** out of **** Rated R (for pervasive strong language, drug and alcohol use, some violent behavior and disturbing images, and sexuality - all involving minors) Released: October 26, 2018 Runtime: 84 minutes Directed by: Jonah Hill Starring: Sunny Suljic, Na-kel Smith, Olan Prenatt, Gio Galicia, Ryder McLaughlin, Lucas Hedges, Katherine Waterston Nostalgia rings truer when [...]
Episode 13 - THE BAD AND THE BEAUTIFUL: Conversations On Cinema http://thebadandthebeautiful.libsyn.com/the-bad-and-the-beautiful-conversations-on-cinema-episode-13 First Man, @ 1:25 Venom, @ 20:38 The Old Man & the Gun, @ 30:20 A Star Is Born, @ 39:39 Outro, @ 01:05:49 On this episode of The Bad and the Beautiful, Charles and I launch into the 2018 Oscar Season with big [...]
***1/2 out of **** Rated PG-13 (for brief strong language) Released: September 28, 2018 limited; October 19 wide Runtime: 93 minutes Directed by: David Lowery Starring: Robert Redford, Casey Affleck, Sissy Spacek, Danny Glover, Tom Waits, Tika Sumpter In a role that may be Redford’s last, it reminds us of his best. As if pulled from [...]
*** out of **** Rated R (for some sexuality/nudity and language) Released: September 21, 2018 limited; October 12 wide Runtime: 111 minutes Directed by: Wash Westmoreland Starring: Keira Knightley, Dominic West, Fiona Shaw, Eleanor Tomlinson, Denise Gough The period-piece lesbian sex is the least interesting thing about Colette. Serving as little more than titillating soft core [...]
** out of **** Rated PG-13 (for some thematic content involving peril, and brief strong language) Released: October 12, 2018 Runtime: 141 minutes Directed by: Damien Chazelle Starring: Ryan Gosling, Claire Foy, Kyle Chandler, Ciarán Hinds, Jason Clarke, Corey Stoll, Shea Whigham, Patrick Fugit, Lukas Haas, Olivia Hamilton, Pablo Schreiber If someone asked me to recommend [...]
*1/2 out of **** Rated PG-13 (for intense sequences of sci-fi violence and action, and for (brief strong) language) Released: October 5, 2018 Runtime: 112 minutes Directed by: Reuben Fleischer Starring: Tom Hardy, Michelle Williams, Riz Ahmed, Jenny Slate, Peggy Lu The Lady Gaga fan-trolls were right: this movie is awful. Loud, hyper, grotesque, and utterly [...]
***1/2 out of **** Rated R (for strong language throughout, some sexuality and nudity, and substance abuse) Released: October 5, 2018 Runtime: 135 minutes Directed by: Bradley Cooper Starring: Lady Gaga, Bradley Cooper, Sam Elliott, Dave Chapelle, Anthony Ramos, Andrew Dice Clay A movie star has been born, and another – now making his directorial debut [...]
*** out of **** Rated R (for strong language and some sexual content) Released: September 14, 2018 Runtime: 100 minutes Directed by: Björn Runge Starring: Glenn Close, Jonathan Pryce, Christian Slater, Max Irons My review of The Wife, for The Tulsa Voice. Glenn Close gives a "screen-acting masterclass" in one of the best performances of her legendary [...]
*** out of **** Rated R (for strong language) Released: August 27, 2018 Runtime: 105 minutes Directed by: Jesse Peretz Starring: Rose Byrne, Ethan Hawke, Chris O'Dowd, Lily Brazier, Ayoola Smart My review of Juliet, Naked, for The Tulsa Voice. Based on the novel by Nick Hornby (High Fidelity), this romantic, philosophical charmer stars Ethan Hawke as a [...]
Episode 12 - THE BAD AND THE BEAUTIFUL: Conversations On Cinema http://thebadandthebeautiful.libsyn.com/the-bad-and-the-beautiful-episode-12 BlacKkKlansman, @ 0:54 The Meg, @ 25:06 Crazy Rich Asians, @ 29:23 Outro, @ 50:41 On this episode of The Bad and the Beautiful, Charles and I discuss the three big films of August 2018, a.k.a. Crazy BlacKkK Megalodons. You can download it on [...]