Posted May 05, 2021in Film Previews
‘Here Today’ Director: Billy Crystal Stars: Sharon Stone, Penn Badgley, Laura Benanti, Tiffany Haddish Charlie Burnz (Billy Crystal) is a veteran comedy writer with family issues. Emma Payge (Tiffany Haddish) is a singer whose ex is a fan of Charlie, so he bid on lunch with him at a charity
Read More →“Mortal Kombat” R | Director: Simon McQuoid Stars: Lewis Tan, Jessica McNamee, Josh Lawson MMA fighter Cole Young (Lewis Tan), accustomed to taking a beating for money, is unaware of his heritage or why Outworld’s Emperor Shang Tsung (Chin Han) has sent his best warrior, Sub-Zero (Joe Taslim), an otherworldly
Read More →“The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent” March 19 Disclaimer: This film sounds too crazy not to mention, but the March release date is up in the air as of this writing. So you may need to wait a bit longer. In “The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent,” Nicolas Cage will
Read More →“Barb & Star Go to Vista Del Mar” PG-13 Director: Josh Greenbaum Stars: Kristen Wiig, Annie Mumolo, Jamie Dornan Take a trip and break out of your shell with Barb and Star. From the gals who brought you “Bridesmaids” (co-stars and co-writers Kristen Wiig and Annie Mumolo) comes “Barb &
Read More →“Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy” NR | 89 minutes Director: Stanley Nelson In the early 1980s, the crack epidemic tore through America’s inner cities like a tsunami. Via a collage of archival news footage, compelling interviews and era-specific hip hop, award-winning documentary filmmaker Stanley Nelson peels back the layers of
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Posted December 02, 2020in Film Previews
“The Croods: A New Age” PG | 95 minutes Director: Joel Crawford Stars: Emma Stone, Ryan Reynolds, Nicolas Cage The Coods have survived their fair share of dangers and disasters — from fanged prehistoric beasts to surviving the end of the world — but now they will face their biggest
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Posted November 04, 2020in Film Previews
“Hillbilly Elegy” (Netflix) Director: Ron Howard Stars: Glenn Close, Amy Adams, Haley Bennett, Freida Pinto Based off of J.D. Vance’s bestselling memoir of the same name, “Hillbilly Elegy” is a modern exploration of the American Dream and three generations of an Appalachian family as told by its youngest member. In
Read More →‘Mank’ R | TBD Director: David Fincher Stars: Lily Collins, Tom Burke, Amanda Seyfried The film is David Fincher’s first feature-directing effort since “Gone Girl” (2014) and chronicles Herman Mankiewicz’s (Gary Oldman) race to finish the “Citizen Kane” screenplay for Orson Welles (Tom Burke). Although Netflix has not released any
Read More →‘The King’s Man’ R | NA Director: Matthew Vaughn Stars: Gemma Arterton, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Matthew Goode Adapted from the Mark Millar and Dave Gibbons comic book series “The Secret Service,” “The King’s Man” digs deeper into the genesis myth of the espionage collective known as Kingsman. Set in the early
Read More →“Tenet” R | Director: Christopher Nolan Stars: John David Washington, Robert Pattinson, Elizabeth Debicki One of the buzziest movies set to arrive in 2020 (that no one seems to know a damn thing about) is Christopher Nolan‘s “Tenet.” The trailer is a puzzle box, teasing the bare minimum in terms
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