James White, 2015Directed and written by Josh Mond Starring Christopher Abbott, Cynthia Nixon, Scott Mescudi, Ron Livingston, Makenzie Leigh, David CallSYNOPSIS:A hedonistic twenty-something must come to terms with personal responsibility in the face of his mother’s battle with serious illness.Painting a painful and believable account of modern city life, this impressive release from Josh Mond […]
Movie Review – The 5th Wave (2016)
The 5th Wave, 2016.Directed by J. Blakeson. Starring Chloe Grace Moretz, Liev Schreiber, Nick Robinson, Maria Bello, Ron Livingston, Zackary Arthur, Maggie Siff, Alex Roe and Maika Monroe.SYNOPSIS:In The 5th Wave, set in the present day, four waves of increasingly deadly attacks have left most of Earth decimated. Against a backdrop of fear and distrust, 16-year-old […]
Movie Review – James White (2015)
James White, 2015. Directed by Josh Mond. Starring Christopher Abbott, Cynthia Nixon, Scott Mescudi, Makenzie Leigh, and Ron Livingston. SYNOPSIS: James, a twenty-something New Yorker, struggles to take control of his self-destructive behavior in the face of momentous family challenges. There is a moment during a brief but terrifying hospital visit where the titular son, […]
Movie Review – The End of the Tour (2015)
The End of the Tour, 2015.Directed by James Ponsoldt Starring Jesse Eisenberg, Jason Segel, Joan Cusack, Ron Livingston, Mamie Gummer, Anna Chlumsky and Mickey Summer.SYNOPSIS:The story of the five-day interview between Rolling Stone reporter David Lipsky and acclaimed novelist David Foster Wallace, which took place right after the 1996 publication of Wallace’s groundbreaking epic novel, […]
Movie Review – Digging for Fire (2015)
Digging for Fire, 2015. Directed by Joe Swanberg. Starring Jake Johnson, Rosemarie DeWitt, Orlando Bloom, Brie Larson, Anna Kendrick, Sam Rockwell, Sam Elliott, Chris Messina, Ron Livingston, and Jude Swanberg. SYNOPSIS: The discovery of a bone and a gun send a husband and wife on separate adventures over the course of a weekend. Digging for […]
Movie Review – The Conjuring (2013)
The Conjuring, 2013.Directed by James Wan. Starring Patrick Wilson, Vera Farmiga, Ron Livingston and Lili Taylor.SYNOPSIS:Paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren work to help a family terrorized by a dark presence in their farmhouse.The Conjuring is the latest film to try and recapture the feel of old school horror. Surprisingly enough,it is able to do […]
