Wars of two kinds -- global and domestic -- dominated the 2019 Film Awards from the Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association. Sam Mendes' so-called "one take" war movie 1917 (it's actually two simulated takes, not one single feature-length illusion) took home 4 awards including the two top honors: Best Film and Best Director (for Mendes). [...]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g4U4BQW9OEk The smirk is back. After an initial teaser in which Tom Cruise stayed oh-so-serious, it was encouraging (and a relief!) to see -- if even for just a brief moment at the end of the opening clip -- that hint of the cocky Maverick swagger. The ace pilot still can't hold back the smirk [...]
The Boston Society of Film Critics have always gone their own way. They've done it again in 2019, becoming the first critics group of the Awards Season to name Little Women the Best Film of the Year. Sure, regional bias may have played a part in the decision (i.e. Massachusetts critics award a Massachusetts story), but having seen [...]
Little Trudi Fraser thought that Rick Dalton's performance was the best acting she'd ever seen. The members of the Oklahoma Film Critics Circle seemed to agree. Leonardo DiCaprio didn't take their Best Actor prize but his film nabbed top honors: Once Upon a Time...in Hollywood was named Best Picture of 2019 by the Sooner state org [...]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HC1jowA4shU Kylo. Rey. Emperor cackle. These are a few of my favorite things. They're all here in the latest 15-second tease -- "Secret" -- for the Skywalker finale, wherein Mr. Ren claims to know all about Rey. We will all know, soon enough, when Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker opens on December 19, 2019. [...]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b0O4Thfe4Q4 "I think it's time she learn her story...(evil laugh)". YES! So says The Emperor (still just heard, not seen) in the new TV Spot titled "She" for Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker. Of course he's talking about Rey, and I am HERE FOR IT. Her origin is vital, despite what Kylo Ren may [...]
**1/2 out of **** Rated PG-13 (for thematic content and some disturbing violent images) Released: December 13, 2019 in select theaters; December 20 on Netflix Runtime: 126 minutes Directed by: Fernando Meirelles Starring: Jonathan Pryce, Anthony Hopkins, Juan Minujin My review of The Two Popes, for The Tulsa Voice. Anthony Hopkins and Jonathan Pryce star, respectively, as Pope [...]
Be careful what you click on. In two new promo videos for Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, one is a sentimental tear-jerker while the other is, in its way, a spoiler. Both will trigger your emotions but in very different ways. The first, titled "The Final Conclusion", is another Skywalker Saga retrospective. Director J. [...]
The Force is strong with some padawan artists out there in the galaxy. Fan art is ubiquitous, especially when it comes to something like Star Wars, so it's special when that art gets the Retweet Seal Of Approval from various Lucasfilm and Star Wars related Twitter accounts. Seven fan art posters for Star Wars: The [...]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U0CL-ZSuCrQ&t=0s After years of development and false starts, the original musical from Hamilton creator Lin-Manuel Miranda is finally about to hit movie theaters nationwide. In The Heights, based on Miranda's first Best Musical Tony winner in 2008, explores the changing dynamics for people young and old in the Hispanic immigrant community of Washington Heights in [...]