Wonderstruck, 2017. Directed by Todd Haynes. Starring Oakes Fegley, Millicent Simmonds, Jaden Michael, Julianne Moore, and Michelle Williams. SYNOPSIS: Set in 1927 and 1977, Wonderstruck simultaneously tells the tales of two deaf children coping with their impairment and searching for familial love in their respective eras. Wonderstruck boasts beautiful craftsmanship and sweet performances by its […]
Movie Review – Pete’s Dragon (2016)
Pete’s Dragon, 2016. Directed by David Lowery. Starring Bryce Dallas Howard, Oakes Fegley, Oona Laurence, Karl Urban, Wes Bentley and Robert Redford. SYNOPSIS: The adventures of an orphaned boy named Pete and his best friend Elliot, who just so happens to be a dragon. When the original Pete’s Dragon was released in 1977 it was […]
Movie Review – Wonderstruck (2017)
Wonderstruck, 2017. Directed by Todd Haynes. Starring Oakes Fegley, Millicent Simmonds, Jaden Michael, Julianne Moore, Tom Noonan, James Urbaniak, Morgan Turner, Cory Michael Smith, and Michelle Williams. SYNOPSIS: The story of a young boy in the Midwest is told simultaneously with a tale about a young girl in New York from fifty years ago as they both […]
61st BFI London Film Festival Review – Wonderstruck (2017)
Wonderstruck, 2017. Directed by Todd Haynes. Starring Julianne Moore, Oakes Fegley, Millicent Simmonds, Michelle Williams, and Jaden Michael. SYNOPSIS: Two parallel stories. In the 1970s, young Ben is bereft after the death of his mother. A discovery among her possessions leads him to go in search of his father in New York. Back in the […]
Todd Haynes’ Wonderstruck gets a new poster and trailer
With exactly a month to go until the release of Wonderstruck, Amazon Studios has released a new poster and trailer for Todd Haynes’ upcoming adaptation of Brian Selznick’s acclaimed novel, which features a cast that includes Julianne Moore, Michelle Williams, Amy Hargreaves, Oakes Fegley, and Millicent Simmonds. Check them out here… Based on Brian Selznick’s critically […]
