arguments those two had. Which one of the two made some of the stupid mistakes that happened throughout this crappy thing?
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- Wednesday, November 20, 2019
On the latest edition of the Fanboys Anonymous REVIEWPOINT podcast, host Tony Mango breaks down the hits and misses of The Irishman by discussing what worked, what didn't, and whether you should see it or skip it.
THE IRISHMAN (2019):
DIRECTED BY
Martin Scorsese
WRITTEN BY
Charles Brandt (book) and Steven Zaillian (screenplay)
STARRING:
Robert De Niro (Frank Sheeran), Joe Pesci (Russell Bufalino), Al Pacino (Jimmy Hoffa), Anna Paquin (Peggy Sheeran), Jesse Plemons (Chuckie O'Brien), Stephen Graham (Anthony Provenzano), Bobby Cannavale (Felix 'Skinny Razor' DiTullio), Harvey Keitel (Angelo Bruno) and Ray Romano (Bill Bufalino)
In the 1950s, truck driver Frank Sheeran gets involved with Russell Bufalino and his Pennsylvania crime family. As Sheeran climbs the ranks to become a top hit man, he also goes to work for Jimmy Hoffa -- a powerful Teamster tied to organized crime.
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- Sunday, November 17, 2019
Welcome to another edition of WEEK IN GEEK here at Fanboys Anonymous—a rundown of some of the events, news and stories that went down over the past few days in the geek culture spectrum.
Here are some of the topics I felt like voicing my opinions about:
People's Choice Awards
Movie of 2019 = Avengers: Endgame
Comedy Movie of 2019 = Murder Mystery
Action Movie of 2019 = Avengers: Endgame
Drama Movie of 2019 = After
Family Movie of 2019 = Aladdin
Male Movie Star of 2019 = Robert Downey Jr, Avengers: Endgame
Female Movie Star of 2019 = Zendaya, Spider-Man: Far From Home
Drama Movie Star of 2019 = Cole Sprouse, Five Feet Apart
Comedy Movie Star of 2019 = Noah Centineo, The Perfect Date
Action Movie Star of 2019 = Tom Holland, Spider-Man: Far From Home
Animated Movie Star of 2019 = Beyonce, The Lion King
Show of 2019 = Stranger Things
Drama Show of 2019 = Stranger Things
Comedy Show of 2019 = The Big Bang Theory
Reality Show of 2019 = Keeping Up with the Kardashians
Competition Show of 2019 = America's Got Talent
Male TV Star of 2019 = Cole Sprouse, Riverdale
Female TV Star of 2019 = Millie Bobby Brown, Stranger Things
Drama TV Star of 2019 = Zendaya, Euphoria
Comedy TV Star of 2019 = Kristen Bell, The Good Place
Daytime Talk Show of 2019 = The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Nighttime Talk Show of 2019 = The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Competition Contestant of 2019 = Hannah Brown, The Bachelorette
Reality Star of 2019 = Khloe Kardashian, Keeping Up With the Kardashians
Bingeworthy Show of 2019 = Outlander
Sci-Fi / Fantasy Show of 2019 = Shadowhunters
Male Artist of 2019 = Shawn Mendes
Female Artist of 2019 = Billie Eilish
Group of 2019 = BLACKPINK
Song of 2019 = Shawn Mendes, Camila Cabello "Senorita"
Album of 2019 = Taylor Swift, Lover
Country Artist of 2019 = Blake Shelton
Latin Artist of 2019 = Becky G
Music Video of 2019 = BLACKPINK "Kill This Love"
Concert Tour of 2019 = BLACKPINK, BLACKPINK 2019 World
Social Star of 2019 = David Dobrik
Beauty Influencer of 2019 = Bretman Rock
Social Celebrity of 2019 = Ellen DeGeneres
Animal Star of 2019 = Doug the Pug
Comedy Act of 2019 = Kevin Hart
Style Star of 2019 = Harry Styles
Game Changer of 2019 = Simone Biles
Pop Podcast of 2019 = Scrubbing In with Becca Tilley and Tanya Rad
My thoughts...well, I'm glad Avengers got some love. I totally don't know a lot of the other things, as I'm 32 and I couldn't care less about the Kardashians and current music culture and whatnot. I can't see much validity in an award that had Sophie Turner from Dark Phoenix as a potential winner, for instance.
Ghostbusters: Afterlife
This is the supposed title of the new Ghostbusters film. That makes sense...at least, without knowing what the story is. Afterlife of the original Ghostbusters team, with one of them having passed away and so forth.
Maclunky
Apparently, they've changed Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope again with Greedo now saying "maclunky" before Han shoots him. What??? That seems like such a weird thing to adjust. But hey, what the hell, why not, right? It's only like the fifth change they've made haha.
Sonic the Hedgehog New Official Trailer
This seems like it's MUCH more suited to please audiences than the previous one. Sonic looks better (albeit fake, as he's still a CGI character in a real world and it's hard to look at that and not think otherwise) and the humor is childish, but it's supposed to be for kids, so that's the right idea. Thumbs up.
Doctor Sleep
Finally got a chance to see this and I enjoyed it a lot! I definitely recommend it.
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