Writer/director Chris Butler’s new stop-motion animation movie is visually dazzling. From a technical (and even a casual) perspective it’s a tight/fun watch from beginning to end. It’s also (well, for an animated feature at least) quite star-studded: Zoe Saldana, Timothy Olyphant, Hugh Jackman, Emma Thompson, Stephen Fry, and Zach Galifianakis (as the lead, Mr. Link)… Continue reading Missing Link
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November Georgia-Filmed Release/Premiere Dates
Nobody’s Fool, which filmed in Atlanta as The List, hits theaters on Nov. 2. Tyler Perry wrote, produced and directed, while Tiffany Haddish, Tika Sumpter and Whoopi Goldberg star… The Front Runner, with Hugh Jackman as Gary Hart, gets a limited release on Nov. 6, expanding on Nov. 16 and then a wide release on… Continue reading November Georgia-Filmed Release/Premiere Dates
November GA Film/TV Quick Cuts
After shooting scenes in Marietta, Conley and elsewhere locally, Dumplin’ has wrapped… Marvel’s Black Panther was back shooting additional scenes (or doing reshoots) during the second half of October… Come Sunday and Game Night are back in Atlanta doing a few days of reshoots… Ant-Man and the Wasp took to Savannah to shoot some scenes… Continue reading November GA Film/TV Quick Cuts
September GA Film/TV Quick Cuts
A buttload of new cast members have been added to Jason Reitman’s The Front Runner, starring Hugh Jackman as Senator Gary Hart. Sara Paxton (TNT’s Murder in the First, pictured) will play Donna Rice, J.K. Simmons is tapped to play Hart’s campaign manager Bill Dixon and Vera Farmiga will star as Hart’s wife Lee. Others… Continue reading September GA Film/TV Quick Cuts
The Front Runner En Route to Georgia
Director Jason Reitman (Juno) has been in Atlanta recently scouting locations for the feature film The Front Runner, a political drama about Colorado golden boy Gary Hart’s failed bid to win the 1988 Democrat presidential nomination after the press slaughtered him with allegations that he was screwing Donna Rice, a former girlfriend of Don Henley. Hugh Jackman… Continue reading The Front Runner En Route to Georgia
Logan
After nine turns in 17 years, Hugh Jackman finally gets to forgo the comic panels and word balloons and portray THE Wolverine as an aging, troubled, serious adult hero more in the vein of Leon the Professional than the frat-boy favorite! And from the opening bell, you know this is THE Wolverine when he uses five… Continue reading Logan
X-Men: Apocalypse
Bryan Singer’s X-Men: Apocalypse is far and away the lynchpin for the franchise. Its immediate predecessor, Days of Future Past, was more focused on getting its muddled timeline back on track, and thus bridging the two trilogies by recasting a “school for gifted youngsters” with more age-appropriate actors. In all fairness, the original three films… Continue reading X-Men: Apocalypse
Prisoners
In director Denis Villeneuve’s suspense thriller Prisoners, everyone is guilty of something. When two little girls go missing on Thanksgiving, a frantic search turns up a suspect whose RV was seen parked in the middle class neighborhood. Taken into custody only to be released without being charged, it sets in motion a kidnapping film that… Continue reading Prisoners