E! has greenlit a new limited series starring actor/activist Rose McGowan. The five part series is titled Citizen Rose and will premiere this spring. A special two-hour documentary will kick off the limited series on Tuesday, January 30, 2018 at 8pm ET/PT.
The limited series will be produced by Bunim/Murray Productions. Jonathan Murray, Gil Goldschein, Farnaz Farjam Chazan, Andrea Metz, and Rose McGowan serve as executive producers.
“You are formally invited into my mind and world. I am thrilled to partner with E! to amplify my message of bravery, art, joy and survival. As I ready my book, BRAVE, I realized I wanted to show how we can heal through art even when being hounded by evil,” stated Rose McGowan. “I want to have a conversation with everyone, and most especially, you about looking at things differently and seeing beauty everywhere. E!’s tremendous reach and impressive platform allow me to globally communicate the importance of living a BRAVE life.”
“Rose McGowan’s courage in addressing sexual abuse and harassment in Hollywood ignited a conversation and inspired other women to speak out against their abusers,” said Amy Introcaso-Davis, Executive Vice President, Development and Production, E!. “We look forward to taking viewers inside this talented, dynamic woman’s world as the first allegations unfold and she becomes a leading voice in a critical cultural change.”
The Plot: “In the span of ten days, artist/activist Rose McGowan was arrested, met with former President Barack Obama, and became one of TIME Magazine’s ‘People of the Year,’ all while navigating the minefield of those trying to silence her. […] Citizen Rose is a project that reflects a dramatically changing world. We follow McGowan as she readies her memoir/manifesto, BRAVE, for release.
Citizen Rose is McGowan’s world: the art, the #ROSEARMY, her special punk brand of activism and the music she makes to heal. By going up against the Hollywood machine, McGowan has shown true courage in the face of adversity and this documentary will take you behind-the-scenes of her tumultuous and fascinating life. She will process, in almost real-time, the massive social change she has helped usher in as well as fight back against those who have hurt so many, including her.”
Orion Pictures has just released a new motion poster for the romantic film, Every Day, backed by the song “What About Us” by Pink. The new poster features the film’s star Angourie Rice holding sparklers while waves crash behind her.
In addition to Angourie Rice (The Nice Guys, The Beguiled), the cast includes Maria Bello (NCIS: Naval Criminal Investigative Service), Debby Ryan (Disney’s Jessie, The Suite Life on Deck), Jacob Batalon (Spider-Man: Homecoming), Justice Smith (Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom, Detective Pikachu), Owen Teague (It, Bloodline), Lucas Jade Zumann (20th Century Women), and Colin Ford (Under the Dome, Jake and the Never Land Pirates).
Every Day is based on the bestselling novel by David Levithan (co-author of Will Grayson, Will Grayson and Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist). Jesse Andrews (Me and Earl and the Dying Girl) adapted the novel for the screen and Michael Sucsy (The Vow, Grey Gardens) directed. Christian Grass, Paul Trijbits, Anthony Bregman, and Peter Cron served as producers.
David Levithan’s young adult romantic fantasy was released in 2012. He followed the bestseller up in August 2015 with the companion novel, Another Day, which explores Rhiannon’s side of the story.
Every Day is scheduled to open in theaters on February 23, 2018.
The Plot:Every Day tells the story of Rhiannon (Angourie Rice), a 16-year old girl who falls in love with a mysterious spirit named “A” that inhabits a different body every day. Feeling an unmatched connection, Rhiannon and “A” work each day to find each other, not knowing what or WHO the next day will bring. The more the two fall in love, the more the idea of loving someone who is a different person every 24 hours takes a toll on Rhiannon and “A,” leaving them to make a decision that will change their lives forever.
Netflix has just released the new trailer for Disjointed Part 2 along with a super psychedelic new poster. The network will launch all new episodes of the comedy series on January 12, 2018.
The first 10 episodes of season one of the half-hour comedy debuted on August 25, 2017.
Disjointed was created by Chuck Lorre (The Big Bang Theory, Two and a Half Men) and David Javerbaum (The Daily Show writer) and stars Oscar winner Kathy Bates (Misery). The cast also includes Chris Redd (Saturday Night Live), Nicole Sullivan (black-ish, The Mindy Project), Tone Bell (Truth Be Told, Bad Judge), Betsy Sodaro (All Hail King Julien), Elizabeth Alderfer (Better Off Single, The Passing Season), Dougie Baldwin (Upper Middle Bogan, Nowhere Boys: The Book of Shadows), Elizabeth Ho (Fifty Shades of Black, The Last Tour), and Aaron Moten (Mozart in the Jungle, The Night Of).
The Disjointed Season One Part 2 Plot: From Emmy winning creators Chuck Lorre and David Javerbaum, Disjointed is a modern twist on the American Dream, a story of the highs, the lows, and half-baked drama of a family-run marijuana dispensary. The irreverent workplace comedy stars Kathy Bates as Ruth, a lifelong advocate for legalization whose dreams are finally realized when she becomes the owner of a cannabis dispensary in LA. Ruth’s cannabis cohorts include three budtenders, her twenty-something son and deeply troubled security guard.
In Part 2 of the series, Ruth and her squad are back in business (after being shut down by the DEA) and are celebrating this next chapter in their lives as they navigate through new milestones and misadventures at Ruth’s Alternative Caring.
Fox’s Lucifer returns from its winter break with a throwback episode devoted to exploring the beginning of Lucifer’s vacation on Earth. Season three episode 11 titled “City of Angels?” begins in Los Angeles in 2011 with Lucifer (Tom Ellis) strutting down the street in full swagger mode while wearing a Saturday Night Fever-ish white leisure suit. Women smile as he walks by and he assumes it’s because he looks amazing.
