On July 1st, director Le-Van Kiet’s new film The Princess arrives on Hulu in the U.S. and as a Star Original on Disney+ internationally. To learn more about the movie, Vital Thrills got a chance to talk to the filmmaker and stars Joey King and Veronica Ngo. An action-packed fight to the death set in…
Vital Thrills got a chance to talk to the Ms. Marvel cast and crew. The new Marvel Studios series, starring Iman Vellani as Kamala Khan/Ms. Marvel, is now streaming on Disney+. “I mean, this is all very, very trippy,” said writer and producer Sana Amanat. “When Willow [character co-creator G. Willow Wilson] and I were…
Ms. Marvel is a great live-action introduction to a character that will steal viewers’ hearts. Within the first two episodes, it’s clear that this is a coming-of-age type of story, an awakening of Kamala Khan as she navigates multiple issues. It’s exciting to see a new perspective on the coming-of-age tale, with the focus on…
On June 3, Disney+ will release Hollywood Stargirl, a sequel to the 2020 film about free spirit Stargirl Caraway (Grace VanderWaal). Caraway is a silver-voiced teenager whose simple acts of kindness work magic in the lives of others. Vital Thrills got a chance to talk to the cast and writer/director Julia Hart about the anticipated…
On May 27, Ewan McGregor returns to the iconic role of Obi-Wan Kenobi, and we got a chance to talk to the actor, his co-star Moses Ingram, and the director of the Disney+ series Obi-Wan Kenobi, Deborah Chow. Ewan McGregor spoke about coming back to play the role he took on in the Star Wars…
Chip ‘n Dale: Rescue Rangers is a film for no one. The film is interested in neither its source material nor anyone who would have liked said material, embarking on a vain quest for reinvention. The last ten years of tentpole filmmaking have taught us thoroughly the profits and pitfalls of nostalgia. It’s an inducement…
Once upon a time, there was a brilliant new animation company striving to bring new life and feeling — not to mention dollars — to feature animation. And there was DreamWorks Animation, which was supposed to become that company and didn’t. What it did become was the strange other brand to Disney / Pixar, creating…
With the series premiering on Disney+ on Wednesday, March 30th, Vital Thrills got a chance to talk to the Moon Knight cast and crew. From the accent to the villain, read on to learn what the Moon Knight cast and crew told us. The series follows Steven Grant (Oscar Isaac), a mild-mannered gift shop employee…
Focusing on a strong performance from Chris Pine and the reality of the trauma of war and betrayal, Tamrik Saleh’s The Contractor rises above its contemporaries by doing less instead of more. We all revel in an original take on old material and devalue routine plots for the same reason, but that misses out on…
Today, Disney+ is launching their new version of the family comedy Cheaper by the Dozen on the streaming service, and we got to hear from the talented cast and crew, including actors Gabrielle Union (“Zoey Baker”), Zach Braff (“Paul Baker”), Erika Christensen (“Kate”), Timon Kyle Durrett (“Dom”), and director Gail Lerner. Check out what they…
With the new Pixar film arriving on the Disney+ streaming service on Friday, March 11, Vital Thrills got a chance to talk to the Turning Red cast and crew. Participating in the press day were writer/director Domee Shi, writer Julia Cho, and producer Lindsey Collins, as well as Turning Red cast members Sandra Oh (Ming),…
Vital Thrills talked to No Exit director Damien Power and cast members Dennis Haysbert, Danny Ramirez, David Rysdahl, and Havana Rose Liu. The chilling suspense thriller will start streaming exclusively on Hulu on February 25. No Exit is the story of Darby Thorne (Havana Rose Liu), a young woman en route to a family emergency,…
The meet-cute has been a staple of romantic comedy since at least Clara Bow bumped into Antonio Moreno. After 100 years of cinema, though, enough variations of it have been tried that even the many worlds map of the romcom multiverse has become a flat circle. The options for most filmmakers now are either to…
Vital Thrills got a chance to attend an early preview of Turning Red and learned all about the upcoming Disney/Pixar film from director Domee Shi, producer Lindsey Collins, and some of the production team. Turning Red introduces Mei Lee (voice of Rosalie Chiang), a confident, dorky 13-year-old torn between staying her mother’s dutiful daughter and the chaos…
Vital Thrills got a chance to chat with the cast and crew of the upcoming Disney+ animated adventure film, The Ice Age Adventures of Buck Wild. The original movie premieres exclusively on Disney+ on January 28. The Ice Age Adventures of Buck Wild continues the hilarious escapades of the sub-zero heroes as they create more prehistoric…
So what, exactly, is The Matrix Resurrections? Is it a reboot, a remake, or a sequel? Well, it’s all three. After almost twenty years, we get both a progression of the story from The Matrix Revolutions and a new beginning of sorts, where everything gets wiped clean. It’s both a continuation and a commentary –…
Vital Thrills got a chance to talk to the Don’t Look Up cast during a global press conference for the new Netflix film, opening in select theaters on Dec. 10 and launching on the streaming service on Dec. 24. Written and directed by Academy Award winner Adam McKay (The Big Short), the dark comedy stars Leonardo DiCaprio and Jennifer Lawrence….
Vital Thrills got a chance to attend the virtual press event for The Beatles: Get Back with director Peter Jackson last week. The Disney+ original docuseries will be arriving on Disney+ just in time for the Thanksgiving holiday. Made entirely from never-before-seen, restored footage, The Beatles: Get Back provides the most intimate and honest glimpse…
Vital Thrills got a chance to talk to the cast and crew of Marvel Studios’ Hawkeye, which will premiere with two episodes on Disney+ on November 24. We’ve also got a new behind-the-scenes featurette that you can watch below. Keep reading for what we learned from stars Jeremy Renner, Hailee Steinfeld, Vera Farmiga, and Tony…
Vital Thrills got a chance to talk to the cast of the new Disney+ film Home Sweet Home Alone, which is available on the streaming service today. The film is set in the universe of the Home Alone films. In the movie, Max Mercer is a mischievous and resourceful young boy who has been left…