With back to back films focusing on unconventional sports journey’s to the Olympics, “Eddie the Eagle” stands out, not only because of its whimsical British charm, but focusing on a misfit or underdog. Following his introductive turn last year as an action star in “Kingsman: The Secret Service”, 26-year-old Taron Egerton is making all the […]
The last man to walk on the moon was Eugene Cernan, an astronaut, on Apollo 17 in December, 1972. With him were Ronald Evans and Harrison (Jack) Schmitt. The documentary, written and directed by Mark Craig, is basically Cernan’s nostalgic recollections about his life, which he regards as extremely lucky and special to him. The
Risen offers a good rendition of the time during Christ’s crucifixion, resurrection, and transcendence as seen through the eyes of a skeptical Roman tribune who is charged with seeing that the crucifixion is carried out. Next, he’s to assure that the cave where the Nazarene’s body is placed has a huge stone rolled up to
There is a big difference between a “scary movie” and a “horror film”, one seeks an instant physical reaction from the viewer, the other a prolonged mental reverberation. “The Witch” is not a scary movie, or at least that isn’t the filmmaker’s purpose. Debuting at The Sundance Film Festival in 2015 with tremendous praise, first-time
The title “Race” is meant to imply both the action Jesse Owen claimed Olympic gold to, and the discrimination he faced getting there. Race debuts at a truly opportune time, following the controversy surrounding the 2015 awards race. While the lack of diversity might be the focus of this years’ Oscar race, it certainly has
Paul Dailo is the writer, composer, producer, editor and director of his new film Mania Days starring Katie Holmes. At first I was preoccupied with deciphering the intended tone of Mania Days. It has a Girl, Interrupted feel while inside the mental institution, jokes about Holmes character accidently committing herself lend it towards a lighter
Making her directorial debut, Deniz Gamze Ergüven delivers a powerful film that explores the older customs of Northern Turkey and the adverse effects it has on children coming up in the modern age.
Already Tomorrow in Hong Kong is the closest writer/director/producer Emily Ting has come to mainstream thus far. It’s too bad mainstream audiences first introduction to her work will look like a clear copycat of what Richard Linklater did with Before Sunrise. The comparisons are unavoidable, though Greenberg and Chung never come close to the intelligence
The dark humor in “A Perfect Day” reminded me of the writing style associated with the Coen Brothers. This film, directed by Fernando León de Aranoa, certainly could have used some of that award-winning Coen savvy. “A Perfect Day,” which received a five-minute standing ovation at the Cannes Film Festival, has moments of intrigue and
Son of Saul gives us an inside view of what took place in Auschwitz-Birkenau, one of the German concentration camps during WWII.