As he gazes at his reflection in a window, his wings spring out and startle a homeless dude. Lucifer admits he forgot wings aren’t something people normally see and he retracts them before causing a major scene. He’s finally confronted about his out-of-style suit, thanks to a gorgeous young woman who compares it to one her grandfather owned.
Suit gone, Lucifer gets down to serious semi-naked partying which is interrupted by Amenadiel (DB Woodside), disturbed Lucifer’s toying with humans. He wants to return his brother to Hell, and they argue over who’s the strongest of their dad’s children. Amenadiel finally agrees to give his brother 10 minutes to say goodbye. As he waits on the street, he’s shot by a robber and left for dead. Of course, he’s not dead, but the robber does manage to steal his necklace when he’s temporarily knocked out.
Coming to and angry his necklace is gone, Amenadiel shows up in Lucifer’s bedroom and strips down to his undies while the ladies and Lucifer watch. He then quickly dresses in random discarded clothes near the very full bed. Lucifer wonders why his brother’s dress has a hole in it, and without going into detail Amenadiel lets the Devil off the hook for a few hours. He just wants to get his necklace back; that’s priority #1.
Amenadiel shows up at the police station and runs into Officer Chloe Decker (Lauren German) who takes the info about his stolen necklace. He even has a very rudimentary drawing to help her (it’s just a ski mask) and when Chloe wonders if a Jack O’Lantern stole his necklace, Amenadiel is clueless to the reference and believes Mr. O’Lantern is indeed the suspect. Decker gets distracted by a phone call from her husband Dan (Kevin Alejandro) who explains he’ll be home late. Dan’s going to be busy with a body very near the location where Amenadiel was robbed.
Talking to the police didn’t help, so Amenadiel has no choice but to turn to Lucifer for assistance in recovering his necklace. And, of course, Lucifer’s super happy his brother needs his help.
Chloe heads to where Amenadiel indicated the robbery took place and it’s just around the corner from Dan’s crime scene. She finds a clue and hands it over to Dan, and it even has blood on it. Dan’s not sure there’s a connection because he believes his victim was a random mugging victim. Chloe doesn’t think so and wants permission to do some more snooping. She reminds him it was his suggestion that she had to show initiative.
Meanwhile, Lucifer and Amenadiel show up at a classy outdoor bar and Lucifer immediately loves the music provided by a live piano player. He reveals music in Hell is mainly just for torture and that Justin Bieber’s songs are currently the favorites in Hell.
Lucifer shoos the piano player away and takes over playing. Amenadiel finally realizes Lucifer isn’t helping him but instead just wanted to drink and have a good time. Lucifer doesn’t believe Amenadiel will ever find his necklace, but then Amenadiel sees the news report on Aidan Scott, Dan’s murder case, and is sure he saw the victim right before he was shot and his necklace was taken. He’s positive the two crimes were committed by the same masked man.
Lucifer finally decides to help after noticing a large pair of breasts on the woman standing next to the murder victim. He makes a deal with Amenadiel to help in exchange for more hours on earth. And because he can’t think of what else he wants, he requests “a blank check” to be cashed at the time of his choosing.
Tom Ellis and D.B. Woodside in season 3 episode 11 of ‘Lucifer’ (Photo: Fox)
Lucifer and Amenadiel show up at a porn shoot, with Lucifer explaining it’s all about boobs. He recognized the woman in the photo as Misty Canyons (Taylor Black) because of her mole and her curves. Lucifer’s positively giddy when he recognizes the porn actresses, revealing no porn stars reside in Hell because they did such good work on earth.
When Lucifer introduces himself to Misty as a fan, she confesses she loves being a porn star and loves sex. She suggests if you want to be happy and free, you must move to LA.
While Lucifer’s meeting Misty, Amenadiel’s being mistaken as a porn actor and is dressed up as a window washer. Amenadiel ends up in a scene with Misty who has no idea he doesn’t realize what’s going on. Only when he mentions Aidan Scott’s dead does she figure out Amenadiel isn’t her co-star.
Amenadiel and Misty have a serious talk and she confirms Aidan was a decent guy. However, he did anger some people who wanted him to throw a fight. He refused to lose on purpose, even though they offered him a lot of money. Amenadiel thinks that person may be the killer, and Misty thinks he should talk to the people organizing the fight.
Chloe pursues her lead and interviews Gil (Chris Mulkey), the owner of the gym where Aidan trained. She wonders if Aidan ran the same route every day and then drops the bombshell that it wasn’t a random killing. Gil gives Chloe the name Tio Sorrento, saying Tio and Aidan butted heads.
Lucifer and Amenadiel show up at Rico’s where women are fighting in the ring. Lucifer instantly falls in love with the place but then he senses something… Chloe is standing within a few feet watching the same fight.
Lucifer decides to grab a drink as Chloe spots a person of interest and gives chase. Lucifer orders a Scotch and learns Tio looks after the fights. When Lucifer approaches Tio (John Charles Meyer), Tio immediately assumes Amenadiel wants to take Aidan’s spot and that Lucifer is his manager. Tio’s unimpressed until Amenadiel knocks out the former heavyweight champ with a single punch.
Later, Lucifer explains the plan to Amenadiel, saying he wants whoever wanted Aidan to throw the fight to try and make the same deal with Amenadiel. Amenadiel can’t believe Lucifer wants him to train, given that he’s their father’s finest fighter. Lucifer suggests that in order not to draw undue attention, he needs to learn to fight like a human. Needless to say, that doesn’t go well but it does lend itself to a pretty entertaining training montage.
Tio approaches Lucifer while Amenadiel’s training and offers him the same deal as Aidan. Lucifer replies by punching him out.
