Hulu has released the first trailer for The Handmaid’s Tale’s fifth season, teasing the fallout of June’s (Elisabeth Moss) actions from the conclusion of season four and the battle between her and Serena Waterford (Yvonne Strahovski). Watch the trailer below… Season 4 ended with June and a handful of other former Handmaidens ambushing Fred Waterford, June’s […]
Movie Review – Our Brand is Crisis (2015)
Our Brand is Crisis, 2015. Directed by David Gordon Green. Starring Sandra Bullock, Billy Bob Thornton, Anthony Mackie, Joaquim de Almeida, Ann Dowd, Scoot McNairy, Zoe Kazan, and Reynaldo Pacheco. SYNOPSIS: An American woman, well-versed in political campaigns, is sent to the war-torn lands of South America to help install a new leader but is […]
Movie Review – Family Squares (2022)
Family Squares, 2022. Directed by Stephanie Laing. Starring Billy Magnussen, Judy Greer, Scott MacArthur, Sam Richardson, Ann Dowd, Margo Martindale, Casey Wilson, Henry Winkler, June Squibb, Elsie Fisher, Timothy Simons, Zoe Chao, Jessica Miesel, Maclaren Laing, and Rob Reiner. SYNOPSIS: The Worth family has been divided for years but when the matriarch, grandma Mabel dies […]
Movie Review – Mass (2021)
Mass, 2021. Written and Directed by Fran Kranz. Starring Jason Isaacs, Martha Plimpton, Reed Birney, Ann Dowd, Breeda Wool, Kagen Albright, and Michelle N. Carter. SYNOPSIS: Years after a tragic act of violence, the parents of both the victim and the perpetrator meet face-to-face. One needs extra hands to count the ways Mass could go […]
2021 BFI London Film Festival Review – Mass
Mass, 2021. Written and directed by Fran Kranz. Starring Jason Isaacs, Martha Plimpton, Ann Dowd and Reed Birney. SYNOPSIS: Six years after a devastating tragedy, two couples gather in a room to talk about the day that destroyed their lives. About two thirds of the way through Mass, the bracing debut feature from writer-director Fran […]
High drama with Jason Issacs and Ann Dowd in the the trailer for Mass
Bleecker Street have just debuted the trailer for what appears to be an acting masterclass between Jason Issacs (The OA), Ann Dowd (The Leftovers), Martha Plimpton (The Mosquito Coast) and Reed Birney (House of Cards), as two couples who agree to a conversation in order to process the fallout from a tragic incident involving their […]
2021 Sundance Film Festival Review – Mass
Mass, 2021. Written and directed by Fran Kranz. Starring Jason Isaacs, Ann Dowd, Martha Plimpton, and Reed Birney. SYNOPSIS: Years after a tragic shooting, the parents of both the victim and the perpetrator meet face-to-face. In the wake of any tragedy, those affected scramble to make some sense of what’s happened in order to move on […]
Movie Review – Rebecca (2020)
Rebecca, 2020. Directed by Ben Wheatley. Starring Lily James, Armie Hammer, Kristin Scott Thomas, Keeley Hawes, Jane Lapotaire, Lucy Russell, Bryony Miller, Sam Riley, Bill Paterson, Tom Goodman-Hill, Mark Lewis Jones, Jeff Rawle, John Hollingworth, Ben Crompton, and Ann Dowd. SYNOPSIS: A young newlywed arrives at her husband’s imposing family estate on a windswept English […]
Movie Review – Speed of Life (2020)
Speed of Life, 2020. Written and Directed by Liz Manashil. Starring Ann Dowd, Ray Santiago, Vella Lovell, Sean Wright, Allison Tolman, and Jeff Perry. SYNOPSIS: David Bowie’s death rocks the lives of June & Edward. The superstar’s passing rips a literal hole in the universe, sucking Edward in. Fast forward 24 years, an older June […]
Chicago Critics Film Festival 2018 Review – American Animals
American Animals, 2018. Written and Directed by Bart Layton. Starring Evan Peters, Barry Keoghan, Blake Jenner, Jared Abramson, Udo Kier, Ann Dowd, Spencer Reinhard, Warren Lipka, Chas Allen, and Eric Borsuk. SYNOPSIS: Four young men mistake their lives for a movie and attempt one of the most audacious heists in U.S. history. Imitation is supposedly the […]
