Movie Trailer – Salt and Fire
Director: Werner Herzog Starring: Michael Shannon, Gael Garcia Bernal, Veronica Ferres Release: December 7th, 2016 At this point, I trust anything starring Michael Shannon, although even he isn’t impervious to…
Movie Review – Bang Gang (A Modern Love Story)
Director: Eva Husson Starring: Marilyn Lima, Daisy Bloom, Finnegan Oldfield Year: 2015 French cinema has a certain mystique for American audiences, even when we don’t understand exactly what’s going on.…
Movie Trailer – The Blackcoat’s Daughter
Director: Oz Perkins Starring: Kiernan Shipka, Lucy Boynton, Emma Roberts Release: 2017 Previously known as February, and appearing at multiple festivals over the last two years, this film shouldn’t fool…
Movie Review – Christine
Director: Antonio Campos Starring: Rebecca Hall, Michael C. Hall, Tracy Letts Year: 2016 Right now, Rebecca Hall is not being mentioned often in the Best Actress conversation, but having now…
Movie Trailer – The Zookeeper’s Wife
Director: Niki Caro Starring: Jessica Chastain, Daniel Bruhl, Johan Heldenbergh Release: March 31st, 2017 Bold prediction; this movie is going to bomb. I just reviewed Denial, which is a Holocaust…
Movie Review – Denial
Director: Mick Jackson Starring: Rachel Weisz, Timothy Spall, Tim Wilkinson Year: 2016 Denial is at the very bottom of some Oscar-hopeful lists, and with good reason. Its content alone is…
Movie Trailer – A Kind of Murder
Director: Andy Goddard Starring: Patrick Wilson, Haley Bennett, Jessica Biel Release: December 16th, 2016 You could have told me these three actors’ names, told me they were in a drama…
Movie Review – Arrival
Director: Dennis Villeneuve Starring: Amy Adams, Jeremy Renner, Forest Whitaker Year: 2016 Arrival is the perfect marriage of writer, director, and lead actor, putting so many other films who have…
Movie Trailer – Kong: Skull Island #2
Director: Jordan Vogt-Roberts Starring: Tom Hiddleston, Brie Larson, Samuel L. Jackson, John Goodman Release: March 10th, 2017 This movie better not be like Godzilla, and how dare they reference it…
Movie Trailer – Brimstone
Director: Martin Koolhoven Starring: Dakota Fanning, Guy Pearce, Kit Harington Release: March 2017 Very cool, a Western done right, or so it appears. Dakota Fanning isn’t my favorite, but it’s…