Peter Hedges’ (“Pieces of April”) new film has a genius teaser trailer showing Julia Roberts emotionally embracing her son played by Lucas Hedges. The rest of the film and its many surprise narrative turns you will have to see for yourself. There were a string of films that debuted about families dealing with addiction. “Ben […]
This production of the well-known story pleased the audience I was with, and there were lots of audible reactions from the kids, with applause at the end. I think it might be a hit at Christmas-time. The colorful animations, sets, and CGI effects; the Christmas messages that put presents and material things into perspective; and liberal doses
The Nutcracker and the Four Realms is just as enchanting as it should be, and involves a twist. In this case, the traditional hero’s journey is undertaken by a girl named Clara, the girl in Tchaikovsky’s popular “Nutcracker” ballet. The script is based on E. T. A. Hoffman’s 1816 story (“The Nutcracker and the Mouse King”), in which
Both James Franco (Spring Breakers) and Bryan Cranston (The Infiltrator) watched their recent film projects tank financially and critically. They combine their misfortune for a raunchy summer comedy, tweaked to grab that holiday traffic. While prestigious awards films are platforming in cinemas, Why Him offers toilet humor for audiences seeking antidotal laughs or a modern
Christmas movies are as formulaic as horror films or romantic comedies, in many ways they are worse.
If you enjoy the type of films that director Tim McCanlies likes to make then When Angels Sing should appeal in that same predictable, feel good way. With Texas based actors and singers all in Austin for this holiday film, When Angels Sing seems to understand the lack of family films in the mainstream. Christmas