Since 1923 Hollywood has been relentlessly turning out a new version of Jack London’s story about a California dog who becomes an Alaskan sled dog, every few years. Live action, animated, feature films and TV Movies. It’s a long list. The two most widely seen versions were the 1992 Made for Television (CBS Films) movie […]
Part of the 2017 Toronto Film Festival “New Wave” series, Oscar winning actress Brie Larson made her directorial debut with “Unicorn Store”. A welcome surprise and a more impressive actor-turned-director film than Andy Serkis’ “Breathe” which also debuted at the festival that year. Yet no distributor would buy the film, even with an Oscar winner
Nicole Kidman hasn’t transformed herself on screen this drastically since playing Virginia Woolf in “The Hours”, which won her an Academy Award. Kidman is the only reason to see “Destroyer”, in which she plays an irritable detective chasing suspects, carrying heavy firearms, and beating bad guys with an ashtray. Director Karyn Kusama does not have
Most of the time, a movie’s ingredients (i.e. director, visual effects, screenwriter, etc) predict how well a project will fare both in the eyes of audiences and critics. Director Jennifer Yuh Nelson is transitioning from “Kung Fu Panda” (animated) to live action with “The Darkest Minds” and it’s an unsteady shift. Here we have another young adult
Steven Spielberg, compelled by the parallels between 1971’s Pentagon Papers leak to The New York Times/Washington Post, and our current administration, he rushed new film The Post ahead of his expensive new sci-fi fantasy Ready Player One (2018). The Saving Private Ryan director brings film icons Meryl Streep and Tom Hanks together on the screen
Writer, actor and comedian Jordan Peele is making his directorial debut with Get Out, the curious dark comedy horror film that has all the makings of a hit. Great buzz coming out of Sundance, Get Out has it’s sights set on mainstream tastes rather than the indie crowd. It’s a bit hard to describe on
What happens when two of the Marvel Avengers get together for a ride through County Music Hall of Fame…. Not much. I Saw the Light is a passion project for Hiddleston who is best known as Thor’s villainous brother Loki. The 34-year-old British actor debuts an impressive voice as the 1950’s country music bad boy.