SULLY (2016) Starring Tom Hanks, Aaron Eckhart, Laura Linney, Anna Gunn, Autumn Reeser, Holt McCallany, Mike O’Malley, Jamey Sheridan, Valerie Mahaffey, Delphi Harrington, Ahmed Lucan, Jerry Ferrara, Blake Jones, Ann Cusack, Molly Hagan, Max Adler, Jeffrey Nordling, Michael Rapaport and Katie Couric. Screenplay by Todd Komarnicki. Directed by Clint Eastwood. Distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures. … Continue reading
Roots (Lionsgate Home Video-2016) In 1976, the original Roots miniseries was a defining cultural event. It was not the first of the miniseries – or “novels for television,” as they dubbed the form at the time. A 1974 version of Leon Uris’ QB VII was the first miniseries to be filmed by the American networks. … Continue reading
FATIMA (2016) Starring Soria Zeroual, Zita Hanrot, Kenza-Noah Aiche, Chawki Amari, Dalila Bencherif, Edith Saulnier, Corinne Duchesne, Emir El Guerfi, Zakaria Ali-Mehidi, Zahra Addioui, Nadia Hamied, Isabelle Candelier, Franck Andrieux, Christiane Laroche and Hélène Balazard. Screenplay by Philippe Faucon. Directed by Philippe Faucon. Distributed by Kino Lorber. 78 minutes. Not Rated. It’s easy to forget … Continue reading
MY KING (MON ROI) (2016) Starring Emmanuelle Bercot, Vincent Cassel, Louis Garrel, Isild Le Besco, Chrystele Saint-Louis Augustin, Patrick Raynal, Paul Hamy, Yann Goven, Djemel Barek, Marie Guillard, Slim El Hedli, Nabil Kechouhen, Norman Thavaud, Amanda Added and Abdelghani Addala. Screenplay by Maïwenn and Etienne Comar. Directed by Maïwenn. Distributed by Film Movement. 124 minutes. … Continue reading
FLORENCE FOSTER JENKINS (2016) Starring Meryl Streep, Hugh Grant, Simon Helberg, Rebecca Ferguson, Nina Arianda, Stanley Townsend, Allan Corduner, Christian McKay, David Haig, John Sessions, Brid Brennan and John Kavanagh. Screenplay by Nicholas Martin. Directed by Stephen Frears. Distributed by Paramount Pictures. 110 minutes. Rated PG-13. Talent is such a fickle thing. Knowledge, or interest, … Continue reading
SING STREET (2015) Starring Ferdia Walsh-Peelo, Lucy Boynton, Jack Reynor, Aidan Gillen, Maria Doyle Kennedy, Mark McKenna, Kelly Thornton, Ian Kenny, Ben Carolan, Percy Chamburuka, Karl Rice, Conor Hamilton, Don Wycherley and Lydia McGuinness. Screenplay by John Carney. Directed by John Carney. Distributed by The Weinstein Company. 105 minutes. Rated PG-13. Irish former musician turned … Continue reading
Hanging with the Ballers Professional Football isn’t all that meets the eye. There is a whole different game behind the scenes: from lying and cheating to using drugs and partying. The hit HBO show Ballers explores exactly that. In the first season of the series Spencer Strasmore, played by Dwayne Johnson, is struggling to find … Continue reading
THE BFG (2016) Starring Mark Rylance, Ruby Barnhill, Jemaine Clement, Rebecca Hall, Penelope Wilton, Bill Hader, Rafe Spall, Ólafur Darri Ólafsson, Adam Godley, Michael Adamthwaite, Daniel Bacon, Jonathan Holmes, Chris Gibbs, Paul Moniz de Sa, Marilyn Norry and Matt Frewer. Screenplay by Melissa Matheson. Directed by Steven Spielberg. Distributed by Walt Disney Pictures. 110 minutes. … Continue reading
WHISKEY TANGO FOXTROT (2016) Starring Tina Fey, Margot Robbie, Martin Freeman, Alfred Molina, Christopher Abbott, Billy Bob Thornton, Nicholas Braun, Stephen Peacocke, Sheila Vand, Evan Jonigkeit, Fahim Anwar, Josh Charles, Cherry Jones, Scott Takeda, Eli Goodman and Soledad O’Brien. Screenplay by Robert Carlock. Directed by Glenn Ficarra and John Requa. Distributed by Paramount Pictures. 111 … Continue reading
45 YEARS (2015) Starring Charlotte Rampling, Tom Courtenay, Geraldine James, Dolly Wells, David Sibley, Sam Alexander and Richard Cunningham. Screenplay by Andrew Haigh. Directed by Andrew Haigh. Distributed by Paramount Pictures. 93 minutes. Rated R. How well can you ever know a person? Even if you have spent decades living together, and are considered by … Continue reading
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