Ooooooooo, isn't this a-may-zing! Thanks to some early Instagram access to Beauty & The Beast doll merchandise, we can now hear the first clips of Emma Watson's singing voice as Belle via a Belle doll (yes, that is her voice). UPDATE: And now with that leak, Disney has released an official high quality version of the song clip (below). Enjoy. Get giddy. [...]
**1/2 out of **** Rated PG-13 (for thematic content and some scary images) Released: December 23, 2016 limited; January 6, 2017 wide Runtime: 108 minutes Director: J.A. Bayona Starring: Lewis MacDougall, (voice of) Liam Neeson, Sigourney Weaver, Felicity Jones, Toby Kebbell Available to rent through Amazon Video or buy on Blu-ray and DVD. Proceeds from purchases made through these links go to support this [...]
This isn't a Top 10 list, but it's close. Through early and mid-December, fellow Tulsa Voice film critic Joe O'Shansky and I had an ongoing back-and-forth about where our heads and hearts were at in the middle of the year-end Awards screener season. We were considering many worthy contenders for that final 10. This is [...]
*** out of **** Rated PG-13 (for thematic material, language, and some sensuality) Released: November 25, 2016 limited; December 25 wide Runtime: 118 minutes Director: Garth Davis Starring: Dev Patel, Nicole Kidman, Rooney Mara, Sunny Pawar, Priyanka Bose, David Wenham Available to rent through Amazon Video or buy on Blu-ray and DVD. Proceeds from purchases made through these links go to support this blog. [...]
*** out of **** Rated PG-13 (for thematic elements, language, and some suggestive references) Released: December 16, 2016 NY & LA; December 25 wide Runtime: 138 minutes Director: Denzel Washington Starring: Denzel Washington, Viola Davis, Jovan Adepo, Stephen McKinely Henderson, Russell Hornsby, Mykelti Williamson Available to rent through Amazon Video or buy on Blu-ray and DVD. Proceeds from purchases made [...]
**1/2 out of **** Rated PG-13 (for sexuality, nudity, language, and action/peril) Released: December 21, 2016 Runtime: 116 minutes Director: Morten Tyldum Starring: Jennifer Lawrence, Chris Pratt, Michael Sheen Available to rent through Amazon Video or buy on Blu-ray, DVD, and 4K. Proceeds from purchases made through these links go to support this blog. Let’s take a moment to appreciate the fact that we [...]
Attack of the Clones indeed. Coming out of Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (my review), people are polarized over the use of CGI visual effects in one particular regard, and they’re making their opinions known across the interwebs in full, er, force. Of course I’m referring to the resurrection of Grand Moff Tarkin, played by [...]
More moments to be lost in time...like tears in rain. The first look at Blade Runner 2049 is the perfect tease, establishing a premise without getting into plot, by showing the meeting between a new blade runner, played by Ryan Gosling, and the old one, Harrison Ford's Rick Deckard. Directed by Denis Villeneuve (Arrival), produced by Ridley Scott (the original's director), and co-written [...]
* out of **** Rated PG-13 (for thematic elements and brief strong language) Released: December 16, 2016 Runtime: 97 minutes Director: David Frankel Starring: Will Smith, Edward Norton, Helen Mirren, Kate Winslet, Kiera Knightly, Michael Peña, Jacob Latimore, Ann Dowd, Naomie Harris Available to rent through Amazon Video or buy on Blu-ray and DVD. Proceeds from purchases made through these links go to support [...]
*** out of **** Rated PG-13 (for extended sequences of sci-fi violence and action) Released: December 16, 2016 Runtime: 133 minutes Director: Gareth Edwards Starring: Felicity Jones, Diego Luna, Ben Mendelsohn, Forest Whitaker, Riz Ahmed, Mads Mikkelsen, Donnie Yen, Wen Jiang, voices of Alan Tudyk and James Earl Jones Available to buy on Blu-ray, DVD, or Digitally. Proceeds from purchases made through these [...]