Bleed for This, 2016.Written and Directed by Ben Younger. Starring Miles Teller, Aaron Eckhart, Christine Evangelista, Ciaran Hinds, Amanda Clayton, Ted Levine, and Katey Sagal.SYNOPSIS:The inspirational story of World Champion Boxer Vinny Pazienza who, after a near fatal car crash, which left him not knowing if he’d ever walk again, made one of sports most […]
Movie Review – Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk (2016)
Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk. 2016Directed by Ang Lee. Starring Joe Alwyn, Garrett Hedlund, Kristen Stewart, Vin Diesel, Chris Tucker, Makenzie Leigh, Ben Platt, Beau Knapp, Brian ‘Astro’ Bradley, Arturo Castro, Mason Lee, Barney Harris, and Steve Martin.SYNOPSIS:19-year-old Billy Lynn is brought home for a victory tour after a harrowing Iraq battle. Through flashbacks the […]
Movie Review – The Edge of Seventeen (2016)
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 all teenagers (and far […]
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 MaSYNOPSIS: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 Arrival, possibly one of […]
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 one engulfs us into […]
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 symbolic revenge tale.There’s […]
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.Director Ron Howard is […]
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 form of thousands […]
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 leads to a very […]
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 jazz pianist with high-minded […]
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