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Catherina Gioino

Catherina "Cat" Gioino is a native New Yorker, a huge movie buff and an amateur pizzaiolo. She currently works in transportation policy in New York, and previously was a breaking news reporter for the New York Daily News, and had stints at MSNBC, NY1, PBS and the Queens Gazette-- and was at The Knock since the beginning. When she's not biking around her hometown of Astoria or testing out the train system of another country, you can find her slinging wine and drinks at a friend's local bar.

Film

All-female ‘Ocean’s Eleven’ Reboot Starring Sandra Bullock In The Works

by Catherina Gioino
written by Catherina Gioino

I mean, if we already have a Ghostbusters reboot with a whole female cast, why not have Sandra Bullock run her own casino heist?

Now we all loved the original. And I mean the original, with the Rat Pack of Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin and Sammy Davis Jr. (in racist undertones) all robbing a casino. And of course, we liked the remake that George Clooney starred in and made with Brad Pitt and Matt Damon.

So obviously it’s time for the female rat pack to emerge. The film, which Clooney will produce, will have Gary Ross of The Hunger Games directing. Over a year in the works, the project is finally getting made, all with Olivia Milch (known for Queen & Country) as the screenwriter, all when Clooney, Steven Soderbergh and Jerry Weintraub came together last fall. And while they had a mild set back with Weintraub’s death earlier this summer, the film is still going on full speed ahead.

The all new female cast film is set to be released in 2017, and this still leaves up for question as to how close the script will be towards the 2001 Clooney film, or what ten other women will star in the film.

 

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First Trailer for ‘Warcraft’ Released

by Catherina Gioino
written by Catherina Gioino

That’s right guys, Warcraft is happening. In the film directed by Duncan Jones and written by Jones and Chris Metzen, the plot will follow with the alliances set in the video game and novels. With the film being an origin story based off the relationship of humans and orcs, it has a huge cast of characters established in the video game. Legendary Films helped finance the $100 million budget and the film will be released by Universal Pictures on June 10, 2016.

The film will follow humans living on Azeroth while Orc warriors invade the land as their world of Draenor dies. Sir Anduin Lothar leads the humans and Durotan leads the orcs as the worlds become connected through the Dark Portal.

The trailer for the film was released on November 6 and it shows a number of characters who will be featured in the film. On the human side, Lothar is played by Travis Fimmel, while Ben Foster plays Magnus Mediyh, the magical Guardian of Tirisfal. Dominic Cooper plays King Llane Wrynn, Ben Schnetzer plays Khadgar, Ruth Neggaplays Lady Taria Wrynn, Dylan Schombing plays Prince Varian Wrynn, and Callum Keith Rennie plays Moroes.

As for the orcs, you have various characters played by Toby Kebbell, Robert Kazinsky, Daniel Wu, Clancy Brown, Terry Notary, and Anna Galvin. You can check out the trailer below to see the game adaptation in action:

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Check Out The Latest ‘Hateful Eight’ Trailer

by Catherina Gioino
written by Catherina Gioino

Alright, we have mixed feelings about this. Well, I’m pretty sure so does Tarantino, but that’s another story. I mean, he writes the script, it gets leaked, he says he won’t make it into a movie, then he reads it out loud and someone tells him to make it into a movie, and he says yes, and now we’re here at the trailer.

But nonetheless, we can’t help but fall in love with his cult classic movies, and that’s why we can’t wait for the December 25 (or January 6, 2016 in other parts) premiere of The Hateful Eight, a film that has classic Tarantino actors like Samuel L. Jackson, Tim Roth, Michael Madsen, Kurt Russell, Zoe Bell, and even newcomers like Channing Tatum, Jennifer Jason Leigh, and more.

With an amazing cast and a script from Tarantino that revolves around vicious, gun toting strangers in a post Civil War era, what more can we ask for? The newest trailer was just released, which shows in more detail the lives of eight strangers who all seek shelter in Wyoming during a heavy blizzard.

You can watch the newest trailer below which sees a lot of action, and even takes in some amazing Wyoming winter landscapes.

https://youtu.be/6_UI1GzaWv0

 

 

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Check Out ‘The Brothers Grimsby’ Trailer

by Catherina Gioino
written by Catherina Gioino

What’s the best way to test out a mattress? I mean, you’re going to hopefully spend a third of your life on it and you’re gonna need it for rest and whatnot.

Well obviously you test it out at the mattress store in only the best way possible—by doing what you would do at home on it there in the store.

That’s what Sacha Baron Cohen and Rebel Wilson do in the trailer for The Brothers Grimsby, a new comedy film that was written by Cohen as well as Phil Johnson and Peter Baynham. Directed by Louis Leterrier, it stars Cohen, Wilson, Mark Strong, Isla Fisher, Annabelle Wallis, Penelope Cruz and Ian McShane. It is a comedy spy action film.

