EJ Moreno with a video review of Magazine Dreams starring Jonathan Majors… One actor working today perfectly defines what it means to be a performer in this generation. Jonathan Majors offers controlled chaos; he knows how to distinguish between in-control and unhinged, making it look effortless. No movie has captured his raw talent like Magazine […]
2023 Sundance Film Festival Review – Magazine Dreams
Magazine Dreams, 2023. Written and directed by Elijah Bynum. Starring Jonathan Majors, Haley Bennett, Taylour Paige, Mike O’Hearn, Harrison Page, and Harriet Sansom Harris. SYNOPSIS: A Black amateur bodybuilder struggles to find human connection in this exploration of celebrity and violence. Elijah Bynum (Hot Summer Nights) turns in an assured sophomore feature; a hugely depressing […]
Movie Review – Till (2022)
Till, 2022. Written and Directed by Chinonye Chukwu. Starring Danielle Deadwyler, Jalyn Hall, Whoopi Goldberg, Frankie Faison, Haley Bennett, Jayme Lawson, Tosin Cole, Kevin Carroll, Sean Patrick Thomas, John Douglas Thompson, Roger Guenveur Smith, Princess Elmore, Josh Ventura, Ed Amatrudo, Gail Everett-Smith, Brendan Patrick Connor, Tim Ware, and Keisha Tillis. SYNOPSIS: The true story of […]
Movie Review – The Girl on the Train (2016)
The Girl on the Train, 2016. Directed by Tate Taylor Starring Emily Blunt, Rebecca Ferguson, Haley Bennett, Luke Evans, Justin Theroux and Allison Janney. SYNOPSIS: Still reeling in the aftermath of her divorce, Rachel (Emily Blunt) takes the train in and out of the city every day, even though she’s no longer working. Her route […]
Harrowing trailer for MGM’s Emmett Till biopic Till
MGM has released the trailer for Till, Clemency director Chinonye Chukwu’s movie about the 1955 lynching of Emmett Till. Chronicling the events leading up to the kidnapping, torture and murder of Till (Jalyn Hall) for whistling at a white woman in Mississippi, and the subsequent fight for justice by his mother Mamie Till Mobley (played […]
Movie Review – Cyrano (2021)
Cyrano, 2021. Directed by Joe Wright. Starring Peter Dinklage, Haley Bennett, Kelvin Harrison Jr., Ben Mendelsohn, Bashir Salahuddin, and Ray Strachan. SYNOPSIS: Too self-conscious to woo Roxanne himself, wordsmith Cyrano de Bergerac helps young Christian nab her heart through love letters. Speaking as a physically disabled person, one of the most frustrating tropes is an […]
Movie Review – Cyrano (2021)
Cyrano, 2021. Directed by Joe Wright. Starring Peter Dinklage, Haley Bennett, Kelvin Harrison Jr, Ben Mendelsohn, Bashir Salahuddin and Monica Dolan. SYNOPSIS: An outsider soldier puts his skills as a poet to use as he turns match-maker for the woman he has always loved and an attractive but dull new recruit in his regiment. Gérard […]
Trailer for Joe Wright’s Cyrano starring Peter Dinklage and Haley Bennett
MGM has released a poster and trailer for Cyrano, the musical drama based on Erica Schmidt’s 2018 stage show version of Edmond Rostand’s Cyrano de Bergerac. Directed by Joe Wright, the film stars Peter Dinklage, Haley Bennett, Kelvin Harrison Jr., and Ben Mendelsohn; take a look here… Award-winning director Joe Wright envelops moviegoers in a symphony […]
Haley Bennett joins Eli Roth’s Borderlands movie
Devil All the Time and Hillbilly Elegy actress Haley Bennett has become the latest addition to the cast of Lionsgate’s Borderlands, director Eli Roth’s (Hostel) upcoming movie adaptation of the hit video game franchise. Bennett is set to portray a newly-created character who is described as key to the past of Lilith, played by Cate Blanchett. […]
Hillbilly Elegy – The 2020 Version of Green Book | Video Review
Hillbilly Elegy, 2020. Directed by Ron Howard. Starring Amy Adams, Glenn Close, Gabriel Basso, Haley Bennett, and Freida Pinto. Hillbilly Elegy should be one of the best movies of the year given its cast, but join our host EJ Moreno as he explains why this Amy Adams and Glenn Close-led film is one of the […]
