THE BAD AND THE BEAUTIFUL Podcast: Episode 14 – BUSTER SCRUGGS, SUSPIRIA, And A Slew Of Oscar Hopefuls (PODCAST)

Episode 14 - THE BAD AND THE BEAUTIFUL: Conversations On Cinema http://thebadandthebeautiful.libsyn.com/episode-14-the-bad-and-the-beautiful-conversations-on-cinema The Ballad of Buster Scruggs, @ 0:46 Suspiria, @ 11:25 Beautiful Boy / Can You Ever Forgive Me?, @ 22:34 Widows / Bohemian Rhapsody, @ 29:06 Wildlife, @ 36:33 Outro, @ 47:06 On this episode of The Bad and the Beautiful, Charles and I [...]

GREEN BOOK (Movie Review)

*** out of **** Rated PG-13 (for thematic content, language including racial epithets, brief strong language, smoking, some violence, and suggestive material) Released: November 21, 2018 Runtime: 130 minutes Directed by: Peter Farrelly Starring: Viggo Mortensen, Mahershala Ali, Linda Cardellini, Sebastian Maniscalco, Dimiter D. Marinov It’s nice to see a studio make the kind of movie [...]

FANTASTIC BEASTS: THE CRIMES OF GRINDELWALD (Movie Review)

*** out of **** Rated PG-13 (for sequences of fantasy action) Released: November 16, 2018 Runtime: 134 minutes Directed by: David Yates Starring: Eddie Redmayne, Johnny Depp, Katherine Waterston, Ezra Miller, Zoe Kravitz, Jude Law, Jacob Kowalski, Allison Sudol, Callum Turner, William Nadylam, Claudia Kim, Carmen Ejogo What?! That’s the question Harry Potter fans will be [...]

CAN YOU EVER FORGIVE ME? (Movie Review)

***1/2 out of **** Rated R (for strong language including some sexual references, and brief drug use) Released: October 19, 2018 limited; November 9 expands Runtime: 106 minutes Directed by: Marielle Heller Starring: Melissa McCarthy, Richard E. Grant, Dolly Wells, Stephen Spinella, Ben Falcone, Jane Curtin, Christian Navarro, Anna Deavere Smith A quality forgery is much [...]

WILDLIFE (Movie Review)

***1/2 out of **** Rated PG-13 (for thematic material including a sexual situation, brief strong language, and smoking) Released: October 19, 2018 limited; November 9 expands Runtime: 105 minutes Directed by: Paul Dano Starring: Carey Mulligan, Ed Oxenbould, Jake Gyllenhaal, Bill Camp (Click here to read my interview with director Paul Dano) Taking a slow burn [...]

BEAUTIFUL BOY (Movie Review)

*** out of **** Rated R (for strong language, drug content throughout, and brief sexual material) Released: October 26, 2018 limited; November 9 expands Runtime: 120 minutes Directed by: Felix van Groeningen Starring: Steve Carell, Timothée Chalamet, Maura Tierney, Amy Ryan, Kaitlyn Dever, Christian Convery, Oakley Bull When an actors’ showcase collides with a filmmaker’s indulgences, [...]

mid90s (Movie Review)

** 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 [...]

THE BAD AND THE BEAUTIFUL Podcast: Episode 13 – FIRST MAN, A STAR IS BORN, VENOM, And More (PODCAST)

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 [...]