GLADIATOR II (R) Dir. Ridley Scott Twenty years later, there is still plenty of strength and honor in the Roman Empire to fight for, only with more special effects and a more powerful focus on the need for a free Republic…and Paul Mescal’s neck muscles. Grade (3.5 / 5.0) Ask anyone who is a […]
It’s somewhat curious to me that the famed director Joel Coen (usually with his brother Ethan, but not this time) would choose to film a Shakespeare play. We don’t seem to be in the right climate for that now, but I read that his wife, Frances McDormand, had wanted him to direct the Macbeth play for
Following up his smashing directorial debut with Nightcrawler, Dan Gilroy again explores professional moral ambiguity. This time he’s got two-time Oscar winner Denzel Washington (Fences) playing slightly against type. Wild hair, 90’s Sony Walkman and retro clothes make this look like a period piece, but that’s only Washington’s character. Like his previous film where Jake
His third time out as director will very likely lead to his third Academy Award. Denzel Washington (The Magnificent Seven), already having won a Tony alongside Viola Davis, adapting August Winters work on Broadway, will now likely repeat at the Oscars. Washington adapts Winters work with little change to accommodate for the visual screen. Fences