Halloween, 2018. Directed by David Gordon Green. Starring Jamie Lee Curtis, Judy Greer, Andi Matichak, Will Patton, Virginia Gardner, Haluk Bilginer, Rhian Rees, Jefferson Hall, Toby Huss, Dylan Arnold, Miles Robbins, Drew Scheid, James Jude Courtney, and Nick Castle. SYNOPSIS: Laurie Strode comes to her final confrontation with Michael Myers, the masked figure who has […]
54th Chicago International Film Festival Review – What They Had (2018)
What They Had, 2018. Written and directed by Elizabeth Chomko. Starring Hilary Swank, Michael Shannon, Blythe Danner, Robert Forster, Taissa Farmiga, and Josh Lucas SYNOPSIS: WHAT THEY HAD centers on a family in crisis. Bridget (Hilary Swank) returns home to Chicago at her brother’s (Michael Shannon) urging to deal with her ailing mother (Blythe Danner) and […]
Movie Review – The Oath (2018)
The Oath, 2018. Written and Directed by Ike Barinholtz. Starring Ike Barinholtz, Tiffany Haddish, Carrie Brownstein, Nora Dunn, John Cho, Billy Magnussen, Max Greenfield, Meredith Hagner, Jon Barinholtz, Chris Ellis, Priah Ferguson, and Jay Duplass. SYNOPSIS: In a politically divided America, a man struggles to make it through the Thanksgiving holiday without destroying his family. […]
Movie Review – Mid90s (2018)
Mid90s, 2018. Written and Directed by Jonah Hill. Starring Sunny Suljic, Lucas Hedges, Olan Prenatt, Na-kel Smith, Gio Galicia, Ryder McLaughlin, Jerrod Carmichael, and Katherine Waterston. SYNOPSIS: Follows Stevie, a thirteen-year-old in 90s-era LA who spends his summer navigating between his troubled home life and a group of new friends that he meets at a […]
Movie Review – The Happy Prince (2018)
The Happy Prince, 2018. Written and Directed by Rupert Everett. Starring Rupert Everett, Colin Firth, Colin Morgan, Emily Watson, Tom Wilkinson, Edwin Thomas, Julian Wadham, André Penvern, Joshua McGuire, and Anna Chancellor. SYNOPSIS: The untold story of the last days in the tragic times of Oscar Wilde, a person who observes his own failure with ironic […]
Movie Review – Thunder Road (2018)
Thunder Road, 2018. Written and Directed by Jim Cummings. Starring Jim Cummings, Kendal Farr, Jocelyn DeBoer, Nican Robinson, Chelsea Edmundson, Ammie Leonards, Bill Wise, Jordan Ray Fox, and Macon Blair. SYNOPSIS: A police officer faces a personal meltdown following a divorce and the death of his mother. When your film is named after a widely […]
Movie Review – Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween (2018)
Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween, 2018. Directed by Ari Sandel. Starring Madison Iseman, Jeremy Ray Taylor, Wendi McLendon-Covey, Chris Parnell, Caleel Harris, Ken Jeong, Shari Headley, Darin De Paul, Jesse Goel, Peyton Wich, and Jack Black. SYNOPSIS: Halloween comes to life in a comedy adventure based on R.L. Stine’s 400-million-selling series of books. Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween (directed […]
Movie Review – First Man (2018)
First Man, 2018. Directed by Damien Chazelle. Starring Ryan Gosling, Claire Foy, Jason Clarke, Kyle Chandler, Christopher Abbott, Patrick Fugit, Ciaran Hinds, Ethan Embry, Olivia Hamilton, Lukas Haas, Shea Whigham, Corey Stoll, Brian d’Arcy James, Cory Michael Smith, J.D. Evermore, John David Whalen, Kris Swanberg, Skyler Bible, Ben Owen, William Gregory Lee, Steven Coulter, Shawn […]
Movie Review – 22 July (2018)
22 July, 2018. Written and Directed by Paul Greengrass. Starring Anders Danielsen Lie, Jonas Strand Gravli, Jon Øigarden, Thorbjørn Harr, Seda Witt, and Trim Balaj. SYNOPSIS: A three-part story of Norway’s worst terrorist attack in which over seventy people were killed. 22 July looks at the disaster itself, the survivors, Norway’s political system and the […]
Movie Review – Private Life (2018)
Private Life, 2018. Written and Directed by Tamara Jenkins. Starring Paul Giamatti, Kathryn Hahn, Kayli Carter, John Carroll Lynch, Molly Shannon, Siobhan Fallon Hogan, Emily Robinson, Lizzy DeClement, Francesca Root-Dodson, David Cale, Samantha Buck, and Desmin Borges. SYNOPSIS: An author (Hahn) is undergoing multiple fertility therapies to get pregnant, putting her relationship with her husband […]