Runtime: 1 hour, 39 minutesRating: PG-13Director: M. Night Shymalan Quick Impressions:An average fourteen-year-old boy walks around on Earth for a few days—not the most enticing premise. But how about this? Quentin Tarantino writes a leading role especially for Will Smith—in a movie that becomes an Oscar-winning box office hit—and …
Runtime: 1 hour, 43 minutes Rating: PG Director: Chris Wedge Quick Impressions: My stepson (who is ten) has been very excited to see this movie, so its marketing campaign obviously worked. We saw this on Friday at 5:45 in a packed house full of children. Based on the crowd noise …
Runtime: 2 hours, 12 minutesRating: PG-13Director: J.J. Abrams Quick Impressions: As a young child (before kindergarten), I had a very clear idea of who the world’s most attractive men were. The first, of course, was Sean Connery. The third was the guy who used to do those 7-Up commercials …
Runtime: 2 hours, 22 minutes Rating: PG-13 Director: Baz Luhrmann Quick Impressions: I don’t understand how anyone can be surprised or disappointed by this movie. Perhaps some people won’t like it, and perhaps they have very good reasons. But if you’ve read The Great Gatsby and seen any Baz Luhrmann …
Runtime: 2 hours, 20 minutes Rating: PG-13 Director: Shane Black Quick Impressions: I was favorably impressed by Iron Man 3. It exceeded my expectations. Of course, here I should probably admit that going in, my expectations were pretty low. Don’t get me wrong. As far as I’m concerned, Iron Man …
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 …
