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A classy and disturbing tale of small town injustice and anyone's vulnerability in the face of it.

The Hunt
Grade: A
Director: Thomas Vinterberg (It’s All About Love)
Screenplay: VInterberg, Tobias Lindholm (A Highjacking)
Cast: Mads Mikkelsen (A Royal Affair), Bo Larsen (It’s All About Love)
Rating: R
Runtime: 111 min
by John DeSando

“Bunch of bastards! Bunch of fucking bastards!” Marcus (Lasse Fogelstrom)

Black isn't always beautiful.

Blackfish
Grade: B+
Director: Gabriela Cowperthwaite (City Lax: An Urban Lacrosse Story)
Screenplay: Cowperthwaite, Eli B. Despres (City Lax)
Cast: Samantha Berg, Dave Duffus
Rating: PG-13
Runtime: 83 min.
by John DeSando

“A whale has eaten one of the trainers.” Dispatch Recording

An entertaining docudrama of recent history about the civil rights movement.

Lee Daniels’ The Butler

Grade: B

Director: Lee Daniels (Precious)

Screenplay: Danny Strong from Will Haygood article

Cast: Forest Whitaker (The Crying Game), Oprah Winfrey (The Color Purple)

Rating: PG-13

Runtime: 132 min.

by John DeSando

“At this moment, my body and soul, to the last hair, belong to my master.” Sebastian (A Black Butler)

John, Johnny, and Jordan debate the merits of Jordan's favorite star, Tom Hanks

A Cinema Classic: Tom Hanks

Award-winning Cinema Classics discusses great movies then and now. From films, genres, directors, and actors to everything else in between, the hosts don't always agree, but they are always fun and informative.

Cinema Classics is regularly broadcast at 8:01 pm Thursday on WCBE 90.5 FM and streaming at WCBE.org. Stay connected on Facebook.

John DeSando is also co-host of WCBE’s It’s Movie Time.

John, Johnny, and Jordan debate for  11 uncut minutes the merits of Jordan's favorite star, Tom Hanks

A Cinema Classic: Uncut 11 min. Tom Hanks

Award-winning Cinema Classics discusses great movies then and now.

From films, genres, directors, and actors to everything else in between, the hosts don't always agree, but they are always fun and informative.

Cinema Classics is regularly broadcast at 8:01 pm Thursday on WCBE 90.5 FM and streaming at WCBE.org. Stay connected on Facebook.

It is August, after all; the movie could be much worse . . .

Elysium

Grade: B-

Director: Neill Blomkamp (District 9)

Screenplay: Blomkamp

Cast: Matt Damon (Good Will Hunting), Jodie Foster (Silence of the Lambs)

Rating: R

Runtime: 108 min. by John DeSando

On this week's show, Kristin and Nick discuss new movies Elysium and We're the Millers, new Blu-rays Oblivion and The Place Beyond the Pines, and more.

On the Marquee highlights the week’s movie releases—both in theaters and on DVD and Blu-ray.  It airs on WCBE every Sunday morning at 9:01.

For more updates and reviews, find On the Marquee on Facebook.

About the Hosts:

John and Helmut have to weigh in on Spain's most popular director before his I'm So Excited!  leaves town.

Film reviewed: I'm So Excited!

by host John DeSando with guest host, Helmut Kremling

It's Movie Time has won numerous national awards including LA Press Club, MarCom, Silver Microphone, Communicator, and Hermes Creative honors.

John DeSando is also co-host of WCBE’s Cinema Classics.

Helmut Kremling is retired professor of film and German at Ohio Wesleyan University.

Johnny and John make some sense out of the meteoric career of Only God Forgives' Gosling.

A Cinema Classic: Ryan Gosling

Award-winning Cinema Classics discusses great movies then and now. From films, genres, directors, and actors to everything else in between, the hosts don't always agree, but they are always fun and informative.

Cinema Classics is regularly broadcast at 8:01 pm Thursday on WCBE 90.5 FM and streaming at WCBE.org. Stay connected on Facebook.

Johnny and John make  12  min. uncut  sense out of the meteoric career of Only God Forgives' Gosling.

