Britt Robertson and Asa Butterfield star in an interplanetary adventure tale of the first human born on Mars.
Never mind “Amazing” or “Spectacular” as a descriptor; how about “Improbable”? As in, what are the odds that a film with six credited screenwriters and a director (Jon Watts) with more Onion content than anything else in his resume could recapture the youthful thrill of superhero movies in general and …
This plays as part of the 2017 San Diego International Film Festival. According to the program notes, "Walter Munk's brilliant "failures" have done more for the planet than most men's successes. His pursuit of daring exploration has changed the way we understand our Blue Planet and literally helped save western …
or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love My Dissociative Identity Disorder. Writer-director M. Night Shyamalan reminds everyone why folks used to associate him with Alfred Hitchcock, swiping a mental condition from Psycho, a sympathetic shrink from Spellbound, and a bold theorist from Rope. (Oh, and there’s some good …
Writer-director Ruben Östlund takes aim at the whited sepulcher of Western Civ and liberal democracy with the story of a Stockholm museum curator and his new exhibit: a lighted square that serves as “a sanctuary of trust and caring. Within its boundaries, we all share equal rights and obligations.” Outside …
In the very least one hopes Paul Verhoeven is getting a cut of this.
Many things move quickly in writer-director Rian Johnson’s entry into the famous story from a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away: ships zipping through hyperspace, wild horselike critters rampaging through a casino, the droid BB-8 rolling to seemingly anywhere he wants to go. But the film itself …
A good cause done bad in this “shoot now, figure it out later” documentary. First-time director Amanda Lipitz follows three members of a step team from an all-girl school. Must everything end in a competition? It’s art, not sports! Can’t children be taught to pursue their dreams without having some …
Greg Laurie's warts and all portrait of the iconic American movie star.
At 79 minutes, this should fit comfortably in a 90 minute commercial TV slot. How it found a theatrical release is anybody's guess.
This plays as part of the 2017 San Diego International Film Festival. The program notes describe it thusly: "Storm is son of printer Klaas Voeten, who secretly busies himself with the printing of banned texts by Martin Luther. Storm’s secure life is completely ripped away when Klaas is arrested, and …