*** out of **** Rated R (for strong language, some sexual content, and brief nudity) Released: December 29, 2017 limited; expands February 23, 2018 Runtime: 106 minutes Directed by: Paul McGuigan Starring: Annette Bening, Jamie Bell, Julie Walters, Vanessa Redgrave, Stephen Graham, Kenneth Cranham My review of Film Stars Don't Die In Liverpool, for The Tulsa Voice. Annette [...]
In the last major guild ceremony before the Academy Awards on March 4, winners went according to the awards season script as the Writers Guild of America announced their choices for the best screenplays of 2017. Jordan Peele won Original Screenplay for his debut film Get Out, while legendary Brit filmmaker James Ivory won the Adapted [...]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2mNMvz85NG8 Well, sort of a first look, Kind of. But not really. The new TV spot for The Grinch - Illumination Entertainment's feature-length adaptation of the classic Dr. Seuss story - didn't seem to provide any footage from the actual film. Rather, it was tailor made for the program it bought ad time in: the [...]
There's belated, then there's overdue, and then waaaaaay past that there's "What's even the point?" A February 2018 publication of a 2017 Top 10 List essentially falls into the final category, but hey, what the heck. Here it is, for the record: my choices for the Best Films of 2017. It begins with the Top 10, [...]
Released: February 9, 2018 Runtime: 83 minutes for entire shorts program Program: Oscar Nominated Animated Shorts for 2017 During every Oscar ceremony, there’s a stretch of categories with nominees that virtually no one has ever even heard of, let alone seen: the shorts. Divided into three competitive groups – Animated, Live Action, and Documentary – the Academy Award nominated [...]
***1/2 out of **** Rated PG (for brief nude images and thematic elements) Released: October 17, 2017 in Los Angeles, CA; wider in February 2018 Runtime: 89 minutes Directed by: Agnès Varda and JR Starring: Agnès Varda, JR My review of Faces Places, for The Tulsa Voice. This French documentary has been nominated for Best Documentary Feature at the [...]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=151&v=Um0aZKbpe1Y No green screen. No stunt pilot. All Cruise. All real. He is a legit Maverick. Stunts like these from the upcoming Mission: Impossible - Fallout is what makes the Mission: Impossible series the best action franchise ever. M:I - Fallout opens this summer on July 27, 2018.
You know nothing, Star Wars fans. Coming completely out of nowhere, Lucasfilm dropped a Death Star sized announcement into its expanding universe: Game of Thrones showrunners David Benioff and D.B. Weiss will be creating and producing an entirely new series of Star Wars films. Not a bad Plan B to follow up with after their now-defunct controversial HBO series Confederate. The [...]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dNW0B0HsvVs Y'all, Ron Howard's got this. It took long enough, but the wait for the first Solo trailer was worth it, and made the final reveal all the more thrilling. After a tumultuous production that saw a switch in directors nearly five months into shooting - firing the comedy team of Phil Lord and Christopher [...]
https://youtu.be/7qJnpCsVR6A There's a new dino in the neighborhood, and he's about to break loose in Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom, the sequel to the insanely successful 2015 franchise reboot. From director J.A. Bayona and executive producer Steven Spielberg, Chris Pratt and Bryce Dallas Howard return in what looks to be the most chilling, horrifying Jurassic flick [...]
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