Uncle Frank, 2020. Written and Directed by Alan Ball. Starring Paul Bettany, Sophia Lillis, Peter Macdissi, Steve Zahn, Judy Greer, Margo Martindale, Stephen Root, and Lois Smith. SYNOPSIS: Accompanied by his teenage niece, a gay literature professor reluctantly returns home to attend his father’s funeral. For lack of a better phrase, I am the “Uncle […]
Movie Review – Uncle Frank (2020)
Uncle Frank, 2020. Written and Directed by Alan Ball. Starring Paul Bettany, Sophia Lillis, Steve Zahn, Judy Greer, Stephen Root, Peter Macdissi, Margo Martindale, Caity Brewer, Lois Smith, and Cole Doman. SYNOPSIS: In 1973, when Frank Bledsoe and his 18-year-old niece Beth take a road trip from Manhattan to Creekville, South Carolina for the family […]
Paul Bettany and Sophia Lillis star in trailer for Uncle Frank
Amazon Prime Video has released a poster and trailer for writer-director Alan Ball’s 70s-set drama Uncle Frank which stars Sophia Lillis as Beth, a young woman who leaves her rural town to study at New York University where her beloved uncle Frank (Paul Bettany) is a literature professor, she soon discovers he is gay and […]
Movie Review – Tesla (2020)
Tesla, 2020. Written and directed by Michael Almereyda.Starring Ethan Hawke, Kyle MacLachlan, Eve Hewson, Jim Gaffigan, Ebon Moss-Bachrach, Donnie Keshawarz, Rebecca Dayan, Hannah Gross, Josh Hamilton, Lois Smith, Lucy Walters, James Urbaniak, Ian Lithgow, John Palladino and David Kallaway. SYNOPSIS: A freewheeling take on visionary inventor Nikola Tesla, his interactions with Thomas Edison and J.P. […]
Movie Review – Tesla (2020)
Tesla, 2020. Written and Directed by Michael Almereyda. Starring Ethan Hawke, Kyle MacLachlan, Hannah Gross, Josh Hamilton, Eve Hewson, Jim Gaffigan, Lois Smith, Ebon Moss-Bachrach, Lucy Walters, James Urbaniak, Ian Lithgow, Donnie Keshawarz, Rebecca Dayan, John Palladino, and David Kallaway. SYNOPSIS: A freewheeling take on visionary inventor Nikola Tesla, his interactions with Thomas Edison and […]
Movie Review – Lady Bird (2017)
Lady Bird, 2017. Written and Directed by Greta Gerwig. Starring Saoirse Ronan, Laurie Metcalf, Tracy Letts, Lucas Hedges, Timothée Chalamet, Beanie Feldstein, Odeya Rush, Kathryn Newton, Andy Buckley, Daniel Zovatto, Jordan Rodrigues, Stephen McKinley Henderson, and Lois Smith. SYNOPSIS: In 2002, an artistically inclined seventeen-year-old girl comes of age in Sacramento, California. There’s a dirtied, […]
53rd Chicago International Film Festival Review – Lady Bird (2017)
Lady Bird, 2017. Written and Directed by Greta Gerwig. Starring Saoirse Ronan, Laurie Metcalf, Tracy Letts, Lucas Hedges, Timothée Chalamet, Beanie Feldstein, Odeya Rush, Kathryn Newton, Andy Buckley, Daniel Zovatto, Jordan Rodrigues, Stephen McKinley Henderson, and Lois Smith. SYNOPSIS: The adventures of a young woman living in Northern California for a year. In the hands […]
First trailer and poster for Greta Gerwig’s Lady Bird
Following its world premiere at the Telluride Film Festival, the first trailer and poster have arrived online for Greta Gerwig’s directorial debut Lady Bird. The comedy drama features a cast that includes Saoirse Ronan, Laurie Metcalf, Tracy Letts, Lucas Hedges, Timothée Chalamet, Beanie Feldstein, Stephen McKinley Henderson, and Lois Smith; take a look below… In Lady […]
Trailer for sci-fi drama Marjorie Prime starring Jon Hamm and Lois Smith
Ahead of its release next month, a poster and trailer have arrived online for the upcoming sci-fi drama Marjorie Prime. Written and directed by Michael Almereyda, the film is based on the Pulitzer Prize-nominated play of the same name by Jordan Harrison and stars Jon Hamm, Lois Smith, Tim Robbins, and Geena Davis; take a […]
Movie Review – The Nice Guys (2016)
The Nice Guys, 2016. Directed by Shane Black. Starring Russell Crowe, Ryan Gosling, Angourie Rice, Matt Bomer, Margaret Qualley, Yaya DaCosta, Keith David, Beau Knapp, Lois Smith, Murielle Telio, Jack Kilmer, and Kim Basinger. SYNOPSIS: A mismatched pair of private eyes investigate the apparent suicide of a fading porn star in 1970s Los Angeles. Anyone […]