STAR-RATING: 2 out of 4 stars. Del Toro's Best Picture winner is brilliantly conceived but didactically ham-fisted.
“We had a fundamental difference.” Hamill Sides With LAST JEDI Haters – SPOILERS (VIDEO)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=2&v=EIY-PsHrj9A "He's not my Luke Skywalker." That's the candid hot take from Mark Hamill himself, referring to writer/director Rian Johnson's subversive spin on the iconic hero (and saga) in Star Wars: The Last Jedi. In the video above (WITH SPOILERS), you can hear Hamill offer his honest displeasure in what Luke became, while still professionally [...]
Bullock / Blanchett Wear It Better In OCEAN’S 8 (VIDEO/POSTER)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=142&v=MFWF9dU5Zc0 Eight women can do the job of eleven men. Sounds about right. Ocean's 8 is the all-female reboot of Ocean's 11, with Sandra Bullock and Cate Blanchett taking the lead. Produced by Ocean's Trilogy helmer Steven Soderbergh and directed by Gary Ross (The Hunger Games, Seasbiscuit, Pleasantville), this slick heist movie co-stars Anne Hathaway, Mindy Kaling, Sarah [...]
THE LAST JEDI: The Protestant Reformation of the Star Wars Saga (ANALYSIS)
MAJOR SPOILERS for Star Wars: The Last Jedi follow. Proceed accordingly. You can read my spoiler-free review of the movie here: Star Wars: The Last Jedi As it turns out, Luke Skywalker didn’t bring balance to the Force. In Star Wars: The Last Jedi, he nailed a revolutionary thesis to the docking bay door. In the [...]
STAR WARS: THE LAST JEDI (Movie Review)
*** out of **** Rated PG-13 (for sequences of sci-fi action and violence) Released: December 15, 2017 Runtime: 152 minutes Directed by: Rian Johnson Starring: Daisy Ridley, Adam Driver, Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher, Oscar Isaac, John Boyega, Andy Serkis, Domhnall Gleeson, Laura Dern, Benicio Del Toro, Kelly Marie Tran, Gwendoline Christie, Anthony Daniels Available to rent through Amazon [...]
Chicago Critics Chirp For LADY BIRD (AWARDS 2017)
After a recent trend toward Get Out among critics groups, the Chicago Film Critics Association brought it back around to early favorite Lady Bird. The debut directing feature from actress Greta Gerwig (who also wrote the screenplay, loosely inspired by her senior year in high school), Lady Bird also took Best Actress honors for Saoirse [...]
New Eastwood Film Stars Real Heroes Of Real Terrorism Story – Trailer (VIDEO)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=129&v=IC_lnyn2R2Q On August 21, 2015, three young Americans thwarted a terrorist attack on a train headed for Paris. Clint Eastwood just directed the movie of their story, The 15:17 to Paris, and it stars those actual three men: Anthony Sadler, Oregon National Guardsman Alek Skarlatos, and U.S. Air Force Airman First Class Spencer Stone. As casting stunts go it [...]
Inaugural Atlanta Critics GET OUT For Best Film, DUNKIRK Director (AWARDS 2017)
The Atlanta Film Critics Circle recently announced their first-ever year end citations, naming Get Out Best Film. The nod furthers that movie's surging Awards Season momentum. Christopher Nolan has been surprisingly overlooked - until now. The AFCC named him Best Director for his experimental WWII epic Dunkirk. The rest of the winners look familiar to what [...]
Multiple Shocking Omissions In Screen Actors Guild Nominations (AWARDS 2017)
If the history of the Screen Actors Guild nominations is any indication, the following major Oscar contenders now have no shot at winning the Academy Award for Best Picture: - Call Me By Your Name - The Shape of Water - The Post - Dunkirk And throw in The Florida Project for good measure. Why? [...]
San Diego Critics Go Genre With GET OUT Best Film, SPLIT Best Actor (AWARDS 2017)
Finally, a critics group that dares to go against the conventional tide. Okay, not so much with Get Out, a worthy choice for Best Film that's actually gaining steam with more and more critics groups. It's in the lead acting categories, where James McAvoy gets a surprise win for his spectacular turn as the metaphysical [...]
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