Actress turned writer/director Emerald Fennell made a big splash at Sundance back in January with “Promising Young Woman.” Oscar-nominee Carey Mulligan garnered instant awards attention for a performance that’s unlike anything else in her filmography. “Promising Young Woman” is an original script that’s part satirical revenge flick and whole hardily a conversation starter. Aside from Mulligan’s […]
Frozen II is enchanting in the way fairytales are supposed to be, with thrilling visual effects, inspiring story, and imaginative characters—some endearing, some fearful, and some odious. The film jumps back to when Elsa and Anna are children, and their father tells them the story of Arendelle and his role in it. Arendelle was friendly to another group
Whatever “Mean Creek” director Jacob Estes was going for with “Don’t Let Go”, an experiment in “Memento” type writing structure, or a modern update of “Frequency”, it’s a spectacular failure. “Don’t Let Go’s” foundation of a cop talking with his dead niece on a cell phone to solve her murder, isn’t promising. “Don’t Let Go”
If you love animation and you don’t mind the shameless plugging of Disney, you are likely to enjoy this film. Ralph (Reilly) and Vanellope (Silverman) remain fast friends, and have discussions about their attitudes toward their lives, such as that Ralph is completely happy and Vanellope finds day-to-day a little boring. Racing is easy peasy (she has
The title doesn’t seem to make much sense until you look at its acronym. Rare that we find a film concerning war with a female in the title. Even rarer that we find a war centered film that is also part comedy. “Whiskey Tango Foxtrot” is the first time Tina Fey (“This is Where I
Comedies at SXSW are really hit and miss for me. We’ll Never Have Paris is from the mind, and unfortunate the true story of actor, writer, director Simon Helberg (The Big Bang Theory) and his wife and co-director Jocelyn Towne. Right off the bat I noticed that Helberg’s performance and the way the story is