Rebel Wilson stars in this comedy about a cynical, under-appreciated architect disenchanted with love, who, after a bump on the head, finds herself trapped, of all places, in a rom-com film. Frequent onscreen love interest Adam Devine (Pitch Perfect), Liam Hemsworth and Priyanka Chopra round out the cast in this sweet, playfully goofy comedy. Director […]
Ethan Hawke stars in this somber thriller about the pastor of a small church in upstate New York who emotionally unravels after a soul-shaking encounter with an emotionally-disturbed environmental activist and his concerned pregnant wife, Mary (Amanda Seyfried). Writer/director Paul Schrader’s broody, moody, church confessional parable about a pastor losing his faith is reminiscent of […]
This shockingly bizarre crime documentary now on Netflix and Amazon chronicles how a sociopathic pedophile was able to gain the trust of his astoundingly naive, church-going, next door neighbors in 1970s Idaho, leading to his abduction of the family’s oldest daughter, Jan, first at age 12, then jaw droppingly, again two years later. Director Skye […]
Miles is a special boy with unique talents and extraordinary intelligence. But when he starts acting out in terrifying, violent ways, his father (Peter Mooney) is convinced he’s mentally ill, while his worried mother (Taylor Schilling) fears an evil, supernatural force has taken hold of him. Is Miles crazy… or possessed? Schilling (Orange Is the […]
Taraji P. Henson (Empire, Hidden Figures) stars in this comedy about an Atlanta sports agent frustrated at being shut out by her obnoxious male colleagues at work. When she drinks a psychic’s crazy concoction and bumps her head, she develops the ability to hear men’s thoughts and get the edge over them in her efforts to […]
Jake Gyllenhaal and Rene Russo star in this kooky, satirical horror/thriller about greedy members of the contemporary art world who defy an emotionally-tortured artist’s dying wish to destroy his paintings, instead stealing and selling them for their own financial gain. After several of these shallow narcissists start dying in creative, ironic art-related ways, art critic […]
A seasoned counter-terrorism expert (Noomi Rapace) and the spoiled, mining conglomerate heiress (Sophie Nélisse) whom she’s hired to protect find themselves on the run after an attempted kidnapping at the family’s fortified kasbah in rural Morocco reveals a deadly conspiracy. The first half of this thriller moves at a quick pace with some pretty intense […]
In this remake of the popular 2011 Mexican crime drama, Gina Rodriguez (Annihilation, Deepwater Horizon) stars as Gloria, a young make-up artist from Los Angeles who is kidnapped by and forced into working for a Mexican drug lord while visiting her best friend Suzu in Tijuana. A misfortunate series of events culminates in her competing […]
On this 100 year anniversary of the end of World War I, a four year battle which resulted in the deaths of nine million soldiers and seven million civilians, Peter Jackson (The Lord of The Rings and Hobbit trilogies) has compiled never before seen footage from the vaults of London’s Imperial War Museum, using an array […]
Set in Derry, Northern Ireland in the late 1990s, this irreverent sitcom now on Netflix follows the exploits of 16-year-old Erin (Saoirse-Monica Jackson), her potty-mouthed, motley crew of lovable fools, and their never-ending harebrained schemes. Loosely based on show creator Lisa McGee’s own upbringing, think of it as a teenage, working class version of Seinfeld, […]