Monday
Nov182019
Lunchtime Poll: If you ran into Nicole Kidman at the supermarket...
Monday, November 18, 2019 at 1:15PM 
image via "Bombshell"
What would you do/say?
Monday, November 18, 2019 at 1:15PM Monday
Nov182019
"Klaus" is (half) a masterpiece...
Monday, November 18, 2019 at 10:40AM Our resident animation expert will be looking at several of the movies vying for a nomination in Best Animated Feature. First up, a Christmas movie.
by Tim Brayton
The new animated feature Klaus is being pulled in a lot of directions. It's the directorial debut of Sergio Pablos, a former Disney animator who splits time between Hollywood projects (as screenwriter, he created the Despicable Me franchise) and nurturing his own company, SPA Studios, based in his hometown of Madrid. It's also the first animated feature produced by Netflix, which has been making sure to emphasize that fact in all of its marketing efforts. And it's not just any old Netflix production: this is part of the streaming service's increasingly deep bench of Christmas-themed movies.
It's hard not to think about this while one is watching the movie. Depending on how you approach it, Klaus is either a masterpiece, or a frankly irritating collection of tin-eared dialogue, odd casting choices, and dated clichés of kids' movie screenwriting...
Sunday
Nov172019
Ford v Ferrarri wins the weekend box office race
Sunday, November 17, 2019 at 7:00PM | Weekend Box Office [UPDATED WITH ACTUALS] Nov 15th-17th 🔺 = New or Expanding / ★ = Recommended |
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| W I D E |
PLATFORM / SPECIALTY TITLES |
 FORD V FERRARI |
 PARASITE |
| 1 🔺 FORD V FERRARI $31.4 *new* REVIEW, PODCAST ★ |
1 🔺 PARASITE $1.8 on 620 screens (cum. $14.4) PODCAST, CLASS THEMES, BONG JOON HO ★ |
| 2 MIDWAY $8.5 (cum. $34.8) * |
2 🔺 BETTER DAYS $328k on 88 screens (cum. $1.6) |
Sunday
Nov172019
Best of the "Whodunnit?" Genre (Part Three)
Sunday, November 17, 2019 at 2:00PM Part One Gosford Park, etcetera
Part Two The Maltese Falcon, etcetera
...and now we conclude the countdown of the best whodunnits in honor of the impending release of the all star mystery Knives Out.
by Eurocheese
2. Memento
I know Christopher Nolan isn’t everyone’s cup of tea – fair enough. Whodunnits are essentially excuses to get inside the head of a killer. To start with a murder, realize the killer can’t trust his own thoughts , and try to put together who is pulling the strings in his mind… what an impressive conceit to thrill die hard mystery fans. Disorienting the audience in every scene while cutting in clips of a paranoid, trapped man trying to piece together his memories, without giving anything away? I have to believe Agatha Christie herself would applaud the finale...