https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=58&v=VTqd4yNFuSw Playing Hitler for laughs can be a risky proposition, but the off-beat quirkiness of writer / director Taika Waititi is perfectly suited for the gamble. Waititi is the New Zealand filmmaker who made Thor: Ragnarok a smash, but his style was honed on smaller oddball indies with clever laughs (What We Do In The [...]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-VLEPhfEN2M "Please don't ruin my childhood." That knowing bit of meta-dialogue is spoken by the wife of a reporter who's about to embark on an in-depth profile of Fred Rogers, the beloved PBS host of Mr. Rogers Neighborhood, one of the longest running children's series of all time. The wife, of course, is speaking for [...]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yT4bP4a418s Now with Disney+ in the mix, the scope of Phases 1 through 3 for the MCU almost looks quaint. After a rare 9-month break following Spider-Man: Far From Home, the Marvel Cinematic Universe will kick off into its post-Avengers era next May when Phase 4 launches with the release of Black Widow. Two more MCU [...]
Episode 21 - THE BAD AND THE BEAUTIFUL: Conversations On Cinema http://thebadandthebeautiful.libsyn.com/the-bad-and-the-beautiful-episode-21 The Lion King, @ 0:44 Midsommar, @ 14:09 Outro / Contact Info, @ 26:52 On this episode of The Bad and the Beautiful, Charles and Jeff look at a blockbuster cash-grab and the latest in art house horror. You can download it on [...]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1&v=-iTco6JgZ4o More secrets were uncovered at the Comic-Con presentation for Terminator: Dark Fate. Along with a new 90-second featurette (above; caution, strong language and violence), producer James Cameron officially announced a big surprise: actor Edward Furlong will reprise his role as John Connor in this latest chapter, which is serving as a direct sequel to [...]
The Mother of Dragons is about to get swept up in a yuletide meet-cute. Leaving the controversies of the Game of Thrones finale far behind (along with her own personal frustrations about it -- which I share!), Emilia Clarke will be back on the big screen this holiday season in Last Christmas. What may first [...]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FtSd844cI7U It's actually worse than I feared. Bland studio-hack helmer Tom Hooper (Les Miserables) takes the most obvious, least-creative approach to his adaptation of Cats, the daring Andrew Lloyd Webber musical that (love it or hate it; full disclosure, I love it) took huge risks in adapting poems by T. S. Eliot to become a Broadway [...]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qSqVVswa420&feature=youtu.be I've got a need to speed the release of this movie up, but it's still a whole year away. The first trailer for Top Gun: Maverick -- which star Tom Cruise and Paramount Pictures debuted in a surprise presentation at the 2019 Comic-Con in San Diego -- is everything you want it to be. Director [...]
**** out of **** Rated R (for strong language throughout, some sexual content, and brief drug material) Released: June 21, 2019 limited; expands July 12 Runtime: 101 minutes Directed by: Tom Harper Starring: Jessie Buckley, Julie Walters, Sophie Okonedo My review of Wild Rose, for The Tulsa Voice. Newcomer Jessie Buckley stars in an absolute breakout performance in [...]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nxi6rtBtBM0 Just as we are on the cusp of celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing, Twentieth Century Fox (now a Disney subsidiary) releases its latest trailer for Ad Astra, the new brainy, mysterious sci-fi thriller starring Brad Pitt. The initial teaser laid the groundwork for something ominous, coupled with some daddy issues [...]