Larry is joined by KPCC film critics Claudia Puig, Henry Sheehan and Charles Solomon to review this week's new films, including Ice Age: Continental Drift, Red Lights, The Pact and more. TGI-FilmWeek!
Guests:
Claudia Puig, film critic for KPCC and USA Today
Henry Sheehan, film critic for KPCC and dearhenrysheehan.com
Charles Solomon, animation critic and historian for KPCC, author for amazon.com
Films Reviewed:
Ice Age: Continental Drift (In 3-D)
Paleolithic animals try to survive a cataclysm in the fourth Ice Age movie.
Starring: Ray Romano, John Leguizamo, Denis Leary and Queen Latifah
Written by: Michael Berg and Jason Fuchs
Directed by: Steve Martino and Michael Thurmeier
PG
20th Century Fox
Red Lights
Two scientists who debunk paranormal hoaxes investigate a blind psychic.
Starring: Cillian Murphy, Sigourney Weaver, Robert De Niro and Elizabeth Olsen
Written and directed by: Rodrigo Cortes
R
Millennium Entertainment
The Pact
A woman returns to her childhood home and senses an ominous presence.
Starring: Caity Lotz, Haley Hudson, Kathleen Rose Perkins and Sam Ball
Written and directed by: Nicholas McCarthy
Not rated
IFC Films
Nipples and Palm Trees
A struggling artist tries to get out of his professional and romantic rut.
Starring: Matt James, Aki Kitamura and Sadie Katz
Written by: Matt James
Directed by: Dylan Reynolds
Not rated
Cinema Epoch
Farewell, My Queen
Marie Antoinette’s private reader sees the first three days of the French Revolution.
Starring: Diane Kruger, Lea Seydoux and Virginie Ledoyen
Written by: Benoit Jacquot and Gilles Taurand
Directed by: Benoit Jacquot
R
Cohen Media Group
In French with English subtitles.
Easy Money
A poor student leads a double life among Stockholm’s elite.
Starring: Joel Kinnaman, Matias Padin and Dragomir Mrsic
Written by: Maria Karlsson
Directed by: Daniel Espinosa
R
The Weinstein Company
In Swedish, Spanish, Serbian and English, with English subtitles.
Trishna
Family issues threaten the relationship between a wealthy young man and a woman.
Starring: Frieda Pinto, Riz Ahmed and Roshan Seth
Written and directed by: Michael Winterbottom
R
Sundance Selects
Top Priority: The Terror Within
The story of a U.S. Customs and Border Protection Officer whistleblower.
Directed by: Asif Akbar
Not rated
Fleur De Lis Film Studios
Ballplayer: Pelotero
A look at Major League Baseball training camps in the Dominican Republic.
Narrated by: John Leguizamo
Directed by: Ross Finkel, Trevor Martin and Jon Paley
Not rated
Strand Releasing
Blind Revenge
A blind author hires a literary assistant to help with his final opus.
Starring: Tom Conti and Daryl Hannah
Written by: Gilbert Adair
Directed by: Raoul Ruiz
Not rated
Cinema Epoch
