Thirty years on, Do The Right Thing still wields the power to up your wake. Set on the hottest day of the year in Brooklyn’s Bed-Stuy neighborhood, Spike Lee’s third feature film incited a cultural riot. Major newspapers warned that the new, inflammatory movie about racial tensions – which debuted on June 30, 1989, in [...]
A quarter-century ago, The Lion King cemented Walt Disney Studio's comeback and, along with it, animation's place as an enduring blockbuster genre. But now, with the strategically timed live-action remake looming so largely on the horizon, it’s virtually impossible to reflect on The Lion King’s 25th Anniversary without drawing direct comparisons to the forthcoming remake. Walt [...]
Batman debuted 30 years ago on June 23, 1989, and no film has had a bigger, more indelible impact on movies since. When you look at the superhero dominated landscape of movies today, sure, it’s Marvel that you can thank (or blame). But what Marvel’s been able to achieve never would’ve been possible without Tim Burton’s [...]
**1/2 out of **** Rated G (for general audiences) Released: June 21, 2019 Runtime: 100 minutes Directed by: Josh Cooley Starring (the voices of): Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Annie Potts, Joan Cusack, Tony Hale, Christina Hendricks, Keegan-Michael Key, Jordan Peele, Wallace Shawn, John Ratzenberger, Blake Clark, Kristen Schaal, Madeleine McGraw, Keanu Reeves, Bonnie Hunt, Jeff [...]
***1/2 out of **** TV-MA (for strong language, violence, and sexual assault) Released: May 31, 2019 on Netflix Runtime: 4 episodes, 300 minutes Directed by: Ava DuVernay Starring: Jharrel Jerome, Asante Blackk, Caleel Harris, Ethan Herisse, Marquis Rodriguez, Niecy Nash, Michael Kenneth Williams, John Leguizamo, Vera Farmiga, Felicity Huffman, Famke Janssen, William Sadler, Justin Cunningham, Jovan [...]
***1/2 out of **** Rated R (for strong language throughout and some sexual references) Released: June 7, 2019 limited; July 14 wide Runtime: 102 minutes Directed by: Nisha Ganatra Starring: Emma Thompson, Mindy Kaling, Hugh Dancy, Reid Scot, Denis O’Hara, Max Casella, Paul Walter Hauser, John Early, Ike Barinholtz, Amy Ryan, John Lithgow For anyone [...]
** out of **** Rated PG (for some action, peril, and mysticism) Released: May 24, 2019 Runtime: 128 minutes Directed by: Guy Ritchie Starring: Mena Massoud, Naomi Scott, Will Smith, Marwan Kenzari, Nasim Pedrad, Navid Negahban, Billy Magnussen, Numan Acar This is a corporate-approved abomination. It’d be a disservice to the original animated Aladdin to [...]
*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 [...]
I Can't Unsee That Movie: film news and reviews by Jeff Huston 