This week I went to the cinema to see a screening of the black and white version of Johnny mnemonic, starring Keanu Reeves. Old-timers like me may remember it as a bad mid-'90s cyberpunk movie (written by William Gibson!) about a data messenger whose brain is the storage medium, but who had to have his childhood memories erased to leave space for work.
I hadn't seen him since I was a kid, and you know what? It's still not a good movie. But if you ignore the plot holes, mostly horrible acting and terrible pacing, at least it's very interesting to watch. Also, I had completely forgotten about Ice T's turn as J-Bone, leader of the Lo-Tek underground. It was pretty funny, but it was strange to hear the theater audience burst into applause at the end, knowing how it was received almost three decades ago.
At least some of the movies below, from last week's previews, are sure to be better.
Jack Black's Steve Has A Backstory In The Latest minecraft trailer. The trailer shows young Steve (you can tell he's young because his beard is brown at first) making his way into the block game world, where he discovers he can build anything he imagines, as long as it's made with blocks. Plus, we get a look at Jason Momoa, Danielle Brooks, Emma Myers and Sebastian Eugene Hansen, who find themselves in this world with a now much older Steve (who now has a gray beard to show the passage of time). .
you can catch A Minecraft movie in theaters April 4. Then you can follow it with a minecraft theme park in approximately 2026.
The new Pixar trailer elio it lets us know that the film is still alive and well. The film comes from coconut palm screenwriter Adrian Molina, who co-directs with Domee Shi and Madeline Sharafian. It features the voice of Yonas Kibreab as Elio, a boy who is kidnapped by aliens and pretends to be the leader of Earth. Yeah coconut palm If there's any indication, I hope I'm openly sobbing by the end. It will be released on June 13.
The FX Spinoff Extraterrestrial: Earth is on its way in summer 2025, when it promises to finally* show us what it would be like to see xenomorphs on our planet. Little is revealed here apart from the release date and that, as The edgeAs Andrew Webster comments, the aliens “are still very bright.”
*Unless you count the Aliens vs predator movies.
Star Wars Outlaws will receive its first DLC in the form of Wildcarda story that brings Lando Calrissian into the game. If you haven't played lately, maybe jumping into a space battle with Han's old friend will appeal to you again. Wildcard It's available now for $14.99.
Hey, look, a live-action version of an animated movie. How to train your dragon will come face to face with elio when it launches on June 13.
