The Edge of Seventeen, 2016. Written and Directed by Kelly Fremon Craig. Starring Hailee Steinfeld, Woody Harrelson, Blake Jenner, Haley Lu Richardson, Hayden Szeto, and Kyra Sedgwick. SYNOPSIS: High-school life gets even more unbearable for Nadine when her best friend, Krista, starts dating her older brother. At some point high school is probably miserable for […]
52nd Chicago International Film Festival Review – Arrival (2016)
Arrival, 2016. Directed by Denis Villeneuve Starring Amy Adams, Jeremy Renner, Forest Whitaker, Michael Stuhlbarg, Mark O’Brien and Tzi Ma SYNOPSIS: A linguist is recruited by the military to assist in translating alien communications. Director Denis Villeneuve (Sicario, Prisoners) continues his hot-streak of English language speaking films (and his hot-streak of film-making in general) with […]
Movie Review – Hacksaw Ridge (2016)
Hacksaw Ridge. 2016. Directed by Mel Gibson. Starring Andrew Garfield, Hugo Weaving, Vince Vaughn, Teresa Palmer, and Sam Worthington. SYNOPSIS: WWII American Army Medic Desmond T. Doss, who served during the Battle of Okinawa, refuses to kill people and becomes the first Conscientious Objector in American history to be awarded the Medal of Honor. No […]
Movie Review – Nocturnal Animals (2016)
Nocturnal Animals, 2016. Directed by Tom Ford. Starring Amy Adams, Jake Gyllenhaal, Michael Shannon, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Isla Fisher, Armie Hammer, Laura Linney. Ellie Bamber, Karl Glusman, India Menuez, Andrea Riseborough, and Michael Sheen. SYNOPSIS: An art gallery owner is haunted by her ex-husband’s novel, a violent thriller she interprets as a veiled threat and a […]
Movie Review – Inferno (2016)
Inferno, 2016. Directed by Ron Howard. Starring Tom Hanks, Felicity Jones, Omar Sy, Irrfan Khan, Ben Foster, and Ana Ularu. SYNOPSIS: When Robert Langdon wakes up in an Italian hospital with amnesia, he teams up with Dr. Sienna Brooks, and together they must race across Europe against the clock to foil a deadly global plot. […]
Movie Review – Snowden (2016)
Snowden, 2016. Directed by Oliver Stone. Starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Shailene Woodley, Zachary Quinto, Melissa Leo, Scott Eastwood, Tom Wilkinson, Joely Richardson, Timothy Olyphant, Ben Schnetzer, Ben Chaplin, Rhys Ifans, Nicolas Cage, and Edward Snowden. SYNOPSIS: The NSA’s illegal surveillance techniques are leaked to the public by one of the agency’s employees, Edward Snowden, in the […]
Movie Review – The Accountant (2016)
The Accountant, 2016. Directed by Gavin O’Connor. Starring Ben Affleck, Anna Kendrick, J.K. Simmons, Jon Bernthal, John Lithgow, and Jeffrey Tambor. SYNOPSIS: As a math savant uncooks the books for a new client, the Treasury Department closes in on his activities and the body count starts to rise. Sometimes, too much going on in the script […]
52nd Chicago International Film Festival Review – La La Land (2016)
La La Land, 2016. Directed by Damien Chazelle. Starring Ryan Gosling, Emma Stone, John Legend, Rosemarie DeWitt, Finn Whitrock, and J.K. Simmons. SYNOPSIS: A jazz pianist falls for an aspiring actress in Los Angeles. How do you be revolutionary when you’re such a traditionalist? It’s a question that is presented to Sebastian (Ryan Gosling), a […]
Movie Review – Kevin Hart: What Now? (2016)
Kevin Hart: What Now?, 2016. Directed by Leslie Small and Tim Story Starring Kevin Hart, Halle Berry, Don Cheadle, and Ed Helms SYNOPSIS: Comedian Kevin Hart performs in front of a crowd of 50,000 people at Philadelphia’s outdoor venue, Lincoln Financial Field. It is as simple as this, if you enjoy Kevin Hart’s hyperactive style […]
Movie Review – The Birth of a Nation (2016)
The Birth of a Nation, 2016. Written and Directed by Nate Parker. Starring Nate Parker, Armie Hammer, Penelope Ann Miller, Jackie Earle Haley, Mark Boone Jr., Aja Naomi King, Aunjanue Ellis, Dwight Henry, Gabrielle Union, and Tony Espinosa. SYNOPSIS: Nat Turner, a literate slave and preacher in the antebellum South, orchestrates an uprising. Addressing the elephant […]
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