Runtime: 2 hours, 10 minutes Rating: PG-13 Directors: Jeff Nichols Quick Impressions: Mud is my favorite film of 2013 so far, and it’s not even close. This week, so many movies that looked intriguing came to a theater near me, but I picked this one for two reasons: 1) Matthew …
Runtime: 2 hours, 20 minutesRating: RDirectors: Derek Cianfrance Quick Impressions:The Place Beyond the Pines made a strong impression on me and convinced me of one thing beyond all doubt. Somebody has got to tell J.J. Abrams that Dane DeHaan belongs in the next Star Wars movie. I remember joking in …
Runtime: 2 hours, 5 minutesRating: PG-13Director: Joseph Kosinski Quick Impressions:The inspired cinematography of recent Oscar winner Claudio Miranda (Life of Pi) is reason enough to see Oblivion in the theater. In fact, I’d recommend IMAX or (the way we saw it) Cinemark XD. Even though it’s only April, and the …
Runtime: 2 hours, 8 minutesRating: PG-13Director: Brian Helgeland Quick Impressions:If there’s one thing I love about baseball, it’s cotton candy. If there are two things… Hmm. But there aren’t two things. Baseball’s never been my game. I enjoy a day at the ballpark as much as anyone, but if I’m …
Runtime:1 hour, 30 minutes Rating: R Directors: Harmony Korine Quick Impressions: The only new movie out this week near me is the Evil Dead remake, but (as I explained in a previous review) I only do beautiful horror, not ugly horror. Trying to settle on something else, my husband and …
Runtime: 1 hour, 39 minutes (supposedly) Rating: PG-13 Director: Jon M. Chu Quick Impressions: This movie is only one hour and thirty-nine minutes long? How is that possible? It feels like it lasts well over two hours! By the end, you can feel the audience half hoping that the Cobra …
Runtime: 1 hour, 40 minutes Rating: R Directors: Park Chan-wook Quick Impressions: I would have called this movie Beautiful People Are Creepy, Huh? I’ll guarantee you that no one would watch the first half hour if the Stoker family weren’t blessed with beautiful faces and a gorgeous home. When nothing …
Runtime: 1 hour, 31minutes Rating: PG Directors: Kirk De Micco, Chris Sanders Quick Impressions: I spent the last forty-five minutes of this movie with tears streaming down my cheeks, thinking, “My poor Dad! I’ve got to remember to tell him how much I love him!” Then as the credits rolled, …
Runtime: 1 hour, 36 minutes Rating: R Directors: Brad Anderson Quick Impressions: If you were idly flipping through cable channels and happened to catch The Call already in progress, you would never be able to stop watching it. Sure, maybe at some point early on, you’d intend to change the …
Runtime: 2 hours, 10 minutes Rating: PG Directors: Sam Raimi Quick Impressions: The first forty minutes or so of this movie really failed to impress me. Quite honestly, I watched and thought in surprise, “Wow! Jack the Giant Slayer was actually a lot better.” James Franco definitely did not seem …
