2023-09-09 07:45
The 35th anniversary of Tim Burton’s 1989 Batman is approaching, and so is a new film concert series – DC In Concert. The 2024 launch of a national tour will be a celebration of… Read More
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2023-09-08 15:57
It’s here! Our first real look at the upcoming Apple TV+ series: Monarch: Legacy Of Monsters. Here is the just-released teaser:
Following the epic battle between Godzilla a… Read More
2023-09-08 10:49
The Crow is a big favorite if you are an Outposter of a certain age. It arrived out of nowhere, at a certain time of life for many, with all its infamous attachments due to the on-set accide… Read More
2023-09-08 10:23
Outposters, welcome back to Film Club. This week, Used Cars won and unfortunately due to real-life work commitments from the contributors, only myself and Shawn B managed to find the ti… Read More
2023-09-08 10:17
Is it Christmas already? It feels like Christmas. That is because we are full of good tidings, peace on Earth, and goodwill to all men. What could possibly make us feel this way? Why…… Read More
2023-09-08 09:42
As we know, the current WGA and SAG-ATFRA strikes are now many weeks old and showing no signs of ending. Many movie studios are quietly preparing for these strikes to stretch until the end… Read More
2023-09-08 09:14
You know we love a bit of Bondage here at Last Movie Outpost. We covered all the original Fleming novels, plus quite a few of the continuation novels, on the last version of our website. We… Read More
2023-09-08 07:40
Starfield launched on September 6th and the Bethesda production has already become one of the biggest new releases of the year. In just a few days it has surpassed Fallout 4, The Elder Scrol… Read More
2023-09-07 16:15
Netflix has just released the first trailer for Pain Hustlers starring the absolute weapon that is Emily Blunt, Chris Evans, and Andy Garcia. Clearly, this is in a similar vein to Wolf Of Wa… Read More
2023-09-07 14:39
Man, who else is tired of endless Hollywood remakes of older properties? I know I am. They can’t do anything original anymore. It’s really getting old really fast for everyone. S… Read More
2023-09-07 12:07
Well, this came out of nowhere! A trailer for The Bikeriders starring Tom Hardy, Austin Butler, and Jodie Comer looks effing fantastic! Directed by Jeff Nichols, who gave us Loving, Midnight… Read More
2023-09-07 11:23
News broke last night from Vulture that a film PR company called Bunker 15, paid lesser-known critics for positive reviews for a movie called Ophelia which starred Daisy Ridley aka Rey… Read More
2023-09-07 06:29
Samuel L. Jackson is in talks to play the US President once again in The Beast. He already played the part of a US President once before, in action thriller Big Game.
That movie revolved aro… Read More
2023-09-06 09:40
I’m a sucker for alien abduction movies, I can’t get enough of them, Fire in the Sky, Communion, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Dark Skies, the list goes on. Well, a new one… Read More
2023-09-06 09:06
It all used to be so easy, didn’t it? Steve Rogers was the first, he went into the ice and while he was having a chilly nap, Iron Man, The Incredible Hulk, and Thor happened. Then we w… Read More
2023-09-06 08:25
Everything, everywhere may be delayed by the strikes, but Disney+ is pushing on with Loki, season two. The viewing figures for both season one and the various material they have been droppin… Read More
2023-09-06 07:57
Bones And All feels like someone took inspiration from the Twilight franchise. The central idea is to replace vampires with ghouls and replace light teenage romantic fantasy with heavy teena… Read More
2023-09-06 07:43
Warner Bros. Discovery has braced the market for some big losses. They have announced they expect to take a hit of up to $500 million and they claim it is:
“…predominantly due t… Read More
2023-09-05 15:08
I wasn’t going to see Barbie in the cinema. I usually go to the cinema on my own and, if I did this with Barbie, I imagined I would have been beaten up in the car park by blue-haired w… Read More
2023-09-05 09:09
In 2007 we saw Will Smith as the last man on earth in I Am Legend. Set after a virus wiped out almost all human life on Earth, Smith’s character was immune and seemed to be the only pe… Read More
2023-09-05 08:58
The Pirates Of The Caribbean franchise has been a case of diminishing returns, quality wise. A great idea that feels, at times, stretched to breaking point.
