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6 places to enjoy art house cinema in Utah

by Travis Poppleton | Jun 27, 2017 | Featured, FilmInUtah, FrontPage, mainStory, Utah

SALT LAKE CITY — We’ve all been there, haven’t we? We’re sitting in a darkened theater or checking out movie trailers online when we see the perfect preview for an upcoming title we’ve never heard of. We jot down a quick mental note to watch said movie when it’s...

‘Baby Driver’ is probably the coolest movie you will see this summer.

by Curits Linnell | Jun 27, 2017 | Featured, FrontPage, mainStory

Even as big of a fan of Edgar Wright, I wasn’t terribly excited for “Baby Driver” after seeing the first trailer. It looked like every other generic car chasing, heist movie we’ve seen so many times before, but by the end of the movie I have to admit...

Movie review: ‘The Book of Henry’ gets tangled in good intentions

by Travis Poppleton | Jun 17, 2017 | Featured, FrontPage, mainStory, Movie News, News, Reviews

Toward the beginning of “The Book of Henry,” we find Henry (Jaeden Lieberher) meticulously setting up a Rube Goldberg machine. It appears to be important. We know it’s supposed to be important because Henry continues to come back to it, changing calculations and...

Movie review: 'The Book of Henry' gets tangled in good intentions

by Travis Poppleton | Jun 17, 2017 | Featured, FrontPage, mainStory, Movie News, News, Reviews

Toward the beginning of “The Book of Henry,” we find Henry (Jaeden Lieberher) meticulously setting up a Rube Goldberg machine. It appears to be important. We know it’s supposed to be important because Henry continues to come back to it, changing calculations and...

Movie review: ’47 Meters Down’ is nonsensical fun

by Travis Poppleton | Jun 15, 2017 | Featured, FrontPage, Reviews

As a movie critic, what are you supposed to do with a movie like ’47 Meters Down?’ It’s bad. The opening 15-minutes are head-shakingly bad. The ending is laugh-out-loud bad. But between the dialogue and nonsensical plot-line, you’re going to get sucked in – not...

‘Cars 3’ should’ve raced straight to DVD

by Travis Poppleton | Jun 15, 2017 | Featured, FrontPage, mainStory, Reviews

Pixar fans have known this day was coming since 2006 when Disney officially purchased the Steve Jobs-driven animation studio. And sure, there have been signs Disney had John Lasseter and his team cash in with films like “Finding Dory,” “Toy Story 3” and “Monsters...