Month: July 2022

Grab your track sneakers and run to ‘Marcel the Shell with Shoes On’

Jeff Mitchell

“Marcel the Shell with Shoes On” (2022) – “So, I’m making, like, a little documentary.” – Dean (Dean Fleischer-Camp) “Oh, it’s like a movie, but nobody has any lines, and nobody even knows what it is while we’re making it.” – Marcel (Jenny Slate) Director/co-writer Dean Fleischer-Camp and co-writer Jenny Slate star as the primary somebodies in “Marcel the Shell with Shoes On”, a thoroughly engaging PG-rated story. It’s a live-action feature that includes stop-motion characters. With its intimate documentary style, the movie purposely and beautifully wanders into adorable, eccentric…

‘Thirteen Lives’ Press Conference with Ron Howard and the cast

Jeff Mitchell

In 1995, Ron Howard commanded “Apollo 13”, a harrowing drama about the real-life 1970 lunar mission where (NASA and) three astronauts had to think out of the box – in outer space – after an unexpected explosion damaged the ship.  Twenty-seven years later, Howard recreates another actual rescue attempt for the big screen.  This time, the tight spot lands on Earth, an elaborate Thailand cave system, and 13 people – 12 kids and their soccer coach – are trapped.  In “Thirteen Lives”, rescue teams search through the caverns. The “Thirteen…

Celebrate Eva Green’s birthday with ‘Proxima’

Jeff Mitchell

Paris native Eva Green turns 42 years young on July 6, and to help celebrate this talented actress’ birthday, watch her 2019 film, where she plays an astronaut about to leave on a one-year mission in “Proxima”. Vive la France…and Eva! “Proxima” (2019) – “Behind every working woman is an enormous pile of unwashed laundry.”  – cartoonist Barbara Dale “It’s not difficult to take care of a child.  It’s difficult to do anything else while taking care of a child.” – Julianne Moore Sarah (Eva Green) is a mom. She…