The first one was a tremendous sw… Read More
2023-09-05 06:31
It was all supposed to go differently. It was practically pre-ordained. The man who saved movies – Tom Cruise – returning to the big screen after his triumph with Top Gun: Maveri… Read More
2023-09-04 15:09
A Trip to the Moon is the oldest movie I’ve watched. It is an absolute masterclass of fiction and fantasy. I’ve seen many movies about outer space and, for that matter, the moon… Read More
2023-09-04 13:51
Hello Outposters. The results are in for Film Club Week 7; the winner is Used Cars. This week we had 74 votes, with Used Cars earning 20 of those! I’ve never even heard of this movie b… Read More
2023-09-04 09:18
The strikes are now settling into a stalemate and production across the world remains halted. The WGA and SAF-AFTRA remain deadlocked with studios and associations over pay and terms. Howeve… Read More
2023-09-04 07:42
Following a brief teaser last month, and the announcement of a US release, a full trailer has landed for Godzilla Minus One. The new Toho production takes the much-loved giant lizard back to… Read More
2023-09-04 07:17
As part of the apparent trend towards a rebirth of adult-orientated movies being successful, Denzel Washington’s final outing as Robert McCall in The Equalizer 3 topped the box office… Read More
2023-09-04 06:49
Forget it, Jake. It’s the internet. So take this news with caution, but according to various outlets and scoopers online, the offer has been made to an actor for the part of Doctor Doo… Read More
2023-09-04 06:48
The last 10 years have shown that the 1980s will never get old. There are a lot of movies and music around that have the look, the sound, and the feel of the 80s. Some of it has been pretty… Read More
2023-09-03 08:47
Let no man who hath torn his underpants asunder live without sin, for what is man without sin, and underpants? Certainly not an Outposter, for the veritable stench of your sin clings forever… Read More
2023-09-03 07:58
In the livestream this week, we’re going to discuss 1999 and what a great year it was. We will even compare it to another great movie year, 1982. Both years have some amazing movies ou… Read More
2023-09-03 07:34
A judge has awarded Kevin Costner’s ex-wife Christine Baumgartner child support of $63,000 per month. That is nearly as much per month as the average US salary for a whole year, but s… Read More
2023-09-03 07:32
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice is widely criticized. Call it too grim. Call it too long. Call it full of unnecessary characters and a ham-fisted, tin-eared appropriation of the Death Of… Read More
2023-09-02 14:06
Gentlemen welcome back to Film Club. We have a new list of nine classics to choose from. Voting closes tomorrow (3rd September) at 1pm CST / 7pm UK and the results will be revealed on t… Read More
2023-09-02 13:21
Hello, Outposters! After The Fly won Film Club I had no choice but to watch it and surprise, surprise, I actually loved it. So much so that I went buzzing off to watch The Fly II, starring E… Read More
2023-09-02 12:25
Ahhhh, the internet. Where sane people go to debate. However, not all people out there in the digital Wild West are as sane and level-headed as your average Outposter. It sometimes only take… Read More
2023-09-02 11:35
Salem’s Lot is arguably Stephen King’s best book. The tale positively drips creeping dread, and masterfully updates a vampire tale to modern times while remaining true to the anc… Read More
2023-09-02 07:47
An experimental action film shot entirely using thermal cameras, you say? Well… what could possibly go wrong? Harmony Korine’s Aggro Dr1ft is that movie and it had a press scree… Read More
2023-09-02 07:22
According to Puck News, Amazon has got the better of Netflix in a bidding war to secure the rights to an adaptation of the Don Winslow novella Crime 101. They say it was a $90 million bid fr… Read More
2023-09-02 07:01
As Outposters understand, streaming can be a brutal place. No waiting for the Neilsen ratings to catch up, no shows being placed “on the bubble”, no sweeps week miracles. The dat… Read More
2023-09-01 16:45
Outposters, welcome back to Film Club. This week, The Fly won and we’ve all been good space monkies and watched it. Here are our reviews!
