The Huntsman: Winter’s War (2016). D: Cedric Nicolas-Troyan. DP: Phedon Papamichael. W: Evan Spiliotopoulos and Craig Mazin. Starring: Charlize Theron/Chris Hemsworth/Emily Blunt/Jessica Chastain/Nick Frost/Rob Brydon/Sheridan Smith/Alexandra Roach/Sam Claflin/Sope Disiru. Spring may be a time of renewal, a chance for the resurrection of the beauty of spring. Yet it can also be a time to clean…
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Cinderella (2015). D: Kenneth Branagh. DP: Haris Zambarloukos. W: Chris Weitz. Starring: Lily James/Cate Blanchett/Richard Madden/Helena Bonham Carter/Derek Jacobi/Nonso Anozie/Stellan Skarsgard/Sophie McShera/Holliday Granger/Ben Chaplin/Hayley Atwell. This spring Disney brings another of their beloved royalties to the big screen in the live action version of Cinderella. All glass and little substance, the film is clearly geared…
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Into the Woods (2014). D: Rob Marshall. W: James Lapine. DP: Dion Beebe. Starring: Meryl Streep/Emily Blunt/James Corden/Johnny Depp/Anna Kendrick/Chris Pine/Lilla Crawford/Tracey Ullman/Daniel Huttlestone/Christine Baranski/Billy Magnussen/Mackenzie Mauzy/Lucy Punch/Tammy Blanchard. (Based on Stephen Sondheim’s 1987 musical of the same name) The musical genre has been struggling for a comeback for the last decade. Since 2002’s Oscar…
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Maleficent (2014). D: Robert Stromberg. DP: Dean Semler. W: Linda Woolverton (based on an amalgamation of the Grimm fairy tale Briar Rose and the 1959’s Disney animated feature). Starring: Angelina Jolie/Elle Fanning/Sam Riley/Sharlto Copley/Juno Temple/Imelda Staunton/Lesley Manville/Brenton Thwaites. This summer’s Disney revamped fairytale finds Angelina Jolie back on the screen in years and proves that…