The Shape of Water, 2017. Directed by Guillermo del Toro. Starring Sally Hawkins, Doug Jones, Richard Jenkins, Michael Shannon, Michael Stuhlbarg, and Octavia Spencer. SYNOPSIS: An other-worldly fairy tale, set against the backdrop of Cold War era America circa 1962. In the hidden high-security government laboratory where she works, lonely Eliza (Sally Hawkins) is trapped […]
New trailer for Fahrenheit 451 starring Michael B. Jordan and Michael Shannon
Ahead of its premiere next month, a new trailer has been revealed for HBO’s upcoming adaptation of Ray Bradbury’s classic dysotopian novel Fahrenheit 451. Directed by Ramin Bahrani, the sci-fi drama stars Michael B. Jordan, Michael Shannon, Sofia Boutella, Laura Harrier, and Martin Donovan; watch it here… In a terrifying care-free future, a young man, Guy Montag, whose job as a […]
Waco Episode 6 Review – ‘Day 51’
Red Stewart reviews the final episode of Waco… When I was done watching the Waco finale, I looked at my notes and saw something surprising: I had only written down four things. Typically when reviewing a television show or movie, critics will have pages worth of notes to go through when constructing their final published assessment. When […]
New trailer for Fahrenheit 451 starring Michael B. Jordan and Michael Shannon
HBO has released a new trailer for Ramin Bahrani’s upcoming adaptation of Ray Bradbury’s classic dysotopian novel Fahrenheit 451 which stars Michael B. Jordan, Michael Shannon, Sofia Boutella, Laura Harrier, and Martin Donovan; watch it here… In a terrifying care-free future, a young man, Guy Montag, whose job as a fireman is to burn all books, questions his actions after […]
Movie Review – The Shape of Water (2017)
The Shape of Water, 2017. Directed by Guillermo del Toro. Starring Sally Hawkins, Doug Jones, Michael Shannon, Octavia Spencer, Richard Jenkins, Michael Stuhlbarg, Nick Searcy, and David Hewlett. SYNOPSIS: At a top-secret research facility in the 1960s, a lonely janitor forms a unique relationship with an amphibious creature that is being held in captivity. The […]
Movie Review – The Shape of Water (2017)
The Shape of Water, 2017. Directed by Guillermo del Toro. Starring Sally Hawkins, Doug Jones, Michael Shannon, Octavia Spencer, Richard Jenkins, Michael Stuhlbarg, Nick Searcy, and David Hewlett. SYNOPSIS: Mute orphan Elisa lives her life on the edges in Baltimore in 1962, until her job working nights as a cleaner at a secret US government […]
Second Opinion – The Shape of Water (2017)
The Shape of Water, 2017. Directed by Guillermo del Toro. Starring Sally Hawkins, Michael Shannon, Richard Jenkins, Octavia Spencer, Doug Jones and Michael Stuhlbarg. SYNOPSIS: Set in cold-war era Baltimore, The Shape of Water focuses on an isolated, mute woman named Elisa (Sally Hawkins), who works as a janitor at a confidential government facility. For the most part, Elisa’s […]
Movie Review – The Shape of Water (2017)
The Shape of Water, 2017. Directed by Guillermo del Toro. Starring Sally Hawkins, Doug Jones, Michael Shannon, Octavia Spencer, Richard Jenkins, Michael Stuhlbarg, Nick Searcy, and David Hewlett. SYNOPSIS: At a top secret research facility in the 1960s, a lonely janitor forms a unique relationship with an amphibious creature that is being held in captivity. Not […]
Waco Episode 3 Review – ‘Operation Showtime’
Red Stewart reviews the third episode of Waco… “Operation Showtime” (taking its name from the real-life ATF raid) opens up with a scene we saw in the pilot: Koresh walking outside to plead with the surrounding ATF agents. At the time, we didn’t know when that was happening. Now that we do, there’s a retrospective […]
Waco Episode 1 Review – ‘Visions and Omens’
Red Stewart reviews the first episode of Waco… I remember first learning about the Waco Siege during the Bundy Standoff in 2014. Many news outlets at the time were making comparisons between the two, leading me to look it up on Wikipedia. I don’t remember much about it, and I’ve refrained from revisiting that article […]
