Roughly halfway through the 192-minute running time of Avatar: The Way of Water we watch young Kiri (Sigourney Weaver), the semi-messianic miracle child of Weaver’s previous character Dr. Grace Augustine, staring at a crab hole under the water, lost in the miracle of nature to the point all conception of time and space has faded away. Why…
Some time after the events of Avatar, Jake Sully and Neytiri have started a family. Their children are not only their biological offspring but adopted orphans as well. Kiri is the child of Dr. Grace Augustine’s avatar, who was unexpectedly pregnant while in suspended animation. They have also adopted a young human nicknamed Spider, who…
After a 13-year wait for the sequel, Avatar: The Way of Water is finally here! Vital Thrills got a chance to talk to the Avatar cast and crew about the highly-anticipated film. With Avatar: The Way of Water, the cinematic experience reaches new heights as James Cameron transports audiences back to the magnificent world of Pandora…
On December 2, Darby and the Dead will premiere on Hulu and Vital Thrills caught up with the cast and crew to learn more about the supernatural teen comedy. The film will stream on Star+ in Latin America and Disney+ under the Star banner in all other territories. Directed by Silas Howard, Darby and the Dead stars…
With the imminent release of Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery in select theaters on November 23 (followed by a Netflix bow on December 23), the streamer allowed us to participate in a massive press conference with actors Edward Norton, Janelle Monáe, Kathryn Hahn, Kate Hudson, Leslie Odom Jr., Jessica Henwick, Madelyn Cline and writer/director…
Summer, 1975. I am 5 years old. I can remember images, feelings, and memories of memories. My father, on a Saturday, says that we’re going to a movie. It’s a fishing movie. My father loves fishing. My entire family does, although I have to say it never quite grabbed me, not as a child, and…
Vital Thrills got a chance to talk to writer/director Nikyatu Jusu (Two Sentence Horror Stories) and stars Anna Diop (Titans), Michelle Monaghan (Mission: Impossible franchise) and Sinqua Walls (Teen Wolf) about their work on the new psychological horror film Nanny. An unnerving study of the disparity between a Senegalese domestic worker and the privileged white…
The world of fairytales is back and magic is afoot. Back in 2007, we all fell in love with Giselle, the fairytale princess played by Amy Adams. She was transported to New York City and fell in love with Robert (Patrick Dempsey). They and Robert’s daughter Morgan (Gabriella Baldacchino) have been living their happily ever…
Vital Thrills talked to the Strange World cast and crew about Walt Disney Animation Studios’ new action-packed adventure, which opens in theaters on November 23. From the Strange World cast, we chatted with Jake Gyllenhaal, Gabrielle Union, Dennis Quaid, and Jaboukie Young-White. Director Don Hall, co-director and writer Qui Nguyen, and producer Roy Conli were…
With the highly-anticipated sequel coming to Disney+ on November 18, Vital Thrills got a chance to talk to the Disenchanted cast and crew. From the Disenchanted cast, we chatted with Amy Adams, Patrick Dempsey, Idina Menzel, Maya Rudolph, Gabriella Baldacchino, Yvette Nicole Brown, Jayma Mays, and Oscar Nunez. Director Adam Shankman, composer and songwriter Alan Menken, and…
The Beatles’ “Glass Onion” from The White Album is a self-referential piece, lyrically calling back to past Beatles songs, and at times deliberately obtuse. But it’s also a song that suggests that the listener shouldn’t overthink it too much and just enjoy the melody. If you’re looking for a deeper meaning, examine “Glass Onion” as…
XYZ Films has provided Vital Thrills with the exclusive trailer debut for #Float, the new horror film that puts a modern spin on classic ’80s slasher tropes. You can expect to see lots of beautiful (and selfish) young people blithely ignoring warnings about the dangers awaiting them, only to get gruesomely killed off. Written and…
The sequel reveals an interesting new corner of the MCU and is created with a lot of love and care.
With the highly-anticipated film’s release just a week away, Vital Thrills got a chance to talk to the Black Panther: Wakanda Forever cast and crew. The sequel will open in theaters on November 11. The Black Panther: Wakanda Forever cast members in attendance were Letitia Wright (Shuri), Lupita Nyong’o (Nakia), Danai Gurira (Okoye), Mabel Cadena (Namora), and Tenoch Huerta (Namor). In…
Sam Mendes’ Empire of Light is impressively shot by Roger Deakins, full of strong performances, a sweeping score by Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross (one of two great scores this year, the other being Bones and All), and feels very evocative of its time and place. So why does it seem that the film is…
Black Adam is cotton candy – it’s cloyingly sweet, disappears after a few seconds, and nothing that is full of sugar and chemicals can be good for you in the long run if you eat it constantly. This is another entry in the DC Extended Universe (DCEU, MCU, who can keep up these days), and…
James Gray‘s coming-of-age film, Armageddon Time, is set in 1980. Most audiences would likely anticipate a nostalgic trip back in time, full of musical pop culture needle drops, lots of magic hour horizon shots, and big emotional Oscar bait moments with actors like Anthony Hopkins, Jeremy Strong, or Anne Hathaway giving heartfelt soliloquies as the…
With the movie premiering on Hulu on October 14, Vital Thrills got a chance to talk to Rosaline cast members Kaitlyn Dever, Kyle Allen, Isabela Merced, Sean Teale, Spencer Stevenson, and Minnie Driver, as well as director Karen Maine. Rosaline is a fresh and comedic twist on Shakespeare’s classic love story Romeo & Juliet told from the…
It’s always fascinating to hear a story from a different perspective, especially ones we know so well. In the new Hulu Original film Rosaline, we’re getting William Shakespeare’s famous Romeo and Juliet, but from the perspective of Rosaline (Kaitlyn Dever), the woman Romeo mentions in the famous play before he sets eyes on Juliet. Romeo…
Like most period films, David O. Russell’s Amsterdam tries to both look forward to the future and reveal something about the past. It is less about ‘yesterday’ than ‘today’ but unsure which part of ‘today’ it’s aiming at. It wants to remind us of moments in the past to keep us from Santayana-like repetition, but…