Mila Kunis Stumbles Into Trouble in New Trailer for 'The Spy Who Dumped Me'

A longer look at this movie tells me that Mila Kunis is the one carrying it here, with Kate McKinnon in supporting, and I gotta say, it really feels like that ought to be reversed. This movie looks a lot like Spy, and needless to say, Kunis is hardly Melissa McCarthy. To be honest, I've never found her all that funny in the first place (come at me, Bad Moms fans) and I don't think she's a strong enough actress to carry what's obviously supposed to be an outrageous farce (McKinnon on the other hand, could be a different story). Still, the most interesting part of this trailer remains the fact that Sam Heughan is in it, so it may be worth it just for him.

Tom Hardy Previews 'Venom' at Cinema Con

Eh...this one looks a little strange to me. There's something weird about the symbiote (what exactly is the correct pronunciation of this word?) being a separate entity who talks to Eddie Brock inside his head. But I may be a little biased against Sony in terms of superhero movies. Seriously, when was the last time they actually came out with a decent one? Was it Spider-Man 2, way back in 2004? I'm also not exactly the world's biggest Venom fan either, so I don't know- what do Venom fans think?

Jeff Goldblum Welcomes Us to Jurassic World in Final Trailer

Even though Goldblum's back as Ian Malcolm, he looks and sounds so different now that he's kind of unrecognizable to me.  Other than that, this sequel to Jurassic World actually looks a lot like 1997's The Lost World, where the dinosaurs came back to the city (or at least the T-Rex did) and terrorized the people there. The last one was big, loud and dumb and this one looks very similar, so...I guess it'll be a big hit? I still can't believe that last movie is one of the top five highest grossing movies in the U.S. Nostalgia is really strong, I guess.

Milos Forman 1932-2018

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A great filmmaker passed away this morning at the age of 86. Milos Forman was a director, writer, and actor from the former Czechoslovakia, who made films there as part of the Czechoslovakian New Wave (1965's Loves of a Blonde and 1967's The Fireman's Ball were both nominated for the Best Foreign Film Oscar) until leaving for the United States after the 1968 invasion. He continued to make movies here, producing a limited but monumental filmography that included One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975), Hair (1979), Ragtime (1981), Amadeus (1984), The People vs. Larry Flynt (1996) and Man on the Moon (1999). He is one of the few directors to have two of his films (One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest and Amadeus) win Best Picture and Best Director at the Academy Awards.

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest trailer:

Amadeus trailer:

Hair trailer (I think this movie's underrated):

The Met Gala is Robbed in New 'Ocean's 8' Trailer

As silly as the idea of an Ocean's Eleven spinoff movie starring Danny Ocean's equally criminal mastermind sister Debbie sounds, I have to admit I'm kinda into it. It looks like the perfect cast to sell this kind of thing (Anne Hathaway aside, but at least she's the villain), and it doesn't look half bad to me. I could be wrong of course, and maybe it'll be a disaster, but Sandra Bullock and Cate Blanchett look like the ideal female counterparts to George Clooney and Brad Pitt's smooth twosome from the original. I'd also be shocked if there wasn't a Clooney cameo in this.

More Han, Lando and Chewie in New 'Solo' Trailer

So this trailer finally gives us more Alden Ehrenreich as Han, and the result is...not great. Does anyone see Han Solo (and by that I mean late 70's Harrison Ford) in this performance? The guy looks, sounds, acts nothing like him. Plus he's like five inches shorter than him. I just think this was terrible casting that can't be fixed, even if the movie itself managed to overcome its many, many reports of production problems with the script, acting, reshoots, etc. I also don't think Donald Glover resembles Billy Dee Williams' Lando in any way, now that I get a longer look at him. Solo's premiering at the Cannes film festival before opening in the U.S. on that same weekend in May. Still not sold. Chewie may turn out to be the star of the movie.

John Krasinski and Emily Blunt's 'A Quiet Place' Gets Rave Reviews

Here is another Sundance film that's coming out tomorrow and is currently at Rotten Tomatoes with a 99% score. Supposedly a near silent horror movie, this was co-written and directed by Krasinski and the consensus seems to be unexpected surprise that he had something like this in him. I'm not sure how much stock to put in that near perfect score, since it's also being described as small scale and I didn't exactly hear astonishing reception out of Sundance a couple months ago. It could be a lot of "pleasant surprise" reactions to a guy like John Krasinski having made it- he's directed a couple of things in the past, none of which made much of a splash. Still, it might be a cool alternative to check out this weekend.

Asghar Farhadi's Thriller 'Everybody Knows' to Open the Cannes Film Festival

This looks interesting! Iranian filmmaker and two-time Oscar winner Farhadi (A Separation, The Salesman) will open Cannes with his latest, a thriller starring Javier Bardem and Penelope Cruz. The trailer just came out today and definitely looks intriguing, even if you can't tell exactly what happened that's causing all the drama with the kids (all his trailers are kind of ambiguous like this). I'll be eagerly awaiting reactions to this one.