**** out of **** Rated R (for strong language throughout and some sexual content) Released: November 18, 2016 limited; December 9th & 16th wider Runtime: 137 minutes Director: Kenneth Lonergan Starring: Casey Affleck, Lucas Hedges, Michelle Williams, Kyle Chandler, Gretchen Mol, Tate Donovan Available to rent through Amazon Video or buy on Blu-ray and DVD. Proceeds from purchases made through these links go to support [...]
Category: MOVIE REVIEWS
O.J.: MADE IN AMERICA (Movie Review)
**** out of **** Unrated (Rated R level content, including graphic/gruesome crime scene images and strong language; some stripper club nudity in the final hour) Released: August 4, 2016 Runtime: 467 minutes (7 hours, 47 minutes; told in 5 parts) Director: Ezra Edelman (Can be seen via ESPN's VOD service, available through most cable and satellite providers. Also available [...]
THE EDGE OF SEVENTEEN (Movie Review)
***1/2 out of **** Rated R (for sexual content, language and some drinking - all involving teens characters) Released: November 18, 2016 Runtime: 104 minutes Director: Kelly Fremon Craig Starring: Hailee Steinfeld, Blake Jenner, Kyra Sedgwick, Woody Harrelson, Haley Lu Richardson, Hayden Szeto Ranked #18 (Honorable Mention) on My Top 10 List For 2016 Comparisons between the teen movies of today to the [...]
JACKIE (Movie Review)
**** out of **** Rated R (for brief strong violence and some strong language) Released: December 2, 2016 limited; expands through December and January Runtime: 100 minutes Director: Pablo Larraín Starring: Natalie Portman, Billy Crudup, Peter Sarsgaard, Greta Gerwig, John Hurt Available to rent through Amazon Video or buy on Blu-ray and DVD. Proceeds from purchases made through these links go to support this [...]
RULES DON’T APPLY (Movie Review)
**1/2 out of **** Rated PG-13 (for sexual material, brief strong language, thematic elements, and drug references) Released: November 23, 2016 Runtime: 126 minutes Director: Warren Beatty Starring: Lily Collins, Alden Ehrenreich, Warren Beatty, Matthew Broderick, Annette Bening, Martin Sheen, Candice Bergen Available to rent through Amazon Video or buy on Blu-ray and DVD. Proceeds from purchases made through these links go to support this [...]
ALLIED (Movie Review)
** out of **** Rated R (for violence, sexuality/nudity, strong language, and brief drug use) Released: November 23, 2016 Runtime: 124 minutes Director: Robert Zemeckis Starring: Brad Pitt, Marion Cotillard, Jared Harris, Simon McBurney, Lizzy Caplan Available to rent through Amazon Video or buy on Blu-ray, DVD, and 4K. Proceeds from purchases made through these links go to support this blog. What a waste [...]
LOVING (Movie Review)
**** out of **** Rated PG-13 (for thematic elements involving racism) Released: November 4, 2016 limited; November 23 wide Runtime: 123 minutes Director: Jeff Nichols Starring: Joel Edgerton, Ruth Negga, Marton Csokas, Nick Kroll, Terri Abney, Alano Miller, Sharon Blackwood, Michael Shannon Available to buy on Blu-ray and DVD. Proceeds from purchases made through these links go to support this blog. Ranked #10 on My [...]
MOANA (Movie Review)
***1/2 out of **** Rated PG (for peril, some scary images, and brief thematic elements) Released: November 23, 2016 Runtime: 113 minutes Director: Ron Clements & John Musker Starring: Auli’I Cravalho, Dwayne Johnson, Rachel House, Jemaine Clement, Nicole Scherzinger And a girl shall lead them. That’s the empowering fulcrum on which Moana not only turns but soars. It’s the [...]
BEAUTY AND THE BEAST at 25
Available to buy on Blu-ray and DVD. Proceeds from purchases made through these links go to support this blog. Twenty-five years ago, a tale as old as time became timeless. Elevating what The Little Mermaid had revolutionized just two years prior, Disney’s Beauty and the Beast solidified the revival of not one but two dormant genres: the animated feature [...]
MOONLIGHT (Movie Review)
**** out of **** Rated R (for some sexuality, drug use, brief violence, and language throughout) Released: October 21, 2016 limited; expands November 18 Runtime: 111 minutes Director: Barry Jenkins Starring: Ashton Sanders, Alex R. Hibbert, Trevante Rhodes, Naomie Harris, Mahershala Ali, Janelle Monáe, André Holland Available to rent through Amazon Video or buy on Blu-ray and DVD. Proceeds from purchases made through these links go to support [...]