{"id":8895,"date":"2018-03-02T05:00:07","date_gmt":"2018-03-02T10:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/crookedmarquee.com\/stage8\/?p=8895"},"modified":"2018-06-28T13:31:40","modified_gmt":"2018-06-28T17:31:40","slug":"friday-movie-pile-march-2-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/crookedmarquee.com\/stage8\/friday-movie-pile-march-2-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Friday Movie Pile &#8211; March 2, 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Oh, hi. We didn&#8217;t see you come in. We were just going through the Friday Movie Pile, and &#8212; what&#8217;s that? The Friday Movie Pile? Why, that&#8217;s where we dump all of the week&#8217;s new movies onto the floor and sort them out. It&#8217;s actually pretty self-explanatory. Join us, won&#8217;t you?<\/p>\n<h3><em>Red Sparrow<\/em> (R, 2:19)<\/h3>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/crookedmarquee.com\/stage8\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/redsparrow-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-8908\" src=\"https:\/\/crookedmarquee.com\/stage8\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/redsparrow-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/crookedmarquee.com\/stage8\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/redsparrow-1.jpg 450w, https:\/\/crookedmarquee.com\/stage8\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/redsparrow-1-300x167.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a>Plot:<\/strong> A Russian spy specially trained in the art of seduction targets a CIA officer. Since Russia and the CIA are involved, you know there&#8217;s gonna be torture. It got the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Red_Sparrow#Release\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">equivalent<\/a> of an R rating in most countries, even the ones where it&#8217;s OK for kids to see sex.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Director:<\/strong> Francis Lawrence (no relation to Jennifer, Vicki, or D.H.)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Stars:<\/strong> Jennifer Lawrence, Joel Edgerton, Matthias Schoenaerts, Charlotte Rampling<\/p>\n<p><strong>Features Jennifer Lawrence As You&#8217;ve Never Seen Her Before (Nude and Russian):<\/strong> Yes<\/p>\n<p><strong>Includes a Bowling Ball-Assisted Death:<\/strong> No<\/p>\n<p><strong>Buzz:<\/strong> After <em>mother!<\/em>, this is another outside-the-box choice for J-Law, and so far critics are meh: 53% of reviews at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rottentomatoes.com\/m\/red_sparrow\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rotten Tomatoes<\/a> are positive, and the average score at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.metacritic.com\/movie\/red-sparrow\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Metacritic<\/a> is 53\/100. The movie may look like an <em>Atomic Blonde<\/em>-style spy thriller, but evidently it&#8217;s more (or less?) than that. Man, you never know with the Russians.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Red Sparrow | Official Trailer [HD] | 20th Century FOX\" width=\"760\" height=\"428\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/PmUL6wMpMWw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><em>Death Wish<\/em> (R, 1:47)<\/h3>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/crookedmarquee.com\/stage8\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/bruce-willis-in-death-wish-2018.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-8906\" src=\"https:\/\/crookedmarquee.com\/stage8\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/bruce-willis-in-death-wish-2018.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"253\" srcset=\"https:\/\/crookedmarquee.com\/stage8\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/bruce-willis-in-death-wish-2018.jpg 450w, https:\/\/crookedmarquee.com\/stage8\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/bruce-willis-in-death-wish-2018-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a>Plot:<\/strong> A Chicago surgeon becomes a kill-happy vigilante after his family is brutally attacked. Yes, it&#8217;s a remake of the 1974 Charles Bronson movie. Yes, it sounds kind of tone-deaf right now.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Director:<\/strong> Eli Roth (<em>Cabin Fever<\/em>, <em>Hostel<\/em>)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Stars:<\/strong> Bruce Willis, Vincent D&#8217;Onofrio, Elisabeth Shue, Dean Norris, guns<\/p>\n<p><strong>Includes a Bowling Ball-Assisted Death:<\/strong> Yes<\/p>\n<p><strong>Buzz:<\/strong> They didn&#8217;t screen this one for critics until Wednesday night (not a good sign), so reviews are just starting to trickle in: 13% at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rottentomatoes.com\/m\/death_wish_2018\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rotten Tomatoes<\/a>, 28\/100 at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.metacritic.com\/movie\/death-wish\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Metacritic<\/a>. This is why we never touch the sacred works of Charles Bronson.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Death Wish | Official Trailer #2 ???????? | MGM\" width=\"760\" height=\"428\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/HzILu6yyA20?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><em>Foxtrot<\/em> (R, 1:10; in Hebrew)<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/crookedmarquee.com\/stage8\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/1_wide-7aace89be6828caca1c2c6014ff2dbfd1daf1fae.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-8910 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/crookedmarquee.com\/stage8\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/1_wide-7aace89be6828caca1c2c6014ff2dbfd1daf1fae.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"253\" srcset=\"https:\/\/crookedmarquee.com\/stage8\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/1_wide-7aace89be6828caca1c2c6014ff2dbfd1daf1fae.jpg 450w, https:\/\/crookedmarquee.com\/stage8\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/1_wide-7aace89be6828caca1c2c6014ff2dbfd1daf1fae-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Plot:<\/strong> Parents in Tel Aviv learn that their soldier son has been killed in action. We won&#8217;t spoil anything, but Israel&#8217;s Minister of Culture publicly denounced the film for the way it portrays Israeli soldiers, so there must be something juicy going on.