Justin Timberlake’s character describes himself as “poetic by nature”. He is of course taking on the Woody Allen persona in the filmmaker’s new flick. The poetry fades quickly in Wonder Wheel as it opens on the most beautiful images of 1950’s Coney Island. A smorgasbord of color for the eyeballs, you don’t know where to […]
No confusion in what you are seeing with this title. Of all the misleading and poorly appropriated feature film titles at SXSW, The Most Hated Woman in America is the most accurate. Writer/director Tommy O’Haver (Ella Enchanted) can’t take credit for the title, Atheist activist Madalyn Murray O’Hair both earned and claimed that prestigious title.
Danish director Thomas Vinterberg’s follow-up to The Hunt, isn’t as comprehensively impressive or haunting. Yet Far From the Madding Crowd is one summer remake I can get behind. Oscar nominee Carey Mulligan (Drive, An Education) returns to her natural element in the latest period piece revival. Far From the Madding Crowd is one of many