Wrenage
Goldblum is now an annoying caric… Read More
2023-09-01 11:25
You hopefully read my article 1999: A Great Year for Movies Part 1 earlier this week. Carrying on, here are some more of the movies from 1999 that, for me, make it one of the best years for… Read More
2023-09-01 11:19
I get why it took 20 long years for The Last Voyage of the Demeter to get released. The Captain’s log must have mentioned there’s so much diversity on board the ship, that the mo… Read More
2023-09-01 10:13
The Passion of the Christ: Resurrection is set to start shooting next year. Jim Caviezel has confirmed this while being interviewed.
“…it will be the biggest film in the history… Read More
2023-09-01 10:00
First Barbie, now this? Face it Outposters, the dropping levels of testosterone out there in the West are going to have some weird effects. It’s only a matter of time before we all end… Read More
2023-09-01 09:35
I remember it well. A few of my middle-aged friends and I were scattered to the four winds by real life. From London to New York, from Sydney, Australia to Singapore, we mainly connected via… Read More
2023-09-01 08:50
Let’s be honest, it’s a bit quiet out there at the moment, what with the writers and actors striking. I’m not complaining because it’s a delightful break from the rel… Read More
2023-08-31 10:32
David Fincher is back with the first trailer for his latest movie, The Killer, starring the always impeccable Michael Fassbender. The film is based on the French graphic novel series by Alex… Read More
2023-08-31 10:31
The first trailer for Michael Mann’s Ferrari is out and it looks as slick and as stylish as you would expect. The biopic was written by Troy Kennedy Martin about the Ita… Read More
2023-08-30 14:20
I wasn’t planning on reviewing this week’s Ahsoka as I thought it was a waste of bandwidth but, after watching it, I had to write it up because I’m angry.
As you know, my r… Read More
2023-08-30 10:56
In the race to the bottom of humanity, only one kind of person is currently ahead of online influencers and showbiz journalists – ticket scalpers.
What is scalping? Also known as ticke… Read More
2023-08-30 09:19
Over the weekend the figures came out for Ahsoka via a third-party analytics company. They were, as we discussed here, not strong. Disney has now taken the unprecedented step of coming direc… Read More
2023-08-30 08:11
Chad Stahelski. There is a name that drives a Mustang, owns many firearms, and lives life by its own rules, probably a quarter mile at a time… or something. If your parents named you… Read More
2023-08-30 07:36
Back in the 1990s, pre-John Wick but post Bill & Ted, Keanu Reeves was already tapped up to be one of the next generation of action stars. As Stallone’s star faded and Arnie moved… Read More
2023-08-30 07:35
Ah, straight-to-VHS. A crazy era of cash-grab trash. Yet, it was a playground of sorts where middling filmmakers could have fun pumping out garbage. They filled Blockbuster shelves with fall… Read More
2023-08-29 13:01
While writing up my review of Deep Blue Sea, I noticed that it was another great movie from 1999. The two main movies that stuck out for me that year are Fight Club, one of my all-time favou… Read More
2023-08-29 12:46
Star Wars: Ahsoka was the great hope. After the popularity of the character in The Clone Wars, and her well-received return in Star Wars: Rebels, the hype train accelerated with her guest ap… Read More
2023-08-29 12:22
Martin Scorsese’s last movie, the historical drama Killers Of The Flower Moon was a long, long time coming. It finally premiered in Cannes ahead of a release in theaters this fall. The… Read More
2023-08-29 12:06
According to rumors out there on this newfangled interweb thingy, both Avengers: The Kang Dynasty and Avengers: Secret Wars have parted company with their head writers.
