Richard Jewell. 2019 Directed by Clint Eastwood Starring Paul Walter Hauser, Sam Rockwell, Kathy Bates, Jon Hamm, Olivia Wilde, Nina Arianda, Ian Gomez, Dylan Kussman, Mike Pniewski, Billy Slaughter, Niko Nicotera, Alex Collins, Desmond Phillips, Grant Roberts, Ronnie Allen, Garon Grigsby, Brian Brightman, David de Vries, and David Shae SYNOPSIS: American security guard Richard Jewell […]
Movie Review – The Irishman (2019)
The Irishman. 2019 Directed by Martin Scorsese Starring Robert De Niro, Al Pacino, Joe Pesci, Bobby Cannavale, Ray Romano, Stephen Graham, Kathrine Narducci, J.C. MacKenzie, Craig Vincent, Anna Paquin, Gary Basaraba, Jesse Plemons, Jack Huston, Domenick Lombardozzi, India Ennenga, Joseph Russo, John Cenatiempo, Larry Romano, Sebastian Maniscalco, Rebecca Faulkenberry, Stephanie Kurtzuba, Jeremy Luke, Natasha Romanova, […]
Movie Review – Clemency (2019)
Clemency. 2019 Written and Directed by Chinonye Chukwu Starring Alfre Woodard, Wendell Pierce, Aldis Hodge, Richard Schiff, Danielle Brooks, LaMonica Garrett, Michael O’Neill, Vernee Watson-Johnson, Dennis Haskins, and Richard Gunn SYNOPSIS: Years of carrying out death row executions have taken a toll on prison warden Bernadine Williams. As she prepares to execute another inmate, Bernadine […]
Movie Review – Charlie’s Angels (2019)
Charlie’s Angels, 2019. Written and Directed by Elizabeth Banks. Starring Kristen Stewart, Naomi Scott, Ella Balinska, Elizabeth Banks, Patrick Stewart, Djimon Hounsou, Sam Claflin, Noah Centineo, Jonathan Tucker, Luis Gerardo Méndez, Nat Faxon, and Chris Pang. SYNOPSIS: When a systems engineer blows the whistle on a dangerous technology, Charlie’s Angels from across the globe are […]
Movie Review – Portrait of a Lady on Fire (2019)
Portrait of a Lady on Fire. 2019 Written and Directed by Céline Sciamma Starring Noémie Merlant, Adèle Haenel, Luàna Bajrami, and Valeria Golino SYNOPSIS: On an isolated island in Brittany at the end of the eighteenth century, a female painter is obliged to paint a wedding portrait of a young woman. Every scene, spoken word […]
Movie Review – 1917 (2019)
1917. 2019 Directed by Sam Mendes Starring George MacKay, Dean-Charles Chapman, Mark Strong, Andrew Scott, Richard Madden, Claire Duburcq, Colin Firth, and Benedict Cumberbatch SYNOPSIS: Two young British privates during the First World War are given an impossible mission: deliver a message deep in enemy territory that will stop 1,600 men, and one of the […]
Movie Review – The Two Popes (2019)
The Two Popes, 2019. Directed by Fernando Meirelles. Starring Jonathan Pryce, Anthony Hopkins, Sidney Cole, Juan Minujín, and Federico Torre. SYNOPSIS: Explores the relationship and opposing visions between two of the most powerful leaders in the Catholic Church, both of whom must address their own pasts and the demands of the modern world in order […]
Movie Review – Little Women (2019)
Little Women, 2019. Written and Directed by Greta Gerwig. Starring Saoirse Ronan, Emma Watson, Florence Pugh, Eliza Scanlen, Laura Dern, Timothée Chalamet, James Norton, Louis Garrel, Bob Odenkirk, Chris Cooper, Abby Quinn, Dash Barber, Hadley Robinson, and Meryl Streep. SYNOPSIS: Four sisters come of age in America in the aftermath of the Civil War. The […]
Movie Review – Ophelia (2019)
Ophelia, 2019. Directed by Claire McCarthy. Starring Daisy Ridley, Naomi Watts, George MacKay, Clive Owen, Tom Felton, Sebastian de Souza, Devon Terrell, Daisy Head, Dominic Mafham, Anna Rust, Mia Quiney, and Martin Angerbauer. SYNOPSIS: A re-imagining of Hamlet, told from Ophelia’s perspective. Hamlet is a Shakespearean tragedy so reenacted to death that even if you […]
Movie Review – Them That Follow (2019)
Them That Follow, 2019. Written and Directed by Britt Poulton and Dan Madison Savage. Starring Alice Englert, Walton Goggins, Thomas Mann, Olivia Colman, Kaitlyn Dever, Jim Gaffigan, and Lewis Pullman. SYNOPSIS: Set deep in the wilds of Appalachia, where believers handle death-dealing snakes to prove themselves before God, Them That Follow tells the story of […]