***1/2 out of **** Rated PG-13 (for thematic elements and some violent images) Released: April 6, 2018 limited; April 13 expands Runtime: 101 minutes Directed by: Wes Anderson Starring: Bryan Cranston, Edward Norton, Greta Gerwig, Bill Murray, Jeff Goldblum, Frances McDormand, Bob Balaban, Scarlett Johansson, Koyu Ranklin, F. Murray Abraham, Harvey Keitel Available to digitally [...]
**** out of **** Rated R (for some sexual content including graphic images, strong language, and brief drug use) Released: December 8, 2017 New York; expands March and April 2018 Runtime: 108 minutes Directed by: Samuel Maoz Starring: Lior Ashkenazi, Sarah Adler, Yonaton Shiray, Shira Haas My review of Foxtrot, for The Tulsa Voice. A recent Academy [...]
Episode 5 - THE BAD AND THE BEAUTIFUL: Conversations On Cinema http://thebadandthebeautiful.libsyn.com/the-bad-and-the-beautiful-conversations-on-cinema-episode-05 Isle of Dogs, @ 0:50 Foxtrot, @ 26:15 Chappaquiddick, @ 30:30 A Quiet Place, @ 31:48 Outro/Preview, @ 56:15 It's twee and screams on this episode of The Bad and the Beautiful. You can download it on iTunes or stream Episode 5 above. E-mail [...]
*** out of **** Rated PG-13 (for terror and some bloody images) Released: April 6, 2018 Runtime: 90 minutes Directed by: John Krasinski Starring: John Krasinski, Emily Blunt, Millicent Simmonds, Noah Jupe Available to digitally rent or buy through Amazon Video or buy on Blu-ray, DVD, and 4K. Proceeds from purchases made through these links go to support this blog. The best [...]
**1/2 out of **** Rated PG-13 (for thematic material, disturbing images, some strong language, and historical smoking) Released: April 6, 2018 Runtime: 101 minutes Directed by: John Curran Starring: Jason Clarke, Ed Helms, Kate Mara, Clancy Brown, Olivia Thirlby, Bruce Dern, Jim Gaffigan, Taylor Nichols When a film broaches someone’s greatest shame, particularly that of an iconic [...]
Episode 4 - THE BAD AND THE BEAUTIFUL: Conversations On Cinema http://thebadandthebeautiful.libsyn.com/the-bad-and-the-beautiful-conversations-on-cinema Ready Player One, @ 1:10 Spielberg Top 5 / Jeff's bonus 10 thru 6, @ 29:23 Spielberg Top 5 / Charles' 5 through 1, @ 38:57 Spielberg Top 5 / Jeff's 5 through 1, @ 57:26 Outro, @ 01:01:15 A new film podcast [...]
*** out of **** Rated PG-13 (for sequence of sci-fi action violence, bloody images, some suggestive material, partial nudity, and language) Released: March 29, 2018 Runtime: 140 minutes Directed by: Steven Spielberg Starring: Tye Sheridan, Olivia Cooke, Lena Waithe, Ben Mendelsohn, Mark Rylance, Simon Pegg, T.J. Miller, Philip Zhao, Win Morisaki, Hannah John-Kamen Now included in my [...]
Episode 3 - THE BAD AND THE BEAUTIFUL: Conversations On Cinema http://thebadandthebeautiful.libsyn.com/the-bad-and-the-beautiful-conversations-on-cinema-episode-03 Unsane, @ 0:46 Pacific Rim: Uprising, @ 19:20 I Can Only Imagine, @ 22:47 Vertigo, @ 27:36 Outro / Preview, @38:49 A new film conversation podcast co-hosted by myself and Charles Elmore. You can download it on iTunes or stream Episode 3 above. This [...]
*** out of **** Rated R (for djsturbing behavior, violence, strong language, and sex references) Released: March 23, 2018 Runtime: 97 minutes Director: Steven Soderbergh Starring: Claire Foy, Jay Pharoah, Joshua Leonard, Amy Irving, Juno Temple, Polly McKie, Aimee Mullins Give it enough time and it starts to make sense. Initially, Unsane feels like an overlong Black Mirror [...]
** out of **** Rated PG-13 (for sequences of sci-fi violence and action, and some language) Released: March 23, 2018 Runtime: 111 minutes Director: Steven S. DeKnight Starring: John Boyega, Scott Eastwood, Cailee Spaeny, Charlie Day, Burn Gorman, Tian Jing, Jin Zhang, Adria Arjona, Rinko Kikuchi An absolutely mind-numbing action movie, Pacific Rim: Uprising is, at least, not so bad [...]
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