The latest popular movie from the past to get a modern-day makeover is “Mean Girls”. The 2004 teen comedy was a big hit with audiences and critics, eventually spawning a made-for-television sequel and even a Broadway musical. Now co-directors Samantha Jayne and Arturo Perez Jr. have brought us a 2024 big screen update that’s based … Continue reading
It didn’t take long for the first ‘action movie of the year’ candidate to emerge. “Mayhem!” (and yes, the exclamation point is included) is a blistering action thriller fueled by ferocious fight choreography yet laced with an unexpected dose of heart. While its American title doesn’t do it any favors (it released as “Farang” elsewhere), … Continue reading
Director Christian Carion’s delightful French drama “Driving Madeleine” first screened in 2022 at the Angoulême Francophone Film Festival and a few months later at the Toronto International Film Festival. But it is just now getting an official big screen release here in the States and you won’t have to wait long to see it. And … Continue reading
The 2024 El Dorado Film Festival makes its highly anticipated return from hiatus next month, opening Thursday, February 8th and going through Sunday the 11th. The event will be held at the South Arkansas Arts Center (110 East 5th St. in El Dorado, Arkansas). Tickets are available to be purchased now at the Arts Center … Continue reading
French director Benoît Delhomme (“At Eternity’s Gate”, “The Theory of Everything”) is joined by two Academy Award winning actresses in his remake of Olivier Masset-Depasse’s 2018 psychological thriller “Mothers’ Instinct”. The film stars Jessica Chastain and Anne Hathaway, a duo who immediately makes this a must-watch movie. The film’s newly released first trailer only confirms … Continue reading
They had me at Anthony Hopkins. That’s all it took to grab my interest. Throw in that he’s playing Sigmund Freud opposite of Matthew Goode as C.S. Lewis and I’m utterly captivated by the possibilities. It has been said that revered neurologist and psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud met with a young, unnamed Oxford don shortly before … Continue reading
Keith & the Movies 