Wednesday, May 31, 2023

A Reel Preview: The Year in Film 2023 - Episode VI





The Summer Movie Season got off to a solid start with Disney’s THE LITTLE MERMAID taking in a good haul of clams. For the upcoming massive month of June, the Mouse will be rolling out a new Pixar flick, along with the return of one of the most beloved characters of all time. The month will also be packed tight with superheroes, robots from space, and a little bit of horror. Here’s what will be swinging into theatres for the month of June: 



 

 

 

SPIDER-MAN: INTO THE SPIDER-VERSE – Sony Pictures crawls back into the superhero business with this sequel to their 2018 animated smash-hit, with young Miles Morales (Shameik Moore), and Gwen Stacy (Hailee Steinfeld) trying to save every universe of Spider-people. The cast also includes Brian Tyree Henry, Jason Schwartzman, and Oscar Isaac. 

 

 

 

THE BOOGEYMAN – Based on the 1973 short story by Stephen King, this horror flick sees a young girl (Sophie Thatcher), and her family terrorized by a mysterious entity. 

 

 

 

 

TRANSFORMERS: RISE OF THE BEASTS – The seventh film in the TRANSFORMERS franchise, serving as a direct sequel to BUMBLEBEE (2018), and a prequel to the 2007 movie. Anthony Ramos stars. 

 

 

 

97 MINUTES – In this action-thriller, a hijacked plane has 97 minutes before it runs out of fuel. Alec Baldwin stars. 

 

 

 

THE BLACKENING – A group of friends encounter a killer while staying at a cabin in the woods in this horror-comedy, which pokes fun at the trope of African American characters always being the first to die in a horror movie. 

 

 

 

ELEMENTAL – Pixar Animation Studios returns to the big screen in this fantasy set in a world populated by the elements of nature…where a fiery woman and a water-guy fall in love. 

 

 

 

THE FLASH – Michael Keaton returns to the role of Batman for the first time in 30 years in this superhero team-up, which also happens to have The Flash (Ezra Miller). The cast also includes Ben Affleck (also reprising Batman), Sasha Calle, and Michael Shannon. It is directed by Andy Muschietti, who brought us the latest adaptation of IT (2017, 2019), to the big screen. 

 

 

 

NO HARD FEELINGS – In this coming-of-age sex comedy, Jennifer Lawrence stars as a broke Uber driver who takes an odd job of helping a teen become a man. Matthew Broderick co-stars. 

 

 

 

GOD IS A BULLET – Nikolaj Coster-Waldau (Jaime from TV’S GAME OF THRONES), plays a father who travels into the bowels of a cult to save his daughter. Jamie Foxx, January Jones, and Andrew Dice Clay co-star. It is directed by Nick Cassavates (THE NOTEBOOK). 

 

 

INDIANA JONES AND THE DIAL OF DESTINY – Harrison Ford returns as the world-famous swashbuckling archeologist for one last adventure, this time seeking a device that has the power to change things radically. The cast includes Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Mads Mikkelsen, Antonio Banderas, Toby Jones, Boyd Holbrook, and John Rhys-Davies. It is directed by James Mangold (LOGAN, 3:10 TO YUMA). 

 

 

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Next month, Reel Speak previews the month of July. 









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