Reviews of films/TV shows/trailers
Written/Directed By: Ang Lee Cast: Joe Alwyn, Mackenzie Leigh, Steve Martin, Garrett Hedlund Runtime: 1 hr 53 minutes It is frustrating when a film has all the ingredients to be brilliant but ends up just a good movie. The story of Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk (2016) is an original and painfully satirical study of post-traumatic stress disorder …
Continue reading Guest Review: Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk (2016)
Happy Monday everyone! Hope you had a great weekend. Spring has finally sprung here in the Upper Midwest… it actually felt nice enough I could forgo my jacket for part of the day Friday! Speaking of Friday, it was also one of the busiest day I've ever had… which I've shared on my FB below… …
Continue reading Week In Review… and quick update on my short film
Written/Directed By: Jim Jarmusch Cast: Adam Driver, Golshifteh Farahani Runtime: 1 hr 58 minutes Jim Jarmusch films can be challenging and Paterson (2016) is no exception. Audiences who are accustomed to plot or character-driven stories will find themselves grappling instead with a mood in search of a reason. Without a genre label to help, we must work through …
Directed By: Daniel Espinosa Written By: Rhett Reese, Paul Wernick Runtime: 1 hr 43 minutes I wish I could at least pretend to be as cool as the other writers who sit around me at these press screenings. I wish I could go to a genuinely scary movie like Life and calmly take notes, looking up at …
Directed By: Anne Fontaine Cast: Lou de Laâge, Agata Buzek, Agata Kulesza Runtime: 1 hr 55 minutes Most war films recount history as if women were never involved or their experiences not worth mentioning. That is just one of many reasons why The Innocents (2016) stands out in the war film genre: it is about, for, and made …
Directed By: Bill Condon Written By: Stephen Chbosky & Evan Spiliotopoulos Runtime: 2 hours 9 minutes I cannot begin to explain how excited I was to get to review this movie. If I hadn’t been in a theater with about twenty-five other reviewers, I might have burst into tears as soon as the title appeared on screen. Beauty …
Written/Directed By: Pedro Almodóvar Cast: Adriana Ugarte, Michelle Jenner, Rossy de Palma, Emma Suárez, Inma Cuesta Runtime: 1 hr 39 minutes You may enjoy Julieta (2016) more if you know that it is a woman’s film from the melodrama genre and a story of pure emotion. While it is labeled a romance, it is nothing like a romance, …
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