[amazon_link asins=’B01MXLWO5D’ template=’ProductAd’ store=’moviegazetteo-20′ marketplace=’US’ link_id=’fcd1a5a4-2144-11e7-939a-1f09844c8610′] The first “Star Wars anthology” movie (a story not focused on the Skywalker family), Rogue One posed a unique challenge for director Gareth Edwards: pay tribute to George Lucas’ well-loved hexalogy, while connecting the…
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[amazon_link asins=’B01MSZLUQ6′ template=’ProductAd’ store=’moviegazetteo-20′ marketplace=’US’ link_id=’696c4d9f-1d3f-11e7-a53c-adff109b6016′] Winner of the prestigious Palme d’Or and an inspiration to numerous filmmakers, Michelangelo Antonioni’s Blowup is the story of Thomas (the excellent David Hemmings), a disenchanted fashion photographer in ’60s London who discovers he’s…
[amazon_link asins=’B01LTI21ZI’ template=’ProductAd’ store=’moviegazetteo-20′ marketplace=’US’ link_id=’07132cc0-188a-11e7-aee1-875fb6a368db’] I’ve never been much of a horror fan. As a result, I often warn people to take my opinions on anything to do with the horror genre with a grain of salt. Occasionally though,…
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[amazon_link asins=’B01LTI11AO’ template=’ProductAd’ store=’moviegazetteo-20′ marketplace=’US’ link_id=’6e291d3a-13f6-11e7-a657-2f2e19d94191′]After watching Collateral Beauty, I couldn’t help but wonder if it was originally supposed to be a completely different movie. How else could such a contrived, melodramatic, weepy about love, loss, and grief have attracted…
[amazon_link asins=’B01N30JFZX’ template=’ProductAd’ store=’moviegazetteo-20′ marketplace=’US’ link_id=’36c9aefb-13f2-11e7-a489-2d6023dd7b92′]To much of the world, Carie Fisher seemed to have it all. The daughter of Eddie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds and Eddie Fisher, she was cast as Princess Leia in Star Wars: A New Hope…
For his fourth film in the director’s chair, Ben Affleck again turns to the work of Boston crime author Dennis Lehane, this time for Live by Night. Back in 2007, Affleck made his directorial debut by adapting Lehane’s Gone Baby…
On the morning of August 1, 1966, Eagle Scout, former Marine and expert sniper Charles Whitman introduced the United States to the concept of mass murder; the idea that any group of people walking around anywhere could be gunned down…
Based on the Stephen King novel, Firestarter may not be a masterpiece, but more than thirty years after its theatrical release, it’s still entertaining. While the pyrotechnics and special effects occasionally threaten to overtake the narrative, a memorable performance from…