*1/2 out of **** TV-MA (for strong language, crude sexual content, brief nudity, and some drug material) Released: May 10, 2019, on Netflix Runtime: 103 minutes Directed by: Amy Poehler Starring: Amy Poehler, Maya Rudolph, Rachel Dratch, Ana Gasteyer, Paula Pell, Emily Spivey, Tina Fey, Jason Schwartzman, Cherry Jones My review of Wine Country, for The Tulsa Voice. [...]
**1/2 out of **** Rated R (for strong sexual content, strong language throughout, and some drug use) Released: May 3, 2019 Runtime: 125 minutes Directed by: Jonathan Levine Starring: Charlize Theron, Seth Rogen, June Diane Raphael, O’Shea Jackson Jr., Ravi Patel, Bob Odenkirk, Andy Serkis, Alexander Skarsgård With movies like Knocked Up, Superbad (as scriptwriter), and [...]
***1/2 out of **** Rated PG-13 (for sequences of sci-fi violence and action, and some language) Released: April 26, 2019 Runtime: 182 minutes Directed by: Anthony Russo, Joe Russo Starring: Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans, Mark Ruffalo, Chris Hemsworth, Scarlett Johansson, Jeremy Renner, Don Cheadle, Paul Rudd, Brie Larson, Karen, Gillan, Josh Brolin Full disclosure: if [...]
Five years ago, for a now-defunct religion blog published by The Washington Post, I wrote an essay for the 25th Anniversary of Field of Dreams. It was titled, “Why Field of Dreams Is the Best Christian Parable in Movie History.” Today, in 2019, an online link for the piece no longer exists so I’ll re-publish [...]
*** out of **** Not Rated (contains R-rated language and references to drug use) Released: March 29, 2019 limited; April 12 expands Runtime: 95 minutes Directed by: Kent Jones Starring: Mary Kay Place, Jake Lacy, Andrea Martin, Estelle Parsons, Deirde O'Connell, Phyllis Somerville, Celia Keenan-Bolger My review of Diane, for The Tulsa Voice. This narrative debut from documentarian [...]
Episode 20 - THE BAD AND THE BEAUTIFUL: Conversations On Cinema http://thebadandthebeautiful.libsyn.com/the-bad-and-the-beautiful-episode-20 Shazam!, @ 1:05 Us, @ 14:47 Pet Sematary, @ 25:31 Upcoming / Outro / Contact Info, @ 33:42 On this episode of The Bad and the Beautiful, Charles and Jeff talk super heroes and buried horrors. You can download it on iTunes or [...]
**1/2 out of **** Rated R (for language and images of violence) Released: March 1, 2019 limited; April 5 expands Runtime: 101 minutes Directed by: Christian Petzold Starring: Franz Rogowski, Paula Beer, Godehard Giese, Maryam Zaree, Lilien Batman, Barbara Auer An intriguing beginning. A powerful ending. A lot of strained Euro-drama in-between. That’s the mixed bag of [...]
***1/2 out of **** Rated PG-13 (for intense sequences of action, language, and suggestive material) Released: April 5, 2019 Runtime: 132 minutes Directed by: David F. Sandberg Starring: Zachary Levi, Jack Dylan Grazer, Asher Angel, Mark Strong, Grace Fulton, Ian Chen, Faithe Herman, Marta Milans, Cooper Andrews, Jovan Armand, Djimon Hounsou This Captain Marvel movie is way [...]
***1/2 out of **** Rated PG (for peril/action, some thematic elements, and brief mild language) Released: March 29, 2019 Runtime: 112 minutes Directed by: Tim Burton Starring: Colin Farrell, Danny DeVito, Nico Parker, Finley Hobbins, Michael Keaton, Eva Green, Alan Arkin, Joseph Gatt, Douglas Reith, Roshan Seth, Deobia Oparei, Sharon Rooney There are right ways and wrong [...]
***1/2 out of **** Rated R (for violence/terror and strong language) Released: March 22, 2019 Runtime: 114 minutes Directed by: Jordan Peele Starring: Lupita Nyong’o, Winston Duke, Elisabeth Moss, Shahadi Wright Joseph, Evan Alex, Madison Curry, Tim Heidecker, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Anna Diop (SPOILER CAUTION: While no plot details are divulged beyond what's been revealed in [...]