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Director:<\/strong> Samuel Maoz (<em>Lebanon<\/em>)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Stars:<\/strong> Lio Ashkenazi, Sarah Adler, Yonathan Shiray<\/p>\n<p><strong>Is About the Foxtrot Comic Strip:<\/strong> No<\/p>\n<p><strong>Buzz:<\/strong> This is technically a 2017 film, having played for a week in New York in December to qualify for awards consideration, which it didn&#8217;t get (not here, anyway; it did well at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt6896536\/awards\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Israeli Oscars<\/a>). Every review recorded at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rottentomatoes.com\/m\/foxtrot_2018\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rotten Tomatoes<\/a> so far is positive except for one, and its average score at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.metacritic.com\/movie\/foxtrot\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Metacritic<\/a> &#8212; its <em>average<\/em> score &#8212; is 91\/100.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Foxtrot | Official Trailer HD (2017)\" width=\"760\" height=\"428\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/wrBEDEmUceM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><em>The Vanishing of Sidney Hall<\/em> (R, 1:57)<\/h3>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/crookedmarquee.com\/stage8\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/MV5BMzA3NTBjYzAtMTM2MC00YzI2LTlhMTMtOTlmNzRjZmQ3YWY3XkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyODgwNTM3Ng@@._V1_.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-8912\" src=\"https:\/\/crookedmarquee.com\/stage8\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/MV5BMzA3NTBjYzAtMTM2MC00YzI2LTlhMTMtOTlmNzRjZmQ3YWY3XkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyODgwNTM3Ng@@._V1_.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/crookedmarquee.com\/stage8\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/MV5BMzA3NTBjYzAtMTM2MC00YzI2LTlhMTMtOTlmNzRjZmQ3YWY3XkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyODgwNTM3Ng@@._V1_.jpg 450w, https:\/\/crookedmarquee.com\/stage8\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/MV5BMzA3NTBjYzAtMTM2MC00YzI2LTlhMTMtOTlmNzRjZmQ3YWY3XkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyODgwNTM3Ng@@._V1_-300x167.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a>Plot:<\/strong> A talented young author&#8217;s early success overwhelms him, brings up old secrets, and sends him into hiding, J.D. Salinger-style.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Director:<\/strong> Shawn Christensen (whose previous movie was called <em>Before I Disappear<\/em>, so apparently vanishing is a recurring theme)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Stars:<\/strong> Logan Lerman, Elle Fanning, Michelle Monaghan, Kyle Chandler<\/p>\n<p><strong>Buzz:<\/strong> This premiered at Sundance <em>last<\/em> year, simply called <em>Sidney Hall<\/em>, before being picked up by the usually shrewd distributor A24. The reviews aren&#8217;t pretty: 13% Fresh at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rottentomatoes.com\/m\/the_vanishing_of_sidney_hall\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rotten Tomatoes<\/a>, 22\/100 at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.metacritic.com\/movie\/the-vanishing-of-sidney-hall\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Metacritic<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Vanishing of Sidney Hall Trailer #1 (2018) | Movieclips Trailers\" width=\"760\" height=\"428\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2vNZW7NJFBc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><em>Oh Lucy!<\/em> (NR, 1:36; in Japanese and English)<\/h3>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/crookedmarquee.com\/stage8\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/3_englishschool_group01.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-8913\" src=\"https:\/\/crookedmarquee.com\/stage8\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/3_englishschool_group01.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"253\" srcset=\"https:\/\/crookedmarquee.com\/stage8\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/3_englishschool_group01.jpg 450w, https:\/\/crookedmarquee.com\/stage8\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/3_englishschool_group01-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a>Plot:<\/strong> A bored Tokyo office worker takes an immersive English class, falls for the teacher, then learns that her niece has been dating him.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Director:<\/strong> Atsuko Hirayanagi<\/p>\n<p><strong>Stars:<\/strong> Shinobu Terajima, Josh Hartnett, Kaho Minami<\/p>\n<p><strong>Buzz:<\/strong> Here&#8217;s a good example of the limits of Rotten Tomatoes&#8217; binary system. Oh Lucy! has a 100% <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rottentomatoes.com\/m\/oh_lucy_2018\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fresh<\/a> score, which sounds amazing. But that doesn&#8217;t mean those reviews are all raves, just that they&#8217;re more Fresh than Rotten. The average score is 6.6\/10, or 68\/100 at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.metacritic.com\/movie\/oh-lucy!\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Metacritic<\/a>. Critics mostly like it, but nobody <em>loves<\/em> it, you know?<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=U_fuaIMeJTI<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><em>Support us by following us on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CrookedMarquee\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a>\u00a0or liking us on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/crookedmarquee\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Oh, hi. We didn&#8217;t see you come in. 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