What should you see with the kids, grandmom, and your discerning NPR-listening aunt?
The film, based on the novel by Colm Toibin, is more than a swoony romance.
Its a story that people need to hear.
Kerry Hayes
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Spectre, Nov. 6
Director Sam Mendes can only seeSkyfallin terms of unfinished business.
Enter Christoph Waltz as Oberhauser, mastermind of the titular shadowy criminal syndicate.
Director Steve Martino (Ice Age: Continental Drift), at least, knew it was coming.
Kerry Hayes
Fans were going to hear computer animation and Pea- nuts, and have their guns loaded, he says.
“But his mannerisms were so striking that I ended up sounding more like him than I intended.
“Thirty-five days, six-day weeks, 14-hour days,” she says.
Jonathan Olley
“I wanted to give us all a taste of what it’s like to be a miner.”
Shelter, Nov. 13
For his directorial debut, Paul Bettany set himself a serious challenge.
At least Anthony Mackie and Jennifer Connelly, who play a homeless couple, were up to the task.
And Connelly, Bettany’s wife, proved a crucial presence on set.
They abandon each other.
The reverse was true for the newly wedded stars.
From the time Tom sat down, all he was talking about was Ron,” says Helgeland.
At the end, Tom said, Ill give you Reggie if you give me Ron.
Anyone who really knows Paris will find quadrants of the map that look very familiar,director Lawrence says.
Beatrice Aguirre
The wide avenues and well-defined arrondissements wont help Katniss much, though.
It undoubtedly helped that her husband, Danny Moder, served as the film’s cinematographer.
“It actually became crucial for me for him to be there,” Roberts admits.
Clay Enos
It’s an incredible thing that he’s done.
He’s an absolute master.
They indulge in drugs, drink, and all things desirous and even encounter the real Miley Cyrus!
Merrick Morton
There’s an emotional part, too, though you may not expect that.
The upstart is prepping for a championship bout, for which he’s overmatched.
“The movie is notRocky VII,” says director/co-writer Ryan Coogler (Fruitvale Station).
“It was important that this was something that stood on its own.
But Rocky is in it.
And he’s not just decoration.
Murray Close
But there’s another key character in Pixar’s 16th film: Mother Nature.
Elbe is widely considered the first person to have undergone gender-confirmation surgery.
When I first read the script, I wept three times,Hooper says.
Karen Ballard
“For me, it was such a massive breakthrough.”
Both men are forced to confront their pasts, thanks to the women in their lives.
Answer:The Big Short, Michael Lewis' dissection of the 2008 mortgage meltdown.
Wilson Webb
In fact, it ends up being something much different and more heartfelt.
That’s tough material for a football junkie, but Will Smith concluded that fatherhood trumped fandom.
“As a parent, the responsibility to bring this information to light was overwhelming,“he says.
Sarah Shatz
“I almost couldn’t say no.
Her odds shift when the handcuffed pair become blizzard-bound with men of dubious intent.
This extreme-sports remake tries to keep the ratios similar, but on a much larger scale.
Barry Wetcher
“The original was mostly set in and around SoCal,” says director Ericson Core (Invincible).
“When we filmed, we were a roving band of gypsies traveling all over the world.
Making the film was grueling, by all accounts.
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“He’s unlike any director I’ve ever worked with,“Hardy says.
It could drive you f—ing nuts.
It’s his third outing with Lawrence, but it felt new to both of them.
Alex Bailey
“She’s usually sort of the sneak attack from the wings,” he says.
“This is the one where her heart is the whole thing.
“The sound of the entire stadium was like a giant gasp,” Cardellini says.C.
Molly Smith
Anomalisa, Dec. 30
The beautiful mind of Charlie Kaufman has never been so animated.
“There’s no intention to make puppet sex a joke,” Kaufman says.
“Every effort was made to make that intimate and real.”
And delightfully awkward, of course.Jeff Labrecque
Gianni Fiorito
Jaap Buitendijk
K.C. Bailey
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Melinda Sue Gordon
Andrew Cooper
Merie Weismiller Wallace
Hilary Browyn Gayle
