EJ Moreno with a video review of Guillermo del Toro’s Nightmare Alley…Constantly firing all cylinders, Guillermo del Toro hits a new level with Nightmare Alley. Gone is the filmmaker’s supernatural tinge, and in its place is something even scarier…the darkness of the human soul. Nightmare Alley is unlike anything from del Toro, and it makes […]
Nightmare Alley cast discuss Guillermo del Toro’s neo noir thriller in new featurette
With just over two weeks to go until Nightmare Alley arrives in cinemas, a new featurette has been released for Guillermo del Toro’s star-studded thriller which sees the filmmaker joined by Cate Blanchett, Willem Dafoe, David Strathairn, and Ron Perlman to discuss the making the film; watch it here…When charismatic but down-on-his-luck Stanton Carlisle (Bradley […]
Guillermo del Toro’s Nightmare Alley gets a new trailer and character posters
Searchlight Pictures has released a new trailer for Nightmare Alley, ahead of its arrival in cinemas this December. Directed by Guillermo del Toro, the star-studded thriller follows Stanton Carlisle (Bradley Cooper), a down on his luck ambitious man with a talent for manipulating people, as he teams up with a mysterious psychiatrist (Cate Blanchett) in […]
First trailer for Guillermo del Toro’s Nightmare Alley showcases Bradley Cooper and Cate Blanchett
Guillermo del Toro is a modern master of mystery and suspense, and in the first look at his latest film, he promises more of that signature style.Nightmare Alley is the latest from the Oscar-winning filmmaker, and it’s boasting an all-star cast and a twisted tale. Nightmare Alley sees Bradley Cooper as an ambitious carny who […]
Movie Review – Nomadland (2020)
Nomadland, 2020.Written and Directed by Chloé Zhao. Starring Frances McDormand, David Strathairn, Linda May, Bob Wells, Tay Strathairn, Swankie, Derek Endres, Gay DeForest, Patricia Grier, Angela Reyes, Carl R. Hughes, Douglas G. Soul, Ryan Aquino, Teresa Buchanan, Karie Lynn McDermott Wilder, Brandy Wilber, Makenzie Etcheverry, Annette Wells, and Rachel Bannon.SYNOPSIS:Follows a woman in her sixties […]
Why Nomadland Misses the Mark | Video Review
Nomadland, 2020.Directed by Chloe Zhao. Starring Frances McDormand, David Strathairn, Linda May, Charlene Swankie, and Bob Wells.A frontrunner at the upcoming Academy Awards, Nomadland has critics buzzing. But our host EJ Moreno doesn’t connect with the film and why dives into all the reasons why. With its mixed messages concerning capitalism and the damage it […]
2020 BFI London Film Festival Review – Nomadland
Nomadland, 2020.Co-written and directed by Chloé Zhao. Starring Frances McDormand, David Strathairn, Linda May, Charlene Swankie, and Bob Wells.SYNOPSIS:Follows a woman in her sixties who, after losing everything in the Great Recession, embarks on a journey through the American West, living as a van-dwelling modern-day nomad.Chloé Zhao’s third feature comfortably catapults her into the A-list of […]
Movie Review – The Devil Has a Name (2020)
The Devil Has a Name, 2020.Directed by Edward James Olmos. Starring Kate Bosworth, Haley Joel Osment, Pablo Schreiber, Martin Sheen, Alfred Molina, Katie Aselton, David Strathairn, and Edward James Olmos.SYNOPSIS:A psychotic oil matriarch leaves the whole industry exposed when she attempts to outfight a bullish farmer whose water has been poisoned.I commend Edward James Olmos […]
Jeffrey Dean Morgan and David Strathairn star in trailer for Walkaway Joe
Ahead of its release this May, a poster and trailer have arrived online for director Tom Wright’s pool hustling drama Walkaway Joe which stars David Strathairn, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Julian Feder, Julie Ann Emery, David Jensen, and Susan Gallagher; take a look here…WALKAWAY JOE is the story of an unlikely friendship between a young boy […]
Movie Review – Fast Color (2018)
Fast Color, 2018.Directed by Julia Hart. Starring Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Lorraine Toussaint, Saniyya Sidney, Christopher Denham, and David Strathairn.SYNOPSIS:A woman is forced to go on the run when her superhuman abilities are discovered. Years after having abandoned her family, the only place she has left to hide is home.It is movingly fitting that one of the […]
