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“Mountain” Takes Two
Its a survival of the fittest type of love story that had thousands of people flooding the movie theater the past weekend to witness what happens when two strangers set off on an airplane trying to get back to their future.
Alex Martin (Kate Winslet) is a successful businesswoman on the eve of her wedding and Ben Bass (Idris Elba) is a Surgeon trying to get back to his patients to perform an important surgery in order to save the person’s life. When the airport cancels the flight that both are supposed to be on, they seek travel on another pilot’s carrier (Beau Bridges). Unsuccessful, the plane crashes on the mountain and the two are stranded trying to survive until help comes.
At 1 hr and 44 minutes, The adventure will have one sitting on the edge of their seats as Ben and Alex attempt to survive the harsh forces of the cold weather and everything in between as they discover what they really want in life and love.
The Mountain Between Us came out in theaters a week ago on Thursday October 6 and since released has already brought in 13.3 million at the box office, coming in second behind the recent sequel to Blade Runner. It’s currently still playing in a theater near you.
Bestseller Turns To The Movies
While at the top of his gain at the Chicago Tribune, his young daughter nearly dies if not for the kindness of a stranger, but now Lee Strobel is questioning everything when his wife suddenly becomes a Christian. Afraid of what will happen to his family, Strobel decides to investigate one of the founding claims of Christianity, the resurrection, but will he be able to disprove or will the facts hold solid for what he feels in his heart.
At an hour and fifty-two minutes, The Case For Christ will take you on the archeological journey with Lee Strobel, played by Mike Vogel, as his wife, Leslie, played by Erika Christensen, patiently waits and prays for her husband to change his heart and mind. It’s by far one of the best investigative religious movies. It gives the facts and lets those tell you what to believe, but ultimately the choice is yours.
The Pureflex film also stars Faye Dunaway as one of the professionals that Strobel interviews as well as L. Scott Caldwell as Alfie, the woman who starts the dominoes falling by saving Stobel’s daughter.
The Case for Christ came out in theaters, April 7 and has thus far risen over 5 million to date at the box office. It’s the perfect movie to watch over the Easter weekend.
The “Boss” Is In
Alec Baldwin is the Boss Baby in the latest animated movie about what happens when a new baby comes into the picture.
Told from the point of view of seven-year old big brother, Tim the Dreamworks Film follows the creativity of little boy as he discovers the truth about where babies come from in the form of a slick dressing, talking boss baby, who has been sent down from Baby Co to stop their arch rival Puppy Co from unveiling their latest puppy creation.
At an hour and thirty-seven minute run time, The Boss Baby will lead you on the creative adventure of a seven-year old and his baby brother as they face many challenges including the ultimate one that all siblings are forced to face, “how to bond as brothers”.
The Boss baby stars an all-star cast doing the voices including Toby Macguire as the narrator and Adult Tim. Young Tim is voiced by Miles Christopher Bakshi. Lisa Kudrow and Jimmy Kimmel voice the tired, overworked parents and Steve Buscemi voice the CEO of Puppyco and former “Boss Baby”, Francis Francis, who wants to do everything in his powers to turn the public’s love from baby to puppy by creating the “forever puppy”
The Boss Baby came out on March 21 and has done far better than expected as it has reached close to 100 thousand since its opening debut and taking number one at the box office for last week.
It’s currently playing in a theater near you. See it with your siblings and you will be pleasantly surprised. It’ll show you the power of brother and sister bonding.
“Beast” Come To Life
The latest live action Disney Classic is taking the big screen and is set to be the biggest opening of 2017 thus far.
Emma Watson plays the iconic Belle and captures the same charm as she did after years of playing Hermione in the Harry Potter Franchise and even goes as far as to throw in a line from the first film in the opening village scene. Overall, the set and costume design of the movie fully captures the time period of the original and one feels a part of the movie from the first moment on.
The beast, played by Dan Stevens, fully embraces every ounce of the original character from the savage, self-absorbed man that transforms into a caring, somewhat sensitive person that Belle can not resist.
