Moana, Disney's original folk tale of an adventurous young Hawaiian woman who sets out on an epic journey, has reunited two of the studio's legendary directors for their first 3D animated effort. Ron Clements & John Musker, the co-directors of such classics as The Little Mermaid and Aladdin, bring their tried-and-true 2D sensibilities into the 3D animated form. To [...]
***1/2 out of **** Rated R (for strong language and some drug use) Released: July 22, 2016 Runtime: 92 minutes Director: Mike Birbiglia Starring: Mike Birbiglia, Gillian Jacobs, Keegan-Michael Key, Kate Micucci, Chris Gethard, Tami Sagher If your goal is to be a cast member on Saturday Night Live someday, then this will be your life. Sure, there’ll be laughs along the [...]
This looks really good. Not sure if Ben Affleck does, though. His first film behind the camera since his Best Picture winning Argo, Affleck gets back into the multi-hyphenate chair as actor / writer / producer / director with Live By Night, a 1920s Prohibition era crime drama based on the novel by Dennis Lehane. [...]
*** out of **** Rated PG-13 (for thematic material and some sexual content) Released: September 2, 2016 Runtime: 132 minutes Director: Derek Cianfrance Starring: Michael Fassbender, Alicia Vikander, Rachel Weisz, Bryan Brown My review of The Light Between Oceans, for The Tulsa Voice, an emotional rollercoaster period piece about a couple struggling to start a family, the moral compromises they make, and [...]
*** out of **** Rated PG-13 (for some peril and brief strong language) Released: September 9, 2016 Runtime: 96 minutes Director: Clint Eastwood Starring: Tom Hanks, Aaron Eckhart, Laura Linney, Mike O’Malley, Anna Gunn, Jamey Sheridan With passenger airlines being the safest way to travel, statistically speaking, it’s easy to take for granted the people who [...]
A trailer like this starts sending up a whole bunch of red flags for me. Collateral Beauty seems to be about how Will Smith (or whomever he's playing) deals with grief in his own unique way, connects with the universe, and is spiritually enlightened by it all. And hopefully we will be too. Unless, of course, [...]
Welcome to the set of Steven Spielberg's Ready Player One. In a substantial series of tweets from @GreatCharlesSt, @Shelliweb, and @ChrisBevan89 on the London set, we've been gifted with a lot more looks at the upcoming dystopian sci-fi thriller about humanity's obsession with VR and technology in the near future. Below you'll find a series [...]
It was feast or famine at the Summer Box Office in 2016. Mostly famine. There’s a steep drop-off after the Top 4 movies that opened and played between May 1st and Labor Day, and even the last one in that top ranking is still deemed a mixed bag in terms of its success (in other [...]
**1/2 out of **** Rated R (for sexual content and some language) Released: July 29, 2016 Runtime: 110 minutes Director: James Schamus Starring: Logan Lerman, Sarah Gadon, Tracy Letts, Linda Emond, Danny Burstein, Ben Rosenfield It’s hard to imagine anyone being more prepared for a directorial debut than James Schamus, the screenwriter and producer of multiple Ang Lee landmarks including [...]
And the critics are hailing it. (You can read my review here.) Fresh off its premiere at the Venice Film Festival, Hacksaw Ridge - the World War II movie that marks Mel Gibson's return to the director's chair after a 10-year absence - is now seeing its first reviews land online. The first big one came from the legendary [...]
I Can't Unsee That Movie: film news and reviews by Jeff Huston 