Back at the station, Chloe tells Dan about the guy she’s brought in and that he works for Tio. Tio could have tried to fix Aidan’s fight and he refused which led to his death. Dan reminds Chloe she doesn’t have any proof, but she has a gut feeling she’s right. Dan warns her to be patient.
Lucifer relaxes for a bit and pops in Chloe’s Hot Tub High School DVD. He’s about to pleasure himself to the video when Amenadiel arrives, destroying the mood. Amenadiel reveals Tio claims not to have the necklace so now he needs Lucifer to torture the information out of him. Lucifer figured Amenadiel would request that and so he made a quick jaunt to Hell to retrieve the best torturer: Mazikeen (Lesley-Ann Brandt).
Tio’s tied to a bed and claims to know nothing about Aidan’s killer. Maze laughs and introduces herself as a demon sent to torture him. Maze, as always, is very happy to get to do her work. In fact, she’s so turned on that she has sex with Tio instead of ripping off his testicles.
Afterward, Maze lets Amenadiel know Tio didn’t kill anyone and doesn’t know about the necklace. Apparently, Tio wouldn’t stop talking after they had sex. Someone else placed a half a million-dollar bet on Aidan losing, and that person is probably the killer. Tio doesn’t know who the man is, and Lucifer and Amenadiel decide to fix the fight and then wait at the location where the money is supposed to be exchanged to learn the killer’s identity.
And now we get another flashback shocker… Tio’s attorney is Charlotte Richards! Chloe wants to make a deal to speak with Tio since Tio is a suspect in Aidan’s murder. Charlotte (Tricia Helfer) explains nothing Chloe has to offer is worth getting Tio to talk. Chloe’s not easily dissuaded and figures out she can hold the fact Charlotte is representing warring crime families to get her to help. It works, and Charlotte is mildly impressed at Chloe’s spunk.
Amenadiel thanks Lucifer for his help as he’s about to step into the ring to lose. However, when Amenadiel calls Lucifer “evil,” Lucifer’s taken aback. In fact, Lucifer’s so angry he takes Amenadiel’s opponent’s spot in the ring.
Shirtless Amenadiel and shirtless Lucifer square off. “You wanted the Devil. Well, you got him,” says Lucifer, eyes flashing red. Lucifer taunts his brother, while Amenadiel thinks it’s all pointless. Amenadiel also reminds Lucifer the result of this fight doesn’t prove anything since he has to lose to reveal the killer.
Lucifer seems to relish the fact Amenadiel can’t let himself win the fight. “I’ll make sure I tell everyone in Heaven and Hell how the undefeated warrior lost to his loser, evil little brother,” says Lucifer. However, all bets are off after Lucifer calls Amenadiel “daddy’s boy.” Amenadiel and Lucifer get into it for real, not holding anything back. Lucifer’s getting the worst of it but Amenadiel can’t deliver the final blow. Instead, he tells Lucifer he’s better than he is and won’t stoop to his level.
Lucifer refuses to stop and gets Amenadiel in a chokehold. He taps out and Lucifer wins.
Elsewhere, Chloe and Dan are on stakeout duty waiting for Tio to drop cash in a locker. Charlotte said Tio promised to help them find Aidan’s killer, and Chloe believes he’ll do it because it will clear his name. Dan’s not so sure and thinks her visit to see Charlotte will set back her career. Chloe insists on following her gut, and she’s quickly proven right. Tio drops off the bag into a locker.
Amenadiel and Lucifer are still pissed at each other, but they’re also on stakeout duty. They watch Gil pick up the cash and then see Chloe chasing after him, ordering him to drop the bag of cash. When she follows him around the corner, the bag of cash is there but Gil’s gone.
Lucifer and Amenadiel snag Gil and he’s confused how he was running from Chloe one minute and somewhere completely different the next. Gil admits he shot Amenadiel and can’t believe he’s alive. He offers to get Amenadiel a new necklace, but Amenadiel is furious and demands the necklace his father gave him be returned.
Gil, still confused, confesses he didn’t mean to kill Aidan. Gil needed money, Aidan wouldn’t throw the fight, and he shot him in a panic when he fought back. He shot Amenadiel because he was a witness.
Gil claims he put Amenadiel’s necklace in his safe and Amenadiel wants to retrieve it. But first, Lucifer decides to flash his Devil face since he’s the King of Evil and Gil is most definitely evil.
The feuding celestial brothers drop Gil back on the beach where he confesses everything to Chloe and Dan.
Day over, Lucifer reveals he’s not going back to Hell. Walking through Rico’s, Lucifer tells his brother he’s realized he’s no longer an angel. “If that’s true, then why am I still trying to please father?” asks Lucifer. He doesn’t want to play a part in his dad’s play any longer and instead he’ll accept the fact that he’s the rebel everyone believes he is. Amenadiel demands Lucifer return to Hell with him, but Lucifer reminds him they made a deal. Amenadiel can’t break his vow and Lucifer says what he wants is to be left alone. Amenadiel reminds him their dad will be upset and he’ll end up suffering his wrath.
Lucifer has found his new home at Rico’s. All it needs is a piano.
Lucifer and Maze meet on the beach and he unfurls his wings. Maze, crying, cuts them off and they fall to the sand as Lucifer looks up at Heaven and smiles.
Disney’s kicking off 2018 with the release of three special motion posters and a new trailer for A Wrinkle in Time. The much-anticipated fantasy film is based on the critically acclaimed bestselling novel by Madeleine L’Engle and was directed by Ava DuVernay (13th, Queen Sugar, Selma). Jennifer Lee (Frozen, Wreck-It Ralph) adapted Madeleine L’Engle’s book for the screen.
