Posted on July 29, 2017 at 12:19 am
We mourn the passing of June Foray, just shy of her 100th birthday. You might not have heard of her, but I am certain you heard her voice, or, I should say, her voices. She was one of the most versatile actresses in Hollywood history. She provided the voice of Rocky the Flying Squirrel, Natasha …
Posted on July 28, 2017 at 7:06 pm
My friend and fellow critic Leslie Combemale hosted a panel of women directors at Comic-Con and I wrote about it for rogerebert.com.
Posted on July 28, 2017 at 6:58 pm
For Rogerebert.com, I spoke to author/illustrator Brian Selznick, who has written the screenplay for the film adaptation of his book, Wonderstruck. I was fascinated by his description of casting deaf actors as hearing characters in the silent portion of the movie. I realized that with a silent section in our movie it gave us the …
Posted on July 27, 2017 at 5:54 pm
C| Lowest Recommended Age: | Mature High Schooler |
| MPAA Rating: | Rated R for sequences of strong violence, language throughout, and some sexuality/nudity |
| Profanity: | Very strong and crude language |
| Nudity/ Sex: | Nudity, sexual references and explicit situations |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: | Alcohol, pills, and cigarettes |
| Violence/ Scariness: | Constant peril and violence with stabbing, strangling, guns, explosions, murder, torture, and very disturbing images, many characters injured and killed |
| Diversity Issues: | None |
| Date Released to Theaters: | July 28, 2017 |
Unlike its title character, “Atomic Blonde” keeps missing the mark. It tries for both the style of “John Wick” and the substance of the Bourne series, but each takes away from the other, with a story that is too familiar and too empty, punctuated by achingly obvious “Hey, remember the 80’s?” songs. Like “I Ran” …
Posted on July 26, 2017 at 9:53 pm
A new animated film tells the story of Christmas from a new perspective, featuring the voices of Oprah Winfrey, Tyler Perry, Tracey Morgan, Kristin Chenoweth, Christopher Plummer, Aidy Bryant, Zachary Levi, and Kris Kristofferson.
