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Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close / ** (PG-13)Posted Monday, February 6, at 7:03 PM Warner Bros. Pictures presents a film directed by Stephen Daldry. Written by Eric Roth. Based on the book by Jonathan Safran Foer. Running time: 129 min. Rated PG-13 (for emotional thematic material, some disturbing images, and language). I remember exactly where I was when I first learned of the attacks on the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001. ...
20th Century Fox presents a film directed by Anthony Hemingway. Written by John Ridley and Aaron McGruder. Running time: 125 min. Rated PG-13 (for some sequences of war violence). "Red Tails" is at best an unusual World War II movie that tells the story of the all-black air squadron sometimes known as the Tuskegee Airmen. ...
Oscar Nomination Toss Up The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced their annual awards nominations Tuesday, January 24, 2012 in a live ceremony at 7:30 a.m. CST. I don't always write about my thoughts on the Oscar nominations or offer up predictions. I do this year because it's an especially exciting year for the Oscars. That's because other than just a couple of the big categories, this year is a difficult year to predict due to the overwhelming excellence to be found amongst the contenders...
It was an oddball year at the movie theater in 2011. Studios reported their worst profits since 1995. Big franchises ruled. The year marked some of the biggest flops in history. The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences continued its failing (and flailing) campaign to make their Oscar ceremony more accessible to mainstream audiences, yet it was another year when independent filmmaking dominated the quality output for the year...
War Horse opens at Marshall Cinema The previously reviewed movie "War Horse" opens Friday, Jan. 13 at Marshall Cinema. The latest live action epic from acclaimed director Steven Spielberg gives audiences a look the many faces of World War I through the travels of a horse enlisted by the British cavalry. The movie features some harrowing battle scenes set in the front line trenches in France. The movie is rated PG-13. Read my review here...
Two Opposites Open at the Marshall Cinema Today Two movies are opening at the Marshall Cinema today, and they couldn't be more different from each other. They're both very good, however. First, Cameron Crowe, the writer/director of "Jerry Maguire", returns to the silver screen with his first movie in six years. "We Bought a Zoo" is a surprising true story about a widower who drops everything and moves to a new home with his two children. There's just one thing a little strange about their new home. It's a zoo...
DreamWorks SKG and Touchstone Pictures present a film directed by Steven Spielberg. Written by Lee Hall and Richard Curtis. Based on the novel by Michael Morpurgo and the stage play by Nick Stafford. Running time: 146 min. Rated PG-13 (for intense sequences of war violence)...
Paramount Picutres and Columbia Pictures present a film directed by Steven Spielberg. Written by Steven Moffat and Edgar Wright & Joe Cornish. Based on the comic book series by Hergé. Running time: 107 min. Rated PG (for adventure action violence, some drunkenness and brief smoking)...
Paramount Pictures presents a film directed by Brad Bird. Written by Josh Applebaum & André Nemec. Based on the television series created by Bruce Geller. Running time: 133 min. Rated PG-13 (for sequences of intense action and violence). For the last thirty years, the Hollywood machine has worked on perfecting one genre of film in particular--the action flick. ...
Columbia Pictures and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures present a film directed by David Fincher. Written by Steven Zaillian. Based on the novel by Stieg Larsson. Running time: 158 min. Rated R (for brutal violent content including rape and torture, strong sexuality, graphic nudity, and language)...
Warner Bros. Pictures presents a film directed by Guy Ritchie. Written by Michele Mulroney & Kieran Mulroney. Based on the characters created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Running time: 129 min. Rated PG-13 (for intense sequences of violence and action, and some drug material)...
Paramount Pictures and GK Films present a film directed by Martin Scorsese. Written by John Logan. Based on the book "The Invention of Hugo Cabret" by Brian Selznick. Running time: 126 min. Rated PG (for mild thematic material, some action/peril and smoking)...
20th Century Fox presents a film directed by Cameron Crowe. Written by Aline Brosh McKenna and Cameron Crowe. Based on the book by Benjamin Mee. Running time: 124 min. Rated PG (for language and some thematic elements). Fatherhood has been the most demanding and frustrating thing I've ever done in my life. ...
Walt Disney Pictures presents a film directed by James Bobin. Written by Jason Segel and Nicholas Stoller. Based on the characters created by Jim Henson. Running time: 98 min. Rated PG (for some mild rude humor). I believe "The Muppet Show" was the first television show that I followed with fervor. ...
A few weeks ago the Marshall Cinema celebrated its one-year anniversary under new independent management. The Thompson family has done an incredible job with the small old-fashioned three-screen cinema. The recent transfer to all digital projection has transformed the old theater house into a modern cinematic wonder. As part of their first anniversary celebration they held a free screening of a cinema classic, "To Kill a Mockingbird"...
New Line Cinema presents a film directed by Todd Strauss-Schulson. Written by Jon Hurwitz & Hayden Schlossberg. Running time: 90 min. Rated R (for strong crude and sexual content, graphic nudity, pervasive language, drug use and some violence). As I walked into "A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas"--the only guilty pleasure movie for which I can remember feeling such high (wink, wink) anticipation--the guy handing out the 3D glasses says to me with obvious disdain, "Do you like Harold & Kumar?" I told him I enjoyed the previous two movies in the franchise. ...
DreamWorks Animation presents a film directed by Chris Miller. Written by Brian Lynch, David H. Steinberg, Tom Wheeler, and Jon Zack. Character created by Charles Perrault. Running time: 90 min. Rated PG (for some adventure action and mild rude humor)...
One of the year's best movies opens at Marshall Cinema tomorrow. I cannot recommend this movie enough. It's one of the best sports movies to come along in decades. It tells the story of the 2002 Oakland A's, a bottom of the heap Major League ball club that doesn't have the money to bolster their roster like the big hitters, New York or Boston. ...
Paramount Pictures presents a film directed by Henry Joost and Ariel Schulman. Written by Christopher B. Landon. Based on characters created by Oren Peli. Running time: 85 min. Rated R (for some violence, language, brief sexuality and drug use). Hollywood has proven throughout cinematic history that one of the best ways to make money from filmmaking is to take a successful formula and milk it until it's dry. ...
Universal Pictures presents a film directed by Mattijs van Heinjningen Jr. Written by Eric Heisserer. Based on the short story "Who Goes There?" by John W. Campbell Jr. Running time: 103 min. Rated R (for strong creature violence and gore, disturbing images, and language)...
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Andrew is a professionally trained actor and stage director. He was a reporter for the daily newspaper The Marshall Democrat News. He has been critiquing film since Mr. Lucas released the first of his "Star Wars" prequels in 1999. His reviews can also be seen at his blog site.
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