Mack & Rita. 2022 Directed by Katie Aselton. Starring Diane Keaton, Taylour Paige, Elizabeth Lail, Loretta Devine, Amy Hill, Lois Smith, Wendie Malick, Martin Short, Simon Rex, Patti Harrison, Dustin Milligan, Addie Weyrich, Nicole Byer, Aimee Carrero, Sara Amini, and Catherine Carlen. SYNOPSIS: A 30-year-old writer (Elizabeth Lail) spends a wild weekend in Palm Springs […]
Movie Review – The Starling (2021)
The Starling. 2021 Directed by Theodore Melfi. Starring Melissa McCarthy, Chris O’Dowd, Kevin Kline, Timothy Olyphant, Daveed Diggs, Skyler Gisondo, Loretta Devine, Laura Harrier, Rosalind Chao, Kimberly Quinn, Veronica Falcón, Scott MacArthur, Emily Tremaine, Cynthy Wu, Tom Everett, Elisabeth Röhm, and Edi Patterson. SYNOPSIS: After Lilly suffers a loss, a combative starling takes nest beside […]
Toronto International Film Festival 2021 Review – The Starling
The Starling, 2021. Directed by Theodore Melfi. Starring Melissa McCarthy, Chris O’Dowd, Timothy Olyphant, Skyler Gisondo, Daveed Diggs, Laura Harrier, Rosalind Chao, Loretta Devine, and Kevin Kline. SYNOPSIS: A woman adjusting to life after a loss contends with a feisty bird that’s taken over her garden – and a husband who’s struggling to find a […]
Melissa McCarthy faces grief and a territorial bird in The Starling trailer
Melissa McCarthy is always looking for her next big hit, and Netflix is giving the star her next attempt in this touching new film. McCarthy stars in The Starling, the new film from the Hidden Figures filmmaker Theodore Melfi, which follows “a woman adjusting to life after a loss contends with a feisty bird that’s […]
Movie Review – Spell (2020)
Spell, 2020. Directed by Mark Tonderai. Starring Omari Hardwick, Loretta Devine, Lorraine Burroughs, Hannah Gonera, and John Beasley. SYNOPSIS: While flying to his father’s funeral in rural Appalachia, a freak storm causes a man to lose control of the plane carrying him and his family. But the real troubles begin, when he awakens. I certainly […]
Movie Review – Spell (2020)
Spell, 2020. Directed by Mark Tonderai. Starring Omari Hardwick, Loretta Devine, Lorraine Burroughs, John Beasley, André Jacobs, Tumisho Masha, Peter Butler, Ri-Karlo Handy, Hannah Gonera, Kalifa Burton, and Steve Mululu. SYNOPSIS: A man crash lands in rural Appalachia and awakens in the attic of a traditional Hoodoo practitioner. He desperately tries to break free from […]
Omari Hardwick stars in trailer for new horror Spell
Paramount Pictures has released a trailer for the upcoming horror Spell. Directed by Mark Tonderai, the film stars Omari Hardwick as Marquis, a man who becomes suspicious of the elderly couple who nurse him back to health after he survives a plane crash when he discovers they are using dark magic; watch it here… While […]
Movie Review – Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror (2019)
Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror, 2019. Directed by Xavier Burgin. Featuring Jordan Peele, Keith David, Rachel True, Tony Todd, Miguel A. Núñez Jr., Loretta Devine, Paula Jai Parker, Ken Foree, Kelly Jo Minter, Richard Lawson, Ernest R. Dickerson, Rusty Cundieff, Ken Sagoes, William Crain, Tina Mabry, Meosha Bean, Tananarive Due, Ashlee Blackwell, Robin […]
Vulture Festival – The Carmichael Show Tackles the Issues of the Day
You wouldn’t think there was room left for a fresh take on the sitcom but The Carmichael Show stands out from its peers for having long takes, a small number of recurrent sets, and filming the show multicamera. There’s also the part where the show addresses big topics from multiple perspectives. Last season those included […]
