Posted on February 18, 2019 at 7:43 pm
Pure pleasure, and a powerful reminder of why the members of the Motion Picture Academy reacted so strongly when the producers of the Oscar telecast tried to take the award for best cinematography off the broadcast. Here’s a look at the Best Cinematography Oscar winners.
Posted on February 17, 2019 at 9:12 am
I am an unabashed super-fan of LAIKA and their stop-motion films: “Coraline,” “The Box Trolls,” “ParaNorman,” and “Kubo and the Two Strings.” This trailer for their new film, “Missing Link,” from “ParaNorman” writer/director Chris Butler and featuring the voices of Hugh Jackman, Zoe Saldana, and Zach Galifianakis, looks marvelous — and very funny.
Posted on February 15, 2019 at 8:00 am
“The Hustle” stars Anne Hathaway, Rebel Wilson, and Tony Award winner Alex Sharp in the third version of the story of competing con artists on the Rivera. The first one was “Bedtime Story,” starring Marlon Brando and David Niven. The remake was the classic “Dirty Rotten Scoundrels” with Steve Martin and Michael Caine, featured in …
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Posted on February 14, 2019 at 5:36 pm
B +| Lowest Recommended Age: | High School |
| MPAA Rating: | Rated PG-13 for sequences of sci-fi violence and action, and for some language |
| Profanity: | Some strong language |
| Nudity/ Sex: | Kissing |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: | Drinking |
| Violence/ Scariness: | Extended sci-fi/fantasy peril and violence, knives, guns, chases, many characters injured and killed, disturbing images |
| Diversity Issues: | Diverse characters |
| Date Released to Theaters: | February 15, 2019 |
| Date Released to DVD: | July 22, 2019 |
The most surprising achievement of “Alita: Battle Angel,” a (mostly) live action version of a story that was originally a cyberpunk manga series of graphic novels and then an anime feature, is that somehow producer James Cameron and director Robert Rodriguez managed to make the main characters anime-style eyes a lot less weird than I …
Posted on February 14, 2019 at 7:00 am
Happy Valentine’s Day! Enjoy these classic movie kisses. Lady and the Tramp Notorious Crazy Rich Asians Cinema Paradiso The Fighting Temptations From Here to Eternity Spider-Man Clueless
