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Thursday, February 5, 2015
Film / Film News Opening Friday
Posted By Matt Brunson on Thu, Feb 5, 2015 at 3:56 PM
- Universal
- Seventh Son
Jupiter Ascending - Mila Kunis, Channing Tatum
Match - Patrick Stewart, Carla Gugino
Mommy - Anne Dorval, Suzanne Clément
Seventh Son - Jeff Bridges, Ben Barnes
The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water - Animated; voices of Tom Kenny, Slash
Two Days, One Night - Marion Cotillard, Fabrizio Rongione
Thursday, January 29, 2015
Film / Film News Opening Friday
Posted By Matt Brunson on Thu, Jan 29, 2015 at 2:00 PM
- A24
- A Most Violent Year
Black or White - Kevin Costner, Octavia Spencer
Cake - Jennifer Aniston, Anna Kendrick
The Loft - James Marsden, Karl Urban
A Most Violent Year - Oscar Isaac, Jessica Chastain
Project Almanac - Jonny Weston, Ginny Gardner
Thursday, January 22, 2015
Film / Film News Opening Friday
Posted By Matt Brunson on Thu, Jan 22, 2015 at 2:00 PM
- Lionsgate
- Mortdecai
The Boy Next Door - Jennifer Lopez, Kristin Chenoweth
Mortdecai - Johnny Depp, Gwyneth Paltrow
Strange Magic - Animated; voices of Evan Rachel Wood, Kristin Chenoweth
Thursday, January 15, 2015
Film / Film News Opening Friday
Posted By Matt Brunson on Thu, Jan 15, 2015 at 2:00 PM
- Warner Bros.
- American Sniper
American Sniper - Bradley Cooper, Sienna Miller
Blackhat - Chris Hemsworth, Viola Davis
Paddington - Hugh Bonneville, Nicole Kidman
The Wedding Ringer - Kevin Hart, Josh Gad
Thursday, January 8, 2015
Film / Film News Opening Friday
Posted By Matt Brunson on Thu, Jan 8, 2015 at 11:00 AM
Friday, January 2, 2015
Film / Film Reviews Weekend Film Reviews: Into the Woods, Unbroken, 18 more
Posted By Matt Brunson on Fri, Jan 2, 2015 at 2:00 PM
- Disney
- Into the Woods
Starting off 2015 with a trip to the movies? Here's a handy checklist of the year-end releases currently playing in theaters (as well as a couple of fall holdovers). Click on the title/link to be taken directly to the review. And be sure to also check out our list of the Best & Worst Films of 2014 here.
Annie - ***
Big Eyes - ***
Big Hero 6 - ***1/2
Birdman - ****
Dumb and Dumber To - *1/2
Exodus: Gods and Kings - *1/2
- Sony Pictures Classics
- Foxcatcher
Foxcatcher - ***1/2
The Gambler - **1/2
Gone Girl - ***
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies - ***
Horrible Bosses 2 - *1/2
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1 - ***
The Imitation Game - ***1/2
- Paramount
- Interstellar
Interstellar - ***
Into the Woods - **1/2
The Theory of Everything - ***
Top Five - **1/2
Unbroken - ***
Whiplash - ***
Wild - ***1/2
Tuesday, December 23, 2014
Film / Film News Opening Christmas Day
Posted By Matt Brunson on Tue, Dec 23, 2014 at 8:00 AM
- The Weinstein Company
- The Imitation Game
Big Eyes - Amy Adams, Christophe Waltz
The Gambler - Mark Wahlberg, Jessica Lange
The Imitation Game - Benedict Cumberbatch, Keira Knightley
The Interview - Seth Rogen, James Franco
Into the Woods - Meryl Streep, Emily Blunt
Unbroken - Jack O'Connell, Domhnall Gleeson
Monday, December 22, 2014
Film / Film News SEFCA finds Budapest grand
Posted By Matt Brunson on Mon, Dec 22, 2014 at 3:24 PM
The Southeastern Film Critics Association (SEFCA) yesterday named The Grand Budapest Hotel the Best Picture of 2014 in its 23rd annual voting. Writer-director Wes Anderson's unique comedy earned a total of three awards, with its other victories coming in the categories of Best Ensemble and Best Original Screenplay (Anderson and Hugo Guinness).
