Drew Taylor, Author at The Playlist

‘Sing 2′ Review: Garth Jennings’ Charming Sequel Is The Animated Equivalent Of A Top 40 Radio Station

November 19, 2021 1:19 pm

“Sing,” Illumination Entertainment’s 2016 animated feature, is a breath of fresh air, particularly for a company most closely associated with the screeching, omnipresent minions. A kind of jukebox musical set ...

‘Ron’s Gone Wrong’ Is An Amiable, Charming Animated Robot Adventure With Only Some Minor Bugs [Review]

Drew Taylor

October 11, 2021 1:23 pm

News, Reviews

“Ron’s Gone Wrong,” a film first announced in 2017, is the debut feature from Locksmith Animation, a British animation company founded in 2014. With an animation team including veterans from Aardman and Pixar ...

Pixar’s ‘Luca’ Is A Summery, Subtly Surreal Treat Unlike Anything The Studio Has Done Before [Review]

Drew Taylor

June 16, 2021 12:24 pm

News, Reviews

Back in 2012, Pixar released “Brave,” the offbeat “princess movie” set in the Scottish Highlands, and with it came “La Luna.” After watching the 7-minute short, “La Luna,” it was hard to focus on the feature. ...

Matt Damon Reteams With ‘Ford v. Ferrari’ Director James Mangold for Don Winslow Adaptation ‘The Force’

Drew Taylor

January 22, 2020 5:08 pm

News

Matt Damon is ready to get back in the drivers’ seat with his “Ford v. Ferrari” director James Mangold for “The Force,” an adaptation of the 2017 Don Winslow novel for 20th Century Pictures, Deadline reports. ...

Apple TV Plus Teams With Scott Z. Burns For Climate Change Anthology

Drew Taylor

January 22, 2020 2:49 pm

News, Television

In an as-of-yet-to-be published interview with "The Report" writer/director Scott Z. Burns (the screenwriter of many Steven Soderbergh films too and one of the writers of the forthcoming 00...

‘Martha Marcy May Marlene’ Director Sean Durkin Sets Von Erich Wrestling Family Saga

Drew Taylor

January 22, 2020 1:52 pm

Festivals, News

One of the more exciting films that’ll debut at the Sundance Film Festival this year is “The Nest,” the sophomore feature from Sean Durkin, who made a splash at the same festival in 2011 with “Martha Marcy May...

Bong Joon-ho Says ‘Parasite’ HBO Series Will Be ‘High-Quality, Expanded Film’

Drew Taylor

January 22, 2020 1:06 pm

News, Television

Bong Joon-ho’s “Parasite,” everyone’s favorite upstairs/downstairs/half-basement thriller is an Oscar frontrunner and will soon find an even wider audience as it’s transformed into an HBO series by the filmmak...

‘Miss Americana’ Trailer: Taylor Swift Gets Real

Drew Taylor

January 22, 2020 11:36 am

Festivals, News

Late last year, in Taylor Swift’s very public feud with record executive Scooter Braun, she revealed that Braun was trying to block the use of her old songs for a forthcoming Netflix documentary. Now that Netf...

Sarah Snook and Benny Safdie Join ‘Pieces of a Woman’ From ‘White Dog’ Director

Drew Taylor

January 22, 2020 11:03 am

News

Deadline is reporting Sarah Snook (“Succession”) and Benny Safdie (co-writer/director of “Uncut Gems”) have joined the cast of Hungarian filmmaker Kornél Mundruczó’s latest, “Pieces of a Woman.” This is very e...

Bad Robot Developing ‘Justice League Dark’ Properties for Warner Bros.

Drew Taylor

January 22, 2020 10:41 am

News, Television

What sorcery is this? “Justice League Dark” has returned from the dead to be resurrected by one of Hollywood's most powerful players and his gigantic studio. Deadline is reporting that JJ Abrams’ Bad Robot,...

Patrick Stewart Was Approached by Kevin Feige About Professor X Joining The MCU

Drew Taylor

January 22, 2020 9:57 am

News

Patrick Stewart is making the press rounds for “Picard,” his hotly anticipated new CBS All Access series premiering later this week that sees him reprising his iconic role from “Star Trek: The Next Generation,...

David Leitch to Direct Big Screen ‘Kung Fu’ Adaptation for Universal

Drew Taylor

January 21, 2020 3:47 pm

News

“John Wick” co-director David Leitch is back. And he’s ready to kick ass. According to Deadline, the filmmaker will soon tackle a big screen adaptation of seminal television series “Kung Fu” for Universal (hom...

Jared Harris Shoots Down Rumors He’ll Be Playing Doctor Octopus in ‘Morbius’

Drew Taylor

January 21, 2020 3:01 pm

News

When fans got a look at the trailer for “Morbius,” starring Jared Leto as the titular bloodsucker, they noticed a brief appearance by another Jared: “Chernobyl” powerhouse Jared Harris. And, for some reason, m...

Hugo Weaving Says He Won’t Be in ‘Matrix 4’ and Explains Why He Didn’t Return to the MCU

Drew Taylor

January 21, 2020 2:12 pm

News

Hugo Weaving was an Australian character actor whose exposure internationally had mostly been relegated to the voice of a sheepdog in the two “Babe” movies. But starting with the Wachowskis’ mind-melting “The ...

Dario Argento Reteams with Daughter Asia for ‘Black Glasses’

Drew Taylor

January 21, 2020 1:20 pm

News

Dario Argento has returned from beyond. The Italian horror filmmaker, best known for his expressive (bordering on psychedelic) chillers like “Deep Red,” “Suspiria” and “Opera,” hasn’t made a feature since 2...

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