***1/2 out of **** Rated PG-13 (for brief strong language, smoking, a violent image and a drug reference) Released: August 26, 2016 Runtime: 84 minutes Director: Richard Tanne Starring: Tika Sumpter, Parker Sawyers, Taylar Fondren, Preston Tate Jr., Vanessa Bell Calloway, Phillip Edward Van Lear, Jerod Haynes Available to rent through Amazon Video or buy on Blu-ray and DVD. [...]
Now we have a better idea of how some of these characters are going to look. To go along with the first teaser released earlier this year, two new official images from Disney's live action remake of their musical version of Beauty and the Beast have been released...but one isn't final. The picture of Lumière and Cogsworth (played [...]
Harvey Weinstein's going all in on Lion. Every Awards season, The Weinstein Company (like Miramax before it) makes a few plays for Oscar glory. Ultimately, though, they push one above the rest. This year, that movie will be Lion. The studio just released the film's first trailer. Based on a true story, it's the account of a young Indian man (played by [...]
**1/2 out of **** Rated R (for strong language and sensuality) Released: August 26, 2016 Runtime: 100 minutes Director: Meera Menon Starring: Anna Gunn, James Purefoy, Sarah Megan Thomas, Alysia Reiner, Samuel Roukin, Nate Corddry, Craig Bierko In a new ranking by the BBC of the 21st Century’s best films so far, the consensus of top international [...]
This may end up being the best film of the year. If the buzz is any indication (not to mention writer/director Kenneth Lonergan's track record), Manchester by the Sea looks to be as emotionally absorbing as any movie in 2016, and is destined to play a major part in the Oscar race. With previous indie [...]
Bored? Don't have anything to watch? Here's 100 suggestions by film critics and writers from around the world. The BBC just published a "100 Greatest Films of the 21st Century" list...or, well, the 100 best movies from a 15-year period (plus one from 2016 that sneaks in for the 3-way tie at #100). In that context it's [...]
Normally I'm in a rush for December because of the holiday season, but add this movie to the list of reasons to fast-forward the next three months. Evoking the same tone as the first teaser, this new short trailer for La La Land - the new, original musical from Whiplash director Damien Chazelle and starring Emma [...]
The Past. The Present. The Future. In what's being billed as "the story of our universe", director Terrence Malick's long-awaited Voyage Of Time (which has been years in the making, by some reports nearly a decade) is about to hit theaters this October. It'll be presented in two forms: a 40-minute IMAX cut, and then [...]
*** out of **** Rated PG (for thematic elements, and language including a suggestive reference) Released: July 1, 2016 limited; expands throughout July and August Runtime: 89 minutes Director: Roger Ross Williams Starring: Owen Suskind, Ron Suskind, Cornelia Suskind, Walt Suskind Art has a way of working miracles. It may not cause the lame to walk [...]
** out of **** Rated PG-13 (for sequences of violence and disturbing images) Released: August 19, 2016 Runtime: 124 minutes Director: Timur Bekmambetov Starring: Jack Huston, Toby Kebbell, Rodrigo Santoro, Haluk Bilginer, Nazanin Boniadi, Ayelet Zurer, Morgan Freeman The movie’s not good but the race sure is. The 1959 film version of Ben-Hur set a record of [...]
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