** out of **** Rated R (for strong language and sexuality/nudity) Released: May 4, 2018 Runtime: 96 minutes Directed by: Jason Reitman Starring: Charlize Theron, Mackenzie Davis, Ron Livingston, Mark Duplass, Elaine Tan My review of Tully, for The Tulsa Voice. It's the new film from the Juno writer/director team of, respectively, Diablo Cody and Jason Reitman [...]
Episode 6 - THE BAD AND THE BEAUTIFUL: Conversations On Cinema http://thebadandthebeautiful.libsyn.com/episode-06 Avengers: Infinity War, @ 01:02 Lean On Pete, @ 30:55 You Were Never Really Here, @ 36:33 Outro, @ 01:00:15 Bonus Clip, @ 01:01:16 This week, Charles Elmore and I take a look at two very different types of avengers on this episode of The Bad and [...]
SPOILER ALERT: If you have not seen Avengers: Infinity War, consider yourself warned. These predictions respond to major events that occur at the end of that film. Avengers: Infinity War has finally been unleashed onto the world in a feat of total dominance and box office records, setting a new opening weekend record of $258 [...]
UPDATED FINAL NUMBERS: Thanos may have been a tough foe, but the Force wasn't. This movie's got some serious stones. Avengers: Infinity War, the cliffhanging "beginning of the end" for the current Marvel Cinematic Universe storyline, hauled in $258 million at the North American box office over its opening three-day weekend, beating previous record holder [...]
*** out of **** Rated PG-13 (for intense sequences of sci-fi violence and action throughout, language, and some crude references) Released: April 27, 2018 Runtime: 150 minutes Directed by: Anthony Russo and Joe Russo Starring: Robert Downey, Jr., Chris Evans, Chris Pratt, Chris Hemsworth, Josh Brolin, Benedict Cumberbatch, Scarlett Johansson, Bradley Cooper, Mark Ruffalo, Tom Holland, [...]
**1/2 out of **** Rated R (for strong language and brief violence) Released: April 6, 2018 limited; expands April 27 Runtime: 121 minutes Directed by: Andrew Haigh Starring: Charlie Plummer, Steve Buscemi, Cloe Sevigny, Steve Zahn, Travis Fimmel, Amy Seimetz Subverting every “Boy & His Pet” trope to bleak extremes, Lean On Pete plays like a [...]
That's what you get for smuggling. When Lucasfilm premiered the first teaser for Solo: A Star Wars Story during the Super Bowl, they quickly followed that up with the movie's first character posters. Then, a few days later, their artist got busted for duplicating the exact same style seen on album covers designed in 2015 [...]
***1/2 out of **** Rated PG-13 (for adventure action, suggestive content, and some language) Released: December 20, 2017 Runtime: 119 minutes Directed by: Jake Kasdan Starring: Dwayne Johnson, Kevin Hart, Jack Black, Karen Gillan, Nick Jonas, Alex Wolff, Morgan Turner, Se’Darius Blain, Madison Iseman, Bobby Cannavale, Rhys Darby Available to rent through Amazon Video or buy on Blu-ray, DVD, 4K, or Amazon [...]
Animation Nerds - assemble! Pixar Studios has released a variety of behind-the-scenes development images for Incredibles 2. Below are two galleries. The first displays an example of "Progressions", which are the stages from early sketch design to final image. The second gallery incorporates early concept art designs, from characters to set concepts, as well as storyboard [...]
***1/2 out of **** Rated PG-13 (for thematic elements and some violent images) Released: April 6, 2018 limited; April 13 expands Runtime: 101 minutes Directed by: Wes Anderson Starring: Bryan Cranston, Edward Norton, Greta Gerwig, Bill Murray, Jeff Goldblum, Frances McDormand, Bob Balaban, Scarlett Johansson, Koyu Ranklin, F. Murray Abraham, Harvey Keitel Available to digitally [...]
I Can't Unsee That Movie: film news and reviews by Jeff Huston 