Tag: kenneth branagh

  • A Haunting in Venice – Review

    A Haunting in Venice – Review

    A Haunting in Venice – Review 103 Minutes, Rated PG-13 Written by Michael Green (from Agatha Christie) Directed by Kenneth Branagh **NOTE: You can read Mark’s review below (check back for a link to Ryan’s review when it drops), then listen or watch as he and Ryan discuss the film in more depth. Remember, though,…

  • Oppenheimer – Review

    Oppenheimer – Review

    Oppenheimer – Review 180 Minutes, Rated R Written by Christopher Nolan, Kai Bird, and Martin Sherwin Directed by Christopher Nolan **NOTE: You can read Mark’s review below, then listen as he and Ryan discuss the film in more depth. Remember, though, you can listen to all our discussions of this and every other movie directly…

  • Some of my Favorite Films of 2022

    Some of my Favorite Films of 2022

    It’s the end of the year, and while lots of folks will be publishing their “best-of” lists, I thought I’d just give you a list of 10 of some of my favorite films of the year. These aren’t all award-show shoe-ins or anything like that (though some are), but rather just movies I enjoyed throughout…

  • February Double-Feature: “Death on the Nile” and “The Sky is Everywhere”

    February Double-Feature: “Death on the Nile” and “The Sky is Everywhere”

    February Movie review Double-Feature this time: Death on the Nile and The Sky is Everywhere Death on the Nile 127 Minutes, Rated PG-13 Written by Michael Green (based on the novel by Agatha Christie) Directed by Kenneth Branagh Synopsis: While on vacation on the Nile, Hercule Poirot must investigate the murder of a young heiress.…

  • Belfast – Movie Review

    Belfast – Movie Review

    Belfast – Movie Review 98 Minutes, Rated PG-13 Written and Directed by Kenneth Branagh   Synopsis: A young boy and his working class family experience the tumultuous late 1960s in the early days of the Protestant/Catholic violence in Northern Ireland.     I am a long-time fan of Kenneth Branagh, going back to his days…

  • Artemis Fowl

    This was supposed to be a big theatrical release for Disney, but Covid-19 put an end to that. Instead, it wound up going to bolster Disney+ as first-run streaming content: Artemis Fowl From the series of books by Eoin Colfer and directed by Kenneth Branagh, Artemis Fowl features Josh Gad, Dame Judi Dench, and newcomers…