Peter (Schoenaerts) and Michael (Kinnaman) are certainly brothers by blood (and it could be brothers inblood), because not much else connects them. They are very different people with different values. We see them growing up in Philadelphia in families involved in gangs and crime. Peter is the logical one, trying desperately—all his life—to escape the violence surrounding him. Michael insists […]
You don’t have to know much about Shia LeBeouf to recognize him as the character Lucas Hedges is portraying in the opening montage. “Honey Boy,” is penned by LeBeouf, is about his difficult childhood with his father. The kicker is LeBeouf is playing his dad in one of the most gut-wringing supporting male performances this
Irish director Neil Jordan is a bit unpredictable when you sit down for his films. “The End of the Affair” was unpredictably sexual, “The Brave One” outrageously violent and suspenseful, even his vampire flick “Byzantium” gave the genre a completely different perspective. His latest thriller “Greta” makes very good use of Isabelle Huppert, recently Oscar
Writer/director Elijah Bynum must be feeling like crap these days. He did a film with one of the hottest rising stars in Hollywood, before he became a worldwide sensation and an award winner. His film Hot Summer Nights starring Oscar nominee Timothee Chalamet is finally hitting theaters (and VOD)… too little too late. The vintage
David Robert Mitchell’s It Follows, which is currently sitting around 90% on Rotten Tomatoes, suffers from the assumption that unorthodox equals genuine. Based on a reoccurring nightmare Mitchell has, It Follows attempts to avoid horror genre clichés only by falling into even worse clichés. Presented in a voyeuristic style, the film opens with a