It's Movie Time

It's Movie Time May 17, 2013: The Great Gatsby

John DeSando and Carolyn Bruck — Fri, 17 May 2013 12:33:00 +0000

Carolyn and John disagree about the Baz Luhrmann adaptation of The Great Gatsby.

Film reviewed: The Great Gatsby

by hosts John DeSando and Carolyn Bruck

It's Movie Time has won numerous national awards including LA Press Club, MarCom, Silver Microphone, Communicator, and Hermes Creative honors.

John DeSando is also co-host of WCBE’s Cinema Classics and appears on Fox 28’s Man Panel.

Carolyn Bruck is a news anchor for ABC 6/Fox 28.

It's Movie Time May 10, '13: Iron Man 3

John DeSando and Carolyn Bruck — Fri, 10 May 2013 13:17:31 +0000

Carolyn and John review the first blockbuster hero movie of the summer.

Film reviewed: Iron Man 3

by hosts John DeSando and Carolyn Bruck

It's Movie Time has won numerous national awards including LA Press Club, MarCom, Silver Microphone, Communicator, and Hermes Creative honors.

John DeSando is also co-host of WCBE’s Cinema Classics and appears on Fox 28’s Man Panel.

Carolyn Bruck is a news anchor for ABC 6/Fox 28.

It's Movie Time May 3, '13: The Company You Keep

John DeSando and Carolyn Bruck and Linda Baas — Fri, 03 May 2013 13:52:31 +0000

John and Linda review Robert Redford's new film and his career.

The Company You Keep

John DeSando — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 18:08:47 +0000

The Company You Keep Grade: B+ Director: Robert Redford (Ordinary People) Screenplay: Lem Dobbs (Limey) From the Neil Gordon novel Cast: Robert Redford (All the President’s Men), Shia LebEOUF Rating: R Runtime: 125 min. by John DeSando “When we revolt it’s not for a particular culture. We revolt simply because, for many reasons, we can no longer breathe.” Frantz Fanon In Robert Redford’s The Company You keep, Jim Grant (Redford) is an attorney on the lam for participating in Weather Underground anti-Vietnam activities over 40 years ago.

Mud

John DeSando — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 17:54:11 +0000

A small psychological thriller with a big delivery. Mud Grade: A- Director: Jeff Nichols (Shotgun Stories, Take Shelter) Screenplay: Nichols Cast: Matthew McConaughey (Killer Joe), Tye Sheridan (The Tree of Life) Rating: PG-13 Runtime: 130 min by John DeSando “You gotta watch yourself.” Mud (Matthew McConaughey) In fact, everyone needs to watch himself, mostly the eponymous fugitive and almost so the 14 year olds Ellis (Tye Sheridan) and Neckbone (Jacob Lofland), who aid the murderer Mud as he connects with his lost love, Juniper (Reese Witherspoon) and evades bounty hunte

42

John DeSando — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 18:26:25 +0000

42 Grade: B Director: Brian Helgeland (A Knight’s Tale) Screenplay: Helgeland (Mystic River) Cast: Chadwick Boseman (The Kill Hole), Harrison Ford (Cowboys & Aliens) Rating: PG-13 Runtime: 128 min. by John DeSando Jackie Robinson (Chadwick Boseman): “You want a player who doesn't have the guts to fight back?” Branch Rickey (Harrison Ford): “No. I want a player who's got the guts ‘not’ to fight back.” SAFE!

The Place Beyond the Pines

John DeSando — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 16:01:23 +0000

The Place Beyond the Pines Grade: B+ Director: Derek Cianfrance (Blue Valentine) Screenplay: Cianfrance, Ben Coccio (The Beginner), Darius Marder Cast: Ryan Gosling (The Ides of March), Bradley Cooper (Silver Linings Playbook) Rating: R Runtime: 140 min. by John DeSando “If you ride like lightning, you're going to crash like thunder.” Robin (Ben Mendelsohn) Luke (Ryan Gosling) rides a motorcycle at lightning speed with the abandon promising a thunderous crash, mostly metaphorical.

No

John DeSando — Sat, 13 Apr 2013 17:35:55 +0000

An instructive look inside very rough politics.

