First Reformed, 2018. Written and Directed by Paul Schrader. Starring Ethan Hawke, Amanda Seyfried, Cedric the Entertainer, Philip Ettinger, Michael Gaston, Victoria Hill, and Van Hansis. SYNOPSIS: A former military chaplain is wracked by grief over the death of his son. Mary is a member of his church whose husband, a radical environmentalist, commits suicide, […]
Movie Review – The Seagull (2018)
The Seagull, 2018. Directed by Michael Mayer. Starring Saoirse Ronan, Annette Bening, Billy Howle, Elisabeth Moss, Corey Stoll, Brian Dennehy, Glenn Fleshler, Michael Zegen, Mare Winningham, and Jon Tenney. SYNOPSIS: In the early 20th century, an aging actress and her lover visit the estate of her elderly brother. Everyone is in love with someone else […]
Movie Review – Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018)
Solo: A Star Wars Story, 2018. Directed by Ron Howard. Starring Alden Ehrenreich, Joonas Suotamo, Woody Harrelson, Emilia Clarke, Paul Bettany, Donald Glover, Thandie Newton, Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Jon Favreau, Linda Hunt, Ian Kenny, John Tui, and Warwick Davis. SYNOPSIS: During an adventure into a dark criminal underworld, Han Solo meets his future copilot Chewbacca and encounters […]
Movie Review – Deadpool 2 (2018)
Deadpool 2, 2018. Directed by David Leitch. Starring Ryan Reynolds, Josh Brolin, Julian Dennison, Zazie Beetz, Morena Baccarin, Brianna Hildebrand, T.J. Miller, Karan Soni, Leslie Uggams, Eddie Marsan, Stefan Kapicic, Bill Skarsgård, Terry Crews, Shioli Kutsuna, Lewis Tan, Jack Kesy, Hayley Sales, and Rob Delaney. SYNOPSIS: After surviving a near fatal bovine attack, a disfigured […]
Chicago Critics Film Festival 2018 Review – Beast
Beast, 2018. Written and Directed by Michael Pearce. Starring Jessie Buckley, Johnny Flynn, Trystan Gravelle, Shannon Tarbet, Emily Taaffe, Hattie Gotobed, Tim Woodward, and Geraldine James. SYNOPSIS: A troubled woman living in an isolated community finds herself pulled between the control of her oppressive family and the allure of a secretive outsider suspected of a […]
Chicago Critics Film Festival 2018 Capsule Review – First Reformed
Hope and despair is the equivalent to the metaphorically persuasive angel and the devil on the shoulders of one of God’s lonely souls, a pastor at the titular First Reformed church. The establishment is about to celebrate its 250th anniversary regardless of the fact that attendance has gone the way of the dodo (among other […]
Chicago Critics Film Festival 2018 Review – Revenge
Revenge, 2018. Written and Directed by Coralie Fargeat. Starring Matilda Lutz, Kevin Janssens, Vincent Colombe, and Guillaume Bouchède. SYNOPSIS: Never take your mistress on an annual guys’ getaway, especially one devoted to hunting – a violent lesson for three wealthy married men. The comically but altogether disgustingly unrealistic amounts of blood dripping from characters both male and female, soaked […]
Chicago Critics Film Festival 2018 Capsule Review – Fast Color
It is movingly fitting that one of the only superhuman-based films centered on women (in this case, generations of women with Gugu Mbatha-Raw and her growing star power, underrated television character actor Lorraine Toussaint, and youngster Saniyya Sidney bonding and making amends while also going even further back reading ancestral passages from a handed diary) focuses […]
Chicago Critics Film Festival 2018 Capsule Review – Bodied
Whatever opinions one may have on rap music, specifically battle rapping, are strongly advised to be left at the door; either way, you’re coming away from Bodied (backed by notable industry talent comprised of producer Eminem, writer Kid Twist, and go-to music video director Joseph Kahn) with an updated perspective. However, the real pleasant surprise is just […]
Chicago Critics Film Festival Capsule Review 2018 – Damsel
Robert Pattinson is a lover, not a fighter. Playing a businessman named Samuel in the days of the old West, he decides to travel across the country to reunite with his beloved fiancé Penelope (Mia Wasikowska, who I’ll have you know right off the bat is more than just the titular damsel in distress) believing […]
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