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Ring Leader: Wrestling legend gets the big-screen treatment

January 10, 2025

Feature·Movies·On Screen·Special Showings

Words by Shelton Hull Queen of the Ring is a new film about the late great Mildred Burke (1915-1989), who was the first great female star in professional wrestling. It’s scheduled for official release on March 7, nationally, but local audiences will be among the first in the world to see the finished product when it screens as part

Movie Reviews·Movies·On Screen

A COLLECTION OF MY BRILLIANTLY WITTY, SUPREMELY CREATIVE, DELIGHTFULLY AMUSING MOVIE REVIEWS AS SOMEONE WHO IS EXTREMELY HUMBLE AND MODEST AND IS BUT A LOWLY VIEWER WHO’S FAVORITE MOVIE HAS TWO STARS ON LETTERBOXD. ENJOY.

Words by Waverly Loyd REQUIEM FOR A DREAM (2000) -This almost made me stop taking my Ozempic. Keyword … almost. I mean, have you SEEN this waist? Me either, hmu if you find it. Watched Oct. 30, 2024 THE VANISHING (1988) This is the scariest movie Stanley Kubrick

January Theater, Dance and Film Listing

Through Jan. 5 Venardos Circus St. Augustine Amphitheatre theamp.com Jan 3-4

Film Review: Gladiator II

Words by Harry Moore Ridley Scott returns to Ancient Rome in this

‘Not Your Mothers’ Mean Girls Review

February 1, 2024

Movies

‘Not Your Mothers’ Mean Girls Review Words by Mallory Pace I went into the new “Mean Girls” movie (a movie musical based on the Broadway musical based on the non-musical original film) with an open heart and mind. As someone who has seen “Mean Girls” (2004) a dozen times,

“Renaissance: The Film”

December 29, 2023

Editorial Opinion·Feature·Movie Reviews·Movies·On Screen

Words by Kelila Ritchie “Renaissance.” The word we keep seeing, thanks to Beyoncé. The tour that single handedly brought silver and chrome back to life. The album that gave birth to a completely different understanding of what love and unity could look like. This was an album created

January Film Review

December 29, 2023

Movie Reviews·Movies·On Screen

Words by Harry Moore Wonka The early years of Roald Dahl’s whimsical chocolatier are brought to life in this sweet musical from “Paddington” director Paul King. Timothée Chalamet stars as Willy Wonka, a wide-eyed young man with a love for chocolate and a dream to share his delicious creations with

Ally Shawver: Big City, Bigger Dreams

November 30, 2023

Movies·On Screen·TV

Kelila Ritchie As a Jacksonville native, it is always really cool to see people who come from the same city as you doing something amazing. That “amazing” can be people who serve as neighborhood heroes or people who are simply following their dreams. This is the case for

2023 Films in Review

November 30, 2023

Movie Reviews·Movies·On Screen·Opinion

Words by Harry Moore When it comes to film, 2023 will likely be remembered as a year marred with strikes and big-budget bombs. Hollywood has begun to reckon with an existential crisis that has been brewing since Silicon Valley came to town with streaming hobbling theaters and proving to not

Naked and Not-So Afraid

November 6, 2023

Feature·TV·View from the Couch

Words by Carmen Macri and Ambar Ramirez “I was like, my God, what am I doing? What choices could I have made better? You know?” Picture this: It’s 2013, and Jacksonville native Frank Eytcheson takes up his favorite spot on the couch and reaches for the remote. Surfing

FILM REVIEW

November 1, 2023

Feature·Movie Reviews·Movies·On Screen·Theatre

Words by Harry Moore “Killers of the Flower Moon” Martin Scorsese’s majestic epic is a soulful chronicle of one of America’s many great untold tragedies that works as a cumulative work from the masterful filmmaker as he reaches the twilight of his life and career. Based on David Grann’s acclaimed

Film Reviews

September 29, 2023

Movie Reviews·Movies

Words by Harry Moore “The Equalizer 3” Between Keanu Reeves and Liam Neeson, the middle-aged action hero has become all the rage over the past 15 years or so — and what better actor is there to take on an aging badass part than Denzel Washington? The third outing

Discovering the Soul of SoulHood Saga

July 18, 2023

Feature·Movies

Words by Su Ertekin-Taner The SoulHood Saga officially wrapped this May 27 when the final installment of the six-part series premiered at the Regal Avenues. The saga originally followed the independent filmmaking crew Rick, DJ, Tony and Pat, as they dream cinematically big in a relatively small film arena, Jacksonville.

Summer Movie Roundup

July 18, 2023

Movie Reviews·Movies·On Screen

Words by Harry Moore Summer is the time of year where cineplexes are usually loaded with blockbusters. However, the summer season this year has seen a trail of busts limp their way through theaters in what was supposed to be Hollywood’s triumphant return to full force following the pandemic. Several