From their Oscar-winning documentary “Free Solo,” directors Jimmy Chin and Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi dive into the narrative feature realm. Diana Nyad’s incredible story is an appropriate transition for the documentarians. It’s a “not humanly possible” story that painstakingly and triumphantly plays out throughout the film. Having legacy actors like Oscar-nominated Annette Bening in the lead […]
Why 20th Century Studios is releasing the prequel “The King’s Man” amid the awards films and a dominating superhero film is anyone’s guess. Director Matthew Vaughn’s prequel to “Kingsman,” however, is quite impressive in the second half. Vaughn, who wrote the screenplay and directed the franchise’s previous films, assembles an impressive cast that includes Ralph
“Misbehavior” tackles a large portion of London’s women’s liberation movement of the early 70s, beginning with a scrappy group that infiltrated the Miss World Pageant in 1970. Screenwriters Rebecca Frayn and Gaby Chiappe give so many of the characters their own point of view moments, that sometimes it’s unclear exactly whose story is being told
Gavin Hood (“Eye in the Sky,” “Enders Game“) might be a ‘hit or miss’ director, but his latest film exposes a story most Americans are unfamiliar with. “Official Secrets” centers around a whistleblower who leaked classified information during the War with Iraq. Why is a movie in 2019 looking so far back to something that’s
“Snowden” has problems, and it starts with director Oliver Stone. The controversial, three time Oscar winner hasn’t really made a good film since 1995’s “Nixon” (ironically the last time he was nominated). His notion of more being more always distracts and takes away from whatever current agenda or factual story he is peddling to the
Another day, another unnecessary sequel. The original Alice in Wonderland (2010) director Tim Burton has abandoned the project (still a producer) while The Muppets director James Bobin takes over. For all intents and purposes Alice Through the Looking Glass appears to be the same; familiar cast, characters, and style. However, it’s a complete departure from
Shot in 2012 and then marred by disastrous post-production issues, Serena, adapted from the best seller and directed by Susanne Bier, isn’t the best work from Bradley Cooper (American Hustle) or Jennifer Lawrence (Silver Linings Playbook). Marking their third time on screen together, Serena once again puts Lawrence back in Western North Carolina, where she