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January 29, 2015
Black Sea: An Entertaining, Gripping, and Preposterous Thriller
— Posted by Kenny Miles
A suspenseful adventure thriller directed by Academy Award winner Kevin Macdonald, centering on a rogue submarine captain (two-time Academy Award nominee Jude Law) who pulls together a misfit crew…
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January 29, 2015
A Most Violent Year: Jessica Chastain Highlights An Aimless Movie
— Posted by Kenny Miles
Set during the winter of 1981 — statistically one of the most crime-ridden of New York City’s history — A MOST VIOLENT YEAR is a drama following the lives…
January 29, 2015
Match: Patrick Stewart’s Incredible Acting Departs From Sci-Fi Persona
— Posted by Kenny Miles
Patrick Stewart gives a captivating performance in this witty, emotionally gripping adaptation of director Stephen Belber’s own Tony Award-nominated play. Stewart stars as Tobi, an eccentric, pot-smoking Manhattan ballet instructor…
January 27, 2015
Review: 2015 Oscar Nominated Live Action and Animated Shorts
— Posted by Kenny Miles
The shorts nominated for the Academy Awards in live action and animation are a diverse collection of film. From inspiring and funny to grim and haunting, there is a wide…
January 23, 2015
Mike Leigh’s Mr. Turner A Magnificent, Yet Boring Art Film
— Posted by Kenny Miles
This film explores the last quarter century of the great if eccentric British painter J.M.W. Turner (1775-1851). Profoundly affected by the death of his father, loved by a housekeeper…
January 16, 2015
Blackhat: Michael Mann and Chris Hemsworth’s Disappointing Generic Computer Thriller
— Posted by Kenny Miles
Set within the world of global cybercrime, Legendary’s Blackhat follows a furloughed convict and his American and Chinese partners as they hunt a high-level cybercrime network from Chicago to Los…
January 16, 2015
Rory Kennedy Discusses Her Oscar Nominated Last Days of Vietnam
— Posted by Kenny Miles
Synopsis: During the chaotic final days of the Vietnam War, the North Vietnamese Army closed in on Saigon as the panicked South Vietnamese people desperately attempted to escape. On the…
January 9, 2015
Paul Thomas Anderson’s Zany Inherent Vice is a Densely Constructed Masterpiece
— Posted by Kenny Miles
“Inherent Vice,” is the seventh feature from Paul Thomas Anderson and the first ever film adaption of a Thomas Pynchon novel. When private eye Doc Sportello’s ex-old lady suddenly…
January 9, 2015
Ava DuVernay’s Masterful Selma is the Timely Movie America Needs
— Posted by Kenny Miles
SELMA is the story of a movement. The film chronicles the tumultuous three-month period in 1965, when Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. led a dangerous campaign to secure equal voting…
January 7, 2015
For Your Consideration: 2014’s Overlooked Awards Contenders To Remember
— Posted by Kenny Miles
As the flood gates of hype unleash awards buzz at the end of the year, sometimes we can forget about the great movies released during the rest of the year…
January 5, 2015
Babadook Filmmaker Jennifer Kent Prefers Storytelling Over Scares
— Posted by Kenny Miles
With very few movies in her career, filmmaker Jennifer Kent has crafted greatness that most directors will never achieve in an entire body of work with her new horror movie…
January 5, 2015
Keep On Keepin’ On: Music Doc with Strong Oscar Buzz Comes Home to Denver
— Posted by Kenny Miles
Shot over the course of five years by first time filmmaker Al Hicks, KEEP ON KEEPIN’ ON depicts the remarkable story of 93-year-old jazz legend Clark Terry. A living monument…
January 5, 2015
Kenny’s Top Ten Best Movies List for 2014
— Posted by Kenny Miles
At the Movie Blog, we strive to cover films and watch as many movies as possible. It was impossible to see everything from 2014. I attended a few film festivals…
December 25, 2014
The Gambler Risks Audience Engagement Despite Great Performances
— Posted by Kenny Miles
Jim Bennett (Academy Award (R)-nominee Mark Wahlberg) is a risk taker. Both an English professor and a high-stakes gambler, Bennett bets it all when he borrows from a gangster…
December 12, 2014
Top Five: Chris Rocks Witty, Crowd Pleasing Latest is Worth Seeing!
— Posted by Kenny Miles
Pulsing with the rhythm of his greatest stand-up, Chris Rock’s TOP FIVE takes things to the next level, reveling in the high and the low, and blending a star-studded…
December 12, 2014
Exodus Gods & Kings: The Impressive Epic Scope Is Safe for Christians, General Audiences
— Posted by Kenny Miles
From acclaimed director Ridley Scott (Gladiator, Prometheus) comes the epic adventure “Exodus: Gods and Kings,” the story of one man’s daring courage to take on the might of an empire….
November 14, 2014
Rosewater: Jon Stewart’s Well-Intended, but Disappointing Foray Into Directing
— Posted by Kenny Miles
Rosewater is based on The New York Times best-selling memoir “Then They Came for Me: A Family’s Story of Love, Captivity, and Survival,” written by Maziar Bahari. The film…
November 7, 2014
Interstellar: A Masterful Cinematic Experience to see on 70MM Film!
— Posted by Kenny Miles
With our time on Earth coming to an end, a team of explorers undertakes the most important mission in human history; traveling beyond this galaxy to discover whether mankind… |
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