Category: Bill and The Boy

‘News of the World’ Where you can see it: Premiere Cinemas and Cinemark’s Tinseltown. Rated: PG-13 for violence, disturbing material and some language. Director: Paul Greengrass. Cast: Tom Hanks, Helena Zengel, Tom Astor, John Travis Johnson, Ray McKinnon and Mare Winningham. Screenplay: Co-written by Paul Greengrass and Luke Davies; based on novel by Paulette Jiles. Original … Continued

‘Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom’ Directed: George C. Wolfe. Screenplay: Ruben Santiago-Hudson; based on the play by August Wilson. Original music: Branford Marsalis. Cinematography: Tobias Schliessler. Edited: Andrew Mondshein. Production design: Mark Ricker. Costume design: Ann Roth. Starring: Viola Davis, Chadwick Boseman, Colman Domingo, Glynn Turman, Michael Potts, Jeremy Shamos, Jonny Coyne, Taylour Paige, Dusan Brown … Continued

“Mank” Rated: R for “some language.” Streaming only on Netflix. Direction: David Fincher. Stars: Gary Oldman, Amanda Seyfried, Lily Collins, Tom Pelphrey, Arliss Howard, Tuppence Middleton, Monika Gossman, Joseph Cross, Sam Troughton, Toby Leonard Moore, Tom Burke, Charles Dance, Ferdinand Kingsley and Jeff Harms. Screenplay: Jack Fincher (who died in 2003). Music: Trent Reznor and … Continued

Film: “Mulan,” rated PG-13 for sequences of violence. Streaming only on: Disney+. Director: Niki Caro. Cast: Yifei Liu, Donnie Yen, Li Gong, Jet Li, Jason Scott Lee, Yoson An, Tzi Ma, Rosalind Chao, Pei-Pei Cheng, Xana Tang, Ron Yuan, Jun Yu and Chen Tang. Writers: Rick Jaffa, Amanda Silver, Elizabeth Martin and Lauren Hynek, suggested … Continued

Oscar predictions in 21 out of the 24 total categories are made below by critics Bill Kerns and Gage Gregory and, in some categories, Terry Greenberg, Lubbock Lights editor, Hollywood native and film fan. Predicting the 2020 Academy Award winners – being announced at 7 p.m. Sunday on ABC to honor films released in the 2019 … Continued

Bill’s Best Films of 2019 Academy Award nominations, reflecting films that debuted throughout 2019 either on theater screens or on increasingly popular streaming channels, were revealed this morning. The Oscars ceremony itself also will arrive rather quickly, on Feb. 9. Honestly, I prefer to share my yearly film preferences even earlier. Then again, I didn’t … Continued

‘Star Wars, Episode IX: The Rise of Skywalker’ Rated PG-13: Sci-fi violence and action. Playing at: Alamo Drafthouse, Premiere Cinemas, Cinemark Tinseltown 17, Cinemark Movies 16 and Stars & Stripes Drive-In. Directed by: J.J. Abrams. Writers: Screenplay by Chris Terrio & J.J. Abrams. From a story by Derek Connolly & Colin Trevorrow and Chris Terrio & J.J. Abrams. Based … Continued

‘Gemini Man’ Rated PG-13: Violence and action throughout and brief strong language. Playing at: Premiere Cinemas, Cinemark’s Tinseltown 17 and Cinemark’s Movies 16. Credits: Directed by Ang Lee. Screenplay by David Benioff, Billy Ray and Darren Lemke; from a story by Lemke and Benioff. Cinematography by Dion Beebe. Music by Lorne Balfe. Edited by Jacob Hunt and Tim … Continued

’47 Meters Down: Uncaged’ Rated PG-13: Creature-related violence and terror, some bloody images and brief rude gestures. Playing at: Premiere Cinemas and Cinemark Movies 16. Credits: Directed by Johannes Roberts. Screenplay by Johannes Roberts and Ernest Riera. Original music by Tomandandy. Cinematography by Mark Silk. Edited by Martin Brinkler. Stars: John Corbett, Sophie Nelisse, Corinne Foxx, Brianne Tju, Sistine … Continued

‘Angel Has Fallen’ Rated R: Violence and language throughout. Playing at: Alamo Drafthouse Cinema, Premiere Cinemas, Cinemark’s Tinseltown 17, Cinemark’s Movies 16 and Stars and Stripes Drive-In. Credits: Directed by Ric Roman Waugh. Screenplay by Robert Mark Kamen, Matt Cook and Ric Roman Waugh; from a story by Creighton Rothenberger and Katrin Benedikt; based on characters created by … Continued

‘The Farewell’ Rated PG: Thematic material, brief language and some smoking. Playing at: Cinemark’s Movies 16. Credits: Directed by Lulu Wang. Screenplay by Lulu Wang. Music by Alex Weston. Cinematography by Anna Franquesa Solano. Edited by Matt Friedman and Michael Taylor. Production design by Yong OK Lee. Stars: Awkwafina, Shuzhen Zhao, Tzi Ma, Diana Lin, Aoi Mizuhara, Han Chen … Continued

‘Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark’ Rated PG-13: Terror/violence, disturbing images, thematic elements, language including racial epithet and brief sexual references. Playing at: Alamo Drafthouse, Premiere Cinemas, Cinemark’s Tinseltown 17 and Cinemark’s Movies 16. Credits: Directed by Andre Ovredal. Screenplay by Dan Hageman, Kevin Hageman and Guillermo del Toro; from a story by Marcus Dunstan and Patrick … Continued

‘Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs and Shaw’ Rated PG-13: Prolonged sequences of action and violence, suggestive material and some strong language. Playing at: Alamo Drafthouse, Premiere Cinemas, Cinemark’s Tinseltown 17, Cinemark’s Movies 16 and Stars & Stripes Drive-In. Credits: Directed by David Leitch. Screenplay by Chris Morgan and Drew Pearce, from a story by Chris Morgan, based on … Continued

‘Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood’ Rated R: Language throughout, some strong graphic violence, drug use, and sexual references. Playing at: Alamo Drafthouse, Premiere Cinemas, Tinseltown 17, and Stars & Stripes Drive-In. Credits – Directed by Quentin Tarantino. Screenplay by Quentin Tarantino. Cinematography by Robert Richardon. Edited by Robert Richardson. Production design by Barbara Ling. Costume … Continued