Give Hollywood enough time and they’ll ruin everything. The Buzz Lightyear character came to be a household name thanks to four installments of Toy Story. The delusional doll that thought he was the character upon which he is based now has an origin story that, according to the trailer, looks …
An unknown enemy menaces Gandahar. You must discover who the enemy is..., etc., etc. An animated fantasy for adults (bare breasts, etc.), drawn in a Saturday-morning-television style that only small children won't mind. Written by Isaac Asimov; directed by René Laloux.
It’s Celebrity Apprentice meets Abbott and Costello when an orange-haired billionairess (Salma Hayek) bankrolls a pair of makeup artists (Rose Byrne and Tiffany Haddish), only to landmine their thruway to success with seemingly insurmountable tasks in the hope of gaining control of their company. It’s hard to believe that a …
We're holding out hope that Miguel Arteta will bring something new to what the trailer promises to be another formulaic chick flick.
From Pro-Family Films comes a drama about the art of parenting.
Luc Beraud's directorial debut is a comedy about writer's block, and the first half-hour or so establishes it as one of the best movies ever made on the process of writing, a subject which, on past evidence (Dr. Zhivago etc.), has often been suspected of being unfilmable. Very articulate and …
A loosely tossed romance, with hand-held camera work almost trying to hold our hands. Felicity Jones is the young Brit student in L.A., Anton Yelchin the aspiring furniture maker wowed by her. Their love hits a snag with her visa problems and other issues, but director Drake Doremus keeps it …
It’s Thelma and Louise make a Great Escape over the Cuckoo’s Nest as a pair of mismatched mental patients (Valeria Bruno Tedeschi’s aristocratic windbag and Micaela Ramazzotti’s maybe-Mom-murderer) exchange their lives inside a Tuscan nuthouse for a flighty soap opera on wheels. (With panoramas as breathtaking as these, it’s a …
Through the agency of a "brain-transfer serum" from some Southwest Indians, an L.A. surgeon and his high-school son exchange personalities, and have the opportunity literally to walk in one another's shoes — and socks and skin and so on. It is difficult sometimes to keep the situation straight. Dudley Moore, …
Children switched at birth is both a parent's worst nightmare and the basis of untold movie-of-the-week melodramas. Happily, this nurturing, resoundingly contemplative family drama comes dealt with an open hand by master filmmaker Hirokazu Koreeda (After Life, Still Walking). Driven businessman Ryota Nonomiya (Masaharu Fukuyama) doesn’t have time for impromptu …