Episode 16: Thor Laugh, Hulk Smash, Family Fight 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 early November 2017. You can also stream Episode 16 by clicking here. On this episode, the critics include: Host Charles Elmore, producer of Videodrone Tulsa @918_Charles @VideodroneTulsa [...]
*** out of **** Rated PG-13 (for mature thematic elements, some violence, sexual material, and smoking) Released: November 3, 2017 Runtime: 94 minutes Director: Dorota Kobiela, Hugh Welchman Starring: Douglas Booth, Chris O’Dowd, Saoirse Ronan, Jerome Flynn, Eleanor Tomlinson. John Sessions, Helen McCrory, James Greene, Bill Thomas, Robert Gulaczyk If a picture’s worth a thousand words, then the vibrant [...]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=145&v=_POpCkJToEQ Talk about your economies of scale. In the new indie sci-fi parable Downsizing, Matt Damon lives in a near future where people can elect to be shrunk and then live in a sequestered pint-sized community. This ingenious concept explores the implications of such a far-out possibility, of how the cost of living (both financially [...]
** out of **** Rated PG (for thematic elements, some bullying, war images, and brief language) Released: October 27, 2017 limited; November 3 expands Runtime: 107 minutes Director: Simon Curtis Starring: Domhnall Gleeson, Margot Robbie, Will Tilston, Kelly Macdonald, Stephen Campbell A beautifully made film, very poorly told. Such is this tale of Christopher Robin. Fraught with angst and [...]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W4CB5SeBGkI If you're spoiler averse, you may want to pass on this one because it has some of the coolest new images yet. The TV spot, which debuted during Game 7 of the World Series (congratulations, Astros), zeroes in on the further rise of the Dark Side, Rey's possible attraction towards it, and Luke's helpless [...]
**1/2 out of ****Rated PG-13(for intense sequences of sci-fi violence and action, language, and brief suggestive material)Released: November 3, 2017Runtime: 130 minutesDirector: Taika WaititiStarring: Chris Hemsworth, Cate Blanchett, Tom Hiddleston, Mark Ruffalo, Tessa Thompson, Jeff Goldblum, Anthony Hopkins, Idris Elba, Karl Urban, Taika Waititi, Benedict Cumberbatch If it’s broke, then copy what isn’t. That’s the approach Marvel has taken [...]
**1/2 out of **** Rated PG-13 (for intense sequences of sci-fi violence and action, language, and brief suggestive material) Released: November 3, 2017 Runtime: 130 minutes Director: Taika Waititi Starring: Chris Hemsworth, Cate Blanchett, Tom Hiddleston, Mark Ruffalo, Tessa Thompson, Jeff Goldblum, Anthony Hopkins, Idris Elba, Karl Urban, Taika Waititi, Benedict Cumberbatch If it’s broke, then copy what isn’t. [...]
*** out of **** Rated R (for violence, strong language, and some sexuality) Released: October 27, 2017 Runtime: 105 minutes Director: George Clooney Starring: Matt Damon, Julianne Moore, Oscar Isaac, Noah Jupe Available to rent through Amazon Video or buy on Blu-ray and DVD. Proceeds from purchases made through these links go to support this blog. George Clooney is an interesting filmmaker, attracted to very [...]
The Hollywood studios aren’t the ones who need to worry. Neither are the multiplexes. The threat that Netflix poses to the movie industry, with their streaming exclusive releases of Awards Season-style hopefuls, is to the independent movie houses that cater to discerning cinephiles. To the art house theaters that actually care about film as an [...]
*** out of **** Rated TV-14 (for brief language, adult themes, and mild sexuality) Released: September 29, 2017 Runtime: 103 minutes Director: Ritesh Batra Starring: Jane Fonda, Robert Redford, Judy Greer, Bruce Dern Streaming exclusively on Netflix Rarely, if ever, does a movie succeed in spite of its director, but this one does (barely) thanks to a pair [...]
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