Amazon Studios has debuted the first red band trailer for director Alma Har’el’s upcoming drama Honey Boy. Written by Shia LaBeouf, the film explores his life and struggles from childhood to his early adult years and stars Noah Jupe and Lucas Hedges as the fictionalised LaBeouf character Otis Lort across different stages in his career, […]
Second Opinion – Mid90s (2018)
Mid90s, 2018. Directed by Jonah Hill. Starring Sunny Suljic, Lucas Hedges, Olan Prenatt, Na-kel Smith, Gio Galicia, Ryder McLaughlin, Jerrod Carmichael, and Katherine Waterston. SYNOPSIS: Stevie (Sunny Suljic) is just like a lot of other boys growing up in 90s Los Angeles; he has an oppressive older brother (Lucas Hedges) who won’t let him touch […]
Movie Review – Mid90s (2018)
Mid90s, 2018. Directed by Jonah Hill. Starring Sunny Suljic, Na-Kel Smith, Olan Prenatt, Ryder McLaughlin, Gio Galicia, Lucas Hedges, Katherine Waterston and Alexa Demie. SYNOPSIS: A 13-year-old kid desperate for attention finds himself welcomed into a group of skateboarders in 90s LA. “You should look up to me,” says a teenage character during the first […]
Second Opinion – Ben is Back (2018)
Ben is Back, 2018. Directed by Peter Hedges. Starring Julia Roberts, Lucas Hedges, Kathryn Newton, Courtney B. Vance, Michael Esper, David Zaldivar and Rachel Bay Jones. SYNOPSIS: A mother welcomes her drug addict son home early from rehab when he drops by on Christmas Eve, until the family dog disappears… Throughout the early part of […]
Exclusive Interview – Ben is Back director Peter Hedges on addiction, casting his son, and Dumbo
Tom Beasley chats to director Peter Hedges about his new film Ben is Back, in which his son Lucas Hedges plays the title role… Just a few months after Timothée Chalamet broke the world’s hearts as a bizarrely attractive meth addict in Beautiful Boy, another exciting young actor is flexing his muscles as an addict […]
Movie Review – Ben Is Back (2018)
Ben Is Back, 2018. Directed by Peter Hedges. Starring Julia Roberts, Lucas Hedges, Courtney B. Vance, Kathryn Newton, Rachel Bay Jones and David Zaldivar. mater SYNOPSIS: A mother’s loyalty to her drug addicted teenage son is pushed to the limits when he unexpectedly returns home. It’s a family affair in more ways than one in […]
Glasgow Film Festival 2019 Review – Mid90s
Mid90s, 2018. Directed by Jonah Hill. Starring Sunny Suljic, Lucas Hedges, Olan Prenatt, Na-kel Smith, Gio Galicia, Ryder McLaughlin, Jerrod Carmichael, and Katherine Waterston. SYNOPSIS: A young boy in 1990’s Los Angeles spends his summer with older, teen skaters while battling his home life. From drawing illustrious, hilarious variations of penises, to earning Oscar nominations, […]
Movie Review – Boy Erased (2018)
Boy Erased, 2018. Directed by Joel Edgerton. Starring Lucas Hedges, Nicole Kidman, Russell Crowe, Joel Edgerton, Troye Sivan, Xavier Dolan, Britton Sear, Jesse LaTourette, Flea, Cherry Jones, and Joe Alwyn. SYNOPSIS: When Jared Eamons (Lucas Hedges) is outed following an incident on his college campus, his staunchly Baptist preacher father (Russell Crowe), and God fearing […]
Movie Review – Ben is Back (2018)
Ben is Back, 2018. Written and Directed by Peter Hedges. Starring Julia Roberts, Lucas Hedges, Kathryn Newton, Rachel Bay Jones, Mia Fowler, Jakari Fraser, David Zaldivar, Alexandra Park, Michael Esper, Tim Guinee, and Courtney B. Vance. SYNOPSIS: Follows the charming yet troubled Ben Burns (Hedges), who returns home to his unsuspecting family one fateful Christmas […]
54th Chicago International Film Review – Boy Erased (2018)
Boy Erased, 2018. Written and Directed by Joel Edgerton. Starring Lucas Hedges, Nicole Kidman, Russell Crowe, Joel Edgerton, Xavier Dolan, Troye Sivan, Jesse LaTourette, Britton Sear, Cherry Jones, Joe Alwyn, Théodore Pellerin, and Flea. SYNOPSIS: The son of a Baptist preacher is forced to participate in a church-supported gay conversion program after being forcibly outed […]
