starring: Dakota Johnson, Jamie Dornan, Eloise Mumford, Marcia Gay Harden, Jennifer Ehle screenplay: Kelly Marcel director: Sam Taylor-Johnson MPAA: Rated R for strong sexual content including dialogue, some unusual behavior and graphic nudity, and for language A sorry-ass excuse for smut that still… Continue Reading
starring: Mila Kunis, Channing Tatum, Eddie Redmayne, Sean Bean, Douglas Booth, Tuppence Middleton written and directed by: Andy and Lana Wachowski MPAA: Rated PG-13 for some violence, sequences of sci-fi action, some suggestive content and partial nudity If you were wondering,… Continue Reading
starring: Jennifer Lopez, Ryan Guzman, John Corbett, Kristin Chenoweth, Ian Nelson written by: Barbara Curry directed by: Rob Cohen MPAA: Rated R for violence, sexual content/nudity and language For a movie that opens with Kristin Chenoweth calling Jennifer Lopez a pussy—only… Continue Reading
When I was at the Toronto International Film Festival in early September, getting a head start on this year’s Oscar contenders both expected (The Imitation Game, The Theory of Everything, Wild) and unforeseen (Still Alice), there was a sinking realization… Continue Reading
From September 3-14, 2014, I had the incredible privilege of attending the 39th annual Toronto International Film Festival—an event that, particularly within the last decade, has emerged as the unofficial kickoff of the all-important movie awards season. In recent years, eventual Oscar winners like… Continue Reading
starring: Scarlett Johansson, Morgan Freeman, Min-sik Choi, Amr Waked, Analeigh Tipton written and directed by: Luc Besson MPAA: Rated R for strong violence, disturbing images, and sexuality Let me set the scene for you. It was Monday night earlier this week,… Continue Reading
starring: Angelina Jolie, Elle Fanning, Sharlto Copley, Sam Riley, Imelda Staunton, Juno Temple, Lesley Manville screenplay by: Linda Woolverton directed by: Robert Stromberg MPAA: Rated PG for sequences of fantasy action and violence, including frightening images With Maleficent, Disney would… Continue Reading
starring: Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Elizabeth Olsen, Bryan Cranston, Juliette Binoche, Ken Watanabe, Sally Hawkins, David Strathairn written by: Max Borenstein directed by: Gareth Edwards MPAA: Rated PG-13 for intense sequences of destruction, mayhem and creature violence In keeping with the ongoing Nolan-ization… Continue Reading
starring: Ralph Fiennes, Tony Revolori, Adrien Brody, Jeff Goldblum, Edward Norton, Saoirse Ronan, Willem Dafoe, Tilda Swinton, Jude Law, Jason Schwartzman, Harvey Keitel written by: Wes Anderson and Hugo Guinness directed by: Wes Anderon MPAA: Rated R for language, some sexual… Continue Reading
starring: Liam Neeson, Julianne Moore, Michelle Dockery, Corey Stoll, Lupita Nyong’o, Scoot McNairy written by: John W. Richardson, Chris Roach, Ryan Engle directed by: Jaume Collet-Serra MPAA: Rated PG-13 for intense sequences of action and violence, some language, sensuality and drug… Continue Reading
