Blog posts in category "Movies and TV"
mother! (2017)
In case you were feeling too comfortable at the cinemas, writer-director-producer Darren Aronofsky is here to make people’s heads explode just from the mere sight of his latest offering, mother!. This arty horror is his first film since 2014 ...
IT (2017)
With fall upon us it’s time for Hollywood to bring out the big guns and regale us with more serious fare. The last few weekends were nearly devoid of any watchable content, but Warner Brothers and New Line are ...
Ingrid Goes West
All Ingrid Thornburn (Aubrey Plaza) wants is to have a best friend. Her need to have one is of the obsessive kind, and because of that Ingrid has had issues connecting with others. Early on in the Matt Spicer-directed film ...
Wind River (2017)
Taylor Sheridan, the actor-turned-screenwriter best known for penning Sicario and Hell or High Water, takes a shot at directing with a thematic sequel to the aforementioned films. Wind River, which enjoyed critical acclaim upon its premiere during last January’s ...
Logan Lucky
Logan Lucky represents the return of one Hollywood’s best directors – Steven Soderbergh. Soderbergh never really left – he directed Behind the Candelbra, a biopic about Liberace for HBO; and he directed the Showtime series The Knick. He announced in 2014 ...
The Glass Castle (2017)
Destin Daniel Crettin is one of Hollywood’s up and coming directors. In 2013 he made waves with Short Term 12, a film which he wrote and directed, and was partially based on his experiences as a group home counselor ...
The Dark Tower
Author Stephen King is one of Hollywood’s most adapted writers because he’s produced some incredible stories which piques his readers’ interests (while also entertaining them). King is known mainly for his horror novels but he has dabbled in ...
Detroit (2017)
When director Kathryn Bigelow comes along with a new film people tend to pay attention. The Oscar-winning director of 2009’s The Hurt Locker has risen to prominence making features which are provocative and powerful and reflect the social climate ...
Atomic Blonde
On the heels of the wildly successful John Wick series is Atomic Blonde, a film that borrows from that winning template to make an actioner in which the lead is a woman. Starring Charlize Theron, James McAvoy, John Goodman, Toby ...
Dunkirk (2017)
It’s unusual to talk about a possible Oscar contender in the middle of July. But when it comes to the prospects of Christopher Nolan’s latest feature, the World War II film Dunkirk, not only is it a contender ...