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Summer Movie Preview 1: June Releases
by Sandra Olmsted Here’s a breakdown of what films to see now and what is on the horizon for June. Some great performances that scream Oscar balance out a few…
‘Book Club’: Exceptional Stars
by Sandra Olmsted In Book Club, co-writer and first-time director Bill Holderman and co-writer Erin Simms capitalize on the popularity of The Shades of Grey novels while exploring the lives…
‘Tully’: Funny, Esoteric, and Puzzling
by Sandra Olmsted In Tully, the third collaboration between director Jason Reitman and screenwriter Diablo Cody, the dynamic writing/directing duo continues exploring women’s lives and motherhood with a darkly…
‘Avengers: Infinity War’
Fans Will Drool by Sandra Olmsted No doubt this latest installment of Marvel Universe’s multi-franchise is a fan pleaser, and the record-setting, opening-weekend box office has proven that. Unfortunately, I…
‘Lean On Pete’
Not an Angst-Ridden Coming of Age Film by Sandra Olmsted While Lean on Pete could have been like the over-abundant coming-of-age films starring a kid tackling adult problems or teen…
‘Isle of Dogs’: Quirky, Delightful Mashup
by Sandra Olmsted Director Wes Anderson, who is famous for The Grand Budapest Hotel, Moonrise Kingdom, and Fantastic Mr. Fox, combines his quirky storytelling style with that of myths and…
‘Pacific Rim: Uprising’: Generic Popcorn Spiller
by Sandra Olmsted Although the first installment in this franchise benefitted from having Guillermo del Toro insert his delicious adroitness for monsters into the original, in this new film, director…
‘Tomb Raider’: Reboot for the #MeToo Era
by Sandra Olmsted While the sight of Angelina Jolie in the earlier versions of this video-game adaptation were clearly designed to intrigue the male gamer audience, this version, starring Alicia…
‘A Wrinkle in Time’: Not Since ‘Narnia’
by Sandra Olmsted Director Ava DuVernay’s adaptation of A Wrinkle in Time, Madeleine L'Engle’s once thought to be “unfilmable” novel, covers much of same ground as the Narnia franchise and…
The Windy Zeitgeist of Oscar Picking
by Sandra Olmsted Predicting the Oscars is like throwing darts into the future without any inkling of how the winds of zeitgeist will be blowing by the final day that…
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