Win passes to the advance screening of THE GOLDFINCH Tuesday, Spet 10th Harkins Camelview 7 PM Enter here Theodore “Theo” Decker (Ansel Elgort) was 13 years old when his mother was killed in a bombing at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The tragedy changes the course of his life, sending him on a stirring odyssey [...]
"Aquaman" has always been one of the silliest heroes in the DC Universe. He's a particularly difficult character for the DCEU to tackle considering their dark, dreary and emo approach to superheroes. They even managed to make Superman depressing! "Justice League" was their first attempt to inject a little frivolity, which might have worked if it [...]
Claim your advance screening passes to THE BEGUILED Phoenix Tuesday, June 27th Century Suncoast 7 PM http://focusfeaturesscreenings.com/TheBeguiledCFLV The Beguiled is an atmospheric thriller from acclaimed writer/director Sofia Coppola. The story unfolds during the Civil War, at a Southern girls' boarding school. Its sheltered young women take in an injured enemy soldier. As they provide refuge [...]
Claim your advance screening passes to THE BEGUILED Phoenix Tuesday, June 27th Harkins Scottsdale 101 7 PM http://focusfeaturesscreenings.com/TheBeguiledCFPHX The Beguiled is an atmospheric thriller from acclaimed writer/director Sofia Coppola. The story unfolds during the Civil War, at a Southern girls' boarding school. Its sheltered young women take in an injured enemy soldier. As they provide refuge [...]
Two idioms repeatedly pop into mind when watching Sofia Coppola’s 2017 remake of “The Beguiled.” “A fox in the henhouse” and “Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned” neatly encapsulate the atmosphere within this tense drama set near the end of the Civil War. Colin Farrell plays John McBurney, an injured Yankee soldier [...]
“Queen of the Desert” – “I doubt there is anyone in the world as happy as I am now.” – Gertrude Bell (Nicole Kidman) Gertrude Bell was a pioneer, an explorer during the turn of the 20th Century, a time when women were generally not pioneers or explorers. Gertrude’s circumstance is even more unique, because [...]
“Lion” - In 2016, I imagine that a vast majority of kindergartners probably do not have mountains of responsibility or stress. I am not familiar with the average kindergarten curriculum these days, but when I went to school – about 150 years ago - I remember memorizing my phone number, learning to tie my shoes [...]
“Genius” (2016) – “Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration.” – Thomas A. Edison In 1929, genius enters New York City’s Charles Scribner’s Sons publishing house in the form of a novel. This book – which actually is a monstrous stack of unbound pages – sits upon Max Perkins’ (Colin Firth) desk, and [...]
"The Family Fang" based on the best selling novel by the same name, stars Nicole Kidman, Jason Bateman, Christopher Walken, and Maryann Plunkett. Synopsis: “Adult siblings Baxter and Annie, scarred from an unconventional upbringing, return to their family home after an unlikely accident. When their parents; performance artists famous for elaborate public hoaxes, suddenly go [...]
