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Read about the most interesting developments in the world of movies, as filtered through the mind of The Brainjar. If it’s interesting to us, it is to you.
One actor who was missing from the most recent Mission: Impossible movie was Jeremy Renner. We help to explain why Jeremy Renner’s William Brandt character sat out Mission: Impossible – Fallout. Although the Mission:...
When actor Tom Hulce got nominated for his role in 1984’s Amadeus, he was only in his early 30s. The most notable role he had played on film before that had been in the...
A24 is the film production company that has specialized in releasing arthouse films, such as Moonlight and Spring Breakers. Their strategy has paid off with critical acclaim, as they’ve currently already received 24 Oscar...
Seems like Neill Blomkamp – director of District 9 – has been tapped to direct a sequel to Robocop, called Robocop Returns. The South-African director had previously been trying to make a sequel to...
For me Friday night is the perfect evening to watch a B-movie. Work has nearly killed my brain by then, and I just want to have a beer along with a disposable fun movie....
To some people it might seem far-fetched, but the full name of the hero at the center of Paul Verhoeven’s seminal 1987 action film’s could have even been Robocop Jesus. In the last few...
Ethan Hawke may have started off as a child actor with Joe Dante’s Explorers in 1985, but in the 90s he had already established himself as a strong dramatic actor thanks to roles in...
When Netflix saved Arrested Development all of us fans were ecstatic: finally we would get a continuation to one of the best comedy series to ever air on television. Although season 3 had wrapped...
When we’re lucky enough to have the apartment to ourselves, one of our favorite pastimes is to get a few beers and to consume them during a random B-movie we have available. How else...
When Disney purchased the Star Wars property, it didn’t do so out of the kindness of its cold, dead, corporate heart. If you thought the whole deal came about to restore the famous Sci-Fi...