Freeze Frame

Russ Simmons previews Anchorman 2 with Will Ferrell and Paul Rudd, con movie American Hustle with Jennifer Lawrence and Bradley Cooper, and Saving Mr. Banks with Tom Hanks and Emma Thompson, as well as the Coen Brothers' latest offering Inside Llewyn Davis, and kid movie Walking With Dinosaurs.

Local movie critic Russ Simmons gives us a preview of The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug with Martin Freeman and Benedict Cumberbatch, as well as documentary The Armstrong Lie by Alex Gibney and comedy Madea's Christmas.

Russ Simmons gives his take on Out Of The Furnace starring Christian Bale and Forrest Whitaker, and gives us an update on the successful TIvoli Theatre campaign.

This week, Russ Simmons gives us a sneak peek at The Hunger Games: Catching Fire starring Jennifer Lawrence, Delivery Man starring Vince Vaughn, Dallas Buyers Club starring Matthew McConaghey and […] The post Freeze Frame: November 22-28, 2013 appeared first on KKFI .

Today's films covered by host Russ Simmons are 12 Years A Slave starring Michael Fassbender, Ender's Game starring Harrison Ford, the geriatric comedy Last Vegas starring Robert DeNiro, About Time starring Bill Nighy and Rachael McAdams, the Saudi Arabian film Wadjda starring Waad Mohammed, and the collaborative music film Muscle Shoals.

Russ Simmons previews new movies opening this week: The Counselor starring Michael Fassbender, Johnny Knoxville's Bad Grandpa, Chinese-language film A Touch of Sin, and true-life climbing adventure The Summit. Also, he tells of the KAN Film Festival selections receiving a limited edition screening at the Glenwood Arts Theatre.

Today on Freeze Frame, Russ Simmons gives us a glimpse into the upcoming films Carrie, the reboot starring Chloe Grace Moretz, WikiLeaks biopic The Fifth Estate starring Benedict Cumberbatch, The Escape Plan starring Arnold Schwarzenegger and Sylvester Stallone, and Concussion starring Robin Weigert.

Russ gives us a look at movies opening this week, including true-life adventure Captain Phillips starring Tom Hanks, Grindhouse-inspired sequel Machete Kills starring Charlie Sheen and Sofia Vergara, income disparity documentary Inequality For All with Robert Reich, sci-fi flick Escape From Tomorrow directed by Randy Moore, Julian Fellowes' take on Romeo and Juliet, and Red Wing starring Bill Paxt...

This week, Russ Simmons gives us a look at Gravity starring Sandra Bullock, Runner Runner starring Justin Timberlake, Beatles insider pic Good Ol' Freda, JFK drama Parkland with Paul Giamatti and Bitsie Tulloch, French-language film Hot Cuisine, and a glimpse into the 13th annual KAN Film Festival.

Today, Russ Simmons tells us about Rush starring Chris Hemsworth, Don Jon with Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Enough Said with Julia Louis-Dreyfus and James Gandolfini, Baggage Claim with Paula Patton, Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs 2 starring Bill Hader, Cutie And The Boxer starring Ushio and Noriko Shinohara, and also news about the Kansas International Film Festival.

Russ gives his take on Prisoners starring Hugh Jackman and Maria Bello, Short Term 12 starring Brie Larson, Thanks For Sharing starring Mark Ruffalo, Battle of the Year starring Josh Holloway, Populaire starring Berenice Bejo, Salinger starring Phillip Seymour Hoffman, and Wizard of Oz in its digitally-remastered IMAX debut.

Russ Simmons gives his take on The Family, starring Michelle Pfeiffer, Robert DeNiro and Tommy Lee Jones, Insidious: Chapter 2 starring Rose Byrne and Patrick Wilson, Austenland starring Keri Russell, In A World starring Lake Bell, and Hannah Arendt starring Barbara Sukowa.

Russ Simmons gives his take on Riddick, a British-American science fiction film and the third installment in the The Chronicles of Riddick film series, starring Vin Diesel, Museum Hours starring Mary Margaret O'Hara, and Adore starring Naomi Watts.