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

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

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...
'Cars 3' should’ve raced straight to DVD

'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...
'Cars 3' should’ve raced straight to DVD

‘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...
12 Utah film festivals playing throughout the year

12 Utah film festivals playing throughout the year

by Travis Poppleton | Jun 8, 2017 | Featured, FilmInUtah, FrontPage, mainStory, Movie News, News, Utah

When someone mentions a film festival in the state of Utah, most people naturally think of Sundance. Sure, we occasionally hear other names thrown around like Red Rock or Moab, but in general, many of the state’s unique and worthwhile film festivals carry on without...
‘My Cousin Rachel’ is almost worth seeing someday

‘My Cousin Rachel’ is almost worth seeing someday

by Travis Poppleton | Jun 8, 2017 | Featured, FrontPage, mainStory, Reviews

“My Cousin Rachel” is a frustrating affair. It should be good. You can see all the elements of a great movie dancing on the screen in front of you, but it never quite comes together. Performances, misdirection, three-dimensional characters — while watching the story...
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