Booksmart, 2019. Directed by Olivia Wilde. Starring Kaitlyn Dever, Beanie Feldstein, Mason Gooding, Skyler Gisondo, Victoria Ruesga, Billie Lourd, Molly Gordon, Jason Sudeikis, Lisa Kudrow, Will Forte, Mike O’Brien, Noah Galvin, Austin Crute, Diana Silvers, Eduardo Franco, Nico Hiraga, Jessica Williams, and Maya Rudolph. SYNOPSIS: On the eve of their high school graduation, two academic […]
Movie Review – Aladdin (2019)
Aladdin, 2019. Directed by Guy Ritchie. Starring Mena Massoud, Naomi Scott, Will Smith, Marwan Kenzari, Navid Negahban, Nasim Pedrad, Billy Magnussen, Alan Tudyk, and Frank Welker. SYNOPSIS: A kindhearted street urchin and a power-hungry Grand Vizier vie for a magic lamp that has the power to make their deepest wishes come true. As Aladdin disastrously […]
Movie Review – Trial by Fire (2019)
Trial by Fire, 2019. Directed by Edward Zwick Starring Jack O’Connell, Laura Dern, Emily Meade, Jade Pettyjohn, Rhoda Griffis, Blair Bomar, McKinley Belcher III, Catherine Carlen, Noah Lomax, Whitney Goin, Anthony Reynolds, Blake Lewis, Jeff Perry, Chris Coy, Wayne Pére, and Carlos Gómez SYNOPSIS: The tragic and controversial story of Cameron Todd Willingham, who was […]
Movie Review – Breakthrough (2019)
Breakthrough, 2019. Directed by Roxann Dawson. Starring Chrissy Metz, Topher Grace, Mike Colter, Josh Lucas, Rebecca Staab, Lisa Durupt, Alissa Skovbye, Isaac Kragten, Marcel Ruiz, Nikolas Dukic, Travis Bryant, Sam Trammell, and Dennis Haysbert. SYNOPSIS: When her 14-year-old son drowns in a lake, a faithful mother prays for him to come back from the brink […]
Movie Review – A Dog’s Journey (2019)
A Dog’s Journey, 2019. Directed by Gail Mancuso. Starring Dennis Quaid, Betty Gilpin, Josh Gad, Abby Ryder Fortson, Marg Helgenberger, Kathryn Prescott, Ian Chen, Daniela Barbosa, Jake Manley, and Henry Lau. SYNOPSIS: A dog finds the meaning of his own existence through the lives of the humans he meets. Two things become clear while watching […]
Movie Review – A Violent Separation (2019)
A Violent Separation, 2019. Directed by Kevin Goetz and Michael Goetz. Starring Brenton Thwaites, Alycia Debnam-Carey, Claire Holt, Ben Robson, Ted Levine, Francesca Eastwood, and Gerald McRaney SYNOPSIS: Two brothers struggle with a terrible truth behind a tragedy that aims to tear three generations of a family apart. On paper, A Violent Separation (despite having […]
Chicago Critics Film Festival 2019 Capsule Review – Wild Rose (2019)
As strange as a Glasgow woman wanting to reach country singer superstardom in Nashville (probably the city most synonymous with the genre of music), Wild Rose is engrossing for many reasons beyond seeking fame. It’s about finding personal fulfillment while doing right by children as a mother (a mother before the age of 18 no […]
Movie Review – John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum (2019)
John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum, 2019. Directed by Chad Stahelski. Starring Keanu Reeves, Halle Berry, Ian McShane, Laurence Fishburne, Anjelica Huston, Saïd Taghmaoui, Mark Dacascos, Lance Reddick, Jerome Flynn, Hiroyuki Sanada, Tiger Hu Chen, Asia Kate Dillon, and Jason Mantzoukas. SYNOPSIS: Super-assassin John Wick is on the run after killing a member of the […]
Movie Review – Madeline’s Madeline (2018)
Madeline’s Madeline, 2018. Directed by Josephine Decker. Starring Helena Howard, Miranda July, Molly Parker, Okwui Okpokwasili, Sunita Mani, Reynaldo Piniella, Felipe Bonilla, Myra Lucretia Taylor, Curtiss Cook, and Lisa Tharps. SYNOPSIS: A theatre director’s latest project takes on a life of its own when her young star takes her performance too seriously. To give you […]
Movie Review – The Hustle (2019)
The Hustle, 2019. Directed by Chris Addison. Starring Rebel Wilson, Anne Hathaway, Tim Blake Nelson, Alex Sharp, Ingrid Oliver, and Emma Davies. SYNOPSIS: Anne Hathaway and Rebel Wilson star as female scam artists, one low rent and the other high class, who team up to take down the men who have wronged them. The Hustle […]
