He will forever be known as The Kingslayer to Game of Thrones fans, but Danish actor Nikolaj Coster-Waldau is one of the more successful actors outside of the hit television show. A supporting actor in Black Hawk Down, Kingdom of Heaven, and 1000 Time Goodnight, Waldau finally earns a leading role in Small Crimes. Here […]
Nathan Morlando’s second feature Mean Dreams has an awfully familiar narrative. It’s a forced coming of age story, with Hellion’s Josh Wiggins, still coming of age on his third feature. Intentionally or not, this small-town thriller with corrupt cops and abusive family themes has Frailty vibes (which was directed by Paxton) and more recently reminiscent
No confusion in what you are seeing with this title. Of all the misleading and poorly appropriated feature film titles at SXSW, The Most Hated Woman in America is the most accurate. Writer/director Tommy O’Haver (Ella Enchanted) can’t take credit for the title; Atheist activist Madalyn Murray O’Hair both earned and claimed that prestigious title.
Disney’s third live-action re-make continues its quest to update the beloved cartoons for modern audiences. Oscar winner Bill Condon (“Chicago,” “The Twilight Saga”) returns to the world of the musical, introducing new songs in the fairy tale and more information on the characters. Chocked full of award-winning actors with whom Condon has worked in the
From the writer and producer of last year’s delightful Hello My Name is Doris, comes another endearing character comedy. This time Laura Terruso offers a look into a couple’s story of balancing success with two struggling writers under one roof. Money Monster actress Greta Lee and former Daily Show writer/actor Cenac take dry humor to
Actor/Director Joe Swanberg’s latest comedy Win It All, reunites him with producing and co-writer Jake Johnson (Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates). If you know their collaborations like Happy Christmas and Drinking Buddies, you already know the tone you’re getting into. Thankfully sans Anna Kendrick, Win It All feels less ridiculous than some of their
This film was introduced as a movie with an important message. The way the title sequences opens, showing a bachelor reality show gone horribly wrong, really grabs the viewers’ attention. This is Your Death is the second film from actor turned director Giancarlo Esposito (Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials). It seems he wants to challenge
SXSW2017 opened with Austin legend Terrence Malick’s latest “cinematic poetry”, or at least that’s the positive spin fans used to describe it. When asked about working with the complicated, misunderstood and elusive Texan director, Mara (Girl with the Dragon Tattoo) described the experience as “rough”. Fassbender (Steve Jobs) explained how difficult it was working with
The Forgotten (bad 2004 thriller starring Julianne Moore) director Joseph Ruben’s latest film follows the fictional, historical romance archetype genre too closely. The Ottoman Lieutenant works like a cinema launching vehicle for new stars Hera Hilmar (Anna Karenina) and Game of Thrones star Michiel Huisman. Throw in respected Oscar winner Kingsley (Gandhi) in one of
This marks the 5th big screen adaptation of King Kong, and only twelve years after Peter Jackson (“The Lord of the Rings”) put him back on screen. Jordan Vogt-Roberts’s sophomore film is an enormous leap from the tiny independent movie “The Kings of Summer” (2013) to this nearly $200 million dollar monster flick. What works;