a mysterious biotech company — only to find themselves miniaturized and cast out into the rainforest, with nothing but their scientific expertise and wits to protect them.

Universal will distribute. Amblin is securing Rønning right on the heels of a strong reaction to a CinemaCon preview screening of Pirates Of The Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales, which he directed with Espen Sandberg and which Disney releases May 26.

Micro was unfinished when Crichton died in 2008. It later was completed by Crisis In The Hot Zone author Richard Preston and published by HarperCollins in 2011. It spent 20 weeks on the bestseller lists.

Rønning is in high demand, setting out solo after directing Pirates and Kon-Tiki with Sandberg. He just finished directing the ABC drama pilot Doomsday and is setPages

Wednesday, October 31, 2012

[KILLER
JOE screens Friday November 2nd at 9:40 pm and Saturday November 3rd at 9:30 pm at the Cleveland Cinematheque.]

Review by Bob
Ignizio

The
Texas family we meet in KILLER JOE
can best be described as a collection of white trash
stereotypes. Chris (Emille Hirsch) is a dumb-as-a-bag-of-hammers drug
dealer in trouble with his supplier, due to his no-good mother
stealing his stash. Chris' sister Dottie (Juno Temple) is just as dumb and also a little bit “off”, probably due to brain damage
suffered when mom tried to kill her as a baby. She's a virgin, but
walks around half naked like she's starring in some 70's
hicksploitation movie, and of course her brother has the hots for
her. Dad Ansel (Thomas Hayden Church) appears even dumber than his
kids, if that's possible. The smartest thing he ever