Posted on October 13, 2018 at 7:46 pm
Illustrator/graphic designer Peter Stults reimagines not just movie posters but the movies themselves, recasting them and creating new posters with meticulous attention to every detail of style and design. “The Shape of Water” is imagined with Donna Reed, Ray Milland, and Ethel Waters. Mmm, three of my favorites. I’d love to see that. His posters …
Posted on October 13, 2018 at 7:00 pm
Director Damien Chazelle cares deeply about music. His film “Whiplash” is about a drummer and “La La Land” is a musical. He worked with composer Justin Hurwitz, who won two Oscars for “La La Land” on all three. In this video, Hurwitz talks about working with Chazelle again on “First Man,” which involved a lot …
Posted on October 12, 2018 at 1:00 pm
B| Lowest Recommended Age: | 4th - 6th Grade |
| MPAA Rating: | Rated PG for scary creature action and images, some thematic elements, rude humor and language |
| Profanity: | Some schoolyard language |
| Nudity/ Sex: | Some potty humor |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: | None |
| Violence/ Scariness: | Extended action-style fantasy/mild horror peril and violence, creepy creatures. boo-scares |
| Diversity Issues: | None |
| Date Released to Theaters: | October 12, 2018 |
| Date Released to DVD: | January 14, 2019 |
My review of Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween is on rogerebert.com. The first “Goosebumps” movie was a lot of fun, with Jack Black playing real-life author R.L. Stine, whose hundreds of spooky-fun books for tweens have sold hundred of millions of copies. This sequel, with only a brief appearance by Black, is blander, with lower-wattage talent …
Posted on October 11, 2018 at 5:54 pm
B +| Lowest Recommended Age: | Middle School |
| MPAA Rating: | Rated PG-13 for some thematic content involving peril, and brief strong language |
| Profanity: | Brief strong language |
| Nudity/ Sex: | None |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: | Alcohol and smoking |
| Violence/ Scariness: | Intense peril, characters injured and killed, sad death of a child |
| Diversity Issues: | None |
| Date Released to Theaters: | October 12, 2018 |
| Date Released to DVD: | January 21, 2019 |
On September 12, 1962, nine months after his inauguration, President John F. Kennedy issued a daunting challenge to America, already behind the Soviet Union in the space race. He promised to send a man to the moon before the end of the decade so that the first trip to space would not be “governed by …
Posted on October 11, 2018 at 8:00 am
Many thanks to William Topaz and inmyarea.com for inviting me to create a list of killer robots in the movies. Of course it has classics like “Terminator” and “Metropolis,” and some off-beat choices like the Fembots in “Austin Powers,” but I’m pretty sure I’m the only one to include “What a Way to Go!” with …
