The Fantastic Beasts sequel is not as good as the first one (imagine that) and this prequel, which occurs 70 or so years before Harry Potter, is just not as captivating overall. Director David Yates returns to the wizarding world yet again with Rowling on screenwriting. The Crimes of Grindelwald suffers from a variety of […]
Following up his smashing directorial debut with Nightcrawler, Dan Gilroy again explores professional moral ambiguity. This time he’s got two-time Oscar winner Denzel Washington (Fences) playing slightly against type. Wild hair, 90’s Sony Walkman and retro clothes make this look like a period piece, but that’s only Washington’s character. Like his previous film where Jake
Over the past weekend distributor A24 released their deceptively marketed It Comes at Night. The sophomore film from Houston born director Trey Edward Shults whose directorial effort Krisha won both the audience and grand jury prize at SXSW in 2015 (but mainstream audiences never heard of). This film has a budget, Hollywood actors, marketed as
Director Ridley Scott is trying to refurbish the “Alien” series which he began back in 1979. Unhappy with sequels that followed (Alien 2 by James Cameron, Alien 3 by David Fincher, Alien 4 by Jean-Pierre Jeunet). Scott (“Gladiator,” “The Martian”) began the prequel journey in 2012 with “Prometheus,” intruding the saga to a new generation
Author and first time screenwriter, J.K. Rowling says “Fantastic Beasts” isn’t a prequel to her Harry Potter story, but I think fans will beg to differ when they get goosebumps from hearing names like Dumbledore, Strange, and Grindelwald. Rowling thrusts us back into the magical world of wizards with an entirely new set of characters,
Born to Be Blue suffers from the fact that Don Cheadle’s Miles Ahead is also playing at the SXSW film festival. The poorly timed films focus on the same plot lines that showcase drug addicted musicians grappling with their careers slipping through their fingers. This isn’t director Robert Budreau’s first feature on the famous heroin
Director Ava DuVernay (Middle of Nowhere) will very likely make history in 2015 as the first African American female to be nominated for best director in the Academy Awards history. DuVernay will only be the 5th woman ever nominated in that category. It’s probably an insignificant trivia fact for some, but it’s one more example