An onl… Read More
2023-08-29 11:43
AMC and Regal Cinema theater chains have announced they will be screening the upcoming Toho release of Godzilla: Minus One starting December 1st, 2023. Godzilla: Minus One is the n… Read More
2023-08-29 11:23
HBO has cancelled The Idol after just one season. The high-profile music industry satire starred Lily-Rose Depp and Abel “The Weeknd” Tesfaye. The show was on the receiving end… Read More
2023-08-29 10:32
David Ayer recently sat down with Jon Bernthal on his podcast Real Ones and inevitably the subject of his Suicide Squad cropped up for which Dave said it was his biggest heartbreak in H… Read More
2023-08-28 15:46
1999 was a good year for movies, Fight Club, The Matrix, The Green Mile, Eyes Wide Shut, to name a few. Another classic from that era was Deep Blue Sea, one of the better shark movies out th… Read More
2023-08-28 15:36
The results are in for Film Club Week 6, and the winner is The Fly. This week we had a total of 86 votes, with The Fly earning 34 of those bad boys! Because I detest flies and maggots I have… Read More
2023-08-28 08:27
Denis Villeneuve’s Dune: Part Two will bring the second half of Frank Herbert’s original novel to the screen. This is the part with occupation, insurrection, and war. In an inter… Read More
2023-08-28 08:04
Hey Kids! Yesterday was National Cinema Day Did you go? It looks like many people did. Weekend sales figures are in and it looks like Gran Turismo is the winner by just a nose.
Sony Pictures… Read More
2023-08-28 07:50
Another weekend is behind us, another week stretches out before us. Monday may be vaguely depressing, but there is one ray of light to help us ease into another week – an Outposter con… Read More
2023-08-28 07:08
It looks as if the truth about streaming numbers is inadvertently being revealed by Disney, and they clearly aren’t enough to be able to build a business case for some shows. Hot on th… Read More
2023-08-27 11:01
Deadpool 3 sees the arrival of the “Merc With The Mouth” in the MCU-proper for the first time. Shooting started in the UK and was then paused due to the actor’s strike. As… Read More
2023-08-27 10:33
According to both THR and The Wrap, (as reported by Dark Horizons) the studios and streamers represented by the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP) are… Read More
2023-08-27 10:05
Disney remains beleaguered. After an 18% decline in six months, their shares closed out the week at their lowest level for nine months. Even outlets like Finbold and Forbes are now pointing… Read More
2023-08-27 09:28
Wrenage reviewed Meg 2 when it was released in theaters but I was eager to see it and here is my take. This review is weird, because it’s not the movie I wanted it to be. That’s… Read More
2023-08-27 08:58
In this week’s Livestream we talk shark movies. As we all know, Jaws is the greatest shark movie ever made. As time has gone on, we have had movies ranging from Deep Blue Sea, to Meg a… Read More
2023-08-26 10:22
Gentlemen welcome back to Film Club. We have a new list of six classics to choose from. Voting closes tomorrow (7th August) at 1pm CST / 7pm UK. Results will be revealed LIVE ON THE LIV… Read More
2023-08-26 09:49
Wonderwell is Carrie Fisher’s last movie (we talked about it on the podcast), so I thought I should check it out. It was a complete letdown. I hoped for something intriguing, but what… Read More
2023-08-25 08:48
Outposters, welcome back to Film Club. This week, Valhalla Rising won and we’ve all been good little boys and watched it. Here are our reviews!
Shawn B
The film’s visual palette… Read More
2023-08-25 08:41
Filmmaker David Ayer is probably best known for 2016s Suicide Squad these days. That movie was not a happy experience for him, and for years there have been cries of “Release the Ayer… Read More
2023-08-25 08:21
Foe is a new sci-fi thriller from director Gareth Davis, who is known for Lion (2016). There is now a trailer online.
