Serious actors lining up to do a Hollywood blockbuster are usually good tea leaves to follow, especially if the movie is based on a video game. Here's to hoping that proves out with Assassin's Creed, because its trailer looks like a typical entry into the tentpole box office sweepstakes. Multi-Oscar-nominee Michael Fassbender is joined by Oscar winners [...]
Never trust professional critics. Merrily We Roll Along, a Stephen Sondheim musical from the early 1980s, has grown to become one of the most beloved shows by the Broadway legend (which is really saying something). And yet on its debut, the show was a total bomb, opening to scathing reviews and folding after just two weeks. They had a good thing going...going...gone. Best [...]
** out of **** Rated R (for strong sexual content, graphic nudity, strong language throughout, drug/alcohol abuse – all involving older teens and young adults) Released: October 14, 2016 Runtime: 163 minutes Director: Andrea Arnold Starring: Sasha Lane, Shia LaBeouf, Riley Keough That is one depressing American portrait. At nearly three hours, it's also a grueling [...]
*** out of **** Rated R (for strong violence and strong language throughout) Released: October 14, 2016 Runtime: 128 minutes Directed by: Gavin O'Connor Starring: Ben Affleck, Anna Kendrick, J.K. Simmons, John Bernthal, Cynthia Addai-Robinson, Jeffrey Tambor, and John Lithgow My review of The Accountant, at Crosswalk.com, the brainy action-thriller starring Ben Affleck about an autistic tax consultant who moonlights as an assassin. [...]
Cancel your plans and call in sick, muggles. You've got a limited engagement to Hogwarts and the Wizarding World on IMAX - and it's going to disappear before you know it. Starting Thursday night, October 13th, and ending Friday October 14th, all 8 films from the original Harry Potter franchise will play on participating IMAX [...]
It always comes down to family in that galaxy far, far away. Details and (some) rumors are confirmed in this final trailer for Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, plus the first full (if fleeting) glimpse of everyone's favorite Sith Lord. Rogue One - the first ever anthology Star Wars episode - opens worldwide on December [...]
In most blockbuster movies - and in the Potterverse especially - it's the music that completes the magic. The first official track from the score to Fantastic Beasts and Where To Find Them has been released (which you can listen to, below), and it has the rousing orchestral sweep you expect, transitioning [...]
It's a whole real world. And based on Disney's recent track record, we should all be very excited. A live action Mulan was first announced recently when Disney confirmed that their Untitled Disney Fairy Tale for 11/2/18 would be the Mulan adaptation. In recent days, they've also confirmed that the cast - including the love [...]
If nothing else, Zack Snyder's starting to get the hang of how to use social media at least. Here's 90 seconds of behind-the-scenes fun from the set of Justice League, via Snyder's Twitter account, which just wrapped filming in London. Justice League will hit theaters in a little over a year - November 17, 2017. https://twitter.com/ZackSnyder/status/784425976117747712
*** out of **** Rated R (for disturbing violent content and brief nudity) Released: October 7, 2016 Runtime: 120 minutes Director: Nate Parker Starring: Nate Parker, Armie Hammer, Aja Naomi King, Colman Domingo, Aunjanue Ellis, Penelope Anne Miller, Mark Boone Jr., Jackie Earle Haley, Gabrielle Union The Birth of a Nation is a good movie, but it’s not a [...]
I Can't Unsee That Movie: film news and reviews by Jeff Huston 