*** out of **** Rated PG-13 for intense sequences of violence and action throughout, some language, and some sensuality Released: March 25, 2016 Runtime: 151 minutes Director: Zack Snyder Starring: Ben Affleck, Henry Cavill, Amy Adams, Jesse Eisenberg, Gal Gadot, Jeremy Irons, Laurence Fishburne, Diane Lane, Holly Hunter That was one badass movie. I’m not prone to [...]
*** out of **** Rated R for strong language Released: March 11, 2016 limited; March 25 wider Runtime: 95 minutes Director: Michael Showalter Starring: Sally Field, Max Greenfield, Tyne Daily, Isabella Acres, Stephen Root, Kumail Nanjiani, Natasha, Lyonne, Rich Sommer, Peter Gallagher It requires a special kind of actor to take a very sad character and make it truly endearing [...]
One more important piece of the Indy 5 puzzle has fallen into place: the screenwriter. Director Steven Spielberg has tagged veteran David Koepp. The two have worked together three times before, most notably on the original Jurassic Park...and most infamously on Indiana Jones and The Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull. For those concerned about that [...]
Netflix has become the distributing savior for The Little Prince in the United States but, without a theatrical release, I can't help but feel we've all been robbed of a very special movie-going experience. Paramount Pictures, which originally owned the stateside rights to The Little Prince (based on the beloved Antoine de Saint-Exupéry’s 1943 novella), inexplicably pulled the critically-acclaimed animated [...]
*** out of **** Rated PG-13 for some mature thematic elements, and language Released: March 18, 2016 Runtime: 100 minutes Director: Bob Nelson Starring: Clive Owen, Jaeden Lieberher, Maria Bello, Tim Blake Nelson, Patton Oswalt, Robert Forster Much like his Oscar-nominated screenplay for Nebraska, writer-turned-director Bob Nelson’s The Confirmation is a slice of small-town American life on the [...]
At this point, it's a total trust game for Star Wars fans that Lucasfilm knows what it's doing with its Young Han Solo property. The reported finalists to take the coveted role don't spark any particular excitement, as none seem to resemble - in either appearance or demeanor - what the young-30s Harrison Ford originally established. [...]
The Bradley Cooper Indy Reboot rumors have been officially bullwhipped. The old gang is getting back together again to make the 5th installment in the Indiana Jones franchise. The new adventure will hit screens three summers from now - on July 19, 2019. Walt Disney Studios - the parent company of Lucasfilm Ltd., which owns the [...]
***1/2 out of **** Rated PG for thematic material, including accident and medical images Released: March 16, 2016 Runtime: 109 minutes Director: Patricia Riggen Starring: Jennifer Garner, Kylie Rogers, Martin Henderson, Eugenio Derbez, John Carroll Lynch, Queen Latifah Fueled by a deeply wrought – and at times emotionally wrenching – powerhouse performance from Jennifer Garner, Miracles From Heaven [...]
Apparently, $5 million dollars is more valuable than what could possibly be the most coveted actor/director pairing in the industry right now. The year's hottest Hollywood bidding war escalated quickly for movie rights to the upcoming non-fiction book "Killers of the Flower Moon” by David Grann ("The Lost City of Z"). With backing from Paramount Pictures, Leonardo DiCaprio and J.J. [...]
In what seems like a bizarre Inception-style twist on how we perceive reality, pop-auteur director Christopher Nolan has cast pop star (and acting novice) Harry Styles to not only be in his next film, but to star in it. Titled Dunkirk, Styles will be joining a cast of previously-announced heavyweights: Nolan-vet Tom Hardy, Kenneth Branagh, and recent Oscar-winner [...]