Episode 7 - THE BAD AND THE BEAUTIFUL: Conversations On Cinema This week, Charles Elmore and I take a look at two heroes who must grow to learn that they can't fly solo, on this episode of The Bad and the Beautiful. You can download it on iTunes or stream Episode 7 here. E-mail us your [...]
As someone who was raised in the church but, as a filmmaker, chose to explore the profane, writer/director Paul Schrader wrote the book on what a spiritual film is. He just never made one: until now. With First Reformed, the screenwriter of several Martin Scorsese classics (including Taxi Driver and Raging Bull) and director of various lurid tales of his own, [...]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=63&v=EAwR54HrVW8 In what promises to be an emotional and moral corrective to our toxic times, the upcoming Mr. Rogers documentary Won't You Be My Neighbor? - as seen in this second official trailer - looks to be a rare counter-cultural media event that's universally embraced. In just the 1:15 of this brief preview, it emulates [...]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WemDKlmMAIs You work with enough great directors (Paul Thomas Anderson, Rian Johnson, Denis Villeneuve, Steve McQueen, Bong Joon-ho, to name a few) it should come as no surprise when your directorial debut garners a rapturous critical reception. That's been the case with Wildlife, the first feature film from actor Paul Dano (There Will Be Blood, [...]
*** out of **** Rated PG-13 (for sequences of sci-fi action and violence, some language and suggestive dialogue) Released: May 25, 2018 Runtime: 135 minutes Director: Ron Howard Starring: Alden Ehrenreich, Emilia Clarke, Woody Harrelson, Donald Glover, Joonas Suotamo, Paul Bettany, Thandie Newton, Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Jon Favreau, Lily Newmark, Linda Hunt (Click here to listen to me and Charles [...]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XiHiW4N7-bo There's no better action franchise today - and maybe no better franchise, period - than the Mission: Impossible films. In its 22nd year, the Tom Cruise-led spy series boasts real-life stunts that live up to the "Impossible" name, and Mission: Impossible - Fallout looks no different. In this latest trailer, the never-aging Cruise returns [...]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJvUqNi-1nc May 15th is National Dinosaur Day, so it's a perfect time for Universal's marketing team to unleash another promo of the upcoming blockbuster Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom. This behind-the-scenes featurette showcases the dinosaurs, old and new (including scary genetic hybrids), the sum total of which producer Tim Crowley says equals "more dinosaurs than you've [...]
