by Travis Poppleton | Jun 17, 2017 | Featured, FrontPage, mainStory, Movie News, News, Reviews
Toward the beginning of “The Book of Henry,” we find Henry (Jaeden Lieberher) meticulously setting up a Rube Goldberg machine. It appears to be important. We know it’s supposed to be important because Henry continues to come back to it, changing calculations and...
by Travis Poppleton | Jun 15, 2017 | Featured, FrontPage, mainStory, Reviews
Pixar fans have known this day was coming since 2006 when Disney officially purchased the Steve Jobs-driven animation studio. And sure, there have been signs Disney had John Lasseter and his team cash in with films like “Finding Dory,” “Toy Story 3” and “Monsters...
by admin | Jun 8, 2017 | Featured, FilmInUtah, FrontPage, mainStory, Movie News, News, Utah
When someone mentions a film festival in the state of Utah, most people naturally think of Sundance. Sure, we occasionally hear other names thrown around like Red Rock or Moab, but in general, many of the state’s unique and worthwhile film festivals carry on without...
by Travis Poppleton | Jun 8, 2017 | Featured, FrontPage, mainStory, Reviews
“My Cousin Rachel” is a frustrating affair. It should be good. You can see all the elements of a great movie dancing on the screen in front of you, but it never quite comes together. Performances, misdirection, three-dimensional characters — while watching the story...
by Curits Linnell | Jun 1, 2017 | Featured, mainStory
Since its summer blockbuster season and we are in the thick of baseball season I would like to relate the two to “Wonder Woman” Since the Nolan “Batman” trilogy we have seen the release of three DC comic movies. “Man of Steel,” “Superman v Batman: Dawn of Justice” and...
by Travis Poppleton | May 25, 2017 | Featured, FrontPage, mainStory, Reviews
“Baywatch.” No, that’s not a complete sentence, but let’s think about that for a minute. They made a movie based on that lifeguard TV show and you’re currently reading a review for it. How can that be? For both of the above points, I find myself scratching my head....