This romantic-drama set in 1962 Britain is based on the 2007 novel by Ian McEwan (Atonement), about a couple of young, insecure, and emotionally immature newlyweds (Saoirse Ronan, Billy Howle) facing the daunting prospect of losing their virginity while honeymooning on Chesil Beach. Ronan (Lady Bird, Atonement and Brooklyn) and Howle (Dunkirk) deliver fine performances […]
Acclaimed comedy director Paul Feig (Bridesmaids, The Heat, Spy, Ghostbusters) tests his skills in the mystery/thriller genre in this adaptation of the Darcey Bell novel starring Anna Kendrick as a widowed, stay-at-home mom/vlogger who gets immersed in a mystery after her glamorous new best friend (Blake Lively) suddenly goes missing from their small town in […]
Harold (David Oyelowo) is a frustrated, mild mannered employee at a medical marijuana manufacturer, who, despite playing life by the rules, is stuck with a rotten wife (Thandie Newton), and two rotten, crooked bosses (Joel Edgerton and Charlize Theron). When he discovers that his bosses plan to fire him on the same day that his […]
In this movie released just months before his recent death on September 6th, Burt Reynolds stars as Vic Edwards, an aging and forgotten movie star who, after arriving in Nashville for a rinky-dink film festival award, slips off to his hometown of Knoxville for nostalgic final goodbyes: to his childhood home, to the college football […]
After years of relatable, girl-next-door roles, Jennifer Garner channels her early Alias TV series years in this rehash of the 2009 Gerard Butler film Law Abiding Citizen, as nice mommy-turned-vigilante badass, after a drug gang kills her husband and daughter and evades prison due to a corrupt legal system. Although the implausible, predictable revenge story is […]
This period horror, set in 1952 at a Romanian convent, is the prequel to the 2016 horror/thriller, The Conjuring 2. The plot is straightforward enough – The Vatican sends a priest (Demián Bichir) and an aspiring nun (Taissa Farmiga) to a cloistered abbey to investigate the apparent suicide of a nun. Not surprisingly, minutes after […]
John Krasinski (A Quiet Place, The Office) stars in this eight episode, Amazon original TV series reboot of the popular hero of the Tom Clancy spy franchise. This small screen take on the now iconic character is a bit more subdued and bookish than the prior big screen blockbuster adaptations, with Krasinski as the up-and-coming […]
Four years after their mindlessly-fun airplane thriller Non-Stop, Liam Neeson reunites with director Jaume Collet-Serra in this (Surprise!) train thriller about a former cop/newly-fired insurance salesman caught up in a mysterious criminal conspiracy to locate a passenger on a commuter train – or face dire consequences. If you thought Non-Stop was ludicrous, just take that […]
Candice Bergen, Jane Fonda, Diane Keaton and Mary Steenburgen star in this rom-com about four women in their sixties, each stuck in her own unique sexual slump, who get a renewed spark after reading the titilating romance novel 50 Shades of Grey in their monthly book club. The contrived story has one dimensional characters, cheesy dialogue, […]
If the idea of visiting abandoned highly-radioactive towns in Japan, participating in a voodoo rituals in West Africa, or experiencing life as an illegal immigrant trying to cross from Mexico to the U.S. appeals to you, then this is the Netflix TV series for you. New Zealand journalist David Farrier, star of the bizarre 2016 […]