Posted on June 24, 2016 at 4:25 pm
I live and have worked in Washington DC, and more often than not we find our city badly misrepresented in movies. But this one is different because “The Congressman” was written and directed by someone who knows Washington and politics from the inside,former Long Island Congressman Robert J. Mrazek. It stars Treat Williams, George Hamilton, …
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Posted on June 24, 2016 at 12:33 pm
Twenty years ago, Jeff Goldblum and Will Smith flew into an alien mothership and uploaded a computer virus in a movie that is still one of the definitive summer blockbusters, Independence Day. Two decades later, moviemaking technology has made a lot of progress, and it has some striking visuals, but it is missing a lot …
Posted on June 24, 2016 at 11:11 am
Bryan Cranston plays federal agent Bob Mazur in this fact-based story. He goes deep undercover in 1986 to infiltrate Pablo Escobar’s drug trafficking operation. John Leguizamo plays his impulsive colleague and Diane Kruger plays a rookie agent posing as his fiancée. The movie will be in theaters next month.
Posted on June 23, 2016 at 5:40 pm
B+| Lowest Recommended Age: | High School |
| MPAA Rating: | Rated R for brutal battle scenes and disturbing graphic images |
| Profanity: | Some strong and racist language |
| Nudity/ Sex: | References to rape |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: | Alcohol |
| Violence/ Scariness: | Intense and graphic violence including battle scenes, hanging of adults and children, brutal abuse, rape, and lynching |
| Diversity Issues: | A theme of the movie |
| Date Released to Theaters: | June 24, 2016 |
The timing is not great. “Free State of Jones” is a Civil War drama based on the true story of a community of Confederate deserters and runaway enslaved people who banded together to fight for their own vision of freedom. It was filmed once before as “Tap Roots,” with Van Heflin, Susan Hayward, and Boris …
Posted on June 23, 2016 at 5:38 pm
For writer/director Noah Buschel, “The Phenom” is clearly a labor of love. For the audience, it is a small gem filled with unexpected insight and performances of exceptional precision and intelligence. We may think we know what to expect from a film about a gifted athlete who explores the impact of his abusive father with …
