The Kid Who Would Be King, 2019. Written and Directed by Joe Cornish. Starring Louis Ashbourne Serkis, Tom Taylor, Angus Imrie, Patrick Stewart, Dean Chaumoo, Rhianna Dorris, Rebecca Ferguson, Denise Gough, Nathan Stewart-Jarrett, and Nick Mohammed. SYNOPSIS: A band of kids embark on an epic quest to thwart a medieval menace. Separating writer/director Joe Cornish’s […]
55th Chicago International Film Festival Review – Marriage Story (2019)
Marriage Story, 2019. Written and Directed by Noah Baumbach. Starring Scarlett Johansson, Adam Driver, Laura Dern, Alan Alda, Ray Liotta, Merritt Wever, Mark O’Brien, Azhy Robertson, Brooke Bloom, Julie Hagerty, Matthew Shear, Kyle Bornheimer, Mickey Sumner, McKinley Belcher III, Wallace Shawn, and Amir Talai. SYNOPSIS: Noah Baumbach’s incisive and compassionate look at a marriage breaking […]
Movie Review – An Acceptable Loss (2019)
An Acceptable Loss, 2019. Written and Directed by Joe Chappelle. Starring Tika Sumpter, Jamie Lee Curtis, Ben Tavassoli, Jeff Hephner, Deanna Dunagan, Alex Weisman, Ali Birch, and Clarke Peters. SYNOPSIS: Former top U.S. security adviser Elizabeth “Libby” Lamm (Sumpter) is threatened by associates from her dark past including Rachel Burke (Curtis), a steely, commanding politician […]
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 – The Standoff at Sparrow Creek (2019)
The Standoff at Sparrow Creek, 2019. Written and Directed by Henry Dunham. Starring James Badge Dale, Happy Anderson, Brian Geraghty, Patrick Fischler, Robert Aramayo, Gene Jones, Cotter Smith, Bret Porter, and Chris Mulkey. SYNOPSIS: A former cop-turned-militia man investigates a shooting at a police funeral. Two different suspects confess to committing a domestic act of […]
Movie Review – Cold War (2018)
Cold War, 2018. Directed by Pawel Pawlikowski. Starring Joanna Kulig, Tomasz Kot, Borys Szyc, Agata Kulesza, Cédric Kahn, Jeanne Balibar, and Adam Woronowicz. SYNOPSIS: A passionate love story between two people of different backgrounds and temperaments, who are fatefully mismatched, set against the background of the Cold War in the 1950s in Poland, Berlin, Yugoslavia […]
Movie Review – Rockaway (2017)
Rockaway, 2017. Written and Directed by John J. Budion. Starring Keidrich Selatti, Maxwell Apple, James DiGiacomo, Tanner Flood, Colin Critchley, Harrison Wittmeyer, Wass Stevens, Frankie J. Alvarez, and Marjan Neshat. SYNOPSIS: Inspired by true events, a man recounts the summer of ’94, when he and his brother plotted revenge against their abusive father. Escapism is most […]
Movie Review – A Dog’s Way Home (2019)
A Dog’s Way Home, 2019. Directed by Charles Martin Smith. Starring Bryce Dallas Howard, Ashley Judd, Alexandra Shipp, Jonah Hauer-King, Edward James Olmos, Wes Studi, Chris Bauer, and Patrick Gallagher. SYNOPSIS: A dog travels 400 miles in search of her owner. There is no hesitation in calling A Dog’s Purpose a below-average film, but for all […]
Movie Review – Destroyer (2018)
Destroyer, 2018. Directed by Karyn Kusama. Starring Nicole Kidman, Jade Pettyjohn, Tatiana Maslany, Sebastian Stan, Toby Kebbell, Scoot McNairy. Toby Huss, James Jordan, Beau Knapp, Shamier Anderson, Zach Villa, and Bradley Whitford SYNOPSIS: A police detective reconnects with people from an undercover assignment in her distant past in order to make peace. Psychology tells us […]
Movie Review – Stan & Ollie (2018)
Stan & Ollie, 2018. Directed by Jon S. Baird. Starring Steve Coogan, John C. Reilly, Nina Arianda, Shirley Henderson, Danny Huston, Rufus Jones, Susy Kane, Stewart Alexander, and Joseph Balderrama. SYNOPSIS: Laurel and Hardy, the world’s most famous comedy duo, attempt to reignite their film careers as they embark on what becomes their swan song […]
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