Not exact matches
This
film gets talked
about a
lot, and I doubt any of what I've said are
new contributions, but trust this
film's reputation as great and go see it if you, for some reason, haven't already.
A
lot of moviegoers still believe that low quality CGI toon projects should get a pass because they're just «kid movies» but
films like Wreck - It - Ralph remind us that superior animated pictures are more than just cheep gags and one - note cliches — considering the
film puts a
new spin on tried - and - true stories
about friendship and heroism.
OPENING THIS WEEK Kam's Kapsules: Weekly Previews That Make Choosing a Film Fun by Kam Williams For movies opening November 23, 2007 BIG BUDGET
FILMS August Rush (PG for slight violence, mild profanity and mature themes) Freddie Highmore stars as the title character in this escapist fantasy
about a promising musical prodigy who runs away from an orphanage to
New York City to find his parents (Keri Russell and Jonathan Rhys Myers) only to end up living with a Fagin - like wizard (Robin Williams) and
lots of other kids in a makeshift shelter in an abandoned theater which was once the Fillmore East.
I give the team behind the
new sports movie, «When the Game Stands Tall» a
lot of credit for pulling - off something nearly impossible: they've made a
film about the most successful high school football team of all - time that's
about as exciting as a 0 - 0 tie in an NFL exhibition game.
Movies based on true stories are already hard enough to critique on a plot or character level, but when you're dealing with such a harrowing, difficult story as the one
about what happened on
New Year's Day of 2009 in a BART Station by Oakland, California, there are a
lot of things that need to be acknowledged, regardless of your overall feelings for the
film as a whole.
Stateside, we will wait to hear word
about our own release date, but until then we'll have to enjoy this
new batch of images from the
film (courtesy of The Playlist and Purple Snow), featuring anyone and everyone you can think of from the apocalyptic thriller — Octavia Spencer, Ah - Sung Ko, Chris Evans, Allison Pill and a truly bizarre Tilda Swinton, which is a
lot for her.
The announcements
about the
new reboot of Marvel's Fantastic Four as a feature
film from director Josh Trank (Chronicle) have resulted in, well, a
lot of complaining on the Internet.
The
film also weaves in
lots of scenes that are meant to make us think that Barnum was the first 21st century - style «woke» white straight man in America — a goodhearted fellow who gave circus jobs to outcasts of one kind or another (talk
about a big tent: the repertory company includes African - Americans, little people, giants, conjoined twins and a bearded lady), not just because they happened to possess certain talents or physical characteristics that Barnum could exploit (often by appealing to the majority's prurient interests or bigotries) but because the onetime poor boy Barnum sees himself in their striving, and wants to build a theatrical - carnival arts utopia in America's largest city with help from his
new partner, rich kid turned playwright Philip Carlyle (Zac Efron).
We will likely get a
lot more information in the coming weeks
about the
new film.
New information
about the Marvel Studios» next two Avengers
films has been revealed this week, but a picture is worth a thousand words - and the ones released alongside Vanity Fair's article may have a
lot to say
about what's coming in the currently in - production sequels.
Clocking in at just less than two minutes, the trailer gives us a
lot more context as to what the
film will be all
about and how this secluded and secret South African nation is at the precipice of a
new era while battling outside forces that threaten their peace.
«People interested in The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Vogue will find this
film fascinating in the same way that people who care
about The
New York Times got a
lot out of Page One,» said Cowal.
A
lot about Blade Runner 2049 is being kept cloudy for now — we know only a few things
about the plot, and that's a good thing — so it seems appropriate that the
new character posters for the
film, featuring Ryan Gosling and Harrison Ford, are suitably murky.
Tim Burton has been talking a
lot about Beetlejuice 2 lately, stating that it's «probably closer than ever» and confirming Winona Ryder will return to the cast alongside Michael Keaton, and now the director has shared a few more words during a promotional interview for his
new film Big Eyes, revealing that he «wouldn't call -LSB-...]
The actors also talk
about memorable moments from
filming the
new Starz comedy series and a
lot more.
With
filming taking place last year Montreal,
New Orleans, Mexico and San Francisco, and with stills and a teaser poster for the already surfacing earlier this year, there has been a
lot of guesswork
about when we might see Walter Salles «highly anticipated adaptation of Jack Kerouac «s «On The Road.»
Del Toro is good with the little he has to work with on the page as Che, and the rest of the casts (including such too - generally - underseen faces as Julia Ormond, Catalina Sandino Moreno, Franka Potente, and Joaquim de Almeida) do well in limited time (though Matt Damon's cameo in the second
film is distracting to say the least), and the HD - shot images look great, but by the end of the 4.5 hours I can't exactly say that I really learned much
new about nor gained a whole
lot of insight into Che.
It has
lots of
new films, including one
about the impact of Fairtrade cotton in Mali that fits well with the learning objectives of Cotton Trading.
«
About his work...» Dorothy says in the
new film, «it's so much related to early abstract expressionism, that a
lot of other people thought it was maybe old - fashioned.
Carol Vogel has a tantalizing but fragmented report in the
New York Times
about a sale at Christie's that comes by way of Ydessa Hendeles, a Toronto dealer who assembled a substantial group of Cindy Sherman's
film stills that will now be auctioned at Christie's as a single
lot.
There will be some good global warming novels soon, in fact, I am sure some young writers are penning The Great American Global Warming Novel right now, maybe with a contract in hand, maybe at night on the side, with no agent or publisher in sight, but there will
lots of
new «entertainments» in the form of novels and
films about global warming over the next 50 years.