The OFCC joined other critics groups to lift Get Out from The Sunken Place. Announcing its winners via a Twitter rollout, The Oklahoma Film Critics Circle (disclaimer: I'm a member) began 2018 by revealing its choices for the Best In Film for 2017. Along with a Top 10 List - which saw Get Out eek past The Shape of Water in a tie-breaking vote [...]
Episode 18 (Part 2): This Is The End Of The Year As We Know It For this edition of The OFCC Podcast, available on iTunes, our roundtable of critics from the Oklahoma Film Critics Circle return to discuss the latest in movies for late December 2017 and early January 2018. You can also stream Episode 18 (Part 2) [...]
Happy New Year indeed. On the last day of 2017, my blog was cited among 9 others by the New York based AwardsCircuit.com. The website dedicated to Oscar / Emmy / Grammy / Tony news named "I Can't Unsee That Movie" as one of "a few up and comers in the film journalism/blogger community." It [...]
On the last day of the year, for the last post of the year, I'll link you to my chat at The Tulsa Voice that recaps the year in film for 2017. Lead TTV film critic Joe O'Shansky and I look back at the movies -- and moments -- that resonated, stuck out, or disappointed. For [...]
Hashtag Dashing Dumbledore. In the first of two new photos from Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald (see below), we get another look at Jude Law as the handsome young wizard Albus Dumbledore. In the other: another look at Johnny Depp as the titular Gellert Grindelwald, the evil sorcerer that (as Harry Potter mastermind J.K. Rowling has [...]
** out of **** Rated PG-13 (for language and brief war violence) Released: December 22, 2017 limited; January 12, 2018 wide Runtime: 115 minutes Director: Steven Spielberg Starring: Meryl Streep, Tom Hanks, Bradley Whitford, Bruce Greenwood, Tracy Letts, Bob Odenkirk, David Cross, Sarah Paulson, Matthew Rhys, Alison Brie, Carrie Coon, Jesse Plemons (Now updated in my ranking of [...]
*** out of **** Rated R (for strong sexual content, nudity, and some strong language) Released: November 24, 2017 limited; expands through December, and January 2018 Runtime: 132 minutes Director: Luca Guadagnino Starring: Timothée Chalamet, Armie Hammer, Michael Stuhlbarg, Amira Casar, Esther Garrel Winner of the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay A sexy gay romance, the lush [...]
Episode 18 (Part 1): This Is Not Going To Go The Way You Think For this edition of The OFCC Podcast, available on iTunes, our roundtable of critics from the Oklahoma Film Critics Circle return to discuss the latest in movies for December 2017. You can also stream Episode 18 (Part 1) by clicking here. On this episode, the [...]
*** out of **** Rated R (for strong language including sexual references, some graphic nudity, and drug use) Released: December 22, 2017 Runtime: 135 minutes Directed by: Alexander Payne Starring: Matt Damon, Hong Chau, Christoph Waltz, Kristen Wiig, Jason Sudekis Much like the main character in this unique premise, Downsizing has an identity crisis. It's a movie unsure [...]
***1/2 out of **** Rated PG-13 (for some thematic material, and language) Released: December 22, 2017 Runtime: 125 minutes Directed by: Joe Wright Starring: Gary Oldman, Stephen Dillane, Ben Mendelsohn, Kristin Scott Thomas, Lily James, Ronald Pickup Winner of 2 Academy Awards including Best Actor There were plenty of schmaltzy, pedestrian, contrived notes in the overrated [...]
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