The Past. The Present. The Future. In what's being billed as "the story of our universe", director Terrence Malick's long-awaited Voyage Of Time (which has been years in the making, by some reports nearly a decade) is about to hit theaters this October. It'll be presented in two forms: a 40-minute IMAX cut, and then [...]
*** out of **** Rated PG (for thematic elements, and language including a suggestive reference) Released: July 1, 2016 limited; expands throughout July and August Runtime: 89 minutes Director: Roger Ross Williams Starring: Owen Suskind, Ron Suskind, Cornelia Suskind, Walt Suskind Art has a way of working miracles. It may not cause the lame to walk [...]
** out of **** Rated PG-13 (for sequences of violence and disturbing images) Released: August 19, 2016 Runtime: 124 minutes Director: Timur Bekmambetov Starring: Jack Huston, Toby Kebbell, Rodrigo Santoro, Haluk Bilginer, Nazanin Boniadi, Ayelet Zurer, Morgan Freeman The movie’s not good but the race sure is. The 1959 film version of Ben-Hur set a record of [...]
Production on Steven Spielberg's dystopian sci-fi blockbuster Ready Player One is about to be in full swing, and so are the first of the (allegedly) unsanctioned image and video tweets. (See below) Based on the YA novel by Ernest Cline, Ready Player One is the near-future reality of 2044 in which society is so immersed into the virtual reality [...]
News like this makes diehard Disney fans very fortunate souls. Further expanding his collaboration with Walt Disney Pictures - which currently includes writing songs for the upcoming Moana and co-starring in the sequel Mary Poppins Returns - the Hamilton creator phenom Lin-Manuel Miranda has signed on to be a key creative force in the live [...]
"Arrival" may be referring to an alien invasion but, for movie audiences, it could very well stand for the breakout moment by lauded director Denis Villeneuve. The filmmaker behind last year's critically-praised Sicario and the upcoming Blade Runner sequel, Villeneuve is a master craftsman who tells riveting stories that get under your skin. Arrival - with its [...]
If the first full Official Trailer for Rogue One: A Star Wars Story that debuted during the Olympics was more about the team being assembled, this variation on that theme in the new International Trailer is more focused on the team leader, Jyn Erso (Felicity Jones), that includes a key reference to her father along with a [...]
Here's another one of those true stories you can't believe you've never heard of, and wonder why it hasn't been made into a movie long before now. But given the racial tensions of 2016, Hidden Figures may have been providentially preserved for such a time as this. Unknown to most, a small group of African-American women were [...]
*** out of **** Rated PG (for action, peril, and brief language) Released: August 12, 2016 Runtime: 103 minutes Director: David Lowery Starring: Bryce Dallas Howard, Oakes Fegley, Robert Redford, Oona Laurence, Wes Bentley, Karl Urban, Isiah Whitlock Jr. Conventional wisdom says that Marvel and Pixar are the two most reliable brands in Hollywood, and by [...]
Here's looking at you, Pitt. Okay, it's not exactly Casablanca, but between the World War II North African setting, star-crossed romance, and a rebel resistance fighter, Allied has more than a few things in common (at least on a surface level) with that timeless classic. Starring Brad Pitt and Academy Award-winner Marion Cotillard, Pitt plays a [...]
I Can't Unsee That Movie: film news and reviews by Jeff Huston 