I’m not sure about this. It looks like a “sci-fi” mov… Read More
2023-08-25 08:11
Move over Wicked. If you want to talk about defying gravity, then you need to learn from Meg 2: The Trench. The Jason Statham-led prehistoric shark sequel has overcome terrible reviews, a we… Read More
2023-08-25 07:47
Thanks a lot, striking people! The one movie we were really looking forward to this year, and now it’s not happening in 2023. Warner Bros. Pictures has announced that they are delaying… Read More
2023-08-24 13:07
When we started Last Movie Outpost, it wasn’t for us. It was just clear that sensible people needed somewhere to hang out and shitpost about movies, television, streaming and entertain… Read More
2023-08-24 10:04
You know who I usually turn to when I want to see deep behind the headlines and find out what is really going on in a massively complex and fast-movie geopolitical situation that seems to be… Read More
2023-08-24 09:06
Sometimes, just sometimes, Zack Snyder is just the Zackiest Snyder he can be. Like right now, when he announces the director’s cut of a movie that only just dropped its first trailer… Read More
2023-08-24 08:54
We haven’t seen Daisy Ridley for a while, but she’s in a new thriller called The Marsh King’s Daughter. Here is the trailer.
Described as a psychological thriller, it pits… Read More
2023-08-24 07:45
Sony refuses to learn from its mistakes and seems determined to be the proving case of Albert Einstein’s definition of insanity. The PlayStation itself might be a world-beating success… Read More
2023-08-24 07:20
Blood. So much blood. Lots and lots of blood. That seems to have been the briefing for the fourth Expendables movie, imaginatively titled Expend4bles. Lionsgate has certainly delivered the b… Read More
2023-08-23 13:54
Now things get interesting. After a period of Connery stability, through Goldfinger, Thunderball and You Only Live Twice, the global cinematic icon underwent teething pains. James Bond enter… Read More
2023-08-23 12:32
Sigh, I drew the short straw and so I reviewed Ahsoka. Star Wars is dead to me, but there is a little voice in my head telling me that it might be good. I need to kill that voice, but I can… Read More
2023-08-23 11:48
Another one for the unintended consequences file marked “Oops!” that absolutely should exist somewhere in Hollywood right now. As the strikes stretch out, studios and streamers a… Read More
2023-08-23 08:40
Is it John Cena day at Last Movie Outpost? It seems like every other article is about a movie he is in today. Is John Cena the new Dwayne Johnson? Does he have an embarrassing ego-related su… Read More
2023-08-21 09:19
No, don’t panic UK-based Outposters. It is not the Sky TV sports quiz that has been canned. It is the Amazon Prime Video period baseball drama A League of Their Own. There was original… Read More
2023-08-21 08:20
As the industry struggled to throw off the lingering pandemic impact on business, exhibitors held the first National Cinema Day last year. Once the summer movie season had quietened down, i… Read More
2023-08-21 08:06
Blue Beetle has done it! It has dethroned Barbie. But… wait! It is not all good news for Warner Bros. as Blue Beetle opened to an estimated $25.4 in North America and a further $18 mi… Read More
2023-08-20 09:22
Most modern movies are pretty same ol’ same ol’. A good guy versus a bad guy, a car chase, a bit where the protagonist learns something new about himself and the world around him… Read More
2023-08-20 09:18
Superman Begins. Young Superman. The New Adventures Of Superboy. These are the titles some wags online are throwing around regarding DC Studios’ upcoming Superman: Legacy. These refere… Read More
2023-08-20 08:50
Last week, I posted Part 1 of the Birth Year Challenge. So if you haven’t read it, go check it out. There were a lot of great comments about the great movies that came out in the years… Read More
2023-08-20 08:21
The long nightmare is nearly over. These are the voyages of the USS Millennial, its insufferable, and unlikeable crew behaving like over-emotional children and never in danger of encounterin… Read More
2023-08-20 08:00
The anti-Barbie does cometh! Denzel Washington’s third and final entry in The Equalizer franchise is due in just a couple of weeks now, and the early tracking for its Labor Day weekend… Read More
2023-08-20 07:30
Nothing but Trouble is a new one for me. I had honestly never heard of it before. However, Chevy Chase, Dan Aykroyd, and John Candy, it’s got to be good, right? Read on and find out.
T… Read More
2023-08-18 12:36
A sequel to the classic 90s disaster movie Twister is coming. Twisters will land next year. The director of the original, the retired Dutch filmmaker Jan de Bont, says he is not surprised at… Read More
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