With a title like "The Rhythm Section," one might expect a movie revolving around a band or orchestra. Instead, this is an espionage revenge story, without a single musical instrument in sight. Based on the novel of the same name, the title references a metaphor used to calm anxiety. "Think of your heart as a [...]
Premiering at Cannes last May and France’s Official Best International Feature Film, Ladj Ly’s “Les Misérables” is a grand look at the intersection between the police and the slums of urban Paris in modern times. Damien Bonnard plays Stéphane, a member of the anti-crime brigade. Stéphane is presented as someone with conviction and morals. Conviction [...]
Enter to win a pair of passes to the advance screening of BIRDS OF PREY Wednesday, February 5 Regal Red Rock IMAX 7 PM CLICK HERE TO ENTER (Winners will be selected and notified on: Monday, February 3rd at 12pm MST via e-mail) BIRDS OF PREY (AND THE FANTABULOUS EMANCIPATION OF ONE HARLEY QUINN) is a twisted [...]
Enter to win a pair of passes to the advance screening of BIRDS OF PREY Wednesday, February 5 Harkins AZ Mills IMAX 7 PM CLICK HERE TO ENTER (Winners will be selected and notified on: Monday, February 3rd at 12pm MST via e-mail) BIRDS OF PREY (AND THE FANTABULOUS EMANCIPATION OF ONE HARLEY QUINN) is a twisted [...]
Greetings, fellow film fans! This week I was able to the composer Jacob Shea, whose credits include many of the BBC documentary nature series like Blue Planet II, Planet Earth II, and their most recent Seven Worlds, One Planet. We talked about how he got started, his process, and his collaboration with the infamous Hans Zimmer. If you haven't listened [...]
"Bad Boys for Life" is a great example of "be careful what you wish for." Sure, the first two films were fun and featured some of Michale Bay's better action sequences. But do we really need a third movie where the "boys" are now aging men? It doesn't help that Bay had nothing to do [...]
John Cho and Issa Rae announced the 2020 Oscar nominations for the 92nd Academy Awards this morning. Among the Oscar nominees 2020, JOKER received the most nominations with 11, including nominations in the categories of Best Picture, Actor in a Leading Role, and Directing. Other nominees with multiple nominations include THE IRISHMAN, 1917 and ONCE [...]
Now that it's officially 2020, the Holidays have subsided for a while, and schedules are getting back to normal, let's talk about the "best" films of 2019! As always, our critiques and opinions are generally subjective, but even more so when compiling any best/worst list. What makes a movie better than all the [...]