The three new motion posters feature Oprah Winfrey (The Color Purple) as Mrs. Which, Reese Witherspoon (Big Little Lies, Home Again) as Mrs. Whatsit, and Mindy Kaling (The Mindy Project) as Mrs. Who. The cast also includes Gugu Mbatha-Raw (Beauty and the Beast), Michael Peňa (12 Strong), Storm Reid (12 Years a Slave), Levi Miller (Pan), Deric McCabe (Stephanie), Zach Galifianakis (Baskets, Keeping Up with the Joneses), and Chris Pine (Wonder Woman, the Star Trek films).
Disney’s set a March 9, 2018 theatrical release date for A Wrinkle in Time.
The Plot: Meg Murry (Reid) is a typical middle school student struggling with issues of self-worth who is desperate to fit in. As the daughter of two world-renowned physicists, she is intelligent and uniquely gifted, as is Meg’s younger brother Charles Wallace (McCabe), but she has yet to realize it for herself. Making matters even worse is the baffling disappearance of Mr. Murry (Pine), which torments Meg and has left her mother (Mbatha-Raw) heartbroken. Charles Wallace introduces Meg and her fellow classmate Calvin (Miller) to three celestial guides—Mrs. Which (Winfrey), Mrs. Whatsit (Witherspoon) and Mrs. Who (Kaling) — who have journeyed to Earth to help search for their father, and together they set off on their formidable quest.
Traveling via a wrinkling of time and space known as tessering, they are soon transported to worlds beyond their imagination where they must confront a powerful evil. To make it back home to Earth, Meg must look deep within herself and embrace her flaws to harness the strength necessary to defeat the darkness closing in on them.
ABC’s Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. returns from its short winter holiday break with season five episode 6 titled “Fun & Games.” The sixth episode of season five will air on Friday, January 5, 2018 at 9pm ET/PT and marks Clark Gregg’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. directorial debut. Gregg directs from a script by Brent Fletcher.
Clark Gregg previously directed, co-wrote, and starred in the 2008 feature film Choke, based on Chuck Palahniuk’s novel and co-starring Angelica Huston, Jonah Bobo, and Gillian Jacobs. Gregg also directed, wrote, and starred in the 2013 comedy/drama Trust Me with Felicity Huffman, Allison Janney, William H. Macy, and Sam Rockwell.
The season five cast includes Clark Gregg as Agent Phil Coulson, Ming-Na Wen as Agent Melinda May, Chloe Bennet as Daisy Johnson, Iain De Caestecker as Agent Leo Fitz, Elizabeth Henstridge as Agent Jemma Simmons, Henry Simmons as Agent Alphonso “Mack” MacKenzie, and Natalia Cordova-Buckley as Elena “Yo-Yo” Rodriguez.
Episode six guest stars include Eve Harlow as Tess, Dominic Rains as Kasius, Florence Faivre as Sinara, Joel Stoffer as Enoch, Coy Stewart as Flint, Pruitt Taylor Vince as Grill, Tunisha Hubbard as Ava, Erika Ervin as Lady Karaba, Patrick Fabian as Ponarian, Myko Olivier as Ben, Jay Hunter as watch commander, Tim Sitarz as Kree soldier, Isaac C. Singleton Jr. as The Vicar, Samuel Roukin as Faulnak, Michele Tobin as Gretchen, and Remington Hoffman as Maston-Dar.
The “Fun & Games” Plot: With Daisy’s life on the line, an unexpected friend attempts to rescue her.
Dominic Rains as Kasius and Florence Faivre as Sinara in ‘Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.’ season 5 episode 6 (ABC/Eric McCandless)Chloe Bennet as Daisy Johnson in ‘Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.’ season 5 episode 6 (ABC/Eric McCandless)Dominic Rains in ‘Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.’ season 5 episode 6 (ABC/Eric McCandless)Florence Faivre as Sinara (ABC/Eric McCandless)Dominic Rains as Kasius (ABC/Eric McCandless)Elizabeth Henstridge as Agent Jemma Simmons (ABC/Eric McCandless)
Alicia Vikander as Lara Croft in Warner Bros. Pictures and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures’ action adventure ‘Tomb Raider’ (Photo by Ilzek Kitshoff)
Action movie fans have a lot to look forward to in 2018, including a new Mission: Impossible, another round of Sylvester Stallone as Rocky Balboa, the much-anticipated sequel to Sicario, and the true story of the first troops sent into Afghanistan following 9/11.
2018’s action movie offerings also include the reboot of the Tomb Raider franchise, two star-studded action comedies, and a female version of the Ocean’s films.
The following list of the 2018’s action films is in alphabetical order and includes cast info and plots, when available. This 2018 Action Movies Preview doesn’t include sci-fi, horror, or comic book-inspired action films as they have their own lists. (See the bottom of this page for additional 2018 movie previews.)
Chris Hemsworth in ’12 Strong’
12 Strong starring Chris Hemsworth, Michael Shannon, Michael Peña, Trevante Rhodes, Geoff Stults, Thad Luckinbill, Austin Stowell, Ben O’Toole, Austin Hebert, Kenneth Miller, Kenny Sheard, Jack Kesy, Navid Negahban, Elsa Pataky, William Fichtner, and Rob Riggle
The Plot:12 Strong is set in the harrowing days following 9/11 when a U.S. Special Forces team, led by their new Captain, Mitch Nelson (Hemsworth), is chosen to be the first U.S. troops sent into Afghanistan for an extremely dangerous mission. There, in the rugged mountains, they must convince Northern Alliance General Dostum (Negahban) to join forces with them to fight their common adversary: the Taliban and their Al Qaeda allies.
