French Exit, 2020. Directed by Azazel Jacobs. Starring Michelle Pfeiffer, Lucas Hedges, Valerie Mahaffey, Imogen Poots, Danielle Macdonald, Susan Coyne and Tracy Letts. SYNOPSIS: A previously wealthy widow and her son travel to Paris with the last of their money, and the cat whose body she claims her husband occupies. Highbrow quirk is an interesting […]
DVD Review – The Big Short (2015)
The Big Short, 2015. Directed by Adam McKay. Starring Ryan Gosling, Christian Bale, Steve Carell, Brad Pitt, Finn Wittrock, Max Greenfield, Melissa Leo, Rafe Spall, Hamish Linklater, Tracy Letts, John Magaro, Jeremy Strong, Marissa Tomei, Karen Gillan, Stanley Wong, Byron Mann, Margot Robbie, and Selena Gomez. SYNOPSIS: Four denizens of the world of high-finance predict […]
55th Chicago International Film Festival Review – Ford v Ferrari (2019)
Ford v Ferrari, 2019. Directed by James Mangold. Starring Matt Damon, Christian Bale, Jon Bernthal, Tracy Letts, Caitriona Balfe, Noah Jupe, Scott Rapp, Josh Lucas, Ray McKinnon, Stefania Spampinato, Wyatt Nash, Wallace Langham, Dallas Chandler, Jonathan LaPaglia, and Rudolf Martin. SYNOPSIS: American car designer Carroll Shelby and driver Ken Miles battle corporate interference, the laws […]
Movie Review – Little Women (2019)
Little Women, 2019. Directed by Great Gerwig Starring Saoirse Ronan, Florence Pugh, Emma Watson, Eliza Scanlen, Timothée Chalamet, Laura Dern, Tracy Letts, James Norton, Chris Cooper, Louis Garrel, Bob Odenkirk, and Meryl Streep SYNOPSIS: Four uniquely individual sisters navigate their way through life in post-Civil War America. The question to be asked of any text that […]
Sundance London 2016 Review – Indignation (2016)
Indignation, 2016. Directed by James Schamus. Starring Logan Lerman, Sarah Gadon, Tracy Letts and Linda Emond. SYNOPSIS: Teenager Marcus Messer (Logan Lerman) comes from a working class Jewish family and enrolls at college to avoid the draft. Studious and solitary, he’s inexperienced in the ways of the world until he meets the beautiful Olivia (Sarah Gadon). […]
Sundance London 2016 Review – Wiener-Dog (2016)
Wiener-Dog,2016. Directed by Todd Solondz. Starring Greta Gerwig, Brie Larson, Julie Delpy, Kieran Culkin, Zosia Mamet, Danny DeVito, Ellen Burstyn, and Tracy Letts. SYNOPSIS: Four stories linked by a single dog. The affluent family who takes in the dog but can’t look after it. The veterinary nurse who takes it on a road trip. The […]
Movie Review – Le Mans ’66 (2019)
Le Mans ’66 (a.k.a. Ford v Ferrari), 2019. Directed by James Mangold. Starring Matt Damon, Christian Bale, Josh Lucas, Caitriona Balfe, Tracy Letts, Jon Bernthal, Noah Jupe, JJ Feild, Ray McKinnon and Remo Girone. SYNOPSIS: American car designer Carroll Shelby and driver Ken Miles battle corporate interference, the laws of physics and their own personal […]
2019 BFI London Film Festival Review – Le Mans ’66 (a.k.a. Ford v Ferrari)
Le Mans ’66 (a.k.a. Ford v Ferrari), 2019. Directed by James Mangold. Starring Christian Bale, Matt Damon, Caitriona Balfe, Jon Bernthal, Josh Lucas, Noah Jupe, Tracy Letts, Ray McKinnon, and JJ Feild. SYNOPSIS: When former Le Mans winner and American car designer Carroll Shelby (Matt Damon) is tasked by Ford to make a revolutionary race […]
Greta Gerwig’s Little Women gets a first trailer
Sony Pictures has debuted the first trailer for Greta Gerwig’s upcoming adaptation of Louisa May Alcott’s classic novel Little Women which features a star-studded cast that includes Saoirse Ronan, Emma Watson, Florence Pugh, Eliza Scanlen, Timothée Chalamet, Laura Dern, Meryl Streep, Chris Cooper, Louis Garrel, Tracy Letts, James Norton, and Bob Odenkirk; watch it here… […]
The Devil All the Time adds Tom Holland, Robert Pattinson, Chris Evans, Mia Wasikowska and Tracy Letts
Simon Killer and Christine director Antonio Campos has assembled an impressive cast for his next project, with Deadline reporting that Tom Holland, Robert Pattinson, Chris Evans, Mia Wasikowska and Tracey Letts are all in talks to star in The Devil All the Time. Based upon Donald Ray Pollock’s 2011 novel, The Devil All the Time […]
