All posts by Tyrone Barnes

Distributor: Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures Director: Brad Bird Writer: Brad Bird Starring: Craig T. Nelson, Holly Hunter, Sarah Vowell, Huck Milner, Samuel L. Jackson Genre: Superhero Rating: PG Fifteen years. FIFTEEN YEARS, BIRD. I can’t recall the [...]

Distributor: STXfilms Director: Baltasar Kormákur Writer: Aaron Kandell, Jordan Kandell, David Branson Smith Starring: Shailene Woodley, Sam Claflin Genre: Romantic Drama Rating: PG-13 From my observation and study, fear of the ocean is culturally [...]

Distributor: Disney’s newest plaything (20th Century Fox) Director: A last-minute replacement (David Leitch) Writer: The Three Caballeros (Rhett Reese, Paul Wernick, & Ryan Reynolds) Starring: (The Great Debater) Ryan Reynolds, (Jonah Hex) Josh [...]

Distributor: Amazon Studios Director: Lynne Ramsay Writer: Lynne Ramsay Starring: Joaquin Phoenix, Ekaterina Samsonov, Alex Manette, John Doman, Judith Roberts Genre: Thriller Rating: R “If only it were so simple! If only there were evil people somewhere [...]

Distributor: Warner Bros. Pictures Director: Brad Peyton Writers: Ryan Engle, Carlton Cuse, Ryan J. Condal, Adam Sztykiel Starring: Dwayne Johnson, Naomie Harris, Malin Akerman, Jake Lacy, Jeffrey Dean Morgan Genre: Science-Fiction Rating: PG-13 We live [...]

Distributor: Cinemad Presents Director: Don Hertzfeldt Writers: Don Hertzfeldt Starring: Don Hertzfeldt & Sara Cushman Genre: Black Comedy, Drama Rating: NR A talent like Don Hertzfeldt is an incredibly rare breed. He works tirelessly in almost [...]

Distributor: Paramount Pictures Director: John Krasinski Writers: Bryan Woods, Scott Beck, John Krasinski Starring: Emily Blunt, John Krasinski, Millicent Simmonds, Noah Jupe Genre: Horror Rating: PG-13 It might be safe to say that we’re at an impasse [...]

Distributor: Fox Searchlight Pictures Director: Wes Anderson Writers: Wes Anderson, Roman Coppola, Jason Schwartzman, Kunichi Nomura Starring: Bryan Cranston, Edward Norton, Bill Murray, Jeff Goldblum, Bob Balaban, Kunichi Nomura, Ken Watanabe, Greta [...]

Distributor: Universal Pictures Director: Steven S. DeKnight Writers: Emily Carmichael, Kira Snyder, Steven S. DeKnight, T.S. Nowlin Starring: John Boyega, Scott Eastwood, Jing Tian, Cailee Spaeny, Rinko Kikuchi, Burn Gorman, Adria Arjona, Zhang Jin, [...]

Distributor: StudioCanal Director: Nick Park Writers: Mark Burton, James Higginson Starring: Eddie Redmayne, Tom Hiddleston, Maisie Williams, Timothy Spall Genre: Animated/Comedy Rating: PG It seems rather trivial to even talk about any other movie this [...]

Distributor: Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures Director: Ryan Coogler Writers: Ryan Coogler & Joe Robert Cole Starring: Chadwick Boseman, Michael B. Jordan, Lupita Nyong’o, Danai Gurira, Martin Freeman, Daniel Kaluuya, Letitia Wright, Winston [...]

Distributor: Toho Director: Hiromasa Yonebayashi Writers: Riko Sakaguchi & Hiromasa Yonebayashi Starring (English Dub): Ruby Barnhill, Kate Winslet, Jim Broadbent, Lynda Baron, Louis Ashbourne Serkis Genre: Fantasy Rating: PG Hayao Miyazaki, [...]

Distributor: Screen Gems Director: Babak Najafi Writers: John S. Newman, Christian Swegal, Steve Antin Starring: Taraji P. Henson, Billy Brown, Danny Glover, Neal McDonough, Xander Berkeley, Margaret Avery Genre: Action, Thriller Rating: R I’m told there [...]

Distributor: 20th Century Fox Director: Carlos Saldanha Writers: Robert L. Baird, Tim Federle, Brad Copeland Starring: John Cena, Kate McKinnon, Anthony Anderson, Bobby Cannavale, Peyton Manning, Gina Rodriguez, Miguel Ángel Silvestre, David Tennant [...]

Distributor: Fox Searchlight Pictures Director: Guillermo del Toro Writers: Guillermo del Toro, Vanessa Taylor Starring: Sally Hawkins, Michael Shannon, Richard Jenkins, Doug Jones, Michael Stuhlbarg, Octavia Spencer Genre: Fantasy, Drama Rating: R With [...]