Posted on November 14, 2014 at 1:41 pm
Here is a behind-the-scenes look at the making of “The Theory of Everything,” with comments from stars Eddie Redmayne and Felicity Jones, director James Marsh, and Stephen Hawking himself.
Posted on November 14, 2014 at 9:28 am
It was an honor to speak to one of my favorite filmmakers, Gina Prince-Bythewood, writer/director of one of this year’s best romantic dramas, “Beyond the Lights.” As I spoke to her, she had just received word that Gugu Mbatha-Raw, who stars as Noni in the film, had been nominated for a Gotham award. You must …
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Posted on November 13, 2014 at 5:55 pm
“Beyond the Lights” is a welcome return to the grand traditions of movie romance, with sizzling chemistry between gorgeous, fabulously charismatic stars Gugu Mbatha-Raw and Nate Parker. And it also has some very astute insights about family, ambition, and the pressure put on young women, especially those in the performing arts, to present themselves as …
Posted on November 13, 2014 at 5:52 pm
A poorly timed cameo appearance by Honey Boo-Boo’s sexual predator-consorting Mama June is dumb. Making a sequel 11 years after the original “Dumb and Dumber” and the best-forgotten prequel “Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd” is dumber. Too. Jeff Daniels and Jim Carrey do their best and clearly enjoy themselves, but 20 years after …
Posted on November 13, 2014 at 5:31 pm
A-| Lowest Recommended Age: | High School |
| MPAA Rating: | Rated PG-13 for some thematic elements and suggestive material |
| Profanity: | Some mild language |
| Nudity/ Sex: | Some sexual references |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: | Drinking, smoking |
| Violence/ Scariness: | Serious, debilitating illness, tense confrontations |
| Diversity Issues: | Disabled character |
| Date Released to Theaters: | November 14, 2014 |
| Date Released to DVD: | February 16, 2015 |
| Amazon.com ASIN: | B00QFSIIFK |
We have seen many film biographies of great individuals (mostly men). But we have seen almost no films, fact-based or fictional, about great marriages. And we have certainly never seen any films about great marriages that end up with the couple married to other people. But that is what this is. It is the story …
