Rated R
Opens: May 1, 2015
Studio: IFC Films
Starring: Juliette Binoche, Kristen Stewart, Chloë Grace Moretz, Lars Eidinger, Johnny Flynn
Directed by: Olivier Assayas
Kevin says Clouds of Sils Maria kinda sucks!
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This Week: Kevin rips off his shirt, throws it on the ground and gets ready to party like it’s the opening of the big summer movie season. But first, he talks about a couple pieces of news as well as looks at trailers for the new M. Night Shyamalan movie and the upcoming Vin Diesel action thriller. Before he dives into Avengers: Age of Ultron, Kevin also reviews Clouds of Sils Maria, The Salt of the Earth and Hyena. Later, he also reviews the listener recommendation for The Guest before looking at this week’s box office and offering some suggestions in the DVD Round-Up!
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GODZILLA
(PG-13)
MOVIE: *** (out of 5)
BLU-RAY EXPERIENCE: **1/2 (out of 5)
STARRING
Aaron Taylor-Johnson as FORD BRODY
Ken Watanabe as DR. ISHIRO SERIZAWA
Elizabeth Olsen as ELLE BRODY
Juliette Binoche as SANDRA BRODY
Sally Hawkins as DR. VIVIENNE GRAHAM
David Strathairn as ADMIRAL WILLIAM STENZ
Bryan Cranston as JOE BRODY
Studio: Warner Bros.
Directed by: Gareth Edwards
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Kevin’s picks on DVD this week: Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Brick Mansions, Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.: Season 1, Words and Pictures and Dynasty: Season 9
Stinker of the week: Here Comes Honey Boo Boo: A Very Boo Halloween
Kevin Carr’s DVD Rundown for 09/09/14
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Rated PG-13
Opens: June 13, 2014
Studio: Roadside Attractions
Starring: Clive Owen, Juliette Binoche
Directed by: Fred Schepisi
Kevin says Words and Pictures kinda sucks!
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This Week: Kevin has recovered (sort of) from his illness and is ready to take on the world… literally. He has a big announcement of some movie reporting he will be doing in July, then he rolls into the news segment talking about upcoming films and what will happen with them. After looking at some new crazy trailers, he moves into the reviews of Words & Pictures, Lullaby, 22 Jump Street and How to Train Your Dragon 2. Finally, he talks box office and some analysis of what must happen with the Avatar sequels before rolling into the DVD Round-Up!
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Rated PG-13
Opens: May 16, 2014
Studio: Warner Bros.
Starring: Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Ken Watanabe, Elizabeth Olsen, Juliette Binoche, Sally Hawkins
Directed by: Gareth Edwards
Kevin says Godzilla kinda rocks!
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GODZILLAMay 16, 2014
STARRING
Aaron Taylor-Johnson as FORD BRODY
Ken Watanabe as DR. ISHIRO SERIZAWA
Elizabeth Olsen as ELLE BRODY
Juliette Binoche as SANDRA BRODY
Sally Hawkins as DR. VIVIENNE GRAHAM
David Strathairn as ADMIRAL WILLIAM STENZ
Bryan Cranston as JOE BRODY
Studio: Warner Bros.
Directed by: Gareth Edwards
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DAN IN REAL LIFE
(PG-13)
MOVIE: *** (out of 5)
DVD EXPERIENCE: ***1/2 (out of 5)
STARRING
Steve Carell as DAN BURNS
Juliette Binoche as MARIE
Dane Cook as MITCH BURNS
John Mahoney as POPPY BURNS
Emily Blunt as RUTHIE DRAPER
Dianne Wiest as NANA BURNS
Directed by: Peter Hedges
Studio: Touchstone
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An Interview with Anthony Minghella, director of “Breaking and Entering”
BY KEVIN CARR
Anthony Minghella is the Oscar-winning director of “Breaking and Entering.” Minghella’s latest film stars Jude Law, Juliette Binoche and Robin Wright Penn. It is a departure from his more recent films in that is the first original screenplay from Minghella since his debut, “Truly Madly Deeply.” It also is a relatively small, independent film rather than a sweeping period piece, making it a more intimate project for the award-winning director.
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7M: WHAT IS THE THEME OF “BREAKING AND ENTERING”?
Let me tell you about how it came about, and maybe that will be a way of describing a theme. After the last original film I made, “Truly Madly Deeply,” I tried to write this movie called “Breaking and Entering.” The idea of it was to examine how a marriage was unraveled and repaired by a break-in. I had an idea about a couple coming home from a dinner party who found that their house had been burgled. And when they did an inventory, they discovered that things had been added. What had been added had been indicative of the problems in their marriage.
I could never quite write that film, and I put it to one side. And when I was making “Cold Mountain,” I was renovating an office in London at the same time, and that office was hostage to several burglaries, and it reminded me of this idea.
If it has any theme, it is that sometimes things need to be broken before they can be fixed. That some kind of damage is the antecedent of something healing, so that was where I began.
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