Hidden Figures, 2016. Directed by Theodore Melfi. Starring Taraji P Henson, Octavia Spencer, Janelle Monae, Kevin Costner, Kirsten Dunst, Mahershala Ali, and Jim Parsons. SYNOPSIS: Hidden Figures explores the role of Katherine G Johnson and her contribution to NASA in their space race with the Russians, during a time of segregation, civil rights struggle and […]
Movie Review – The Starling (2021)
The Starling. 2021 Directed by Theodore Melfi. Starring Melissa McCarthy, Chris O’Dowd, Kevin Kline, Timothy Olyphant, Daveed Diggs, Skyler Gisondo, Loretta Devine, Laura Harrier, Rosalind Chao, Kimberly Quinn, Veronica Falcón, Scott MacArthur, Emily Tremaine, Cynthy Wu, Tom Everett, Elisabeth Röhm, and Edi Patterson. SYNOPSIS: After Lilly suffers a loss, a combative starling takes nest beside […]
Toronto International Film Festival 2021 Review – The Starling
The Starling, 2021. Directed by Theodore Melfi. Starring Melissa McCarthy, Chris O’Dowd, Timothy Olyphant, Skyler Gisondo, Daveed Diggs, Laura Harrier, Rosalind Chao, Loretta Devine, and Kevin Kline. SYNOPSIS: A woman adjusting to life after a loss contends with a feisty bird that’s taken over her garden – and a husband who’s struggling to find a […]
Melissa McCarthy faces grief and a territorial bird in The Starling trailer
Melissa McCarthy is always looking for her next big hit, and Netflix is giving the star her next attempt in this touching new film. McCarthy stars in The Starling, the new film from the Hidden Figures filmmaker Theodore Melfi, which follows “a woman adjusting to life after a loss contends with a feisty bird that’s […]
Movie Review – Hidden Figures (2016)
Hidden Figures, 2016. Directed by Theodore Melfi. Starring Taraji P. Henson, Octavia Spencer, Janelle Monáe, Kevin Costner, Kirsten Dunst, Jim Parsons, Kimberly Quinn, Mahershala Ali, Aldis Hodge, and Glen Powell. SYNOPSIS: A team of African-American women provide NASA with important mathematical data needed to launch the program’s first successful space missions. File Hidden Figures under […]
Movie Review – Going in Style (2017)
Going in Style, 2017. Directed by Zach Braff Starring Michael Caine, Morgan Freeman, Alan Arkin, Joey King, Peter Serafinowitz, Christopher Lloyd, Kenan Thompson, John Ortiz and Matt Dillon SYNOPSIS: Desperate to pay the bills and come through for their loved ones, three lifelong pals risk it all by embarking on a daring bid to […]
Movie Review – St. Vincent (2014)
St. Vincent, 2014. Directed by Theodore Melfi. Starring Bill Murray, Jaeden Lieberher, Melissa McCarthy, Naomi Watts, Chris O’Dowd and Terrence Howard. SYNOPSIS: A young boy living with his recently divorced mother gravitates toward his new bad-behaving neighbor and the two form an unlikely friendship. St. Vincent is the latest “little indie that could” to grab […]
