Roots (Lionsgate Home Video-2016) In 1976, the original Roots miniseries was a defining cultural event. It was not the first of the miniseries – or “novels for television,” as they dubbed the form at the time. A 1974 version of Leon Uris’ QB VII was the first miniseries to be filmed by the American networks. … Continue reading
STYX – LIVE AT THE ORLEANS ARENA LAS VEGAS (2016) Featuring Tommy Shaw, James “JT” Young, Lawrence Gowan, Todd Sucherman, Ricky Phillips and Chuck Panozzo. Directed by Larry Jordan. Distributed by Eagle Rock Entertainment. 132 minutes. Not Rated. It’s all too easy to forget, thirty-some years after Styx first officially broke up at the height … Continue reading
THE JUNGLE BOOK (2016) Starring Neel Sethi and the voices of Bill Murray, Ben Kingsley, Idris Elba, Lupita Nyong’o, Scarlett Johansson, Giancarlo Esposito, Christopher Walken, Garry Shandling, Brighton Rose, Emjay Anthony, Max Favreau, Chloe Hechter, Asher Blinkoff, Knox Gagnon, Sara Arrington, Russell Peters, Sam Raimi, Madeline Favreau and Jon Favreau. Screenplay by Justin Marks. Directed … Continue reading
MY KING (MON ROI) (2016) Starring Emmanuelle Bercot, Vincent Cassel, Louis Garrel, Isild Le Besco, Chrystele Saint-Louis Augustin, Patrick Raynal, Paul Hamy, Yann Goven, Djemel Barek, Marie Guillard, Slim El Hedli, Nabil Kechouhen, Norman Thavaud, Amanda Added and Abdelghani Addala. Screenplay by Maïwenn and Etienne Comar. Directed by Maïwenn. Distributed by Film Movement. 124 minutes. … Continue reading
CELL (2016) Starring John Cusack, Samuel L. Jackson, Isabelle Fuhrman, Stacy Keach, Clark Sarullo, Owen Teague, Ethan Andrew Casto, Anthony Reynolds, Erin Elizabeth Burns, Joshua Mikel, Jeffrey Hallman, Mark Ashworth, Wilbur Fitzgerald, Catherine Dyer, E. Roger Mitchell and Alex ter Avest. Screenplay by Stephen King and Adam Alleca. Directed by Tod Williams. Distributed by Saban … Continue reading
FLORENCE FOSTER JENKINS (2016) Starring Meryl Streep, Hugh Grant, Simon Helberg, Rebecca Ferguson, Nina Arianda, Stanley Townsend, Allan Corduner, Christian McKay, David Haig, John Sessions, Brid Brennan and John Kavanagh. Screenplay by Nicholas Martin. Directed by Stephen Frears. Distributed by Paramount Pictures. 110 minutes. Rated PG-13. Talent is such a fickle thing. Knowledge, or interest, … Continue reading
THE BRONZE (2016) Starring Melissa Rauch, Gary Cole, Thomas Middleditch, Sebastian Stan, Cecily Strong, Haley Lu Richardson, Ellery Sprayberry, Christine E. Abraham, Brian Binder, Barak Hardley, Dale Raoul, Dominique Moceanu, Dominique Dawes and Olga Korbut. Screenplay by Melissa Rauch and Winston Rauch. Directed by Bryan Buckley. Distributed by Sony Pictures Classics. 107 minutes. Rated R. Actress … Continue reading
SING STREET (2015) Starring Ferdia Walsh-Peelo, Lucy Boynton, Jack Reynor, Aidan Gillen, Maria Doyle Kennedy, Mark McKenna, Kelly Thornton, Ian Kenny, Ben Carolan, Percy Chamburuka, Karl Rice, Conor Hamilton, Don Wycherley and Lydia McGuinness. Screenplay by John Carney. Directed by John Carney. Distributed by The Weinstein Company. 105 minutes. Rated PG-13. Irish former musician turned … Continue reading
MIKE AND DAVE NEED WEDDING DATES (2016) Starring Zac Efron, Adam DeVine, Anna Kendrick, Aubrey Plaza, Stephen Root, Sugar Lyn Beard, Sam Richardson, Stephanie Faracy, Marc Maron, Stephen Root, Alice Wetterlund, Kumail Nanjiani, Mary Holland, Branscombe Richmond, Sally Jackson, Don Dailey, Wendy Williams, Andrea Russett and Jake Johnson. Screenplay by Andrew J. Cohen and Brendon … Continue reading
The Magicians Season One (Universal Home Video) The Magicians is sort of like what Hogwarts Academy from the Harry Potter books would be like if it were visualized by MTV – lots of gorgeous college-aged students misbehaving and experimenting with spells, sex and bacchanalia. This new series, which debuted on SyFy Channel last December, is … Continue reading
