Rian Johnson has found time between “Star Wars” films to drop a savvy whodunnit mystery. “Knives Out” is the latest fan service flick from this fanboy filmmaker. The writer/director has assembled one of the year’s most impressive casts to reinvent “Clue” or modernize “Murder on the Orient Express.” In fact, Johnson even compares Daniel Craig’s […]
If Vera Farmiga hadn’t already made a handful of films just like “Boundaries,” I might have liked it better. Shana Feste isn’t the most subtle or accomplished film maker either. Her previous films “Country Strong” or “Endless Lover” certainly put females at the center of their own stories, which I like, but her writing and
The scandal for Ridley Scott’s new film All the Money is the World is probably selling more tickets than the film’s subject matter or audience interest. By now everyone knows how Scott replaced Kevin Spacey, originally appearing as John Paul Getty, with eight days of re-shoots. When Michelle Williams (The Greatest Showman), Plummer (The Man
In the same way Goodbye Christopher Robin explores the origins of Winnie the Pooh, The Man Who Invented Christmas takes us behind the mind and methods of Charles Dickens formulating his great masterpiece. Dan Stevens, most recently seen in Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, doesn’t seem quite ready for leading man status. The 35-year-old British
If you mention the word “dementia” in combination with Oscar winning actor Christopher Plummer you might assume you know what Remember is about. Your decision to see this film or not might depend on attention span and patience. “Do you remember what you said you would do after Ruth died?”. That’s just one of the
Just when I thought Al Pacino was down for the count, he reunites with Christopher Plummer, The Insider co-star, coincidentally his last great film role. Danny Collins and the indie film Manglehorn have proved to be somewhat of a revival for the 74-year old actor. His performance here as a washed up one hit wonder