Jay Kelly Starring: George Clooney, Adam Sandler, Laura Dern, Billy Crudup, Grace Edwards Director: Noah Baumbach Running Time 132 min Rated R Grade C+ George Clooney’s description of his character Jay Kelly is a “likable jerk”. The two-time Oscar winner (one for supporting actor, the other for producing) insists he isn’t playing a version of […]
Director Michael Winterbottom and Steve Coogan reunite on this, their fourth film together. This time the duo are outside their ongoing “The Trip” franchise, tackling fame and greed. The 2019 film which debuted to little fanfare at the Toronto International Film Festival has its predictable moments of British sarcasm, most of the jokes play like
Apparently, you can make a movie about anything. “Tag” is the head scratching true story about childhood friends who played the “tag you’re it game” well into their 50’s. This movie negates the long-held fantasy that stories based on something true will be more dependable than fiction. It’s from the writer of similarly bland gimmick
To say that fashion designer Tom Ford has grown as a filmmaker since A Single Man (2009) would be a dangerous understatement. Ford delivers a masterful thriller, adapting Austin Wright’s Tony & Susan into not just one of the best films of the year but an infectious presentation of art and noir. Nocturnal Animals is many