Showtime has released the first trailer and a poster for its upcoming limited drama series The Good Lord Bird. Based on James McBride’s 2013 award-winning novel of the same name, it stars Ethan Hawke as abolitionist John Brown alongside a cast that includes Joshua Caleb Johnson, Daveed Diggs, Wyatt Russell, McKinley Belcher III, and Rafael […]
55th Chicago International Film Festival Review – Marriage Story (2019)
Marriage Story, 2019. Written and Directed by Noah Baumbach. Starring Scarlett Johansson, Adam Driver, Laura Dern, Alan Alda, Ray Liotta, Merritt Wever, Mark O’Brien, Azhy Robertson, Brooke Bloom, Julie Hagerty, Matthew Shear, Kyle Bornheimer, Mickey Sumner, McKinley Belcher III, Wallace Shawn, and Amir Talai. SYNOPSIS: Noah Baumbach’s incisive and compassionate look at a marriage breaking […]
Movie Review – The Art of Racing in the Rain (2019)
The Art of Racing in the Rain, 2019. Directed by Simon Curtis. Starring Milo Ventimiglia, Kevin Costner, Amanda Seyfried, Martin Donovan, Kathy Baker, Lily Dodsworth-Evans, Ryan Kiera Armstrong, McKinley Belcher III, Andres Joseph, Ian Lake, and Gary Cole. SYNOPSIS: Through his bond with his owner, aspiring Formula One race car driver Denny, golden retriever Enzo […]
Movie Review – Trial by Fire (2019)
Trial by Fire, 2019. Directed by Edward Zwick Starring Jack O’Connell, Laura Dern, Emily Meade, Jade Pettyjohn, Rhoda Griffis, Blair Bomar, McKinley Belcher III, Catherine Carlen, Noah Lomax, Whitney Goin, Anthony Reynolds, Blake Lewis, Jeff Perry, Chris Coy, Wayne Pére, and Carlos Gómez SYNOPSIS: The tragic and controversial story of Cameron Todd Willingham, who was […]
Movie Review – Mapplethorpe (2019)
Mapplethorpe, 2019. Directed by Ondi Timoner. Starring Matt Smith, Marianne Rendón, John Benjamin Hickey, Brandon Sklenar, McKinley Belcher III, Mark Moses, and Hari Nef. SYNOPSIS: A look at the life of photographer Robert Mapplethorpe from his rise to fame in the 1970s to his untimely death in 1989. Not to drag Bohemian Rhapsody through the mud […]