BIOPIC
RYAN: This is the kind of movie that makes me excited I get to vote for an awards show. It was snubbed at the Golden Globes but is nominated for Best Picture at the Critics’ Choice Movie Awards. I’m proud to be a member of the Broadcast Film Critics Association and this movie’s gonna get ..
BIOPIC
RYAN: Thuis movie features my favorite acting performance of the year – Benedict Cumberbatch as Alan Turning who history books omit but he is singlehandedly responsible for 1) creating the world’s first computer and 2) shortening the duration of World War II by at least two years, in effect saving millions of lives. CHUCK: You’re right his ..
DRAMA
RYAN: I don’t know if it counts as a remake or maybe a retelling of the story of Moses from the Bible. There’s Charlton Heston in the classic Ten Commandments and there’s the animated musical The Prince of Egypt. There have been others and now Ridley Scott puts on his Gladiator hat to give us ..
DRAMA
RYAN: It’s the most wonderful time of the year – for movies too! All the awards-buzzworthy movies are just flowing into theaters and this is one of the buzziest – directed by Jean-Marc Vallée, who directed Matt McConaughey to gold last year in Dallas Buyers Club. Could he have done it this year for Resse Witherspoon? ..
DRAMA
RYAN: I like to see anything Daniel Radcliffe does because you know I’m a ginormous Harry Potter fan and I thought this was intriguing since first hearing about it. CAROLINE: So how is it? RYAN: It’s good. It’s different and interesting. It covers some deep themes about good versus evil, God versus the Devil, that kind of ..
BIOPIC
RYAN: This new Stephen Hawking biopic is already an Oscar contender, garnering much buzz for leading man Eddie Redmayne, which I’m so glad about because I’ve always liked him and he is so deserving in this – but he is really equalled in performance here by his costar Felicity Jones as his wife; not hearing ..
DRAMA
RYAN: I had this movie all wrong. For some reason, I went in thinking this was gonna be a modern musical but it’s so not. There are not many performances. It’s really just a romantic drama. CAROLINE: Why did you think that? RYAN: It’s more that I just assumed it from the marketing. Maybe I ..
DRAMA
RYAN: I’m really perplexed by the movie poster for Laggies since it proclaims it a comedy; there were a couple funny moments but it’s barely a dramedy. It’s really mostly a drama. Keira Knightley stars as woman having an identify crisis at a time when all of her peers have life all figured out. I like that ..
DRAMA
RYAN: My expectations could not have been higher going into this movie because it’s Christopher Nolan, it has been shrouded in secrecy, the cast is amazing and it seemed to be cool. This movie is epic – but primarily in length. Walking out of the screening, however, the last thing I’m thinking is, “Wow you ..
DRAMA
RYAN: This is the new crime drama starring Jake Gyllenhaal and it has a nice dash of thriller in the mix. I was expecting it to be a little bit like Jake’s answer to Ryan Gosling in Drive, but it’s nothing like that movie. Maybe it’s just a bit similar in the tone of the movie poster. ..
DRAMA
RYAN: This first movie this year truly garnering Oscar buzz is Birdman, primarily for leading man Michael Keaton for this great performance but also because the casting is meta since he plays a character that very vaguely mirrors his life – a formerly hot actor who once played a cinematic superhero. Walking in with high expectations, ..
COMEDY
RYAN: This is the new dramedy starring Bill Murray, Melissa McCarthy and Naomi Watts and a young Jaeden Lieberher who is such a little scene stealer! I think he has a great career to look forward to. ERIK: I was worried because a lot of the film rests on his shoulders and it all ..
