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 “The Rain” is an upcoming Netflix original series about a group of kids facing the post-apocalypse in Denmark. From the looks of its trailer, it’s part “Walking Dead,” part “Stranger Things,” and part any given CW show. Here’s the official synopsis from Netflix: The world as we know it has ended.

In a world that hates and fears them, a group of teens with superpowers fights for freedom. Yes, this is the basic premise of “X-Men,” but also apparently, the premise for the upcoming film, “The Darkest Minds.” It’s like “X-Men” but with a heaping helping of “The Hunger Games.” Just when you think the YA movie trend had come to a close, with “Divergent” never finishing its film series and “Maze Runner” stumbling to the end, it looks like there’s another teen franchise hoping to take off. In the first trailer for “The Darkest Minds,” we see what happens when kids suddenly get superpowers. Namely, the adults get freaked out and start imprisoning them. But let’s be honest, did you really expect the trailer for a YA film to focus on the plot only? No, no, no. We get the hint of a young romance, a young female rallying a large group of prisoners, and enough half-baked special effects to just give you the hint of superpowers, all while an unknown song by some pop singer plays in the bac...

In a world that hates and fears them, a group of teens with superpowers fights for freedom. Yes, this is the basic premise of “X-Men,” but also apparently, the premise for the upcoming film, “The Darkest Minds.” It’s like “X-Men” but with a heaping helping of “The Hunger Games.” Just when you think the YA movie trend had come to a close, with “Divergent” never finishing its film series and “Maze Runner” stumbling to the end, it looks like there’s another teen franchise hoping to take off. In the first trailer for “The Darkest Minds,” we see what happens when kids suddenly get superpowers. Namely, the adults get freaked out and start imprisoning them. But let’s be honest, did you really expect the trailer for a YA film to focus on the plot only? No, no, no. We get the hint of a young romance, a young female rallying a large group of prisoners, and enough half-baked special effects to just give you the hint of superpowers, all while an unknown song by some pop singer plays in the bac...

“The Handmaid’s Tale” quickly became a phenomenon when it was released last year. Hulu, who has quietly been releasing quality original series, had been waiting for something on their streaming service to catch on, and become a massive pop culture hit, in the same way “Stranger Things” has for Netflix and “Transparent” did for Amazon. And clearly, ‘Handmaid’s’ is that hit. With multiple Emmy’s and Golden Globes, the series is poised to become even bigger in season 2. In the newest trailer for the upcoming season, it looks like the series isn’t going to miss a beat when it returns. The upcoming season is especially exciting for one big reason – the unknown. After season 1 ended in much the same way the classic Margaret Atwood novel came to a close, this season is venturing into largely unknown territory. Without the help of amazing source material, will the creators behind the show falter? It sure doesn’t look like it. Elisabeth Moss leads the way in the trailer, as her character i...

Kodak's Kodachrome shading film was around for quite a while. Truth be told, it even enlivened a Paul Simon melody in 1973. It's nothing unexpected assembling was suspended in 2010, given all the innovative headways that happened in the mid 21st century. That, in any case, the simple/advanced break of old and new, doesn't appear to stop the characters of the up and coming film "Kodachrome." Kodachrome debuted at 2017's Toronto Film Festival to generally lukewarm audits. The Playlist applauded veteran on-screen character Ed Harris' execution calling it a "gaudy, landscape biting part and earns some merited giggles." The official abstract can be perused beneath: Battling A&R official Matt (Jason Sudeikis) discovers his reality flipped around when his irritated father's medical caretaker (Elizabeth Olsen) shows up out of the blue in his office. Matt's dad, a renowned worldwide awful kid photojournalist (Ed Harris), is confronting...

The curveball, however, comes with one of the film’s stars,  Cate Blanchett . Blanchett has been a household name for many years, thanks to her diverse theatre and film career. She has earned critical and international acclaim working with people such as  Martin Scorsese ,  David Fincher ,  Joe Wright ,  Alejandro González Iñárritu , and  Steven Spielberg , and has brought home three  BAFTA awards, three  Golden Globes , and two  Academy Awards . So, what is she doing teaming up with Eli Roth? Did she lose a bet? During the “ Thor: Ragnarok ” panel at  San Diego Comic-Con  in 2017, Blanchett revealed that it was because of inspiration from her kids that she portrayed the villain Hela in the  Marvel  film. Could her involvement in ‘The House With A Clock In Its Walls,’ also be due to influence by her kids? It worked for ‘Ragnarok,’ but that was with the support of producer-extraordinaire Kevin Feige and director ...

It didn’t take much time for  Bong Joon Ho ‘s, “ Okja ” to create a stir last May at the  2017  Cannes Film Festival . Not because of the film itself; b ooing began the moment the  Netflix  logo appeared on the screen.  Noah  Baumbach ‘s  Netflix -produced, “ The Meyerowitz Stories ” premiered two days later, and the jeers immediately rang out too. The backlash from French audiences stems from Netflix’s refusal to play by the rules of the French film industry rules, which says that every movie playing competition at Cannes has to be released theatrically. Of course, barring a few exceptions, Netflix doesn’t release its films in movie theaters. It’s an issue that has caused so much controversy in France’s cinema-passionate movie industry, that Cannes  decided to ban any films that won’t play theatrically  in the country – effectively preventing Netflix pictures to appear at the festival. Cannes artistic director  Thierry Fremau...