The Burial, 2023. Directed by Maggie Betts. Starring Jamie Foxx, Tommy Lee Jones, Jurnee Smollett, Alan Ruck, Mamoudou Athie, Pamela Reed, Bill Camp, Amanda Warren, Dorian Missick, Teisha Speight, Tywayne Wheatt, Lance E. Nichols, Keith Jefferson, B.J. Clinkscales, Doug Spearman, Gralen Bryant Banks, David Maldonado, Billy Slaughter, Christopher Winchester, Erika Robel, Lorna Street Dopson, Donna […]
53rd Chicago International Film Festival Review – Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017)
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, 2017. Written and Directed by Martin McDonagh. Starring Frances McDormand, Woody Harrelson, Sam Rockwell, Peter Dinklage, Abbie Cornish, John Hawkes, Samara Weaving, Caleb Landry Jones, Lucas Hedges, Kathryn Newton, Kerry Condon, Amanda Warren, Zeljko Ivanek, Clarke Peters, and Sandy Martin. SYNOPSIS: In this darkly comic drama, a mother personally challenges […]
Movie Review – Roman J. Israel, Esq. (2017)
Roman J. Israel, Esq., 2017. Written and Directed by Dan Gilroy. Starring Denzel Washington, Colin Farrell, Carmen Ejogo, Shelley Hennig, Amanda Warren, Niles Fitch, Nazneen Contractor, James Paxton, DeRon Horton, Brittany Ishibashi, and Tony Plana. SYNOPSIS: Denzel Washington stars as Roman Israel, a driven, idealistic defense attorney who, through a tumultuous series of events, finds […]
Movie Review – Roman J. Israel, Esq. (2017)
Roman J. Israel, Esq, 2017. Directed by Dan Gilroy. Starring Denzel Washington, Colin Farrell, Carmen Ejogo, Amanda Warren, Tony Plana, and Sam Gilroy. SYNOPSIS: After more than 30 years as the backroom brains of a small law firm, Roman J. Israel’s life is turned upside down. The company’s front man is in a coma and […]