Bill Cordon, who directed this live adaptation wanted to create unique moments, including new never been heard songs written by original composer Alan Menken and new lyrics by Tim Rice which also added to the addition of a new character, Cadenza (voiced by Stanley Tucci). Overall, the music, seamlessly meshed together to create a “Tale as old as Time” for a new generation.
Other actors include, Luke Evans as the dastardly sleek Gaston, his sidekick Lefou played by Josh Gad in Disney’s first ever “Gay” character which brought controversy on all sides. Kevin Kline played Belle’s father Maurice and Ewan McGregor voiced Cogworth while Ian McKeller voiced Lumiere and Mrs Potts was voiced by Emma Thompson.
Overall, the new live adaptation of the ’91 classic, fares well to its predecessor, but keeping the same story while giving it a somewhat modern twist for a new audience, while adding more of a back story to our beloved Belle and her beast. Audiences for the first time got the answers to two of the most puzzling questions, “what happened to Belle’s mother?” and “what happened to the beast to make him so cold?”.
For the answers, make sure to see the movie while it is in theaters. Beauty and the Beast opened in theaters March 16 to packed and sold out audiences and is expected to take number one at the box office this weekend after averaging over 63 million as of its Friday total.
“Collateral Beauty” Review
Will Smith is back in the most dramatic role yet as a man at the top of his game in the industry, whose life begins to crumb at the sudden death of his six-year-old daughter, Olivia due to brain cancer. His friends and partners at his work, played by Edward Norton, Kate Winslet, and Michael Pena, see the devastation, and try to let him cope but when they all fear losing their jobs, that fear takes place and they enlist three local actors to play death, time and love, in order to discredit Smith, but will that be the best thing for the struggling father in order to cope with his daughter’s death?
At an hour thirty-seven minutes, Collateral Beauty will have you deep in thought about how three very different elements work together in mysterious ways in order to see a collateral beauty in everything.
Collateral Beauty also stars Helen Mirren, who beautifully captures the role of death for Howard, Kiera Knightley portrays love in more ways than one, beginning with the weepy heartfelt moments to the love as a strong threshold and Jacob Latimore encompasses time in the raw, edgy type that will leave you wondering how one could ever forget about time.
All in all, Collateral Beauty, came out December 16, 2016 and thus has brought in well over 30 million at the box office. It’s still playing in a theater near you.
“Seventeen” REVIEW
Hailee Steinfield is showing her dramatic side in the latest high school film that ultimately received her first Golden Globe nomination for best actress in a comedy or musical.
Steinfield shines throughout The Edge of Seventeen as the movie opens with her confronting her favorite teacher Mr. Bruner, (played by Woody Harrelson) with confessions of wanting to kill herself. Ultimately the audience is drawn into this witty humor adolescent teenage coming of age story as we travel with her back to when all her troubles began. Nadine (Steinfield) is a 7-year old twin, living in the shadows of her outgoing brother, Darian (Blake Jenner) who barely shows any concern over his sister’s moodiness, her mother (Kyra Sedgwick) cares more for her brother than for her and her only two friends are her father (Eric Keenleyside) who gives her the attention that she lacks from her mother until she witnesses his death as she enters teenage years at thirteen, and a little girl named Krista (Haley Lu Richardson) who she also meets when she’s seven and instantly forms a bond, but will that bond be broken when loves gets in the way?
At a hundred and four minutes run time, The Edge of Seventeen will have you caught up in all the drama of what goes on in the heads of teenagers, everything from school, to dating and adolescence in its purest forms. Though slightly graphic at times, it is a movie to thoroughly enjoy and watch as Steinfield’s performance, both acting as well as narrating her life, is exceptional. Though not a Golden Globe winner, she has already been nominated for 38 awards over the course of her short acting career and received 24 wins for both this film as well as her breakthrough performance in True Grit.
The Edge of Seventeen is rated R and may not be suitable for all ages but it is a performance by a young actress that is worth seeing. It’s still playing in select theaters and is scheduled for Blu-Ray and DVD release on February 14. It’s a great Valentine’s date night movie to remember adolescent years.