The BFG (2016) Rated PG (for action/peril, some scary moments, and brief rude humor) Released: July 1, 2016 Runtime: 117 minutes Director: Steven Spielberg Starring: Mark Rylance, Ruby Barnhill, Jemaine Clement, Penelope Wilton, Rebecca Hall, Rafe Spall, Bill Hader, Adam Godley Available to rent through Amazon Video, iTunes, and most VOD platforms. Day 33 of “30-Plus Days of Spielberg” Somewhere, [...]
The theaters are closed, and so is our Summer Movie Season. Until now. Welcome to Week 1 of Summer Blockbusted 2020. Through the end of August, I will be curating a weekly slate of movies from decades of summers past. Ranging from big blockbusters to small counter-programming indies, I will give you a “Now Playing…” [...]
For 2020, the Summer Movie Season is now playing on a TV screen very near you. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, movie theaters will be closed for at least the first two months of Summer 2020 and possibly beyond. Yes, some major titles are still scheduled to open from mid-July through August, but that could [...]
AMC Theatres just took a stand. They went out on a limb to do it, too, completely on their own. Now, others are following. Even in the face of possible bankruptcy due to the Coronavirus shutdown, AMC Theatres released a statement saying that they would no longer screen any movies distributed by Universal Studios. What [...]
Chalk one up for Netflix. At least for now. Kind of. The mega-streamer has long been frustrated by one of the Academy's requirements for Oscar eligibility. To compete for Oscar gold, a film must debut in theaters and play exclusively on that platform (in New York or LA) for at least one week. In other [...]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M5iQambZAfk The one-hit Oneders are back. Tom Everett Scott, Steve Zahn, Johnathon Schaech, and Ethan Embry (the original cast band members from Tom Hanks' 1996 directorial debut) are reuniting for a That Thing You Do! watch party via a Live Zoom Moviecast on Friday, April 17, at 6:00 PM EST -- and everyone's invited! In [...]
The next movie theater you walk into may be run by Cinemark. While AMC Theatres fights to avoid filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy and other national chains have remained quiet, Cinemark Theathres had announced a tentative plan to re-open their multiplexes on July 1, 2020. Speaking to investors via conference call, Cinemark CFO Sean Gamble [...]
The latest Vanity Fair profile about the upcoming adaptation of Dune is like an Arrakian sand sea for you to worm your way through. Following yesterday's first look tease, VF writer Anthony Breznican and photojournalist Chiabella James offer a longer, more in-depth deep dive into director Denis Villeneuve's new take on Frank Herbert's legendary sci-fi [...]
(Click here to see more images and coverage for Dune, from Vanity Fair.) Dune is happening. Here's the photo to prove it. Vanity Fair has published the first look of Timothée Chalamet as Paul Atreides (see full image below), the son of a powerful family who finds himself in the midst of a power struggle on [...]
Fifty years ago, America and the world were stunned and consumed by a sudden evolving crisis with an unknown outcome, and all they could do was watch from their homes…and wait. Sound familiar? The similarities between the Coronavirus pandemic and the Apollo 13 mission don’t end there. Both involve things that had become completely routine [...]
I Can't Unsee That Movie: film news and reviews by Jeff Huston 