***1/2 out of **** Rated PG-13 (for intense sequences of sci-fi violence and action, and for brief strong language) Released: March 10, 2017 Runtime: 120 minutes Director: Jordan Vogt-Roberts Starring: Tom Hiddleston, Brie Larson, Samuel L. Jackson, John Goodman, John C. Reilly, Shea Whigham, Jason Mitchell, Corey Hawkins, Toby Kebbell, John Ortiz Available to rent through Amazon Video or buy on [...]
**1/2 out of **** Rated R (for strong brutal violence and language throughout, and for brief nudity) Released: March 3, 2017 Runtime: 137 minutes Director: James Mangold Starring: Hugh Jackman, Patrick Stewart, Dafne Keen, Boyd Holbrook, Stephen Merchant, Richard E. Grant, Eriq La Salle, Elizabeth Rodriguez For a movie hell bent on further redefining a genre, Logan is, well…it’s fine. Much [...]
**** out of **** Rated R (for violence, bloody images, and language including sexual references) Released: February 24, 2017 Runtime: 103 minutes Directed by: Jordan Peele Starring: Daniel Kaluuya, Allison Williams, Catherine Keener, Bradley Whitford, Lil Rel Howery, Betty Gabriel, Marcus Henderson, Lakeith Stanfield, Caleb Landry Jones, Stephen Root Available to buy on Blu-ray, DVD, and 4K. Proceeds from purchases made through these links go to support this blog. Winner [...]
Episode 3: LA LA LAND is Hitler For this edition of The OFCC Podcast, available on iTunes, a roundtable of critics from the Oklahoma Film Critics Circle discuss the latest in movies for late February 2017. You can also stream Episode 3 by clicking here. On this episode, the roundtable includes: Host Charles Elmore, producer of Videodrone Tulsa Rod Lott, Editor and Writer for Flick Attack, and former OFCC President [...]
***1/2 out of **** Rated PG-13 (for disturbing violent images, thematic material, language, and brief nudity) Released: Limited in 2016; wider release in February 2017 Runtime: 93 minutes Directed by: Raoul Peck Starring: James Baldwin, Dick Cavett, the voice of Samuel L. Jackson My review of I Am Not Your Negro, for The Tulsa Voice. This Academy Award nominee for Best Documentary [...]
Released: February 24, 2017 Runtime: Program A - 76 minutes ; Program B – 85 minutes Program: Oscar Nominated Documentary Shorts for 2016 (Some material may not be not suitable for younger viewers) I’ve been watching the Short Film Oscar nominees for several years now – every one – in the Animated, Live Action, and Documentary categories. This year, one [...]
** out of **** Rated PG-13 (for sequences of fantasy action violence) Released: February 17, 2017 Runtime: 103 minutes Director: Zhang Yimou Starring: Matt Damon, Jing Tian, Pedro Pascal, Willem Dafoe, Andy Lau When an original movie feels like it’s based on a video game, we’ve got problems – not just for the movie, but in a [...]
The countdown concludes. My annual two-part guest stint with Nick Flora, now on his All Time Favorite podcast (see links below), concludes with our Top 5 choices for the Best Movies of 2016. You can download "The Films Of 2016 with guest Jeff Huston (Part Two)" on iTunes or stream it here. To start with Part 1, where we discuss picks 6 - 10 on our [...]
Episode 2: Lego Bat's Ego. For this edition of The OFCC Podcast, now on iTunes, a roundtable of critics from the Oklahoma Film Critics Circle (including me) discusses the latest in movies for early February 2017. You can also stream it by clicking here. On this episode, the roundtable includes: Host Charles Elmore, producer of Videodrone Tulsa Joshua Kline, Editor of The Tulsa Voice Adam Chitwood, Deputy [...]
Here we go, again on our own. Honestly, I have no idea why I'm paraphrasing Whitesnake but, well, why not?! If it's February, it's time for Nick Flora and I to have a deep-dive discussion about our Favorite Movies of the Year. It's always a two-episode affair and this year is no different, starting with Part [...]
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