First the return of Star Wars, and now this?! The BBC's upcoming Victorian-era special, Sherlock: The Abominable Bride - the latest entry in the beloved Benedict Cumberbatch series - will receive a limited roll-out in U.S. and U.K. movie theaters when it premieres next January. Bonus: The theatrical version of the episode will include 20 minutes of additional footage, including [...]
Cinemark Theaters has announced their lineup of movie classics for November 2015 (plus two days of early December). Each film will screen at 2pm on Sunday and 2 & 7pm on Wednesday of its given week - except for the final film in the slate, which will have an additional Tuesday screening day at 2 & 7 as [...]
***1/2 out of **** Rated R for strong language , some sexual references, and brief partial nudity Released: October 30, 2015 Runtime: 107 minutes Starring: Sandra Bullock, Billy Bob Thornton, Anthony Mackie, Joaquim de Almeida, Ann Dowd, Scoot McNairy, Zoe Kazan Political satire is at its best, not when it’s broadly mocking the dysfunction and corruption of [...]
Star Wars Original Trilogy viewing is obvious prep work for The Force Awakens, but less obvious - and yet possibly more vital - is renting The Age Of Adaline, a star-crossed romance from earlier this year. One of the most anticipated aspects of The Force Awakens is not only seeing Han Solo in action again but, by [...]
The third sequel to a 30-years-after-the-fact trilogy from the 1980s...with a legitimate shot for a Best Picture nomination? A lot of pundits think it's possible - including Kristopher Tapley, the "In Contention" Awards Coverage editor for Variety. You can read Tapley's analysis here. And my review here. As far as Fury Road's Oscar prospects: despite its worthiness as [...]
This is so detailed, I wouldn't be surprised if there was a snake in Woody's boot. The editor of "The Pixarist", a blog on Tumblr, has made a real-life version of Andy's room from Toy Story 3 (click here). This isn't the first time he's made recreations of the beloved Pixar franchise. Recently, he also duplicated the poster [...]
*1/2 out of **** Rated R for strong language and a brief nude photo Released: October 16, 2015 limited; expands October 23 and 30 Runtime: 121 minutes Starring: Cate Blanchett, Robert Redford, Topher Grace, Dennis Quaid, Elisabeth Moss, Bruce Greenwood, Stacey Keach You know something’s wrong when the movie that wants to lionize a TV network’s [...]
***1/2 out of **** My review of Mad Max: Fury Road (click here), for Crosswalk.com, the far-better-than-average summer blockbuster, made with spectacular vision, emotional pathos, and Charlize Theron's Furiosa - the best female action hero since Sigourney Weaver's Ripley from the Alien saga. Mad Max: Fury Road is ranked #9 on my Top Ten List for 2015. An excerpt from my [...]
I guess Chris Pratt will have to find another franchise to reboot. Indiana Jones producer Frank Marshall (and husband of Kathleen Kennedy, the President of Lucasfilm who's in charge of the beloved property) is squashing speculation that someone else will be cast as the world's most famous archeologist, saying "we're not doing the Bond thing". I hope he just means for Indy [...]
No, Richard Gere isn't homeless. But as a result of the film he made about being homeless (in select theaters now; my review here), it caused somebody to think that he was. The result is exactly what Gere and his fellow filmmakers were hoping for: to start a conversation about our nation's homeless. The picture [...]
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