Demonic, 2021.Written and Directed by Neill Blomkamp. Starring Carly Pope, Nathalie Boltt, Chris William Martin, Michael J Rogers, Kandyse McClure, Terry Chen, Jason Tremblay, and Quinton Boisclair.SYNOPSIS:A young woman unleashes terrifying demons when supernatural forces at the root of a decades-old rift between mother and daughter are ruthlessly revealed.Neill Blomkamp is on the verge of […]
57th Chicago International Film Festival Review – Passing
Passing, 2021.Written and Directed by Rebecca Hall. Starring Tessa Thompson, Ruth Negga, André Holland, Alexander Skarsgård, Bill Camp, Gbenga Akinnagbe, Antoinette Crowe-Legacy, Justus Davis Graham, Ethan Barrett, Ashley Ware Jenkins, and Amos J. Machanic.SYNOPSIS:Passing follows the unexpected reunion of two high school friends, whose renewed acquaintance ignites a mutual obsession that threatens both of their carefully […]
57th Chicago International Film Festival Capsule Review – Belfast
Belfast, 2021.Written and Directed by Kenneth Branagh. Starring Jude Hill, Jamie Dornan, Caitriona Balfe, Judi Dench, Ciarán Hinds, Lara McDonnell, Gerard Horan, Turlough Convery, Gerard McCarthy, Bríd Brennan, Sid Sagar, Colin Morgan, and Olive Tennant.SYNOPSIS:Buddy is a young boy on the cusp of adolescence, whose life is filled with familial love, childhood hijinks, and a […]
57th Chicago International Film Festival Capsule Review – Petite Maman
Petite Maman, 2021.Written and Directed by Céline Sciamma. Starring Joséphine Sanz, Gabrielle Sanz, Nina Meurisse, Stéphane Varupenne, and Margot Abascal.SYNOPSIS:Nelly has just lost her grandmother and is helping her parents clean out her mother’s childhood home. She explores the house and the surrounding woods. One day she meets a girl her same age building a […]
Movie Review – Dear Evan Hansen (2021)
Dear Evan Hansen, 2021.Directed by Stephen Chbosky. Starring Ben Platt, Amy Adams, Kaitlyn Dever, Julianne Moore, Amandla Stenberg, Nik Dodani, Colton Ryan, Danny Pino, DeMarius R. Copes, Isaac Powell, Liza Kate, Avery Bederman, and Gerald Caesar.SYNOPSIS:Film adaptation of the Tony and Grammy Award-winning musical about Evan Hansen, a high school senior with Social Anxiety disorder […]
Movie Review – The Boss Baby 2: Family Business (2021)
The Boss Baby: Family Business, 2021.Directed by Tom McGrath. Featuring the voice talents of Alec Baldwin, James Marsden, Jeff Goldblum, Eva Longoria, Lisa Kudrow, Jimmy Kimmel, Amy Sedaris, Ariana Greenblatt, and James McGrath.SYNOPSIS:The Templeton brothers have become adults and drifted away from each other, but a new boss baby with a cutting-edge approach is about […]
Movie Review – Cryptozoo (2021)
Cryptozoo, 2021.Directed by Dash Shaw and Jane Samborski. Featuring the voice talents of Lake Bell, Michael Cera, Alex Karpovsky, Zoe Kazan, Louisa Krause, Angeliki Papoulia, Thomas Jay Ryan, Peter Stormare, Grace Zabriskie, Emily Davis, Irene Muscara, Owen K. Price, Joce Soubiran, Rajesh Parameswaran, and Ami Patel.SYNOPSIS:Cryptozookeepers try to capture a Baku, a dream-eating hybrid creature […]
57th Chicago International Film Festival Capsule Review – Spencer
Spencer, 2021.Directed by Pablo Larraín. Starring Kristen Stewart, Jack Farthing, Sally Hawkins, Timothy Spall, Sean Harris, Thomas Douglas, Olga Hellsing, Matthias Wolkowski, Oriana Gordon, Ryan Wichert, John Keogh, Amy Manson, Elizabeth Berrington, Jack Nielen, Freddie Spry, Stella Gonet, Richard Sammel, Lore Stefanek, James Harkness, Laura Benson, Wendy Patterson, and Libby Rodliffe.SYNOPSIS:During her Christmas holidays with […]
Movie Review – We Need to Do Something (2021)
We Need to Do Something, 2021.Directed by Sean King O’Grady. Starring Sierra McCormick, Vinessa Shaw, Pat Healy, John James Cronin, Lisette Alexis, and Ozzy Osbourne.SYNOPSIS:After Melissa and her family seek shelter from a storm, they become trapped. With no sign of rescue, hours turn to days and Melissa comes to realize that she and her […]
57th Chicago International Film Festival Capsule Review – C’mon C’mon
C’mon C’mon. 2021Written and Directed by Mike Mills. Starring Joaquin Phoenix, Woody Norman, Gaby Hoffmann, Scoot McNairy, Molly Webster, Jaboukie Young-White, and Sarah Klein.SYNOPSIS:A radio journalist embarks on a cross-country trip with his young nephew.There are real-life concerns about the planet’s future and the emotional struggles of a fictional estranged family in writer/director Mike Mills’s […]
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