UPDATED: 02/14/17, with new postscript. (SPOILERS to the ending of La La Land are discussed below. To read my full non-spoiler review, click here.) Despite being the choice du jour for film critics groups and musical-loving audiences, La La Land has an ending with the potential to be polarizing. I made a nod to this, cryptically, with two statements from my review, once [...]
One more reason to look forward to being their guest. Disney's live action Beauty and the Beast opens on March 17, 2017. https://youtu.be/jB5zooMEZME
The OFCC fell for La La Land, too. Announcing its winners via a Twitter rollout, The Oklahoma Film Critics Circle (disclaimer: I'm a member) began 2017 by revealing its choices for the Best In Film for 2016. And for the first time in its 10 year history, the OFCC also included the group's runner-up citations in each category. While the expected suspects made the cut (La La [...]
The Rebellion is building it's own Empire. Rogue One: A Star Wars Story continues to slaughter all foes at the box office. After two full weeks in release plus a third major weekend in theaters, the Star Wars anthology one-off has racked up a $430 million haul in North America, and $775 million globally (with much more to come; [...]
After debuting "I Can't Unsee That" in October of 2015, it was 2016 that marked the first full calendar year for this movie blog. Here are the essential stats for my humble endeavor, along with rankings of the Top 10 Most Viewed Articles and Reviews, as well as Rankings of Views for the Spielberg and Star Trek marathons. [...]
Ooooooooo, isn't this a-may-zing! Thanks to some early Instagram access to Beauty & The Beast doll merchandise, we can now hear the first clips of Emma Watson's singing voice as Belle via a Belle doll (yes, that is her voice). UPDATE: And now with that leak, Disney has released an official high quality version of the song clip (below). Enjoy. Get giddy. [...]
**1/2 out of **** Rated PG-13 (for thematic content and some scary images) Released: December 23, 2016 limited; January 6, 2017 wide Runtime: 108 minutes Director: J.A. Bayona Starring: Lewis MacDougall, (voice of) Liam Neeson, Sigourney Weaver, Felicity Jones, Toby Kebbell Available to rent through Amazon Video or buy on Blu-ray and DVD. Proceeds from purchases made through these links go to support this [...]
This isn't a Top 10 list, but it's close. Through early and mid-December, fellow Tulsa Voice film critic Joe O'Shansky and I had an ongoing back-and-forth about where our heads and hearts were at in the middle of the year-end Awards screener season. We were considering many worthy contenders for that final 10. This is [...]
*** out of **** Rated PG-13 (for thematic material, language, and some sensuality) Released: November 25, 2016 limited; December 25 wide Runtime: 118 minutes Director: Garth Davis Starring: Dev Patel, Nicole Kidman, Rooney Mara, Sunny Pawar, Priyanka Bose, David Wenham 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. [...]
*** out of **** Rated PG-13 (for thematic elements, language, and some suggestive references) Released: December 16, 2016 NY & LA; December 25 wide Runtime: 138 minutes Director: Denzel Washington Starring: Denzel Washington, Viola Davis, Jovan Adepo, Stephen McKinely Henderson, Russell Hornsby, Mykelti Williamson Available to rent through Amazon Video or buy on Blu-ray and DVD. Proceeds from purchases made [...]
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