The first thing to know about the Denzel Washington-acted-and-directed Fences is that it is a direct stage-to-screen adaptation of one of August Wilson’s ten The American Century Cycle Pittsburgh-based plays that focused on the African-American experience. Each play was ...
Filmmaker Kenneth Lonergan follows up the success of his two previous directorial efforts, You Can Count on Me (2000) and Margaret (2011), with Manchester by the Sea, a film that knocked ‘em dead at this year’s Sundance and promises equal praise as it releases wide around ...
With numerous outstanding performances in the bag, a Golden Globe in hand, two Oscar nods, and an equal number of Golden Globe nominations, Jessica Chastain is on the precipice of becoming one of Hollywood’s sure-fire, go-to actresses for instant box office success ...
The larger-than-life legacy of Jacqueline Kennedy, America’s favorite First Lady, gets another run through the Hollywood ringer, this time portrayed by Natalie Portman who disappears into her double-breasted pink Chanel suit in Pablo Larraín's Jackie, a brutally honest historical ...
Director Eric Hyde, as made apparent by his debut short, is a filmmaker to keep an eye on. The rich mystery that is uncovered in From Ashes to Immortality is one that is not easily dismissed. Maybe it is the subject matter of child abuse. Maybe it’s the beauty of how the ...
Writer/director Steve Gomez, in this his debut feature film, brings back the intelligence that is largely missing in most of today's science fiction with Kill Command, a violent meditation on the future dangers of artificial intelligence. While there has been a slight return to more ...
Marvel Studios continues to hammer out one successful movie after another. Their meteoric rise seems damn near unstoppable. With a trusted formula for heroics, heart, and comedy firmly in hand, the studio aims for the stars. Their latest offering is no different; it just slides ...
Though largely out of the limelight for the last dozen or so years – save for a turn behind the camera in 2006’s Apocalypto, a failed return to acting as a puppet-wielding alcoholic, and more than the occasional news clip of arrest, divorce, assault, and anti-Semite accusations ...
Within the sprawling pantheon of undercover cop films, The Infiltrator will never be recognized as one of the genre greats. Within actor Bryan Cranston’s body of work however, it will be remembered as the one he saved. He’s that good here. Cranston plays real-life undercover ...
Clown, a violent and humorous movie about a bizarre demonic possession, is definitely not going to change your minds about clowns. They ARE evil. I knew it! Produced by Knock Knock’s Eli Roth, Clown is what happens when you attempt to go above and beyond and ...
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