The Man Who Invented Christmas, 2017.Directed by Bharat Nalluri. Starring Dan Stevens, Christopher Plummer, Jonathan Pryce, Simon Callow, Morfydd Clark, Miriam Margolyes, Donald Sumpter, Bill Paterson, Cosimo Fusco, Ian McNeice, Annette Badland, Justin Edwards, Ger Ryan, Miles Jupp, and Valeria Bandino. SYNOPSIS:The journey that led to Charles Dickens’ creation of “A Christmas Carol,” a timeless tale […]
Movie Review – Coco (2017)
Coco, 2017.Directed by Lee Unkrich. Feature the voice talents of Anthony González, Benjamin Bratt, Gael García Bernal, Alanna Ubach, Renee Victor, Jaime Camil, Gabriel Iglesias, Ana Ofelia Murguía, Edward James Olmos, John Ratzenberger, and Cheech Marin.SYNOPSIS:Aspiring musician Miguel, confronted with his family’s ancestral ban on music, enters the Land of the Dead to work out […]
53rd Chicago International Film Festival Review – The Divine Order (2017)
The Divine Order, 2017.Written and Directed by Petra Volpe. Starring Marie Leuenberger, Maximilian Simonischek, Rachel Braunschweig, Sibylle Brunner, Marta Zoffoli, Bettina Stucky, Ella Rumpf, Sofia Helm, and Nicholas Ofczarek.SYNOPSIS:Switzerland, 1971: Nora is a young housewife and mother who lives with her husband and their two sons in a peaceful little village. Here, in the Swiss […]
Movie Review – BPM (Beats Per Minute) (2017)
BPM (Beats Per Minute), 2017.Directed by Robin Campillo. Starring Nahuel Pérez Biscayart, Arnaud Valois, Adèle Haenel, Antoine Reinartz, Félix Maritaud, Aloise Sauvage, Catherine Vinatier, Saadia Bentaieb, and Coralie Russier.SYNOPSIS:120 BPM. The average heart rate. The protagonists of 120 battements par minute are passionate about fighting the indifference that exists towards AIDS.There is a scene during […]
Second Opinion – Justice League (2017)
Justice League, 2017.Starring Ben Affleck, Henry Cavill, Gal Gadot, Ezra Miller, Jason Momoa, Ray Fisher, Amy Adams, Ciarán Hinds, Diane Lane, Amber Heard, Connie Nielsen, Robin Wright, Billy Crudup, J.K. Simmons, Kiersey Clemons and Jeremy Irons.SYNOPSIS:Fueled by his restored faith in humanity and inspired by Superman’s selfless act, Bruce Wayne enlists the help of his […]
53rd Chicago International Film Festival Review – Mudbound (2017)
Mudbound, 2017.Directed by Dee Rees. Starring Jason Mitchell, Garrett Hedlund, Carey Mulligan, Jason Clarke, Jonathan Banks, Kerry Cahill, Rob Morgan, Kelvin Harrison Jr., Lucy Faust, Henry Frost, Dylan Arnold, David Jensen, Geraldine Singer, and Mary J. Blige.SYNOPSIS:Two men return home from World War II to work on a farm in rural Mississippi, where they struggle […]
53rd Chicago International Film Festival Review – Last Flag Flying (2017)
Last Flag Flying, 2017.Directed by Richard Linklater. Starring Steve Carell, Bryan Cranston, Laurence Fishburne, J. Quinton Johnson, Deanna Reed-Foster, Yul Vasquez, Graham Wolfe, Jeff Monahan, and Cicely Tyson.SYNOPSIS:Thirty years after they served together in Vietnam, a former Navy Corpsman Larry “Doc” Shepherd re-unites with his old buddies, former Marines Sal Nealon and Reverend Richard Mueller, […]
Movie Review – Mayhem (2017)
Mayhem, 2017.Directed by Joe Lynch. Starring Steven Yeun, Samara Weaving, Caroline Chikezie, Kerry Fox, Mark Frost, Dallas Roberts, Claire Dellamar, André Eriksen, Nikola Kent, Lucy Chappell, Annamaria Serda, and Steven Brand.SYNOPSIS:A virus spreads through an office complex causing white collar workers to act out their worst impulses.Allow me to describe the opening moments of Mayhem, which […]
53rd Chicago International Film Festival Review – Lady Bird (2017)
Lady Bird, 2017.Written and Directed by Greta Gerwig. Starring Saoirse Ronan, Laurie Metcalf, Tracy Letts, Lucas Hedges, Timothée Chalamet, Beanie Feldstein, Odeya Rush, Kathryn Newton, Andy Buckley, Daniel Zovatto, Jordan Rodrigues, Stephen McKinley Henderson, and Lois Smith.SYNOPSIS:The adventures of a young woman living in Northern California for a year.In the hands of many other writers, […]
Movie Review – A Bad Moms Christmas (2017)
A Bad Moms Christmas, 2017.Written and Directed by Jon Lucas and Scott Moore. Starring Mila Kunis, Kristen Bell, Kathryn Hahn, Susan Sarandon, Christine Baranski, Cheryl Hines, Jay Hernández, Oona Laurence, Justin Hartley, Peter Gallagher, Emjay Anthony, Lyle Brocato, Wanda Sykes, and Christina Applegate.SYNOPSIS:A Bad Moms Christmas follows our three under-appreciated and over-burdened women as they […]
