**1/2 out of **** Rated PG for peril, action, and thematic elements Released: November 25, 2015 Runtime: 100 minutes (including the Pixar Short “Sanjay’s Super Team”) Starring (the voices of): Jeffrey Wright, Frances McDormand, Raymond Ochoa, Sam Elliott, Anna Paquin, Steve Zahn (read my interview with the director and cast here) Barely living up to its title, The [...]
I’m as big a fan of the Academy Awards as they come, but it's foolish to judge movies based on Oscar wins and losses. It’s unfair to the films themselves, not to mention our own perception of them. There’s perhaps no better example of this than Dances With Wolves, winner of 7 Academy Awards including Best Picture and [...]
Thirty years ago in November 1990, "Costner's Folly" went from being a reported vanity project disaster to an Oscar-sweeping epic.
**** out of **** My review of Spotlight (click here), at Crosswalk.com, about the 2001 Boston Globe investigation into the Catholic Church sex abuse scandal. Winner of two Academy Awards including Best Picture and Best Original Screenplay (2015). Spotlight is ranked #4 on my Top Ten List for 2015. An excerpt from my review: "Spotlight is a sober, sensitive look [...]
**** out of **** Rated PG-13 for a scene of sexuality and brief strong language Released: November 6, 2015 limited; expands Wednesday November 25 Runtime: 111 minutes Directed by: John Crowley Starring: Saoirse Ronan, Emory Cohen, Julie Walters, Jim Broadbent, Domhnall Gleeson Brooklyn is ranked #3 on my Top Ten List for 2015 One of those so-called “chick [...]
A live-action kids movie is never supposed to be a blockbuster. But Home Alone was. And 25 years later, it’s still very easy to see why. Home Alone wasn’t just big. It was huge. In the holiday season of 1990, when it opened on November 16 to a 3-day $17 million haul (enough for #1 that weekend), no one could’ve [...]
Three decades ago, this unexpected classic debuted on November 16, 1990. And what I wrote 5 years ago still holds true -- just like the movie.
My review of My All American (click here), at Crosswalk.com, about the real-life inspirational story of the 1960s underdog legend from the University of Texas football program. **1/2 out of **** Rated PG for thematic elements, language, and brief partial nudity Released: November 13, 2015 Runtime: 118 minutes Starring: Aaron Eckhart, Finn Wittrock, Sarah Bolger, Danny Boaz, Juston Street
My review of The 33 (click here), at Crosswalk.com, about the real-life story of the 2010 Chilean mine collapse and the heroes that emerged. **1/2 out of **** Rated PG-13 for a disaster sequence and some language Released: November 13, 2015 Runtime: 120 minutes Directed by: Patricia Riggen Starring: Antonio Banderas, Juliette Binoche, Gabriel Byrne, Lou Diamond Phillips, Rodrigo [...]
*** out of **** Rated PG-13 for some intense violence, thematic elements, brief strong language, and brief partial nudity Released: October 23, 2015 limited; expands November 13 Runtime: 106 minutes Directed by: Sarah Gavron Starring: Carey Mulligan, Helena Bonham Carter, Brendan Gleeson, Anne-Marie Duff, Ben Whishaw, Meryl Streep Suffragette is an Honorable Mention on my Top Ten List for 2015 One [...]
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