A Cinema Classic: Uncut 12   min. Ryan Gosling

Award-winning Cinema Classics discusses great movies then and now. From films, genres, directors, and actors to everything else in between, the hosts don't always agree, but they are always fun and informative.

Cinema Classics is regularly broadcast at 8:01 pm Thursday on WCBE 90.5 FM and streaming at WCBE.org. Stay connected on Facebook.

I’m So Excited

Grade: C+

Director: Pedro Almodovar (All About My Mother)

Screenplay: Almodovar Cast: Lola Duenas (The Sea Inside), Cecilia Roth (All About My Mother

Rating: R Runtime: 90 min. by John DeSando

"Give 'em sex and booze and they'll be happy," Flight attendant

On this week's show, Kristin and Nick discuss new releases 2 Guns and Smurfs 2, new Blu-rays G.I. Joe: Retaliation and The Fog, and more.

On the Marquee highlights the week’s movie releases—both in theaters and on DVD and Blu-ray.  It airs on WCBE every Sunday morning at 9:01.

For more updates and reviews, find On the Marquee on Facebook.

About the Hosts:

The Johns reassess Johnny Depp's career after the recent Lone Ranger debacle..

A Cinema Classic: Johnny Depp

Award-winning Cinema Classics discusses great movies then and now. From films, genres, directors, and actors to everything else in between, the hosts don't always agree, but they are always fun and informative.

Cinema Classics is regularly broadcast at 8:01 pm Thursday on WCBE 90.5 FM and streaming at WCBE.org. Stay connected on Facebook.

After the Lone Ranger flop, the Johns for 11 uncut min.  reassess Johnny Depp's career.

A Cinema Classic: Uncut 11 min. Johnny Depp

Award-winning Cinema Classics discusses great movies then and now. From films, genres, directors, and actors to everything else in between, the hosts don't always agree, but they are always fun and informative.

Cinema Classics is regularly broadcast at 8:01 pm Thursday on WCBE 90.5 FM and streaming at WCBE.org. Stay connected on Facebook.

Fruitvale Station
Grade: C+
Director: Ryan Coogler
Screenplay: Coogler
Cast:
Rating: R
Runtime: 90 min.
by John DeSando

"Maybe not f*** up for 30 days. That's how long Oprah says it takes to form a habit, right?" Oscar Grant (Michael B. Jordan)

The Wolverine

Grade: B Director: James Mangold (3:10 to Yuma, Walk the Line)

Screenplay: Mark Bomback (Unstoppable), Scott Frank (Get Shorty)

Cast: Hugh Jackman (Les Miserables)

Rating: PG 13 Runtime: 126 min. by John DeSando “Eternity can be a curse . . . a man can run out of things to live for.” Yashida (Hal Yamanouchi)

A Hijacking

Grade: A-

Director: Tobias Lindholm (R)

Screenplay: Lindholm (The Hunt)

Cast: Pilou Asbaek, Soren Malling

Rating: R Runtime: 103 min.

by John DeSando “We can't rush these people. Time is a Western thing. It means nothing to them.” Connor Julian (Gary Porter)

On this week's show, Kristin and Nick discuss new movies The Wolverine and The To Do List, new Blu-rays Trance and Twixt, and more.

On the Marquee highlights the week’s movie releases—both in theaters and on DVD and Blu-ray.  It airs on WCBE every Sunday morning at 9:01.

For more updates and reviews, find On the Marquee on Facebook.

About the Hosts:

Film reviewed: Only God Forgives by host John DeSando with guest host, Hope Madden

It's Movie Time has won numerous national awards including LA Press Club, MarCom, Silver Microphone, Communicator, and Hermes Creative honors.

John DeSando is also co-host of WCBE’s Cinema Classics. Contact him at JDeSando@Columbus.rr.com

Hope Madden is a film critic . Contact her at ColumbusUndergroundandMaddwolf.com

Only God Forgives

Grade: B

Director: Nicholas Winding Refn (Drive) Screenplay:Refn

Cast: Ryan Gosling (Gangster Squad), Kristin Scott Thomas (English Patient)

Rating: R

Runtime: 90 min.

by John DeSando