In addition to overcoming mutual distrust and a vast cultural divide, the Americans—accustomed to state-of-the-art warfare—must adopt the rudimentary tactics of the Afghan horse soldiers. But despite their uneasy bond, the new allies face overwhelming odds: outnumbered and outgunned by a ruthless enemy that does not take prisoners.
Acts of Violence starring Cole Hauser, Bruce Willis, Shawn Ashmore, Ashton Holmes, Melissa Bolona, Sophia Bush, and Mike Epps
The Plot: Three Midwestern brothers, a crime lord, and an incorruptible cop are on a deadly collision course when the youngest brother’s fiancée is kidnapped by human traffickers. To save her, the MacGregor boys call on their military training – and the strength of family – to fight the most important battle of their lives.
Alpha starring Kodi Smit-McPhee and Jóhannes Haukur Jóhannesson
The Plot: An epic adventure set in the last Ice Age. Europe, 20,000 years ago. While on his first hunt with his tribe’s most elite group, a young man is injured and left for dead. Awakening to find himself broken and alone — he must learn to survive and navigate the harsh and unforgiving wilderness. Reluctantly taming a lone wolf abandoned by its pack, the pair learn to rely on each other and become unlikely allies, enduring countless dangers and overwhelming odds in order to find their way home before the deadly winter arrives.
Creed II starring Sylvester Stallone, Michael B. Jordan, Tessa Thompson, and Dolph Lundgren
The Plot: The official synopsis has not been released, however it’s believed the Creed sequel will find Adonis and Drago’s son battling it out in the ring.
Death Wish starring Bruce Willis, Vincent D’Onofrio, Elisabeth Shue, Camila Morrone, Dean Norris, and Kimberly Elise
The Plot: Dr. Paul Kersey (Willis) is a surgeon who only sees the aftermath of Chicago violence when it is rushed into his ER – until his wife (Shue) and college-age daughter (Morrone) are viciously attacked in their suburban home. With the police overloaded with crimes, Paul, burning for revenge, hunts his family’s assailants to deliver justice. As the anonymous slayings of criminals grabs the media’s attention, the city wonders if this deadly vigilante is a guardian angel or a grim reaper.
Maurice Compte and Gerard Butler in ‘Den Of Thieves’ Den of Thieves starring Gerard Butler, Curtis ’50 Cent’ Jackson, Pablo Schreiber, O’Shea Jackson Jr., Evan Jones, Cooper Anderson, Maurice Compte, Kaiwai Lyman-Mersereau, Mo McRae, Meadow Williams, and Brian Van Holt
The Plot: A Los Angeles crime saga in the vein of Heat, Den of Thieves follows the intersecting and often personally connected lives of an elite unit of the LA County Sheriff’s Dept. and the state’s most successful bank robbery crew as the outlaws plan a seemingly impossible heist on the Federal Reserve Bank of downtown Los Angeles.
Game Night starring Jason Bateman, Rachel McAdams, Billy Magnussen, Sharon Horgan, Lamorne Morris, Kylie Bunbury, Jesse Plemons, Danny Huston, Michael C. Hall, and Kyle Chandler
The Plot: Jason Bateman and Rachel McAdams star as Max and Annie, whose weekly couples game night gets kicked up a notch when Max’s charismatic brother, Brooks (Chandler), arranges a murder mystery party, complete with fake thugs and faux federal agents. So when Brooks gets kidnapped, it’s all part of the game…right? But as the six uber-competitive gamers set out to solve the case and win, they begin to discover that neither this “game”—nor Brooks—are what they seem to be.
Over the course of one chaotic night, the friends find themselves increasingly in over their heads as each twist leads to another unexpected turn. With no rules, no points, and no idea who all the players are, this could turn out to be the most fun they’ve ever had…or game over.
David Oyelowo, Charlize Theron and Joel Edgerton in ‘Gringo’
Gringo starring David Oyelowo, Charlize Theron, Joel Edgerton, Thandie Newton, Sharlto Copley, Harry Treadaway, and Amanda Seyfried
The Plot: Mild-mannered pharmaceutical company executive Harold Soyinka (Oyelowo) takes a business trip from Chicago to Mexico with his cutthroat bosses Richard (Edgerton) and Elaine (Theron). At the company’s Mexican lab, Richard orders manager Sanchez (Hernán Mendoza) to stop selling the bioengineered marijuana product Cannabax to a brutal, Beatles-loving cartel kingpin known as The Black Panther. Meanwhile, straight-arrow Harold learns he’ll be out of a job as soon as Richard and Elaine sell their newly cleaned-up company to a conglomerate. And when he turns to his wife Bonnie (Newton) back home for comfort, she confesses via Skype that she’s having an affair.
Targeted by the ruthless Black Panther, who hopes to gain access to the Cannabax formula, Harold disappears before his bosses return to Chicago. A few hours later they receive a call informing them he’s been kidnapped, and his captors are demanding a $5 million ransom. Rather than pay, Richard dispatches his mercenary-turned-humanitarian brother Mitch (Copley) to extract Harold. But even with some temporary assistance from warmhearted American tourist Sunny (Seyfried) and her drug-mule boyfriend Miles (Treadaway), Harold’s prospects for survival grow dimmer by the minute. Pursued by an army of attackers, Harold crosses the line from mild-mannered citizen to wanted criminal. But is he out of his depth? Or two steps ahead? An action-comedy roller-coaster ride brimming with black humor, white-knuckle car chases and double-dealing, Gringo takes the concept of adventure travel to a whole new level.