- Fox Searchlight
- The Grand Budapest Hotel
Boyhood and Birdman: or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance), which respectively placed second and third in the tallying for Best Picture, were the only other movies to score multiple wins, each winning two prizes apiece.
The Wyatt Award, given annually to the "film that best evokes the spirit of the South" (past winners have included Beasts of the Southern Wild, The Help and Winter's Bone), this year went to director Ava DuVernay's Selma.
The Southeastern Film Critics Association is comprised of film journalists from nine states representing the Southeastern section of the United States. This year, 54 members participated in the voting, including Charlotte critics Sean O'Connell, Lawrence Toppman, Harvey Burgess and me.
In addition to naming its Best Picture, SEFCA also releases its Top 10 for the year. The complete list of winners and runners-up in all categories is below.
BEST PICTURE
1. The Grand Budapest Hotel
2. Boyhood
3. Birdman: or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
4. Whiplash
5. The Imitation Game
6. Gone Girl
7. Snowpiercer
8. Nightcrawler
9. Foxcatcher
10. The Theory of Everything
BEST ACTOR
1. Michael Keaton, Birdman: or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
2. Eddie Redmayne, The Theory of Everything
BEST ACTRESS
1. Julianne Moore, Still Alice
2. Reese Witherspoon, Wild
- Sony Pictures Classics
- J.K. Simmons in Whiplash
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
1. J.K. Simmons, Whiplash
2. Edward Norton, Birdman: or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
1. Patricia Arquette, Boyhood
2. Tilda Swinton, Snowpiercer
BEST ENSEMBLE
1. The Grand Budapest Hotel
2. Birdman: or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
BEST DIRECTOR
1. Richard Linklater, Boyhood
2. Wes Anderson, The Grand Budapest Hotel
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
1. The Grand Budapest Hotel: Wes Anderson, Hugo Guinness
2. Birdman: or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance): Alejandro González Iñárritu, Nicolas Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris, Armando Bo
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
1. Gone Girl: Gillian Flynn
2. Wild: Nick Hornby
BEST DOCUMENTARY
1. Life Itself
2. Citizenfour
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
1. Force Majeure (Sweden)
2. Ida (Poland)
BEST ANIMATED FILM
1. The LEGO Movie
2. Big Hero 6
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
1. Birdman: or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance): Emmanuel Lubezki
2. The Grand Budapest Hotel: Robert Yeoman
THE GENE WYATT AWARD FOR THE FILM THAT BEST EVOKES THE SPIRIT OF THE SOUTH
1. Selma
2. Cold in July
Tuesday, December 16, 2014
Film / Film News Opening This Week
Posted By Matt Brunson on Tue, Dec 16, 2014 at 6:00 PM
- Columbia
- Annie
Wednesday
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies - Martin Freeman, Ian McKellen
Friday
Annie - Jamie Foxx, Quvenzhané Wallis
Foxcatcher - Steve Carell, Channing Tatum
Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb - Ben Stiller, Ben Kingsley
Wild - Reese Witherspoon, Laura Dern
Monday, December 15, 2014
Film / Film News Charlotte Talks about film
Posted By Web Editor on Mon, Dec 15, 2014 at 1:00 PM
Local film critics Matt Brunson of Creative Loafing and Sean O'Connell of CinemaBlend.com will join host Mike Collins for a discussion of the big year-end holiday movies on Charlotte Talks at 9 a.m. Tuesday, Dec. 16, on WFAE 90.7 FM.
- Disney
- Into the Woods' Red Riding Hood hurries to her grandma's house to catch Charlotte Talks
The group will discuss major movies that are currently playing in theaters, such as Exodus: Gods and Kings and the latest Hunger Games installment, as well as films opening between now and Christmas, including The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies, The Imitation Game and Into the Woods.
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