Strong plays Agent Sebastian Grimsby, the brother of Norman “Nobby” Grimsby (Cohen), who is the world’s greatest spy, and the two must team up together in an hilarious tale to save the world from extinction.

The film will be released on March 4, 2016 by Columbia Pictures (after moving from Paramount Pictures). You can watch the hilarious trailer below full of gun shots, explosions, men in black, cool virtual reality glasses, and of course, some good old love making in the mattress store while the employee watches.

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Neeson, Lane, Bateman to Star in Watergate Thriller ‘Felt’

by Catherina Gioino
written by Catherina Gioino

Liam Neeson, Diane Lane, and Jason Bateman have all signed on for the spy thriller Felt, which is based on the true story of FBI agents during the Watergate scandal. Peter Landesman is the writer, producer and director of the film which is set to start shooting in March.

Neeson will play special agent Mark Felt, also known as “Deep Throat,” who was the key source for the Washington Post’s articles and investigation around the Watergate scandal. Bateman will play Lieutenant Charlie Bates, who works for Felt. After finding out about Felt’s status as an informant, Bates has to decide what actions to take, the moral one or the ethical one. Lane will play Audrey Felt, Felt’s wife.

As for some backstory for younger audiences, “Deep Throat’s” identity was a mystery since the Watergate scandal, until Mark Felt came out in 2005 and admitted who he really was. MadRiver Pictures, Cara Films, Playtone, and Scott Free Productions will all finance and produce the film, which will have Steve Shareshian, Michael Schaefer, Michael Bassick, and Steven Marshall as executive producers. And there is an impressive lineup of producers for the film, including Tom Hanks and Ridley Scott, along with Gary Goetzman, Giannina Scott, Marc Butan, Christopher Woodrow and Jay Roach.

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Boss Selection Announces Debut Album

by Catherina Gioino
written by Catherina Gioino

Boss Selection has just released a new song with Rashida Jones, the woman we all know and love from such entertainment classics like Parks And Rec and Angie Tribeca. And now, with this new project, she, as well as Pete Yorn, ORELIA, James Gadsen, John Gold, Young Dad, Hugh Masekela, Brenda Russell, and more, are all guests on Boss Selection’s Volume One, which comes out December 8, 2015.

Boss Selection, aka, LA producer/recording artist Sunny Levine, will release his debut album which was written and recorded by Levine. The album features a number of songs, including “Flip And Rewind” which features Jones, which is the second track on the album. “Wouldn’t It Be Wild” is the first track, which features ORELIA and has already premiered via Earmilk.

Levine has previously worked with plenty of artists, including some that are featured on his debut album. A California based record producer, he has worked with the likes of Pete Yorn, Scarlett Johansson, Haunted Grafitti of Ariel Pink, Happy Mondays, and many more. He also previously worked with Jones on the film Celeste and Jesse Forever, by composing the score and writing original songs for the film, which also stars Andy Samberg, Elijah Wood, and Emma Roberts.

Listen to the Jones/Boss Selection song here:

photo credit: Abby Ross

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Kevin Spacey Presents New Docu-Series ‘Race For the White House’

by Catherina Gioino
written by Catherina Gioino

CNN will host a six part miniseries come 2016 about six exciting campaigns to become leader of the free world. Produced by Kevin Spacey and Dana Brunetti, with their Trigger Street Productions (along with Raw Productions), the docu-series will be CNN’s new 2016 original series and will feature unseen footage and interviews with the key people who were involved with those elections.

In a press release by CNN, the president of CNN Worldwide, Jeff Zucker, stated, “We are absolutely thrilled to have Kevin Spacey and Dana Brunetti bring their world-class talent to CNN. When we created the CNN Original Series brand, this is exactly the type of programming we had in mind and Race for the White House will be the perfect complement to our coverage of the 2016 campaigns and election.”

Narrated by Spacey, each hour long installment will closely follow a campaign to become President of the United States. Considering that Spacey is Frank Underwood on the Netflix series House of Cards, it’s no wonder that CNN would want to show the dirty side of politics. Below are our guesses for the six campaigns:

 

  1. Trump v anyone
  2. Trump v. everyone
  3. Trump v. Trump
  4. Trump v. Trump v. wall around Mexico
  5. Trump v. Trump’s tax records
  6. Trump v. Trump comb over

All joking aside, we can be be fairly certain that the 2016 campaign will be one of six. The other five? We can only speculate, but:

  1. Adams v. Jackson (calling dead mothers certain words is a no-no)
  2. Bush v. Gore v. McCain (the movies are endless but don’t forget the Republican primary)
  3. Polk v. Clay (The 1844 election where Clay is a commandment breaking adulterer)
  4. Ford v. Carter v. Anyone (As in a man who was never elected v. a man who won by two points)
  5. Romney v. Obama v. Republican Primary v. Democratic Primary (no evidence of foul play)

 

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