Starring Michael Keaton, Mark Ruffalo, Rachel McAdams, Liev Schreiber, John Slattery, Brian d’Arcy James, Billy Crudup and Stanley Tucci, SPOTLIGHT TELLS THE RIVETING TRUE STORY BEHIND THE PULITZER PRIZE-WINNING BOSTON GLOBE INVESTIGATION that would rock the city and cause a crisis in one of the world’s oldest and most trusted institutions. When the newspaper’s tenacious […]
In this comedy adventure, Robert Redford & Nick Nolte star as old friends who make the improbable decision to hike the 2,200–mile Appalachian Trail. (BROADGREEN) Robert Redford won the Best Director Oscar for 1980 Best Picture winner “Ordinary People”. Nick Nolte has been nominated for three Academy Awards for his performances in “The Prince of […]
An intense thriller, NO ESCAPE centers on an American businessman & his family suddenly finding themselves in the middle of a violent political uprising. (THE WEINSTEIN CO.) Owen Wilson is best known for his roles in comedies like “Meet the Fockers” and “Wedding Crashers”, as well as the drama “Marley & Me” and as the […]
This year’s Best Animated Feature race is packed with excitement. For the first time in history, Pixar will be facing-off against itself. The lineup of contenders also includes sequels, a spin-off, and both TV and comic strip adaptations. And since, by the looks of it, there won’t be as many qualifying entries as in past […]
Last Saturday night, I had the chance to cover the World Premiere of the action comedy “Pixels” at the Regal E-Walk theater in New York City. A huge Pac-Man balloon was hung from the top of the theater, only strong ropes prevented it from eating-up all the power pellets (and people) below on a packed […]
Growing up can be a bumpy road, and it’s no exception for Riley, who is uprooted from her Midwest life when her father starts a new job in San Francisco. Like all of us, Riley is guided by her emotions – Joy, Fear, Anger, Disgust and Sadness. The emotions live in Headquarters, the control center […]
Critical darling “Boyhood” was released in the middle of a crowded Summer 2014, but the groundbreaking drama kept the attention of moviegoers and critics all the way to and through Awards Season, earning four Critics Choice Movie Awards, three Golden Globes and an Oscar for Patricia Arquette. So far this Summer there have been only […]
Amy Poehler’s performance as Joy in Disney/Pixar’s “Inside Out” is her 9th animated character role in the last nine years. In 2007’s “Shrek the Third”, her Snow White joined “SNL” pals Cheri Oteri (Sleeping Beauty) and Maya Rudolph (Rapunzel). 2008’s “Dr. Seuss’ Horton Hears a Who!” featured Poehler as The Mayor’s Wife, part of a […]
Disney/Pixar’s “Inside Out” is director Pete Docter’s follow-up to his Oscar-winning “Up”, which featured the most emotional opening scene in Pixar history. “Inside Out” is all about our emotions, and while I laughed at times, this film also desperately wants you to cry, but falls short in achieving that reaction. It’s good, but far from […]
Bound by a shared destiny, a bright, optimistic teen bursting with scientific curiosity and a former boy-genius inventor jaded by disillusionment embark on a danger-filled mission to unearth the secrets of an enigmatic place somewhere in time and space that exists in their collective memory as “Tomorrowland.” George Clooney has won two Academy Awards, one […]