Kickboxer: Retaliation starring Jean-Claude Van Damme, Christopher Lambert, Alain Moussi, and Sara Malakul Lane
The Plot:Kickboxer: Retaliation continues where Kickboxer: Vengeance left off. It has now been 12 months since Kurt Sloan left Thailand vowing never to return. We pickup the story in a crowded sports arena with cheering fans where Kurt is now in a new battle – A title bout for the MMA World Championship title. When Kurt returns back to the locker room he is met by a familiar face along with, what we are led to believe to be two US marshals who charge Kurt with a crime and is extradited back to Thailand in an illegal manner. At some point during the journey, Kurt is sedated and later wakes up in a dingy cell at an infamous prison in Bangkok, Thailand.
Kurt soon meets the masterminds behind his abduction and is told he needs to fight a new formidable foe named Mongkut, who is a beast of a man, standing at 6’8″ and weighing in around 400lbs of solid muscle. This is a spectacle they know will bring in millions. Kurt is offered 2 million dollars to fight or face a life term behind bars, but Kurt is steadfast and just wants to go home…He will not put a price on human life for the pleasure of others. A bounty is placed on Kurt’s head, prompting other prisoners to take shots to help coerce him to fight, however, Kurt can certainly hold his own and is not phased at all by any of this , however, eventually, under duress, he is forced to fight.
Kurt does not fully comprehend the challenge he has ahead of him until he encounters the pure size and strength of the man named Mongkut. Through much pain and pure determination, Kurt is put through some of the most enduring training he has ever experienced to prepare him for the fight for his life.
Mission: Impossible 6 starring Tom Cruise, Simon Pegg, Vanessa Kirby, Henry Cavill, Rebecca Ferguson, Michelle Monaghan, Alec Baldwin, Angela Bassett, Ving Rhames, and Sean Harris
The Plot: Paramount’s keeping the sixth Mission Impossible film’s plot a secret.
Ocean’s 8 starring Sandra Bullock, Cate Blanchett, Rihanna, Mindy Kaling, Awkwafina, Helena Bonham Carter, Anne Hathaway, and Sarah Paulson
The Plot: Debbie Ocean attempts to pull off the heist of the century at New York City’s star-studded annual Met Gala. Her first stop is to assemble the perfect crew: Lou (Blanchett), Nine Ball (Rihanna), Amita (Kaling), Constance (Awkwafina), Rose (Bonham Carter), Daphne Kluger (Hathaway), and Tammy (Paulson).
Proud Mary starring Taraji P. Henson, Billy Brown, Jahi Di’Allo Winston, and Danny Glover
The Plot: Taraji P. Henson is Mary, a hit woman working for an organized crime family in Boston, whose life is completely turned around when she meets a young boy whose path she crosses when a professional hit goes bad.
Samson starring Jackson Rathbone, Billy Zane, Rutger Hauer, Lindsay Wagner, Caitlin Leahy, and Taylor James
The Plot:Samson, empowered by God with supernatural strength, endangers his destiny with impulsive decisions that lead to betrayal by a wicked prince and a beautiful temptress. When Samson calls on his God once more, he turns imprisonment and blindness into final victory.
Benicio Del Toro and Josh Brolin in ‘Sicario 2: Soldado’
Sicario 2: Soldado starring Josh Brolin, Benicio Del Toro, Donovan, Isabela Moner, Manuel Garcia-Rulfo, and Catherine Keener.
The Plot: In Sicario 2: Soldado, the drug war on the US-Mexico border has escalated as the cartels have begun trafficking terrorists across the US border. To fight the war, federal agent Matt Graver (Brolin) reteams with the mercurial Alejandro (Del Toro).
The Spy Who Dumped Me starring Sam Heughan, Justin Theroux, Mila Kunis, Kate McKinnon, and Gillian Anderson
The Plot:The Spy Who Dumped Me tells the story of Audrey (Kunis) and Morgan (McKinnon), two best friends who unwittingly become entangled in an international conspiracy when one of the women discovers the boyfriend who dumped her was actually a spy.
Tomb Raider starring Alicia Vikander, Dominic West, Walton Goggins, Daniel Wu, and Kristin Scott Thomas
The Plot: Lara Croft is the fiercely independent daughter of an eccentric adventurer who vanished when she was scarcely a teen. Now a young woman of 21 without any real focus or purpose, Lara navigates the chaotic streets of trendy East London as a bike courier, barely making the rent, and takes college courses, rarely making it to class. Determined to forge her own path, she refuses to take the reins of her father’s global empire just as staunchly as she rejects the idea that he’s truly gone. Advised to face the facts and move forward after seven years without him, even Lara can’t understand what drives her to finally solve the puzzle of his mysterious death.
Going explicitly against his final wishes, she leaves everything she knows behind in search of her dad’s last-known destination: a fabled tomb on a mythical island that might be somewhere off the coast of Japan. But her mission will not be an easy one; just reaching the island will be extremely treacherous. Suddenly, the stakes couldn’t be higher for Lara, who—against the odds and armed with only her sharp mind, blind faith and inherently stubborn spirit—must learn to push herself beyond her limits as she journeys into the unknown. If she survives this perilous adventure, it could be the making of her, earning her the name tomb raider.
Showtime is set to debut the new dramatic series The Chi on Sunday, January 7, 2018 at 10 pm ET/PT. The new series comes from Emmy Award-winner Lena Waithe (Master of None) and is executive produced by Waithe, Oscar winner Common (Selma), Elwood Reid (The Bridge), Aaron Kaplan (Santa Clarita Diet, Divorce), Derek Dudley, Shelby Stone, and Rick Famuyiwa (Dope). Reid also serves as the first season’s showrunner and Famuyiwa directed the first episode.
