**** out of **** Rated R (for strong language throughout, including racial epithets, and for disturbing/violent material and some sexual references) Released: August 10, 2018 Runtime: 135 minutes Directed by: Spike Lee Starring: John David Washington, Adam Driver, Laura Harrier, Topher Grace, Ryan Eggold, Jasper Pääkkönen, Paul Walter Hauser, Ashlie Atkinson, Corey Hawkins, Robert John [...]
You can have prestige or you can have popularity, but you can’t have both. That’s the conclusion I come to when reading some of the think-piece alternatives to recent changes made by the Academy to the Oscars ceremony. Many of them are reflected in this worthwhile piece by IndieWire’s Tom Brueggemann, “How To Make The [...]
*** out of **** Rated TV-PG (for some language, sensuality, adult themes) Released: August 10, 2018 Runtime: 124 minutes Directed by: Mike Newell Starring: Lily James, Michiel Huisman, Katherine Parkinson, Penelope Wilton, Glen Powell, Matthew Goode, Jessica Brown Findlay, Tom Courtenay Stream it exclusively on Netflix If that long, cutesy-quirky film title sounds more like something [...]
In the wake of the changes to the Oscars telecast, the most controversial addition has been the new category “Outstanding Achievement in Popular Film”. Dubbed “The Popcorn Oscar”, it exists as a crass ploy for ratings that many fear will sacrifice the prestige of the award for the sake of (hopefully, maybe) more viewers. To [...]
The Oscars have officially gotten desperate, and it’s not a good look. The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts & Sciences – the producers of the Academy Awards, with a membership of Hollywood’s elite – has made some big changes to their annual telecast (although it was the Governor's Board of 57 people, not the full [...]
Episode 11 - THE BAD AND THE BEAUTIFUL: Conversations On Cinema http://thebadandthebeautiful.libsyn.com/-the-bad-and-the-beautiful-conversations-on-cinema-episode-11 Mission: Impossible - Fallout, @ 0:53 Blindspotting, @ 24:19 Three Identical Strangers, @ 33:08 Eighth Grade, @ 37:30 Outro, @ 49:50 On this episode of The Bad and the Beautiful, Charles and I have chosen to not disavow Tom Cruise but rather accept his latest mission. You [...]
Reviews and rankings of the first six films in Tom Cruise's MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE franchise.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=135&v=k2zvPTGiJj4 The Best Picture win for Moonlight remains one of the most stunning in Academy Awards history, and that would be true even without the La La Land ballot mix-up fiasco. That low budget indie's rise to the top beat all the odds, turning writer/director Barry Jenkins into an elite auteur. Now comes the trailer [...]
***1/2 out of **** Rated R (for strong language and some sexual material) Released: July 13, 2018 limited; expands in August Runtime: 93 minutes Directed by: Bo Burnham Starring: Elsie Fisher, Josh Hamilton, Emily Robinson, Jake Ryan, Luke Prael, Daniel Zolghadri, Fred Hechinger, Imani Lewis (You can listen to Charles Elmore and I talk about Eighth Grade on [...]
The end begins. On the first day of production, writer/director J.J. Abrams has tweeted out a non-spoilery photo straight from the set of Star Wars IX, the final chapter in the Skywalker saga. The image is a close-up of the film camera. The set itself is severely out of focus, although one can glean that it's [...]
I Can't Unsee That Movie: film news and reviews by Jeff Huston 