**** out of **** Rated R (for strong language throughout and some sexual content) Released: November 18, 2016 limited; December 9th & 16th wider Runtime: 137 minutes Director: Kenneth Lonergan Starring: Casey Affleck, Lucas Hedges, Michelle Williams, Kyle Chandler, Gretchen Mol, Tate Donovan Available to rent through Amazon Video or buy on Blu-ray and DVD. Proceeds from purchases made through these links go to support [...]
The country may still be in post-election upheaval, but the film critics in the nation's capital are singing and dancing. The Washington, D.C. Area Film Critics Association gave the musical La La Land its second Best Film win of the 2016 Awards season, following in their colleagues hoof steps (that's a dancing pun) from the New York Film Critics Circle. [...]
And suddenly, in a flash, millions of people who swore they'd never see another Transformers movie again, say to themselves, "Dammit, I'm going to end up seeing this, aren't I?" You and everyone else, when Transformers: The Last Knight (the 5th installment in the series!) opens on June 23, 2017.
**** out of **** Unrated (Rated R level content, including graphic/gruesome crime scene images and strong language; some stripper club nudity in the final hour) Released: August 4, 2016 Runtime: 467 minutes (7 hours, 47 minutes; told in 5 parts) Director: Ezra Edelman (Can be seen via ESPN's VOD service, available through most cable and satellite providers. Also available [...]
Well that's literally the opposite of what I was expecting. Nearly a week after the New York Film Critics Circle named La La Land the Best Film of 2016, the Los Angeles Film Critics Association chose the gay coming-of-age indie drama Moonlight as the year's Best Picture. Based on each group's pedigree, I would've predicted those choices to be [...]
Tom Cruise keeps getting older, but he's far from being buried as an action star. His latest franchise resurrection is for The Mummy. While it appears more obviously reliant on digital effects than some of his mind-boggling stunt work in the Mission Impossible films, this looks like the kind of action adventure blockbuster that fans continue to [...]
***1/2 out of **** Rated R (for sexual content, language and some drinking - all involving teens characters) Released: November 18, 2016 Runtime: 104 minutes Director: Kelly Fremon Craig Starring: Hailee Steinfeld, Blake Jenner, Kyra Sedgwick, Woody Harrelson, Haley Lu Richardson, Hayden Szeto Ranked #18 (Honorable Mention) on My Top 10 List For 2016 Comparisons between the teen movies of today to the [...]
And it's the explosion of sci-fi action comedy that fans are hoping for. Star-Lord, Baby Groot, and the rest of the crew hit theaters once again when Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol. 2 opens on May 5, 2017.
**** out of **** Rated R (for brief strong violence and some strong language) Released: December 2, 2016 limited; expands through December and January Runtime: 100 minutes Director: Pablo Larraín Starring: Natalie Portman, Billy Crudup, Peter Sarsgaard, Greta Gerwig, John Hurt Available to rent through Amazon Video or buy on Blu-ray and DVD. Proceeds from purchases made through these links go to support this [...]
Want a good idea of what the Oscar nominations will look like? Well, here you go. With the exception of the completely ignored Silence by Martin Scorsese (which didn't screen in time for the majority of critics), this year's mix of high art and populist art will likely be replicated for the most part by the [...]