The Screenland Crossroads, an indie film lovers’ mecca since 2004, is two nights away from “The End.” At its current location, anyway. The single-screen, 150-seat boutique theater will close after a farewell blowout Friday evening.
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When Alex Kurtzman was growing up, he loved a franchise with the word “Star” in it, but it wasn’t the one with Captain Kirk. “I was much more of a ‘Star Wars’ guy,” he said in a recent phone interview.
‘Star Trek’ plots and actors’ friendship go beyond the movie.
This old-fashioned film provides a glorious cinematic display of man vs. nature — although from Thor Heyerdahl’s perspective, he was more caught up in man vs. the scientific community.
J.J. Abrams is master of one universe - and he's about to try conquering another.
Gatsby looks almost as great as a superhero at the weekend box office. Leonard DiCaprio's "The Great Gatsby" partied like it was the Roaring '20s with a $51.1 million debut that made it a surprisingly strong runner-up to comic-book blockbuster "Iron Man 3."
The Hollywood image of Tonto once had the Lone Ranger's sidekick wearing a thin headband and lots of dangling fringes. The latest Disney version has a shirtless Johnny Depp adorned with feathers, a face painted white with black stripes, and a stuffed crow on his head.
Filmmaker Baz Luhrmann orchestrates a breakneck rave of machine-gun edits, swooping camera moves, lavish costumes, eccentric art direction and anachronistic soundtrack. But things slow down during the more satisfying second act, giving the characters and story a chance to breathe. “The Great Gatsby” becomes quite conventional, almost melodramatic, but it also becomes more human.
“Peeples” is an African-American “Meet the Parents” that slips funnyman Craig Robinson into the Ben Stiller role. And, formulaic or not, it’s funny.
There’s a double meaning to the title of “The Reluctant Fundamentalist,” filmmaker Mira Nair’s gripping and complex drama based on the 2007 novel by Mohsin Hamid about the roots of extremism.
In a remote roadhouse on a rural back road, the young couple (Laura Ramsey and Luke Evans), towing all their worldly possessions in a trailer for their crosscountry move, are just settling in for dinner when the thugs arrive. And they’re accosted. “We don’t want any trouble.” When has that line ever dissuaded anyone from doing their worst? Never.
“Renoir” is a lush, involving film that deals not with one Renoir but two, as well as the strong-minded woman who was a key player in both their lives.
Who can blame Howard Hughes for holing up in his darkened mansion and watching 1968’s “Ice Station Zebra” over and over?
A self-referential, insider farce about the hunger for Hollywood stardom, “He’s Way More Famous Than You” is — like its leading lady — as unhinged as it is hilarious.
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“You would normally say raising money was the most difficult part, but now the really hard part is getting your movie out there so people can see it,” says director Willmott. While “Bunker Hill” will not be released in domestic theaters, it can soon be found on Google Play, iTunes, Amazon, YouTube Movie Rentals, Android, etc.
The daughter of a pitcher portrayed in the new movie about famed baseball player Jackie Robinson says the movie unfairly characterizes her father as a racist. “There is nothing I can do now but try to set the record straight,” Duesterhaus said. “My father was a good pitcher. He was a good man. You know, it's hard to defend yourself while you are no longer here. I'm just a daughter trying to defend her dad.”
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New York and Los Angeles seem to always get the buzzed-about independent films long before KC. But now the weekly Gathr Preview Series brings some of those films here for one-night showings before their big-city openings.
