Runtime: 2 hours, 19 minutes Rating: R Director: Francis Lawrence Quick Impressions: This movie should be called Hallways of Russia. In the first thirty minutes, Red Sparrow shows us so many pointed shots of characters moving through horizontal passageways that I started asking myself, “Is this symbolism? Are these passages …
Runtime: 2 hours, 14 minutes Rating: PG-13 Director: Ryan Coogler Quick Impressions: Until the end credits rolled, I somehow had no idea that Ryan Coogler directed Black Panther. Surely I knew that fact at some point during the production history, and my frantic efforts to finish my Oscar write up …
Runtime: 1 hour, 55 minutes Rating: R Director: Alex Garland Quick Impressions: Normally when a movie opens in February, a little flow chart kicks into gear in my mind. I ask 1) Is this movie for children? 2) Is it starring Drew Barrymore? 3) Is it related to Valentine’s Day, …
Rating: PGRuntime: 1 hour, 29 minutes Director: Nick Park Quick Impressions:My entire family is dying to see Black Panther, but we’re waiting until our fifteen-year-old can join us next weekend. Meanwhile, we’re also huge fans of Aardman. The Curse of the Were-Rabbit remains the best surprise we ever received at …
Runtime: 2 hours, 20 minutes Rating: R Director: Aaron Sorkin Quick Impressions: So that’s what you’ve got to do to get a book deal these days! Survive a series of spinal surgeries, become an Olympic class skier, endure a freak injury as the world watches, steal control of a high-stakes, …
Rating: PG-13Runtime: 1 hour, 39 minutesDirector: Michael and Peter Spierig Quick Impressions:We considered seeing one of the nominees for Best Foreign Language Film this Thursday night, but my husband suggested, “Maybe we should start watching this year’s movies.” “I agree,” I chimed in enthusiastically. “I think we should see Helen …
Runtime: 2 hours, 5 minutesRating: PG-13Director: Joe Wright Quick Impressions:After the movie, I said to my husband, “I think Joe Wright made the right decision not to cast Keira Knightley as Winston Churchill.” That went over like a lead balloon, but it seemed so funny to me. I have a …
Runtime: 2 hours, 10 minutesRating: RDirector: Paul Thomas Anderson Quick Impressions:What unusually fantastic Oscar nominees we got this year! After taking a two year break from reviews when my son was born, I would have been glad to come back to anything. But anybody should be glad for a year …
Runtime: 1 hour, 56 minutesRating: PG-13Director: Steven Spielberg Quick Impressions:My newly-nine-year-old daughter loves to feel inspired by powerful women. When Hillary Clinton did not become the first female President of the United States, she was crushed. And the moment she saw the first theatrical trailer for The Post, she was …
Runtime: 2 hours, 12 minutes Rating: R Director: Ridley Scott Quick Impressions: What a story! Am I referring to the true story the film tells of the kidnapping of Paul Getty, the behind-the-scenes madness of replacing Kevin Spacey with Christopher Plummer at the eleventh hour, or the lengths we had …
