***1/2 out of **** Rated PG-13 (for some thematic material, and language) Released: December 22, 2017 Runtime: 125 minutes Directed by: Joe Wright Starring: Gary Oldman, Stephen Dillane, Ben Mendelsohn, Kristin Scott Thomas, Lily James, Ronald Pickup Winner of 2 Academy Awards including Best Actor There were plenty of schmaltzy, pedestrian, contrived notes in the overrated [...]
STAR-RATING: 2 out of 4 stars. Del Toro's Best Picture winner is brilliantly conceived but didactically ham-fisted.
*** out of **** Rated PG-13 (for sequences of sci-fi action and violence) Released: December 15, 2017 Runtime: 152 minutes Directed by: Rian Johnson Starring: Daisy Ridley, Adam Driver, Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher, Oscar Isaac, John Boyega, Andy Serkis, Domhnall Gleeson, Laura Dern, Benicio Del Toro, Kelly Marie Tran, Gwendoline Christie, Anthony Daniels Available to rent through Amazon [...]
*** out of **** Rated R (for strong language throughout, and some sexuality/nudity) Released: December 1, 2017 limited; expands December 8 Runtime: 103 minutes Director: James Franco Starring: James Franco, Dave Franco, Seth Rogen, Ari Graynor, Alison Brie, Jacki Weaver, Paul Scheer, Zac Efron, Josh Hutcherson, Megan Mullally, Jason Mantzoukas In the annals of the worst films ever [...]
*** out of **** Rated R (for some disturbing violence, brief language and nudity) Released: November 17, 2017 Runtime: 134 minutes Director: Dee Rees Starring: Jason Mitchell, Garrett Hedlund, Carey Mulligan, Jason Clarke, Mary J. Blige, Rob Morgan, Jonathan Banks Streaming on Netflix My review of Mudbound, for The Tulsa Voice. Set in 1940s Mississippi, it's the story of two families [...]
** out of **** Rated PG-13 (for thematic content including some sexuality, language, and smoking) Released: December 1, 2017 limited; December 15 wide Runtime: 110 minutes Director: Woody Allen Starring: Kate Winslet, Justin Timberlake, Juno Temple, Jim Belushi, Steve Schrirripa, Tony Sirico, David Krumholtz A movie that looks this good shouldn’t be such a pain to watch. One [...]
Episode 17: Justice (be)League(rd), Cozy Coco, & Tear-Jerking Wonder For this edition of The OFCC Podcast, available on iTunes, our roundtable of critics from the Oklahoma Film Critics Circle return to discuss the latest in movies for the latter half of November 2017. You can also stream Episode 17 by clicking here. On this episode, the critics include: Host Charles [...]
** out of **** Rated R (for violence, strong language throughout, and some sexual references) Released: November 10, 2017 limited; expands through December Runtime: 115 minutes Director: Martin McDonagh Starring: Frances McDormand, Woody Harrelson, Sam Rockwell, Peter Dinklage, Lucas Hedges, John Hawkes, Zeljko Ivanek, Abbie Cornish, Sandy Martin Winner of 2 Academy Awards including Best Actress and Best [...]
Casablanca is a movie about fate and choices. It's fitting, then, that Casablanca's journey to the screen was a mix of fate and choices. On December 7th, 1941, the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor, finally bringing the United States into the Second World War. One day later, on December 8th, a story analyst in the Warner [...]
**** out of **** Rated R (for strong language, sexual content, brief graphic nudity, and teen partying) Released: November 3, 2017 limited; November 22 wide Runtime: 94 minutes Director: Greta Gerwig Starring: Saoirse Ronan, Laurie Metcalf, Beanie Feldstein, Lucas Hedges, Lois Smith, Tracy Letts, Odeya Rush, Timothée Chalamet Available to rent through Amazon Video or buy on Blu-ray or DVD. Proceeds from purchases made through [...]
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