Runtime: 2 hours, 44 minutes Rating: R Director: Denis Villeneuve Quick Impressions: Although like most people, I consider the original Blade Runner a great film, I don’t have any deep, personal attachment to it. When I do call the 1982 Blade Runner to mind, I think immediately of the color …
Runtime: 2 hours, 21 minutes Rating: PG-13 Director: Patty Jenkins Quick Impressions: My first novel was about Wonder Woman. I wrote it when I was four-and-a-half in a spiral notebook with a Cabbage Patch Kid on the cover. It took up half a page, red ink, all caps. “OH HELLO. …
Runtime: 1 hours, 34 minutes Rating: PG Directors: Pete Docter, Ronaldo Del Carmen Quick Impressions: Pixar does excellent work, but perhaps because I’m now so pregnant I look like Violet Beauregarde (immediately pre-juicing) from Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, I haven’t been all that excited about Inside Out. I’ll be honest. …
Runtime: 2 hours, 4 minutes Rating: PG-13 Director: Colin Trevorrow Quick Impressions: Saturday afternoon, my six-year-old spent just about the entire movie slouched way down into her seat, staring in wide-eyed horror up at the screen, occasionally making low sounds of alarm and leaning into her parents’ reassuring embrace. (My …
Runtime: 2 hours, 10 minutes Rating: PG Director: Brad Bird Quick Impressions: Since we suffered no extreme calamities venturing out into the big, scary world to see The Avengers last weekend, my husband, daughter, and I decided to repeat the experiment and take in this week’s new release Tomorrowland. We had a few …
Runtime: 2 hours, 21 minutes Rating: PG-13 Director: Joss Whedon Quick Impressions: I’m almost 32 weeks pregnant now. The baby is measuring quite large, and I also have extra amniotic fluid for some reason. So these days when I look in the mirror, I see the CGI hulk where I …
Runtime: 1 hour, 35 minutes Rating: PG-13 Director: Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne Quick Impressions: I’m done! I’ve finally seen all the Oscar nominated performances and pictures! And now I’m free! Free! Hooray! After this, I may take a brief hiatus from this blog until my son is born. I still …
Marion Cotillard Age: 39 Film: Two Days, One Night Role: Sandra, a Belgian wife and mother of two who has recently recovered from an episode of clinical depression and plans to return to her job when she learns that her co-workers have voted to eliminate her position in exchange for a …
Runtime: 1 hour, 41 minutes Rating: PG-13 Directors: Richard Glatzer and Wash Westmoreland Quick Impressions: Hoping to cry for ninety minutes straight but not sure how to make that happen? Have I got the movie for you! Still Alice is definitely worth seeing for Oscar fans because it’s pretty clear at …
The Oscars are only a little over a week away, and finally I’ve had the opportunity to see all eight films nominated for Best Picture this year. (Can I find the time to see Marion Cotillard and Julianne Moore in the next week, so I can finish my Actress write-up …
