2016

Certain Women

Writer/director Kelly Reichardt doesn’t do cinematic women favors in her latest bleak slog Certain Women. Based on short stories that comprise three different women in three different segments, Reichardt sets out to show women in traditionally male roles/occupations and how differently they are treated. Normally a cast of Oscar nominees Dern, Williams along with Stewart

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King Cobra

Paul Thomas Anderson’s award winning Boogie Nights explored the porn scene so articulately I am not sure another filmmaker can match it. Writer, director and producer Justin Kelly (I Am Michael) certainly tries as he adapts the shocking true story of Brent Corrigan’s introduction into the gay porn scene during the early 2000’s. Disney’s Teen

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Denial

Credit must be paid to Oscar winner Rachel Weisz (The Lobster, The Light Between Oceans, Complete Unknown) who debuts her fourth feature in 2016. More impressively it’s the second in which she is the solo lead. The rarity in which an actress has not one, but two leading roles in the same year is a

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The Accountant

Prior to “The Accountant”, Gavin O’Conner had only made one film of note; 2011’s “Warrior” which landed Nick Nolte a supporting actor nomination. “The Accountant” has been swirled in secrecy, skipping film festivals, withdrawing from pre screenings. Unlike “The Girl on the Train” which dodged its way into a wide release, Affleck’s latest dark thriller

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