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33 Postcards

score: 
C+
Director: 
Pauline Chan
Cast: 
Guy Pearce, Zhu Lin, Claudia Karvan, Elaine Jin, Lincoln Lewis
Running Time: 
97
Rated: 
NR
Author(s): 
Lauren Spittler

33 Postcards is the type of movie that is best suited for a lazy Sunday afternoon when you’re flipping through the channels and there is nothing else on. The storyline is captivating enough to keep you occupied for an hour and a half but not so much so that you have to focus all of your energy to figure out a very intricate plot. 33 Postcards is pretty much all fluff.

Poster: Redemption

Roadside Attractions has just released a new poster for their upcoming film Redeption.

In the film Jason Statham stars as Joey, a veteran who finds himself homeless and damaged after returning to London from a tour in Afghanistan.  In an effort to rehabilitate himself Joey seeks help from a young nun who works at an inner-city parish.  But Joey has some desirable traits and is soon finds himself caught within the grips of the dark London criminal underworld.

The Purge: Advance Screening

Presented By: 
Universal Pictures
Theater City: 
Dallas
Time: 
7:30 PM
Director: 
James DeMonaco
Cast: 
Ethan Hawke, Lena Headey, Adelaide Kane, Max Burkholder

If on one night every year, you could commit any crime without facing consequences, what would you do?  In The Purge, a speculative thriller that follows one family over the course of a single night, four people will be tested to see how far they will go to protect themselves when the vicious outside world breaks into their home.

The Purge: Advance Screening

Presented By: 
Universal Pictures
Theater City: 
Austin
Time: 
7:30 PM
Director: 
James DeMonaco
Cast: 
Ethan Hawke, Lena Headey, Adelaide Kane, Max Burkholder

If on one night every year, you could commit any crime without facing consequences, what would you do?  In The Purge, a speculative thriller that follows one family over the course of a single night, four people will be tested to see how far they will go to protect themselves when the vicious outside world breaks into their home.

The Angels' Share

score: 
A-
Director: 
Ken Loach
Cast: 
Paul Brannigan, John Henshaw, Gary Maitland, Jasmin Riggins, William Ruane, Roger Allam
Running Time: 
101
Rated: 
NR
Author(s): 
Kip Mooney

Even at age 76, veteran director Ken Loach has been able to stay in touch with his youth. In films such as Sweet Sixteen (2002) and the seminal Kes (1969), he tells highly relatable stories about young men on the brink, searching for meaning in a society that seems to have no use for them. Though The Angels’ Share features a similarly hopeless protagonist, it features a much brighter ending for him.

Arthur Newman

score: 
C-
Director: 
Dante Ariola
Cast: 
Colin Firth, Emily Blunt, Anne Heche
Running Time: 
101
Rated: 
R
Author(s): 
Orlando Sanchez

Arthur Newman, much like the eponymous character who shifts identities willy-nilly, does not know what film to be. At times, I was sure that it would be some sort of devil- may-care film where the leads would spend the entire time gallivanting around assuming different identities. Instead, Arthur Newman spends its time moping around and telling us the characters are complete failures as human beings with only flashes of humanity. Firth’s Arthur J.

Hawking

score: 
C
Director: 
Stephen Finnigan
Cast: 
Stephen Hawking, Nathan Chapple, Arthur Pelling, Martin King, Joe Lovell
Running Time: 
86
Rated: 
NR
Author(s): 
Micael Mirza

While there is no doubt that Stephen Hawking is an interesting and smart guy, Hawking is the epitome of an "alright" movie. I am really hard pressed to call this movie a documentary but more of a biographic that simply touches on someone's life.

Video: Oz the Great and Powerful Opening Sequence

Walt Disney Pictures has just released the extraordinary opening credit sequence for its hugely popular Oz The Great and Powerful.  The film, which serves as a prequel to the classic Wizzard of Oz, stars James Franco, Mila Kunis, Rachel Weisz, and Michelle Williams.  After just two weeks of release (both of which were spent atop the box office chart), Oz has already become the highest grossing film thus far in 2013 - so check it out.

Sightseers

score: 
B
Director: 
Ben Wheatley
Cast: 
Alice Lowe, Steve Oram
Running Time: 
98
Rated: 
NR
Author(s): 
Candace Breiten

Quartet

score: 
76
Director: 
Dustin Hoffman
Cast: 
Maggie Smith, Pauline Collins, Tom Courtenay, Billy Connolly
Running Time: 
98
Rated: 
PG-13
Author(s): 
Kip Mooney
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