The Chi stars Jason Mitchell (Straight Outta Compton), Jacob Latimore (Sleight), Ntare Guma Mbaho Mwine (Queen of Katwe), Alex Hibbert (Moonlight), Yolonda Ross (Treme, The Get Down), Armando Riesco (Bull), and Tiffany Boone (The Following). Sonja Sohn (The Wire), Jahking Guillory (Kicks), and Steven Williams (The Leftovers) are season one recurring guest stars.
The Plot: Produced entirely in its namesake city, The Chi is a timely coming-of-age story centering on a group of residents who become linked by coincidence but bonded by the need for connection and redemption. Kevin (Hibbert) is the pre-teen who must step past shattered illusions and embrace the normal rites of childhood, while Brandon (Mitchell) the dreamer makes his own nearly impossible leap of faith to succeed in life and love with girlfriend Jerrika (Boone).
Emmett (Latimore) is the carefree teen thrust into complex responsibility with guidance from his mother Jada (Ross), and Ronnie (Mwine) is the drifter whose struggle to love and be loved calls into question his every pursuit.
Yolonda Ross, Tiffany Boone, Jason Mitchell, Armando Riesco, Ntare Guma Mbaho Mwine, Alex Hibbert and Jacob Latimore in ‘The Chi’ (Photo: Mathieu Young / Showtime)Jason Mitchell stars in ‘The Chi’ (Photo: Mathieu Young / Showtime)Tiffany Boone as Jerrika (Photo: Mathieu Young / Showtime)Jacob Latimore as Emmett (Photo: Mathieu Young / Showtime)Ntare Guma Mbaho Mwine as Ronnie (Photo: Mathieu Young / Showtime)Armando Riesco as Detective Cruz (Photo: Mathieu Young / Showtime)
2017 was a wild ride for action movie fans. The genre produced its fair share of clunkers (Geostorm, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales, Transformers: The Last Knight), but fortunately it also produced some outstanding films with memorable action sequences.
Our 2017 Top 10 Action Movies list includes four comic book-inspired films, the final film of the Planet of the Apes trilogy, and the latest trip to a galaxy far, far away. A bloody Samurai film that marks Takashi Miike’s 100th movie, a music-driven heist film, the return of John Wick, and Christopher Nolan’s epic World War II tale also made the cut and earned spots on our annual list of the best action films.
2017 Best Action Movies:
Takuya Kimura and Hana Sugisaki in ‘Blade of the Immortal’ (Photo Courtesy of Magnet Releasing)
10.Blade of the Immortal starring Takuya Kimura, Hana Sugisaki, and Sota Fukishi
The Plot: Manji, a highly skilled samurai, becomes cursed with immortality after a legendary battle. Haunted by the brutal murder of his sister, Manji knows that only fighting evil will regain his soul. He promises to help a young girl named Rin avenge her parents, who were killed by a group of master swordsmen led by ruthless warrior Anotsu. The mission will change Manji in ways he could never imagine… the 100th film by master director Takashi Miike.
9.War for the Planet of the Apes starring Andy Serkis, Woody Harrelson, Steve Zahn, Amiah Miller, Karin Konoval, and Terry Notary
The Plot: In War for the Planet of the Apes, the third chapter of the critically acclaimed blockbuster franchise, Caesar and his apes are forced into a deadly conflict with an army of humans led by a ruthless Colonel. After the apes suffer unimaginable losses, Caesar wrestles with his darker instincts and begins his own mythic quest to avenge his kind. As the journey finally brings them face to face, Caesar and the Colonel are pitted against each other in an epic battle that will determine the fate of both their species and the future of the planet.
8.Logan starring Hugh Jackman, Patrick Stewart, Richard E. Grant, Boyd Holbrook, Stephen Merchant, and Dafne Keen
The Plot: In the near future, a weary Logan cares for an ailing Professor X in a hide out on the Mexican border. But Logan’s attempts to hide from the world and his legacy are up-ended when a young mutant arrives, being pursued by dark forces.
7.Spider-Man: Homecoming starring Tom Holland, Robert Downey Jr, Michael Keaton, and Marisa Tomei
The Plot: A young Peter Parker/Spider-Man (Holland), who made his sensational debut in Captain America: Civil War, begins to navigate his newfound identity as the web-slinging super hero in Spider-Man: Homecoming. Thrilled by his experience with the Avengers, Peter returns home, where he lives with his Aunt May (Tomei), under the watchful eye of his new mentor Tony Stark (Downey Jr.). Peter tries to fall back into his normal daily routine – distracted by thoughts of proving himself to be more than just your friendly neighborhood Spider-Man – but when the Vulture (Keaton) emerges as a new villain, everything that Peter holds most important will be threatened.
6.Wonder Woman starring Gal Gadot, Chris Pine, Robin Wright, David Thewlis, Connie Nielsen, Lucy Davis, and Danny Huston
The Plot: Before she was Wonder Woman, she was Diana, princess of the Amazons, trained to be an unconquerable warrior. Raised on a sheltered island paradise, when an American pilot crashes on their shores and tells of a massive conflict raging in the outside world, Diana leaves her home, convinced she can stop the threat. Fighting alongside man in a war to end all wars, Diana will discover her full powers…and her true destiny.
5.Star Wars: The Last Jedi starring Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher, Adam Driver, Daisy Ridley, John Boyega, Oscar Isaac, Domhnall Gleeson, Anthony Daniels, Gwendoline Christie, Kelly Marie Tran, Laura Dern, and Benicio Del Toro
The Plot: In Lucasfilm’s Star Wars: The Last Jedi, the Skywalker saga continues as the heroes of The Force Awakens join the galactic legends in an epic adventure that unlocks age-old mysteries of the Force and shocking revelations of the past.
