We in The Basement are impressed with Warner Bros. revitalization of the Godzilla franchise, and the way filmmakers have weaved it into an expanded universe with King Kong. Which means we're stoked for Adam Wingard's upcoming Godzilla Vs. Kong. The titans have squared off once before, waaaaaayyyyyy back in the 60s, and are set to do so again in November. And now we know what Wingard's movie will be about. Observe: Legends collide as Godzilla and Kong, the two most powerful forces of nature, clash on the big screen in a spectacular battle for the ages. As Monarch embarks on a perilous mission into fantastic uncharted terrain, unearthing clues to the Titans' very origins, a human conspiracy threatens to wipe the creatures, both good and bad, from the face of the Earth forever. Neat! Wingard directs from a screenplay by Terry Rossio. The film stars Alexander Skarsgard, Millie Bobby Brown, Rebecca Hall and Brian Tyree Henry. Godzilla Vs. Kong hits theat...

OK, so I think writer/director Christopher Nolan's latest effort has something to do with life, death, the afterlife, and a fight to save the world. At least that's what I get from this cryptic -- and mind blowing -- trailer. With Nolan, you never really know what his film's are about until you watch them, efforts like The Dark Night Trilogy and Dunkirk aside. And that's what I love about the man's work. That and he does as much in-camera as humanly possible. So I'm not gonna say anything more, and will let you observe, and digest, as you see fit. Enjoy! Tenet stars John David Washington, Robert Pattinson, Michael Cain and Elizabeth Debicki. And it takes over theatres, and likely our minds, July 17. Source: Warner Bros.

And here we go; once again the public is afraid a feature film will incite real-world violence. Didn't we just have this discussion a month or so ago about a movie called The Hunt. Let me check: yup, we did . Now we've got a group wanting Warner Bros to get involved in the gun-control movement because it made a movie about a comic-book serial killer, and they're afraid said film is too violent, and could encourage people to mimic what's done on screen. The movie is called Joker, by the way. Granted, this group is made up of family members and friends of victims who died in the 2012 mass shooting at a screening of The Dark Knight Rises, which is a true tragedy -- one that has been repeated throughout the United States far too often. Warner Bros. responded, saying Joker does not endorse real-world violence, and the studio has a long history of supporting the gun-control movement. "It is not the intention of the film, the filmmakers, or the studio...

News broke yesterday afternoon that Warner Bros. is moving forward with a fourth entry in The Matrix franchise. And, not surprisingly, Keanu Reeves will be back as Neo and Carrie-Anne Moss as Trinity. Lana Wachowski, who created the series with her sister, Lily, will return as writer and director. The first Matrix was mind blowing when it hit in early 1999 (yup, 20 years ago). The back-to-back sequels were back-to-back letdowns. Not without their moments, but nowhere near the quality of the first film. I'm not sure if its my age, my lack of enthusiasm for The Matrix Reloaded and The Matrix Revolutions, or some combination of the two, but I can't get excited for more Matrix movies. It just feels like a cash grab on the nostalgia train. Not every franchise from 20 years ago needs to be brought back. Sure, things were left open at the end of Revolutions. It's all just a computer program, and it's easy to reboot things, so to speak. But I'd rather see ...

Board games are back in a big way, with manufacturers more than willing to take classic movies and books and adapt them to the concept. My wife got me Who Goes There? last fall, and it's an awesome adaptation of the classic John Campbell novel that become John Carpenter's The Thing. Yup, there's a Thing board game, and it's awesome! Now we've got It: Evil Below heading our way just in time for Warner Bros.'s sequel to the monster -- pun intended -- 2017 film, and it sounds pretty rad.

Ohboyohboyohboy! Does this teaser for the much anticipated It: Chapter 2 ever sell... it! The first film is, in my mind, and the in the minds of many others, a modern horror classic. A tough act to follow, in other words. But we only got half the story, so a sequel was required.

The DC Cinematic Universe is a beautiful mess. By beautiful I mean it's almost impossible to image of more poorly executed comic-to-screen transition of classic characters. By mess I mean no one in charge seems to know what the duck they're doing. For every Wonder Woman, there's a Batman Vs. Superman. For every Aquaman, a Suicide Squad. The films that turn out the best are the ones The Powers That Be didn't give a duck about.

That's right, this latest spot for Warner Bros. upcoming sequel Godzilla: King of the Monsters pledges a film filled with, well, beautiful destruction. And we in The Basement are A-OK with that. We all dug Gareth Edwards' 2014 Godzilla movie, but it lacked monster-vs-monster combat on an epic, planet-smashing scale. Michael Dougherty's follow up will rectify that.

The times they are a changing, as Warner Bros and Universal Studios look to shorten the length of time a film plays in theatres, in favour of a quicker jump to digital and the home market.  When I was a wee lad, it wasn't unusual for a movie to stick around our local cinema for weeks, even months. I remember Raiders of the Lost Ark playing in town for 30 to 40 weeks - that's seven or eight months! The last movie I remember getting such a long theatrical run was Titanic, which played for almost a year.

It's rare when you come across an obscure horror movie that starts with the Warner Bros. and New Line Cinemas logos. These are the studios who brought us The Conjuring films and their spin offs, plus other horror hits like Lights Out. Most of their flicks go theatrical, and not straight to VOD. Within? Never heard of it . . . until it showed up on my Netflix account. Pushing play, I didn't know what to expect. I certainly didn't think I'd get into it as quickly as I did, or enjoy it at all. I figured it was one of those flicks you fall asleep to after a night at the pub.

Easily the best movie-related news I've heard all month, confirmation came today that James Wan will return to the director's chair for the sequel to his smash hit The Conjuring. You may all return to your daily business. Thank you for your co-operation. Good night.

Christopher Nolan has revealed the name of the third film in his Batman trilogy. In July 2012, we’ll be lining up for The Dark Knight Rises.  Good title, and it takes advantage of the The Dark Knights' popularity at the box office. Smart move, Nolan. The co-writer/director went on to dispell the rumour that The Riddler would be the villain this time around, but he hasn't said who the main adversary will be either. It will be tough to beat Ledger's Joker. Nolan also announced today that he’s convinced Warner Bros. to keep telling his story in 2D, and to continue down the path of hi-def IMAX sequences. He'll get no argument from us in The Basement on the subject either.

Here is a super-slick short film for all you Mortal Kombat fans and non-fans out there! It's a test video, produced by Warner Bros and directed by Kevin Tancharoen (the Fame remake), designed to prove the potential for an R-rated reboot of the videogame franchise, originally brought to us in PG-13 form in the mid-90s by Paul WS Anderson. The best part: it stars Black Dynamite himself Michael Jai-White and Jeri Ryan of Star Trek Voyager fame and is cool as hell! Here's hoping they can make a feature film out of this! Watch it now and enjoy the coolness!!