https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=102&v=Q-G1BME8FKw Fans of Braveheart - which are legion among Gen X men - are about to see the sequel that they never thought they'd get. Too bad most of them will never have a chance to catch it on the big screen. This fall, Netflix will release Outlaw King, the story of Robert The Bruce [...]
***1/2 out of **** Rated PG-13 (for some suggestive content and language) Released: August 15, 2018 Runtime: 120 minutes Directed by: Jon M. Chu Starring: Constance Wu, Henry Golding, Michelle Yeoh, Awkwafina, Gemma Chan, Nico Santos, Chris Pang, Lisa Lu, Ken Jeong You’re not going to see a more satisfying crowd-pleaser all year. Embracing and bucking [...]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fp_i7cnOgbQ The latest from a visionary Oscar-winning director will mostly be seen on TVs, laptops, and smart phones. Thanks, Netflix. Roma is the film from Mexican director Alfonso Cuarón; he won the Academy Award for Best Director for his previous film Gravity. This brief official description sounds more like the poetic, philosophical musings of Terrence [...]
**** out of **** Rated R (for strong language throughout, including racial epithets, and for disturbing/violent material and some sexual references) Released: August 10, 2018 Runtime: 135 minutes Directed by: Spike Lee Starring: John David Washington, Adam Driver, Laura Harrier, Topher Grace, Ryan Eggold, Jasper Pääkkönen, Paul Walter Hauser, Ashlie Atkinson, Corey Hawkins, Robert John [...]
You can have prestige or you can have popularity, but you can’t have both. That’s the conclusion I come to when reading some of the think-piece alternatives to recent changes made by the Academy to the Oscars ceremony. Many of them are reflected in this worthwhile piece by IndieWire’s Tom Brueggemann, “How To Make The [...]
*** out of **** Rated TV-PG (for some language, sensuality, adult themes) Released: August 10, 2018 Runtime: 124 minutes Directed by: Mike Newell Starring: Lily James, Michiel Huisman, Katherine Parkinson, Penelope Wilton, Glen Powell, Matthew Goode, Jessica Brown Findlay, Tom Courtenay Stream it exclusively on Netflix If that long, cutesy-quirky film title sounds more like something [...]
In the wake of the changes to the Oscars telecast, the most controversial addition has been the new category “Outstanding Achievement in Popular Film”. Dubbed “The Popcorn Oscar”, it exists as a crass ploy for ratings that many fear will sacrifice the prestige of the award for the sake of (hopefully, maybe) more viewers. To [...]
The Oscars have officially gotten desperate, and it’s not a good look. The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts & Sciences – the producers of the Academy Awards, with a membership of Hollywood’s elite – has made some big changes to their annual telecast (although it was the Governor's Board of 57 people, not the full [...]
Episode 11 - THE BAD AND THE BEAUTIFUL: Conversations On Cinema http://thebadandthebeautiful.libsyn.com/-the-bad-and-the-beautiful-conversations-on-cinema-episode-11 Mission: Impossible - Fallout, @ 0:53 Blindspotting, @ 24:19 Three Identical Strangers, @ 33:08 Eighth Grade, @ 37:30 Outro, @ 49:50 On this episode of The Bad and the Beautiful, Charles and I have chosen to not disavow Tom Cruise but rather accept his latest mission. You [...]
Six movies. Two decades. Over that same time, numerous trilogies, franchises, and sundry cinematic universes have come and gone. Some may have been more prolific than the Mission: Impossible series, but few – if any – have been better. Indeed, as the conventional wisdom of film critics would have it, there isn’t a better current [...]