**1/2 out of **** Rated PG (for thematic elements and some peril) Released: March 9, 2018 Runtime: 109 minutes Director: Ava DuVernay Starring: Storm Reid, Chris Pine, Oprah Winfrey, Reese Witherspoon, Mindy Kaling, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Zach Galifianakis, Levi Miller, Deric McCabe, Michael Peña, André Holland Conventional wisdom holds that novels are better than their movie adaptations, and that’s [...]
***1/2 out of **** Rated PG-13 (for thematic material including some violent images) Released: November 17, 2017 limited; on Netflix February 2018 Runtime: 94 minutes Directed by: Nora Twomey Starring (the voices of): Saara Chaudry, Ali Badshah, Soma Chhaya, Noorin Gulamgaus, Laara Sadiq, Kawa Ada My review of The Breadwinner, for The Tulsa Voice. A recent Academy Award [...]
Below are links to my reviews of all nine Best Picture nominees for the 90th Annual Academy Awards, listed in alphabetical order. To read my Oscar predictions, click here. Academy Award Nominees for BEST PICTURE 2017 Call Me By Your Name *** out of **** (4 Nominations) A sexy gay romance, the lush and lavish [...]
Episode 2 - THE BAD AND THE BEAUTIFUL: Conversations On Cinema http://thebadandthebeautiful.libsyn.com/the-bad-and-the-beautiful-conversations-on-cinema-episode-02 Annihilation, @ 1:40 The Breadwinner, @ 27:00 Spielberg: Underrated and Overrated, @ 37:30 Final Oscar Predictions, @ 01:01:25 Welcome to the second episode of The Bad and the Beautiful, a new film conversation podcast co-hosted by myself and Charles Elmore. You can download it [...]
*** out of **** Rated R (for some disturbing images, drug use, and strong language including sexual references) Released: December 27, 2017 limited; expands February/March 2018 Runtime: 106 minutes Directed by: Fatih Akin Starring: Diane Kruger, Denis Moschitto, Numan Acar, Johannes Krisch, Ulrich Brandhoff, Hanna Hilsdorf, Ulrich Tukur My review of In the Fade, for The Tulsa Voice. [...]
***1/2 out of **** Rated R (for strong violence, bloody images, strong language, and some sexuality) Released: February 23, 2018 Runtime: 115 minutes Director: Alex Garland Starring: Natalie Portman, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Gina Rodriguez, Tessa Thompson, Tuva Novotny, Oscar Isaac, Sonoya Mizuno, Benedict Wong Linda Holmes, host of the NPR podcast “Pop Culture Happy Hour”, tweeted this out [...]
Released: February 23, 2017 Runtime: Program A (102 minutes); Program B (82 minutes) Program: Oscar Nominated Documentary Shorts for 2017 (Parental Discretion advised) During every Oscar ceremony, there’s a stretch of categories with nominees that virtually no one has ever even heard of, let alone seen: the shorts. Divided into three competitive groups – Animated, Live Action, and Documentary [...]
Episode 1 - THE BAD AND THE BEAUTIFUL: Conversations On Cinema http://thebadandthebeautiful.libsyn.com/the-bad-and-the-beautiful-episode-01 Black Panther, @ 1:21 Sundance Film Festival Recap, @ 22:43 The Cloverfield Paradox, @ 38:29 A Look at the Oscar race, @ 48:38 Welcome to the debut episode of The Bad and the Beautiful, a new film conversation podcast co-hosted by myself and [...]
Released: February 16, 2017 Runtime: 134 minutes Program: Oscar Nominated Live Action Shorts for 2017 (Parental Discretion advised) During every Oscar ceremony, there’s a stretch of categories with nominees that virtually no one has ever even heard of, let alone seen: the shorts. Divided into three competitive groups – Animated, Live Action, and Documentary – the Academy Award nominated [...]
**** out of **** Rated PG-13 (for prolonged sequences of action violence, language, and a brief rude gesture) Released: February 16, 2018 Runtime: 134 minutes Directed by: Ryan Coogler Starring: Chadwick Boseman, Michael B. Jordan, Lupita Nyong’o, Danai Guria, Letitia Wright, Daniel Kaluuya, Winston Duke, Andy Serkis, Martin Freeman, Angela Bassett, Forest Whitaker, Sterling K. Brown, John [...]
I Can't Unsee That Movie: film news and reviews by Jeff Huston 