With contenders like Amy Adams, Viola Davis, Carey Mulligan, and Frances McDormand, it might surprise you to hear that it is actually British newcomer Vanessa Kirby who is the frontrunner for best actress at the upcoming Academy Awards. Maybe newcomer isn’t fair, because you have probably seen her as Princess Margaret on “The Crown.” She […]
Director Noah Hawley’s new film “Lucy in the Sky,” based on the astronaut who’s nervous breakdown made headlines a decade ago, is more complicated than it needs to be. The most disappointing element of the film which premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival was that there was no diaper scene. Most reading this will
From the director of The Mothman Prophecies, comes an ensemble drama that takes a look at the objects and possessions one acquires in a lifetime. The story and characters of this film are presented as a mosaic, with each short segment bleeding into the next one, but never making a full circle. Nostalgia explores the
Filmmaker Todd Solondz was the first director to truly scare me with a film. No he isn’t a horror director, but a button pusher. Solondz writes and directs with vivid and often taboo subject matter to shock the audience. His early work Welcome to the Dollhouse (1995) and Happiness (1998), were cult classics that put
Blake Lively wasn’t the first or second choice for this lead, however the Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants actress manages to make this her own, channeling a Renee Zellweger type performance. The film’s strongest element is the narration, which should sound very familiar if you liked The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert