Welcome to another Double Reviews edition. While I usually find a common thread when I combine reviews, this time I deliberately chose movies that are completely different from each other. Variety is the spice of life, after all. So here goes! Rebuilding Josh O’Connor has become one of my favorite actors since his breakout …
Tag: Bill Condon
FlixChatter Review: THE GOOD LIAR (2019)
Directed by: Bill Condon Written by: Jeffrey Hatcher Starring: Ian McKellen, Helen Mirren, Russell Tovey Advertised as the first ever pairing of Dame Helen Mirren and Sir Ian McKellen, The Good Liar boasts perhaps two of film’s all-time greatest. Based on the best-selling book by Nicholas Searle (a former British Intelligence officer) and adapted to …
Guest Review: Beauty and The Beast (2017)
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 …
Mini Reviews of Steve Jobs + Mr. Holmes + temporary blogging hatus
Hello everyone! You might've noticed I'm not blogging as regularly of late after the flurry of Twin Cities Film Fest. Well, I've been wanting to take a real blogging break and since this is Thanksgiving week, it sounds like the perfect time. I've been wanting to really focus on my script and so I also plan to …
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Double Mini Reviews: RUSH and The Fifth Estate
These two films are both in the BOATS category, that is based on a true story. Whether it's close or loosely based on the real deal is up for debates of course, especially in regards to The Fifth Estate as Julian Assange himself doesn't support the film, though given his secretive nature, it doesn't mean …
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