The Upside, 2019. Directed by Neil Burger. Starring Kevin Hart, Bryan Cranston, Nicole Kidman, Aja Naomi King, Jahi Di’Allo Winston, Julianna Margulies and Tate Donovan. SYNOPSIS: An ex-con unwittingly finds himself employed as the live-in carer for a quadriplegic businessman. People probably get a little bit too angry about English language remakes of foreign films. […]
Movie Review – The Upside (2018)
The Upside, 2018. Directed by Neil Burger. Starring Bryan Cranston, Kevin Hart, Nicole Kidman, Tate Donovan, Golshifteh Farahani, Julianna Margulies, and Aja Naomi King. SYNOPSIS: When a wealthy man with quadriplegia (Bryan Cranston) employs an ex-convict (Kevin Hart) with no experience as his carer, it sets them both on an unexpected path of friendship and discovery. […]
Movie Review – Blood Fest (2018)
Blood Fest, 2018. Directed by Owen Egerton. Starring Robbie Kay, Seychelle Gabriel, Tate Donovan, Jacob Batalon, Barbara Dunkelman, Owen Egerton, Nicholas Rutherford, Chris Doubek, and Zachary Levi. SYNOPSIS: Fans flock to a festival celebrating the most iconic horror movies, only to discover that the charismatic showman behind the event has a diabolical agenda. As festival […]
Rooster Teeth’s horror comedy Blood Fest gets a new trailer
Rooster Teeth has released a new trailer for the upcoming horror comedy Blood Fest. Written and directed by Owen Egerton, the film stars Seychelle Gabriel, Robbie Kay, Jacob Batalon, Zachary Levi, Barbara Dunkelman, Nick Rutherford, and Tate Donovan; check it out here… Fans flock to a festival celebrating the most iconic horror movies, only to […]
Movie Review – Blame (2017)
Blame, 2017. Directed by Quinn Shephard. Starring Quinn Shephard, Chris Messina, Nadia Alexander, Sarah Mezzanotte, Tessa Albertson, Luke Slattery, Owen Campbell, Geneva Carr, and Tate Donovan. SYNOPSIS: A drama teacher’s taboo relationship with an unstable student strikes a nerve in her jealous classmate, sparking a vengeful chain of events within their suburban high school that […]
Movie Review – Blame (2017)
Blame, 2017. Written and Directed by Quinn Shephard. Starring Quinn Shephard, Chris Messina, Nadia Alexander, and Tate Donovan. SYNOPSIS: Tensions rise when a substitute teacher changes the class play to The Crucible. Early in Blame we meet Abigail (Quinn Shephard), combing her hair in a mirror, the back of her head blocking us from seeing her […]
Poster and trailer for 3 Generations starring Elle Fanning, Naomi Watts and Susan Sarandon
With just under a month to go until its US release, a new poster and trailer have debuted for directed Gaby Dellal’s upcoming drama 3 Generations. Previously titled About Ray, the film stars Elle Fanning as Ray, a transgender teen who decides to pursue his true identity, while the cast also includes Naomi Watts, Susan […]
Second Opinion – Manchester by the Sea (2016)
Manchester by the Sea, 2016. Directed by Kenneth Lonergan. Starring Casey Affleck, Michelle Williams, Kyle Chandler, Lucas Hedges, Tate Donovan, C.J Wilson, Gretchen Mol, Kara Hayward, Josh Hamilton, Anna Baryshnikov, and Matthew Broderick. SYNOPSIS: An uncle is asked to take care of his teenage nephew after the boy’s father dies. Few writers/directors understand the minutiae […]
Movie Review – Manchester by the Sea (2016)
Manchester by the Sea, 2016. Directed by Kenneth Lonergan. Starring Casey Affleck, Michelle Williams, Kyle Chandler, Lucas Hedges, Tate Donovan, C.J Wilson, Gretchen Mol, Kara Hayward, Josh Hamilton, Anna Baryshnikov, and Matthew Broderick SYNOPSIS: An uncle is forced to take care of his teenage nephew after the boy’s father dies. “I can’t beat it” – Those […]
60th BFI London Film Festival Review – Manchester by the Sea (2016)
Manchester by the Sea, 2016. Directed by Kenneth Lonergan. Starring Casey Affleck, Michelle Williams, Kyle Chandler, Lucas Hedges and Tate Donovan. SYNOPSIS: An uncle is forced to take care of his teenage nephew after the boy’s father dies. Densely absorbing and richly enveloping, writer-director Kenneth Lonergan’s third feature is a melancholic but undeniably human portrait of grief, […]