Category: Movie

"I don't know if I can be who you need me to be." "Your Grandma believed in you. It's in your blood..." Paramount Animation has debuted the main trailer for animated action movie The Tiger's Apprentice, adapted from the same book series. This was in the works for years, and after finally starting production in 2020, they scrapped the theatrical plans and will debut it streaming on Paramount+. Tom Lee, a Chinese-American boy, after the death of his grandmother, discovers he is part of a lineage of magical protectors known as the Guardians. With guidance from a mythical tiger named Hu, Tom trains up to take on Loo, a force that is as powerful as a Guardian but with evil intentions to destroy humanity. The Tiger's Apprentice stars Henry Golding as Mr. Hu and Brandon Soo Hoo as Tom, with Lucy Liu, Bowen Yang, Jo Koy, Sherry Cola, Leah Lewis, Sandra Oh, and Michelle Yeoh. This is a much better trailer than the first teaser which didn't show much, it actually makes this look like it might be mostly entertaining. ...

"I don't know why he does it..." An official trailer has debuted for this indie documentary film premiering at the 2024 Slamdance Film Festival kicking off this week. I'm "George Lucas": A Connor Ratliff Story is a feature "portrait of an artist" doc made by filmmaker Ryan Jacobi as his directorial debut. Five years into performing as renowned filmmaker George Lucas in the NY cult comedy show "The George Lucas Talk Show" (more on YouTube), comedian Connor Ratliff questions the need for its continuation and his own drive for success and fulfillment in show business. Jacobi explains how he got into making this: "Seeing that creator/host Connor Ratliff had done the same nerdy deep dive and knew all the intricate details of George Lucas’s life, while not taking any of it too seriously, connected me to this performer immediately... I learned so much through Connor about the value of play for the sake of play, being present in the moment, and not judging my own creativity—that the profound can be found even in foolish things." That's a very good pitch! ...

Christopher Nolan looks into J. Robert Oppenheimer's Communist connections in his life, but what is the true story behind the scientist's politics?