Freeze Frame

Two movies that couldn’t be less alike are in the spotlight this week, “Cinderella,” a Disney fairy tale and “Run All Night,” a violent mob thriller.

Two movies that couldn't be less alike are in the spotlight this week, "Cinderella," a Disney fairy tale and "Run All Night," a violent mob thriller. The post Freeze Frame: "Cinderella," "Run All Night" appeared first on KKFI .

“Hot Tub Time Machine 2,” an unnecessary comedic sequel, and “Song of the Sea,” an Oscar-nominated animated feature are the subjects of this week’s reviews from Russ.

"Hot Tub Time Machine 2," an unnecessary comedic sequel, and "Song of the Sea," an Oscar-nominated animated feature are the subjects of this week's reviews from Russ. The post Freeze Frame: "Hot Tub Time Machine 2" and "Song of the Sea" appeared first on KKFI .

Russ covers the so-called “hottest” movie of the year, plus a spy spoof, an Oscar contender and an art house flick. Listen to reviews of “Fifty Shades of Grey,” “Kingsman: The Secret Service,” “Still Alice,” and “Mr. Turner”  during this episode …

Russ covers the so-called "hottest" movie of the year, plus a spy spoof, an Oscar contender and an art house flick. Listen to reviews of "Fifty Shades of Grey," "Kingsman: The […] The post Freeze Frame: "Fifty Shades of Grey," "Kingsman: The Secret Service," "Still Alice," "Mr. Turner" appeared first on KKFI .

Russ sorts through a sci-fi opus, a French language social drama, a 3-D cartoon and a medieval action fantasy. The movies are: “Jupiter Ascending,” “Two Days, One Night,” “The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water,” “Seventh Son.”

Russ sorts through a sci-fi opus, a French language social drama, a 3-D cartoon and a medieval action fantasy. The movies are: "Jupiter Ascending," "Two Days, One Night," "The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge […] The post Freeze Frame: "Jupiter Ascending," "Two Days, One Night," and More appeared first on KKFI .

Russ fills us in on an 80s-style crime movie, a social drama about race relations and a teen time travel opus when he reviews “A Most Violent Year,” “Black or White, and “Project Almanac.”

Russ fills us in on an 80s-style crime movie, a social drama about race relations and a teen time travel opus when he reviews "A Most Violent Year," "Black or White, […] The post Freeze Frame: "A Most Violent Year," "Black or White, "Project Almanac" appeared first on KKFI .

Can J-Lo generate the thrills? Is Song One worth singing about? Russ chimes in on both “The Boy Next Door,” “Song One.”

Can J-Lo generate the thrills? Is Song One worth singing about? Russ chimes in on both "The Boy Next Door," "Song One." The post Freeze Frame: "The Boy Next Door," "Song One" appeared first on KKFI .

Russ reviews two tragic true stories, one of a Navy Seal sharpshooter and the other about a paranoid schizophrenic millionaire.

Is “Selma” worth marching to? “Inherent Vice” nice? Russ weighs in on these very different films.  

Russ does his annual Top Ten countdown of the year’s finest cinematic offerings.

Russ reviews the Christmas Day openings, including Angelina Jolie’s directorial effort and the adaptation of the Broadway musical, “Into the Woods.”

Russ Simmons takes a look at the finales of two popular movie franchises as well as a new drama starring Reese Witherspoon.

Russ reviews Ridley Scott’s revisionist version of the Biblical story of Moses, Chris Rock’s edgy comedy and an Australian horror flick.

Tommy Lee Jones directs Hillary Swank in a dark Western based on the 1988 novel by Glendon Swarthout. Russ has a review.  

Russ covers the latest in the wildly popular YA sci-fi movie series starring Jennifer Lawrence.

Jon Stewart of “The Daily Show” makes his filmmaking debut with the new drama, “Rosewater.”

Russ reviews the latest from filmmaker Christopher Nolan, a zippy Disney animated flick and a documentary about Edward Snowden.  

Russ Simmons gives us the latest on a couple of possible Oscar contenders open this week, including the eccentric black comedy, “Birdman” starring Michael Keaton and the dark thriller, “Nightcrawler” with Jake Gyllenhaal.

Russ covers the brutal Brad Pitt WWII flick, “Fury” and the ensemble drama “Men, Women & Children,” starring Adam Sandler and Jennifer Garner.

Freeze Frame with Russ Simmons reviews three films: The Judge with Robert Downey, Jr and Robert Duvall, The Notebook, an ultra bleak Czech film, not to be confused with the love story film of the same title, and Kill the Messenger, …