4.Thor: Ragnarok starring Chris Hemsworth, Mark Ruffalo, Tom Hiddleston, Cate Blanchett, Idris Elba, Jeff Goldblum, Tessa Thompson, Karl Urban, and Anthony Hopkins
The Plot: In Marvel Studios’ Thor: Ragnarok, Thor is imprisoned on the other side of the universe without his mighty hammer and finds himself in a race against time to get back to Asgard to stop Ragnarok—the destruction of his homeworld and the end of Asgardian civilization—at the hands of an all-powerful new threat, the ruthless Hela. But first he must survive a deadly gladiatorial contest that pits him against his former ally and fellow Avenger—the Incredible Hulk!
3.John Wick: Chapter 2 starring Keanu Reeves, Common, Riccardo Scamarcio, Laurence Fishburne, Ruby Rose, Bridget Moynahan, Lance Reddick, Franco Nero, John Leguizamo, and Ian McShane
The Plot: In this next chapter following the 2014 hit, legendary hitman John Wick (Reeves) is forced back out of retirement by a former associate plotting to seize control of a shadowy international assassins’ guild. Bound by a blood oath to help him, John travels to Rome where he squares off against some of the world’s deadliest killers.
2.Baby Driver starring Ansel Elgort, Lily James, Jon Bernthal, Eiza Gonzalez, Jon Hamm, and Jamie Foxx
The Plot: A talented, young getaway driver (Elgort) relies on the beat of his personal soundtrack to be the best in the game. When he meets the girl of his dreams (James), Baby sees a chance to ditch his criminal life and make a clean getaway. But after being coerced into working for a crime boss, he must face the music when a doomed heist threatens his life, love and freedom.
1.Dunkirk starring Tom Hardy, Harry Styles, Mark Rylance, Kenneth Branagh, Cillian Murphy, Fionn Whitehead, and Barry Keoghan
The Plot:Dunkirk opens as hundreds of thousands of British and Allied troops are surrounded by enemy forces. Trapped on the beach with their backs to the sea they face an impossible situation as the enemy closes in.
Honorable Mentions:American Made, Guardians of the Galaxy 2, and King Arthur: Legend of the Sword
Dan Fogler as Jacob and Eddie Redmayne as Newt in Warner Bros. Pictures’ fantasy adventure ‘FANTASTIC BEASTS: THE CRIMES OF GRINDELWALD,’ a Warner Bros. Pictures release. (Photo by Jaap Buitendijk)
Warner Bros. Pictures just released a new batch of five photos from the 2018 epic adventure, Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald. The film marks the second of a planned five new stories set in J.K. Rowling’s Wizarding World. Directed by David Yates, Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald was written by Rowling who also serves as a producer along with David Heyman, Steve Kloves, and Lionel Wigram.
Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald is scheduled to open in theaters in 2D, 3D and IMAX on November 16, 2018.
Warner Bros Pictures’ provided the following cast details: Eddie Redmayne stars again as wizarding world Magizoologist Newt Scamander who has now gained fame in the wizarding world as the author of Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them. Katherine Waterston returns as Tina Goldstein, who has been reinstated as an Auror for MACUSA. Jude Law plays a young Albus Dumbledore, taking on the mantle of one of J.K. Rowling’s most beloved characters. Ezra Miller makes a return as the enigmatic Credence whose fate was unknown at the end of the first film. Claudia Kim appears as a Maledictus, the carrier of a blood curse that destines her ultimately to transform into a beast.
Zoe Kravitz plays Leta Lestrange, who had once been close to Newt Scamander but is now engaged to his brother. Callum Turner joins the cast as Newt’s older brother, Theseus Scamander, a celebrated war hero and the Head of the Auror Office at the British Ministry of Magic. Dan Fogler reprises the role of the only No-Maj in the group, Jacob Kowalski. Alison Sudol reprises the part of Tina’s free-spirited sister, Queenie Goldstein, a Legilimens who can read minds. And Johnny Depp returns as the powerful Dark wizard Gellert Grindelwald.
The Plot: At the end of the first film, the powerful Dark wizard Gellert Grindelwald (Depp) was captured by MACUSA (Magical Congress of the United States of America), with the help of Newt Scamander (Redmayne). But, making good on his threat, Grindelwald escaped custody and has set about gathering followers, most unsuspecting of his true agenda: to raise pure-blood wizards up to rule over all non-magical beings.
In an effort to thwart Grindelwald’s plans, Albus Dumbledore (Law) enlists his former student Newt Scamander, who agrees to help, unaware of the dangers that lie ahead. Lines are drawn as love and loyalty are tested, even among the truest friends and family, in an increasingly divided wizarding world.
Jude Law as young Albus Dumbledore in Warner Bros. Pictures’ fantasy adventure ‘FANTASTIC BEASTS: THE CRIMES OF GRINDELWALD,’ a Warner Bros. Pictures release. (Photo by Jaap Buitendijk)Jude Law and Eddie Redmayne behind the scenes on Warner Bros. Pictures’ fantasy adventure ‘FANTASTIC BEASTS: THE CRIMES OF GRINDELWALD,’ a Warner Bros. Pictures release. (Photo by Jaap Buitendijk)Johnny Depp as Gellert Grindelwald and Poppy Corby-Tuech as Vinda Rosier, one of Grindelwald’s most trusted followers, a loyal servant to his cause and often at his side, in Warner Bros. Pictures’ fantasy adventure ‘FANTASTIC BEASTS: THE CRIMES OF GRINDELWALD,’ a Warner Bros. Pictures release. (Photo by Jaap Buitendijk)Eddie Redmayne as Newt in Warner Bros. Pictures’ fantasy adventure ‘FANTASTIC BEASTS: THE CRIMES OF GRINDELWALD,’ a Warner Bros. Pictures release. (Photo by Jaap Buitendijk)
