modmove » Liza Colón-Zayas https://modmove.com Australian Entertainment and Popular Culture in Review Fri, 24 Apr 2026 16:28:42 +0000 en-AU hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.2.4 Watch the Official Trailer for Spider-Man: Brand New Day — In Cinemas July 30! https://modmove.com/news/watch-the-official-trailer-for-spider-man-brand-new-day-in-cinemas-july-30/ https://modmove.com/news/watch-the-official-trailer-for-spider-man-brand-new-day-in-cinemas-july-30/#comments Tue, 24 Mar 2026 16:28:10 +0000 http://modmove.com/?p=18856 After the record-breaking global success of Spider-Man: No Way Home, Spider-Man: Brand New Day marks an entirely new chapter for Peter Parker and Spider-Man.

Four years have passed since the events of No Way Home, and Peter is now an adult living entirely alone, having voluntarily erased himself from the lives and memories of those he loves.

 

 

Crime-fighting in a New York that no longer knows his name, he’s devoted himself entirely to protecting his city — a full-time Spider-Man — but as the demands on him intensify, the pressure sparks a surprising physical evolution that threatens his existence, even as a strange new pattern of crimes gives rise to one of the most powerful threats he has ever faced.
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]]> https://modmove.com/news/watch-the-official-trailer-for-spider-man-brand-new-day-in-cinemas-july-30/feed/ 0 IF Movie Review https://modmove.com/reviews/if-movie-review/ https://modmove.com/reviews/if-movie-review/#comments Wed, 15 May 2024 20:15:50 +0000 http://modmove.com/?p=16367 During the down times of Covid, there was one shining light, John Krasinski’s Some Good News. This weekly shot of positivity was much-needed and well-appreciated. Into a similar void of happiness in the current movie world comes IF. JK’s sense of whimsy and positive energy is put to good use and makes for an entertaining and uplifting journey.

The story is a simple one, a young girl named Bea (Cailey Fleming) who is going through tough times gains the ability to see people’s imaginary friends or IFs. She discovers she shares this trait with her neighbour Cal (Ryan Reynolds) and together they try to reconnect the IFs with the people they helped but abandoned as they grew up.

 

 

It’s played mostly for fun but there are some salient moments delivered with an ease that makes them never seem preachy or heavy-handed. It occupies a space that will appeal to almost anyone who has kindness in their heart and sees the good in others more often than not. It is delivered with an ease that feels very inviting.

IF’s appeal lies in a few key elements. It’s easy going and its life-reaffirming stance is very welcome. It also features a who’s who list of actor pals who lent their voices to the animated characters. This adds a lot as it’s fun to guess who there are. When the full cast list finally rolls at the film’s end you will be surprised by the ones you got right in addition to the ones you didn’t. For those that might suggest it is too slight, can we really have too much kindness in the world?
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]]> https://modmove.com/reviews/if-movie-review/feed/ 0 Check out the What Are Imaginary Friends? Featurette from IF! https://modmove.com/news/check-out-the-what-are-imaginary-friends-featurette-from-if/ https://modmove.com/news/check-out-the-what-are-imaginary-friends-featurette-from-if/#comments Mon, 13 May 2024 05:52:11 +0000 http://modmove.com/?p=16326 From writer and director John Krasinski, IF is about a girl who discovers that she can see everyone’s imaginary friends — and what she does with that superpower — as she embarks on a magical adventure to reconnect forgotten IFs with their kids.

 

 

 

IF stars Cailey Fleming, Ryan Reynolds, John Krasinski, Fiona Shaw, and the voices of Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Louis Gossett Jr. and Steve Carell alongside many more as the wonderfully unique characters that reflect the incredible power of a child’s imagination.

IF will be released in Aussie cinemas May 16!
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IF stars Ryan Reynolds, John Krasinski, Cailey Fleming, Fiona Shaw, and the voices of Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Louis Gossett Jr. and Steve Carell alongside many more as the wonderfully unique characters that reflect the incredible power of a child’s imagination.

 

 

 

Starring Ryan Reynolds, John Krasinski, Cailey Fleming, Fiona Shaw, Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Louis Gossett Jr., Alan Kim, Liza Colón-Zayas and Steve Carell, IF will be coming to cinemas May 2024!
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