Jessica Chastain stars in this biopic of Molly Bloom, the former U.S. freestyle skier who made millions hosting high stakes underground poker matches attended by movie stars, CEOs, pro athletes, billionaires, and later, and apparently unbeknownst to her until her arrest in 2013, the Russian mob. In his movie directing debut, Aaron Sorkin showcases the […]
(Season 1) This horror series is set on a remote Arctic outpost in Norway’s Svalbard Islands, where, in season one, the normally peaceful, close-knit community is shaken when a mysterious spate of gruesome killings start occurring. As the body count rises, authorities eventually make a terrifying discovery that could threaten not only the town’s 700 […]
Timothée Chalamet stars in this James Ivory (of the popular Merchant Ivory films) adaptation of the André Aciman novel about 17-year-old Elio, experiencing his first love, for a brilliant and handsome graduate student (Armie Hammer) who is spending the summer of 1983 living and working with Elio’s family at their villa in Northern Italy. This […]
There isn’t a soul who was alive in 1994 who isn’t familiar with the Tonya Harding/Nancy Kerrigan figure skating scandal. This dark comedy/biopic stars Margot Robbie in the title role. Robbie hilariously uses dark humor to paint our abrasive antiheroine in a much more sympathetic light, detailing the snobby skating establishment’s mistreatment due to Harding’s […]
This historical drama is set in 1940, during the early days of World War II, when Winston Churchill became British Prime Minister just as Nazi Germany already had captured several European countries. Gary Oldman, in a career-defining role, is astounding as Churchill, who, besides the approaching Germans, must battle his own war cabinet, which favors […]
Quite terrible. This biopic of iconic American poet Emily Dickinson stars Cynthia Nixon as the celebrated, death-obsessed recluse whose popularity soared after her own death. Nixon is on point as the sad sack artist, and the stilted language, costume and set design do accurately capture the mood of the mid-to-late 1800s, but director Terence Davies, […]
Seven male backup dancers were part of Madonna’s wildly controversial 1990 Blond Ambition tour and documentary, Truth or Dare. For those familiar with that era and the iconic “Vogue” music video, this “Where are they now?” documentary, about the devastating effects of brief, extraordinary fame on ordinary people, is depressing and interesting – at least […]
This dystopian sci-fi thriller stars Noomi Rapace as identical septuplets who, for 30 years, defy a futuristic one child per family directive, by each venturing out in public only on the day of the week after which they are named. When Monday fails to come home, a mystery, and roller coaster ride of action, follows. […]
The eighth installment in the Star Wars saga is a rousing crowd pleaser, with the late Carrie Fisher reprising her role as Princess Leia, aided by a reluctant Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill) in their rebellion against the evil galactic empire. Director Rian Johnson deftly retains the look and feel of its predecessors, while updating the […]
Angelina Jolie directs this film based on the memoir by Loung Ung, a survivor of the Khmer Rouge genocide which wiped out a quarter of Cambodia’s population in the late 1970s. Told through Loung’s perspective starting at age 5, the harrowing drama starts with her large family being forced to flee their home in Phnom […]