We have entered an era so saturated with superhero movies that now the potential success of these films is measured in cameos and crossovers. Multiverse superhero films have become a specific subgenre. Every comic book character must have one now; it’s all about outdoing the last one. “The Flash” might be the first superhero film […]
This is a charming (and sometimes tense) story about an eccentric old man with regrets. It’s striking, because many would call him a hero. He eschews that appellation, saying that there were real heroes in WWII, and he was only doing what he was told to do. This is a role made for Sam Elliott (playing Calvin Barr,
“Tully” feels like a do-over for director Jason Reitman and writer Diablo Cody’s 2011 film, “Young Adult”. Charlie Theron stars in both. “Young Adult” was a film made with good ingredients that never quite mixed together in a cohesive manner. “Tully” tackles similar subject matter, a woman struggling to cope with her current predicament and
A recent renaissance of overlooked twilight-aged actors getting their overdue leading role, has almost formed a sub-genre. The never nominated Stanton (The Green Mile) is the most recent addition to the club that includes Blythe Danner, Lily Tomlin and Sally Field. The big catch here is that Stanton, aged 91, passed away before the film
What starts out as an interesting post-apocalyptic thriller quickly reveals itself to be a teenage science fiction romance.
I can appreciate what writer/director Josh Mond was trying to accomplish with his little film James White. It’s actually the type of performance film that offers an upcoming actor like Abbott (A Most Violent Year, All That I Am) a role to cut his teeth on.
The End of the Tour: What an extremely well crafted film! Usually, I’m disinclined toward movies that are primarily of two people having a conversation, but this is a notable exception where David Foster Wallace (Segal), a celebrated novelist (Infinite Jest), is continually spilling out pearls of wisdom when he is being interviewed for five
You know the old saying; When you ask for something, remember to be specific. In 2014 the lack of diversity and gender equality was one of the most preached on items in the movie biz. From what I am seeing at SXSW it’s as if Hollywood went into panic mode and started firing off all
Written and directed by Joe Swanberg (V/H/S), Drinking Buddies could have been staged much like last years In Our Nature, a film about two couples interacting together. However, this unscripted improve takes a turn for the interesting and puts Olivia Wilde (The Incredible Burt Wonderstone) in front of her best character and, in turn, performance