Disobedience, 2018.Written and Directed by Sebastián Lelio. Starring Rachel Weisz, Rachel McAdams, Alessandro Nivola, Anton Lesser, Cara Horgan, Nicholas Woodeson, Allan Corduner, Sophia Brown, and Bernice Stegers.SYNOPSIS:A woman returns to the community that shunned her for her attraction to a childhood friend. Once back, their passions reignite as they explore the boundaries of faith and […]
Movie Review – Tully (2018)
Tully, 2018.Directed by Jason Reitman. Starring Charlize Theron, Mackenzie Davis, Ron Livingston, Mark Duplass, Lia Frankland, Asher Miles Fallica, Gameela Wright, Joshua Pak, Elaine Tan, and Colleen Wheeler.SYNOPSIS:Marlo, a mother of three including a newborn, is gifted a night nanny by her brother. Hesitant to the extravagance at first, Marlo comes to form a unique […]
Movie Review – Let It Snow (2019)
Let It Snow. 2019Directed by Luke Snellin Starring Shameik Moore, Kiernan Shipka, Isabela Merced, Odeya Rush, Joan Cusack, Jacob Batalon, Miles Robbins, Mitchell Hope, Liv Hewson, Anna Akana, Matthew Noszka, Jamie Champagne, Jon Champagne, Andrea De Oliveira, Mason Gooding, Victor Rivers, Genevieve DeGraves, and Hallea JonesSYNOPSIS:In a small town on Christmas Eve, a snowstorm brings […]
Movie Review – The House of Tomorrow (2018)
The House of Tomorrow, 2018.Written and Directed by Peter Livolsi. Starring Ellen Burstyn, Nick Offerman, Asa Butterfield, Alex Wolff, Maude Apatow, Fred Armisen, and Michaela Watkins.SYNOPSIS:The film tells futurist, architect, and inventor R. Buckminster Fuller’s incredible story through two teens hoping to get laid, become punk gods, and survive high school.While clearly not intended to be […]
Movie Review – Midway (2019)
Midway, 2019.Directed by Roland Emmerich. Starring Ed Skrein, Patrick Wilson, Luke Evans, Aaron Eckhart, Nick Jonas, Woody Harrelson, Mandy Moore, Dennis Quaid, Tadanobu Asano, Jun Kunimura, Etsushi Toyokawa, Keean Johnson, Luke Kleintank, Darren Criss, Russell Dennis Lewis, Peter Shinkoda, Nobuya Shimamoto, Jake Weber, Eric Davis, Alexander Ludwig, David Hewlett, Mark Rolston, Brennan Brown, James Carpinello, […]
Movie Review – 31 (2016)
31, 2016Written and directed by Rob Zombie Starring Sheri Moon Zombie, Elizabeth Daily, Meg Foster, Richard Brake, Torsten Voges, Lew Temple, Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs, Jeff Daniel Phillips, David Ury, Pancho Moler and Malcolm McDowell.SYNOPSIS:Five carnival workers are kidnapped and held hostage in an abandoned, Hell-like compound where they are forced to participate in a violent game, the […]
Chicago Critics Film Festival 2018 Capsule Review – First Reformed
Hope and despair is the equivalent to the metaphorically persuasive angel and the devil on the shoulders of one of God’s lonely souls, a pastor at the titular First Reformed church. The establishment is about to celebrate its 250th anniversary regardless of the fact that attendance has gone the way of the dodo (among other […]
Chicago Critics Film Festival 2018 Capsule Review – Fast Color
It is movingly fitting that one of the only superhuman-based films centered on women (in this case, generations of women with Gugu Mbatha-Raw and her growing star power, underrated television character actor Lorraine Toussaint, and youngster Saniyya Sidney bonding and making amends while also going even further back reading ancestral passages from a handed diary) focuses […]
Chicago Critics Film Festival 2018 Capsule Review – Bodied
Whatever opinions one may have on rap music, specifically battle rapping, are strongly advised to be left at the door; either way, you’re coming away from Bodied (backed by notable industry talent comprised of producer Eminem, writer Kid Twist, and go-to music video director Joseph Kahn) with an updated perspective. However, the real pleasant surprise is just […]
Chicago Critics Film Festival Capsule Review 2018 – Damsel
Robert Pattinson is a lover, not a fighter. Playing a businessman named Samuel in the days of the old West, he decides to travel across the country to reunite with his beloved fiancé Penelope (Mia Wasikowska, who I’ll have you know right off the bat is more than just the titular damsel in distress) believing […]
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