Released: February 17, 2017 Runtime: 134 minutes Program: Oscar Nominated Live Action Shorts for 2016 (Some material is not suitable for viewers under 17) During every Oscars ceremony, there’s a stretch of categories with nominees that virtually no one has heard of, let alone seen: the shorts. Divided into three competitive groups – Animated, Live Action, and Documentary – the [...]
The countdown concludes. My annual two-part guest stint with Nick Flora, now on his All Time Favorite podcast (see links below), concludes with our Top 5 choices for the Best Movies of 2016. You can download "The Films Of 2016 with guest Jeff Huston (Part Two)" on iTunes or stream it here. To start with Part 1, where we discuss picks 6 - 10 on our [...]
https://youtu.be/2tumOP_UEFY More new looks at the sets and characters for the live-action adaptation of Beauty and the Beast, opening nationwide on March 17, 2017.
https://youtu.be/VA7BivctvDI The Tony-winning Lin-Manuel Miranda dishes on "How Far I'll Go", the song that garnered him an Oscar nomination, in this behind-the-scenes video. It also takes us into the film's Writers Room with Miranda, as well as the recording booth to see Auli'i Carvalho passionately belt out the anthem. Moana, nominated for Best Animated Feature [...]
America's perennial Sweetheart may have an inspiring tear-jerker that's perfectly suited for her, and a wide audience, just in time for the holidays. Julia Roberts' new movie Wonder was originally slated to open this spring on April 7. But the adaptation - which received high scores after test screenings - is now being positioned to drop right before Thanksgiving. Based [...]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sKnigN8OiNc This could be the dawn of a serious new auteur. Director Trey Edward Shults - whose stunning (and chilling) microbudget debut Krisha from 2016 is now on Amazon Prime - has been given actual money to unleash his vision in It Comes At Night. Distributor A24 is so excited with the result, they've bumped up the [...]
https://youtu.be/eX0KjDFvDAY Another clip from the Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol. 2 marketing mixtape. The Marvel blockbuster opens on May 5, 2017.
https://youtu.be/sAOzrChqmd0 MCU guru Kevin Feige and key members of the Avengers brain trust assemble to look back on ten years of universe building that was all leading to this: Avengers: Infinity War. It opens next year on May 4, 2018.
https://youtu.be/QUlr8Am4zQ0 Technology will brainwash you...especially when it's pitched as your gateway to self-empowerment by Tom Hanks. In this first full trailer (above), which follows an intriguing teaser from last December (below), The Circle gives us a peak into eerily seductive social media world. The film is based on the best-selling novel by famed author Dave Eggers, and directed by indie [...]
Episode 2: Lego Bat's Ego. For this edition of The OFCC Podcast, now on iTunes, a roundtable of critics from the Oklahoma Film Critics Circle (including me) discusses the latest in movies for early February 2017. You can also stream it by clicking here. On this episode, the roundtable includes: Host Charles Elmore, producer of Videodrone Tulsa Joshua Kline, Editor of The Tulsa Voice Adam Chitwood, Deputy [...]
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