DIANE (Movie Review)

*** 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 [...]

THE BAD AND THE BEAUTIFUL Podcast: Episode 20 – SHAZAM!, US, and PET SEMATARY (PODCAST)

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 [...]

TRANSIT (Movie Review)

**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 [...]

SHAZAM! (Movie Review)

***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 [...]

DUMBO (2019) (Movie Review)

***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 [...]

US (Movie Review)

***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 [...]

THE BAD AND THE BEAUTIFUL Podcast: Episode 19 – CAPTAIN MARVEL, TRIPLE FRONTIER, & More (PODCAST)

Episode 19 - THE BAD AND THE BEAUTIFUL: Conversations On Cinema http://thebadandthebeautiful.libsyn.com/the-bad-and-the-beautiful-episode-19-triple-frontier-captain-marvel Triple Frontier, @ 0:55 Captain Marvel, @ 21:09 Belated Oscar Tidbits, @ 38:08 Outro / Contact Info, @ 42:14 On this episode of The Bad and the Beautiful, Charles and Jeff buckle up as Marvel goes for Girl Power while Ben Affleck and Oscar [...]

CAPTAIN MARVEL (Movie Review)

** out of **** Rated PG-13 (for sequences of sci-fi violence and action, and brief suggestive language) Released: March 8, 2019 Runtime: 124 minutes Directed by: Anna Boden & Ryan Fleck Starring: Brie Larson, Samuel L. Jackson, Jude Law, Annette Bening, Ben Mendelsohn, Djimon Hounsou, Lee Pace, Lashana Lynch, Gemma Chan, Clark Gregg, Rune Temte, Algenis [...]

GRETA (Movie Review)

** out of **** Rated R (for some violence, language, and disturbing images) Released: March 1, 2019 Runtime: 98 minutes Directed by: Neil Jordan Starring: Isabelle Huppert, Chloë Grace Moretz, Maika Monroe, Colm Feore, Jeff Hiller, Stephen Rea My review of Greta, for The Tulsa Voice. This indie thriller from director Neil Jordan (The Crying Game) stars Isabelle Huppert [...]