Kenneth Branagh’s “Belfast” is the likely next best picture winner. What leads to this early prediction is the old method that the film you can sit anyone in front of and have them enjoy it, is typically the one with the most votes. Branagh has gone on record since the film debuted in early fall […]
Documentary filmmaker Matthew Heineman successfully navigates the transition to feature films with A Private War. Like embedded war laden journalism films before it, A Private War follows the extremist (not extreme) style dedication of women who put duty and self-assigned purpose over everything else, including their own lives. Veronica Guerin comes to mind, although her
The final installment of E.L. James popular but equally despised stories land back on the big screen with little to no fanfare. ‘Freed’ seems to refer more to the audience who closes out the trilogy in obligation, rather than support. Director James Foley who picked up the second film, offers us more of the same
Movies for women really don’t get any dumber than the ‘Fifty Shades’ series. Men get dumb movies all the time, xXx sequels, Fast & Furious, even the recent John Wick film, despite all its style, is a pretty feebleminded action flick. For the most part genre films – romance and action; are two sides of
Poor Louis (Skodje). He is accident-prone even from birth, and escapes one close call after another—which he can chronicle in complete detail—then it looks like death finally holds him in its grasp after he falls off a cliff into the ocean. Louis’ mother Natalie (Gadon) is an attractive blonde who is attentive and caring, and
No this has nothing to do with apes or primates as the standard definition of anthropoid might suggest. As WWII films go, Anthropoid is a dark one, it’s tough to watch for a number of reasons. Academy Award nominated short film director Sean Ellis brings the assassination attempt of Hitler’s third rank to life. Ellis,
Based on a book that could easily be called graphic written porn, the film adaptation of the bestselling phenomenon dubbed “Mommy Porn” is anything but exciting. Sam Taylor Johnson directs the controversial film, but her touch as an indie filmmaker isn’t felt in this rather boring and underdeveloped franchise. The moment we see this meek