It's Movie time April 12, 2013: Room 237

John DeSando and Carolyn Bruck — Sat, 13 Apr 2013 12:34:18 +0000

John and Carolyn are amused by the sometimes outrageous interpretations of The Shining.

Trance

John DeSando — Fri, 12 Apr 2013 23:31:21 +0000

Trance

Grade: B+

Director: Danny Boyle (Slumdog Millionaire)

Screenplay: Joe Ahearne, John Hodge (Trainspotting)

Cast: James McAvoy (The Last Station), Rosario Dawson (Zookeeper)

Rating: R

Runtime: 101 min. by John DeSando

“The choice is yours. Do you want to remember or do you want to forget?” Elizabeth (Rosario Dawson)

Room 237

John DeSando — Thu, 11 Apr 2013 13:12:00 +0000

Kubrick's The Shining holds up to intense interpretive scrutiny.

It's Movie Time April 5, 2013 Ginger & Rosa

John DeSando and Carolyn Bruck — Fri, 05 Apr 2013 21:29:03 +0000

John and Carolyn finally find a good movie after too many weeks of the January to April movie dead zone.

Film reviewed: Ginger & Rosa

by hosts John DeSando and Carolyn Bruck

It's Movie Time has won numerous national awards including LA Press Club, Marcom Platinum, Communicator, Hermes Creative, and Communicator honors.

John DeSando is also co-host of WCBE's Cinema Classics and appears on Fox 28's Man Panel.

Carolyn Bruck is a news anchor for ABC 6/ Fox 28.

G.I. Joe: Retaliation

John DeSando — Thu, 04 Apr 2013 23:29:05 +0000

Mindless fun for a dull afternoon.

G. I. Joe: Retaliation

Grade: C

Director: John M. Chu (Step Up 2: The Streets)

Screenplay: Rhett Reese, Paul Wernick (both Zombieland) Cast: Dwayne Johnson (Snitch), Jonathan Pryce (Evita)

Rating: PG-13

Runtime: 110 min

by John DeSando

“Soon the world will bow down to Zeus.”

Evil Dead

John DeSando — Thu, 04 Apr 2013 22:10:31 +0000

As good a scare fest as it gets.

Ginger & Rosa

John DeSando — Mon, 01 Apr 2013 11:29:31 +0000

Ginger & Rosa
Grade: B+
Director: Sally Potter (Orlando)
Screenplay: Potter (The Tango Lesson)
Cast: Elle Fanning (Super 8), Alice Englert (Beautiful Creatures)
Rating: PG-13
Runtime: 90 min
by John DeSando

Ginger & Rosa is a deceptive title because this slight tale is intensely about Ginger (Elle Fanning), whose life is affected by Rosa (Alice Englert), but still defined by her own sense of herself and her notions of right and wrong.

The Gatekeepers

John DeSando — Sat, 30 Mar 2013 20:03:57 +0000

Watch real power talk about itself.

The Gatekeepers
Grade: A
Director:
Cast: Ami Avalon, Avraham Shalom
Rating: PG-13
Runtime: 101 min.
by John DeSando

"These are philosophical questions, not practical ones," Yaakov Peri

If the Arab-Israeli conflict interests you, then take a close look at The Gatekeepers, a first-rate documentary about Shin Bet, the Israeli security agency primarily responsible for Israel’s complicated relationship with Palestine, for both good and bad.

It's Movie Time March 29, 2013: Olympus Has Fallen

John DeSando and Carolyn Bruck — Fri, 29 Mar 2013 21:06:40 +0000

John and Carolyn definitely disagree.

Film reviewed: Olympus Has Fallen

by hosts John DeSando and Carolyn Bruck

It's Movie Time has won numerous national awards including LA Press Club, MarCom, Silver Microphone, Communicator, and Hermes Creative honors.

John DeSando is also co-host of WCBE’s Cinema Classics and appears on Fox 28’s Man Panel. Carolyn Bruck is a news anchor for ABC 6/Fox 28.

Olympus Has Fallen

John DeSando — Mon, 25 Mar 2013 22:26:15 +0000

Enjoy a cheesy B thriller.

Admission

John DeSando — Thu, 21 Mar 2013 22:45:04 +0000

I must admit I liked Admission.

Stoker

John DeSando — Thu, 21 Mar 2013 21:12:28 +0000

Another dysfunctional family but with functional cinematography.