*** out of **** Rated PG (for some mild thematic elements and brief action) Released: December 19, 2018 Runtime: 130 minutes Directed by: Rob Marshall Starring: Emily Blunt, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Ben Whishaw, Emily Mortimer, Colin Firth, Pixie Davies, Nathanael Saleh, Joel Dawson, Julie Walters, Meryl Streep, David Warner, Angela Lansbury, Dick Van Dyke The return of [...]
You can make a new A Star Is Born meme again, this time replacing the Lady Gaga look-backs to Bradley Cooper with a Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association logo. The box office hit remake won Best Picture of 2018 from the group in central Texas. And that's all it won. Meanwhile, critic consensus fave Roma took three [...]
** out of **** Rated R (for strong language throughout and brief sexuality/nudity) Released: December 14, 2018 Runtime: 116 minutes Directed by: Clint Eastwood Starring: Clint Eastwood, Bradley Cooper, Taissa Farmiga, MichaelPeña, Alison Eastwood, Andy Garcia, Laurence Fishburne, Dianne Wiest, Jill Flint, Clifton Collins Jr., Robert LaSardo, Katie Gill Clint. Buddy. Retire already. You’ve had a [...]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TYnITeDfaA4 O.M.Gosh. It's the first teaser for the Downton Abbey movie. What else needs to be said? Well, except that it's all this is - a tease! ARGH! You don't drop a trailer for the Anglophile event of the year and then basically show us nothing! But I guess you do. Cuz ya just did. [...]
**1/2 out of **** Rated R (for strong sexual content, nudity, and strong language) Released: December 14, 2018 Runtime: 119 minutes Directed by: Yorgos Lanthimos Starring: Olivia Colman, Rachel Weisz, Emma Stone, Nicolas Hoult, Mark Gatiss, Joe Alwyn Director Yorgos Lanthimos isn’t just a nihilist; he’s a masochist. The filmmaker behind the bleakest films of the [...]
**** out of **** Rated PG (for frenetic sequences of animated action violence, thematic elements, and mild language) Released: December 14, 2018 Runtime: 117 minutes Directed by: Bob Persichetti, Peter Ramsey, Rodney Rothman Starring (the voices of): Shameik Moore, Jake Johnson, Hailee Steinfeld, Mahershala Ali, Brian Tyree Henry, Nicolas Cage, John Mulaney, Kimiko Glenn, Kathryn Hahn, [...]
There were few (but big) surprises and several disappointments at the announcement for the 25th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards. The gala, now celebrating a quarter-century, is the first major industry guild to show their cards and give the strongest hint yet as to where The Academy's acting branch will lean on their Oscar ballots. [...]
Just when Roma looked unstoppable... One day after Alfonso Cuarón's passion project swept six different critics groups honors, the actual Critics' Choice Awards flipped the script. Fueled by a stellar actress trio and a deep bench of craft achievements, The Favourite led the 24th annual Critics' Choice slate with 14 nominations including Best Picture. Marvel's [...]
It's difficult to remember the last time one movie dominated an awards season like Roma suddenly has. After an initial slate of critics group picked one different "Best Film" after another, Netflix's big Oscar contender from Alfonso Cuarón (Gravity, Children of Men) has become an absolute juggernaut in the span of one day. When the San Francisco [...]
December 9 was a big day for Roma, capped by a Best Picture win from the Los Angeles Film Critics Association. It was a clean sweep for the personal passion project from Oscar-winning director Alfonso Cuarón. His Spanish-language film from Mexico (and distributed by Netflix) went 5-for-5, winning the Best Film awards from the Chicago, [...]
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