Pink Power Ranger turned filmmaker, Amy Jo Johnson makes her feature film directorial debut with Canadian production “Tammy’s Always Dying”. The sarcastic, comedic drama stars Academy Award nominee Felicity Huffman who was occupied with legal proceedings and jail time when the movie premiered at The Toronto International Film Festival. Huffman who is the film’s marquee […]
Just when you think you have seen every topic about dealing with cancer, filmmakers Lisa Barros D’Sa, Glenn Leyburn strip away melodrama and focus on love under a microscope. They take a barebones script focused on a husband and wife coming to terms with cancer and allow these actors to dig into the
In Diane Keaton’s new film, her character has lived in the same New York apartment for 46 years. Coincidentally, Keaton has been playing the same role in feature films for about the same length of time. Following the surprise success of last year’s “Book Club”, Keaton seems to have found a niche. “Poms” is the
In his first film since Oscar nominated “The Impossible”, (coincidentally my favorite movie of 2012), J.A. Bayona continues his theme on suffering. Using mixed media of CGI characters, watercolor animation and live action, “A Monster Calls” is an emotional journey, perhaps even a tool for young people to cope with loss. There are many themes
I can’t remember a time that I have enjoyed Oscar nominee Eddie Murphy (Dreamgirls) on screen this much. Mr. Church is an unconventional story, not about the family you are born with, but the family you choose (or often the one that chooses you). It’s a bittersweet drama that maintains a bit of mystery and
I can appreciate what writer/director Josh Mond was trying to accomplish with his little film James White. It’s actually the type of performance film that offers an upcoming actor like Abbott (A Most Violent Year, All That I Am) a role to cut his teeth on.
As far as cancer films go, Miss You Already does strike me intentionally striving for the moments we haven’t seen on film before. It’s hard to find a more talented actor than Oscar nominated Toni Collette (The Sixth Sense, The Way Way Back).
2015 appears to be the year of LGBT films, following last month’s Stonewall, recent Oscar winner Julianne Moore (Still Alice, Hunger Games) stars in the true story of a New Jersey detective fighting for equality. Freeheld has touching moments but it’s reliance on stereotypes and overused anecdotes dilute the films message. Both director Peter Sollett