FAMILY
RYAN: I’m happy to welcome my nephew Noah to join me in this review. NOAH: I love SpongeBob SquarePants. I feel like I’ve seen every episode and watched it my whole life. I was really excited to see this movie with you. The TV show is funny and I like that it has no point ..
DRAMA
RYAN: Is this the dream team or what? I was psyched to see these two costar in a movie, and that’s even before learning they’re friends in real life. They met at school at Juilliard and have been close every since. Jessica hit before Oscar did and she rallied to get him in this movie ..
ACTION
RYAN: Although it’s opening in January, I had high hopes for this movie; love the cast and was all kinds of ready to be disappointed, but happily, I’m not – this movie is super! It’s a delightfully fresh, funny film I could easily see myself watching again and again. I’m even hoping for a sequel, ..
BIOPIC
RYAN: 2014 was really the year of the biopic! Four of the five motion pictures and actors nominated in the Best Drama categories at the Golden Globes are all based on real people. It’s a tight race to be sure and Selma is a serious contender in both categories. CAROLINE: There has been great buzz for this, ..
BIOPIC
RYAN: Big Eyes – It’s Tim Burton and Amy Adams. That’s kind of all you need to know. CAROLINE: (laughs) And two-time Oscar winner Christoph Waltz… you may have heard of him. RYAN: Ha. Yes. It’s a dream team, isn’t it? I liked this movie. It’s really a different vibe for Burton. It’s not a ..
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 ..
MUSICAL
RYAN: I’m excited to be reviewing this movie with Chuck because we watched the recorded version of the original Broadway cast together back in… CHUCK: I remember sitting on your couch, watching it on PBS back in 1989. We were in high school. RYAN: I remember. It’s always been my favorite musical until 2003 when ..
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 ..
SCI FI / FANTASY
RYAN: I’m so glad to have Brad joining me to complete our reviews of the Hobbit trilogy. We reviewed the first two together and he’s my Tolkien guru, so it has truly been helpful having him with me over the years of this franchise. Peter Jackson shot all three together and I think the second is ..
MUSICAL
RYAN: I fully expected to be completely trashing this movie because all the clips that were pre-released online looked blasphemous to a fan of the original Annie! The music is synthesized, lyrics altered, voices autotuned and choreography weak. I was all set to hate this movie. CAROLINE: And… RYAN: I loved it! Seriously, from the very ..
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? ..
