Gallup Sun

Rating: ««« out of 4 stars

Running Time: 126 min.

Over the past couple of years, we’ve gotten more young-adult book adaptations than I can count. Beyond the massive success stories like Harry Potter and The Hunger Games, we’ve been fed a steady diet of titles ranging from The Maze Runner, The 5th Wave, and Percy Jackson, to the probably-defunct Divergent series, all with highly varying results.

Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children is the latest, and it at least has some pedigree behind the camera. Director Tim Burton (Edward Scissorhands, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, and Frankenweenie, among many others) takes the helm on this property. Based on the subject...

Rating: ««« out of 4 stars

Running Time: 124 min.

By now, we pretty much know exactly what to expect from a Disney production. And it doesn’t matter if it’s a fairy tale or a live-action drama. You’ll likely get a heartfelt tale of pro-active youngsters striving to better themselves, rising above their social standing and accomplishing the improbable. It’s all pretty familiar and nothing that occurs in Queen of Katwe will come as much of a surprise. Yet, the cast is so likable and the production so well-mounted that it ends up being fine regardless.

This story is based on the true-life tale of Phiona Mutesi (Madina Nalwanga), a young, girl living in poverty in Katwe...

It’s time for another look at highlights arriving on store shelves. There are a lot of summer releases arriving, so many will already be familiar to readers. Of course, there are some intriguing little films arriving, too. So if you can’t make it out to the movies this week, be sure to give one of these titles a try!

Big New Releases!

Cell - This adaptation of the Stephen King horror novel didn’t get much of a release earlier in the year. It reunites John Cusack and Samuel L. Jackson (who appeared together in 1401). The story is a spin on the zombie genre and it involves an electrical signal that turns cell phone users into mindless maniacs. Reaction was very, very poor...

Gallup Film Fest has multicultural draw

The fourth annual Gallup Film Festival drew some of the best movies traveling the film fest circuit this year.

Submissions came in from Indian Country and as far as Spain, Kazakhstan, Croatia, Poland,  Germany and more. Here’s a list of the movies that the GFF judges thought earned a statue for “best of” …

FOURTH ANNUAL GALLUP FILM FESTIVAL ‘BEST IN SHOW’

Short Film Awards

Best Short Film

Mousse

Best Short Comedy

MONDAY

Best Editing (Short)

Bad Habits

Best Director (Short)

Mehmet Tıglı - Twin Stars

Best Screenplay (Short)

Twin Stars

Best Original Music (Short)

Choose Me

Best Cinematography...