That little jeer! When I hear Val Kilmer’s name, I always think of when ‘Ice,’ his character in “Top Gun,” snaps his teeth at a surprised Maverick (Tom Cruise). That image is burned in my brain. It could be because, with the serious actor that Val Kilmer is, he created a backstory for the presence of his almost non-existent character.
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The release of “Settlers,” written and directed by Wyatt Rockefeller, who has only three directing and writing credits to his name (two of them shorts), couldn’t have been timed better.
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‘Joe Bell’ is about Mark Wahlberg’s character, Joe Bell, on a crusade against bullying, particularly toward people who come out as homosexual, as his son Jaidn (Reid Miller) had. Jaiden was trying to tell his father what he had been going through for the entire school year thus far. Joe tuned him out.
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I never thought I’d be reviewing a film about a smirk. Still, I found myself doing that very thing this week while watching Jonathan Schroder’s “The Boys in Red Hats.”
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This is a rare gem. “Summertime” is “Blindspotting” director Carlos López Estrada’s second feature and the very personification of indie film.
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Directed by: Cal Brunker
Written by: Billy Frolick and Cal Brunker & Bob Barlen
Produced by: Jennifer Dodge, p.g.a.
Starring: Iain Armitage, Marsai Martin, Ron Pardo, Yara Shahidi, Kim Kardashian West, Randall Park, Dax Shepard with Tyler Perry and Jimmy Kimmel… Introducing Will Brisbin
Rated: G
Genres: Animation, Adventure, Comedy
Roadside Attractions will release “Joe Bell” only in theaters July 23rd, 2021 (originally titled Good Joe Bell).
Directed by: Reinaldo Marcus Green
Written by: Diana Ossana, Larry McMurtry
Starring: Mark Wahlberg, newcomer Reid Miller, Connie Britton and Gary Sinise
Run Time: 1h 30min
Genres: Biography, Drama
