I love movies set in the world of theater, though the premise of The Critic is intriguing as the center of the story is a theater critic. Directed by Anand Tucker from a script by Patrick Marber, it's an adaptation of Curtain Call, a novel by former film critic Anthony Quinn. I read that Quinn …
Tag: Ian McKellen
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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Everybody’s Chattin’, X-Men: Days of Future Past mini review and Holiday Hiatus!
Happy Weekend everyone, and to my fellow Americans, Happy Memorial Weekend! Well, by the time you read this I'll be on my way to Amsterdam, then Bruges and of course, Paris! So naturally I'll be taking a blog break for the time being, but before that I'd like to share some of my favorite posts from my fellow …
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[Full] Trailer Spotlight – X-Men: Days of Future Past
WHOAH!! I haven't posted a trailer spotlight in ages but I just HAD to post this one today folks, this is one of my most anticipated movies of the year and despite this awful poster, the trailer definitely gets me super excited! Patrick Stewart’s voice over alone gets me all hypnotized… this is the kind …
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My Movie Alphabet Blogathon – Actors/Directors Edition
Thanks to Mettel Ray for starting this Movie Alphabet as part of her 400th Blog Post celebration! Her original list consists of movies, directors, actors and actresses, but to switch things up, I'd like to just focus on actors and directors for my list as I've done the film version in this Cinematic Alphabet a …
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