Ciaran Rooney-Cespedes, Author at The Playlist

‘Extraction’ Trailer: Chris Hemsworth Plays A Mercenary For The Russo Brothers

April 7, 2020 9:41 am

There are few performers on a film set who deserve more respect and recognition then that of the stunt person. By extension and also super deserving —and the people often behind some terrific action sequences o...

‘Mrs. Fletcher’ Trailer: Kathryn Hahn Is An Empty Nester Trying To Figure Out Life In New HBO Drama

Ciaran Rooney-Cespedes

September 26, 2019 1:23 pm

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The acclaimed network so revered for starting the television revolution we currently experience, HBO is mostly known for its large-scale productions, above-and-beyond the normal limits that cable television all...

‘Knives Out’ Trailer: Rian Johnson Crafts A Lacerating New Murder Mystery

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September 18, 2019 9:00 am

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No matter what your critical or fanatical consensus maybe on “Star Wars: The Last Jedi,” one who admires potentially-good cinema must have a sliver of excitement for whatever Rian Johnson has next. It seems “St...

‘Jojo Rabbit’ Trailer: Taika Waititi Takes On Hitler With His New WWII Satire

Ciaran Rooney-Cespedes

September 3, 2019 10:16 am

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For a director relatively new to the Hollywood scene, Taika Waititi is on one great hot streak. His films have a consistent personality and a signature biting sense of humor, yet each one since “Eagle vs Shark”...

‘Scary Stories To Tell In The Dark’ Trailer: Guillermo Del Toro Presents A Chilling New Nightmare

Ciaran Rooney-Cespedes

June 3, 2019 2:16 pm

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No matter how nightmare-inducing and traumatizing the realm of horror can be, children are inextricably drawn to the genre’s enticing, dark narratives. After all, traditional horror stories at their best are si...

‘Terminator: Dark Fate’ Trailer: Linda Hamilton & Tim Miller Try & Bring Back Glory To James Cameron’s Sci-Fi Franchise

Ciaran Rooney-Cespedes

May 23, 2019 9:05 am

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Despite its long struggle to find narrative footing, the "Terminator" franchise continues to be a lasting, bankable appeal as a blockbuster for modern moviegoers. The iconography of the first two installments i...

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‘Jeremiah Terminator LeRoy’ Trailer: Kristen Stewart Takes On A Famous Hoax

Ciaran Rooney-Cespedes

April 4, 2019 1:01 pm

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It was a shocking deception and one of the most significant literary hoaxes of the century. The short version of the true-life story: A troubled author (Laura Albert) masqueraded as a fictional teenage boy from...

‘Stranger Things’ Season 3 Trailer: One Summer Can Change Everything In 1985

Ciaran Rooney-Cespedes

March 20, 2019 8:16 am

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Fewer things in the most recent years have captured the social-media, meme-based, cultural zeitgeist as "Stranger Things," which is a strange thing, indeed, because the show has absolutely nothing to do with us...

‘Good Boys’ Trailer: Evan Goldberg & Seth Rogen Create A New ‘Superbad’ But With 6th Graders

Ciaran Rooney-Cespedes

March 11, 2019 9:33 am

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From the makers of “Superbad,” Evan Goldberg and Seth Rogen, and former writers of “The Office,” Lee Eisenberg and Gene Stupnitsky, comes an R-rated teen comedy that wants to raise the stakes by lowering the ag...

‘Pokémon: Detective Pikachu’ Trailer: Partner Up With The Legend That Is Ryan Reynolds

Ciaran Rooney-Cespedes

February 26, 2019 12:00 pm

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Every studio is trying to create a new universe these days, blatantly following in the footsteps of Disney/Marvel’s unprecedented, box-office reign. These have been the modern trials and tribulations of the maj...

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