ELLE (2016) Starring Isabelle Huppert, Laurent Lafitte, Anne Consigny, Charles Berling, Jonas Bloquet, Virginie Efira, Christian Berkel and Judith Magre. Screenplay by David Birke. Directed by Paul Verhoeven. Distributed by Sony Pictures Classics. 131 minutes. Rated R. A couple of decades ago it looked like Dutch director Paul Verhoeven was going to be one of … Continue reading
THE EDGE OF SEVENTEEN (2016) Starring Hailee Steinfeld, Haley Ly Richardson, Blake Jenner, Woody Harrelson, Kyra Sedgwick, Hayden Szeto, Alexander Calvert, Eric Keenleyside, Nesta Cooper, Daniel Bacon, Lina Renna, Ava Grace Cooper, Christian Michael Cooper, Jena Skodje, Josh Simpson, Kavandeep Hayre, Meredith Monroe, Katie Stuart, Lyle Reginald, Chris Shields, Christian Lagasse, Kirsten Robek, Paul Herbert … Continue reading
A MAN CALLED OVE (2015) Starring Rolf Lassgård, Bahar Pars, Ida Engvoll, Filip Berg, Tobias Almborg, Klas Wiljergård, Chatarina Larsson, Börje Lundberg, Stefan Gödicke, Anna-Lena Bergelin, Simeon Lindgren, Maja Rung, Fredrik Evers and Poyan Kamiri. Screenplay by Hannes Holm. Directed by Hannes Holm. Distributed by Music Box Films. 116 minutes. Rated PG-13. Every neighborhood has … Continue reading
DOCTOR STRANGE (2016) Starring Benedict Cumberbatch, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Rachel McAdams, Benedict Wong, Mads Mikkelsen, Tilda Swinton, Michael Stuhlbarg, Benjamin Bratt, Scott Adkins, Zara Phythian, Alaa Safi, Katrina Durden, Topo Wresniwiro, Umit Ulgen, Linda Louise Duan, Mark Anthony Brighton, Chris Hemsworth and Stan Lee. Screenplay by Scott Derrickson & C. Robert Cargill. Directed by Scott Derrickson. … Continue reading
BLOOD FATHER (2016) Starring Mel Gibson, Erin Moriarty, Diego Luna, William H. Macy, Michael Parks, Thomas Mann, Dale Dickey, Miguel Sandoval, Richard Cabral, Daniel Moncada, Ryan Dorsey, Raoul Trujillo, Brandi Cochran, Cameron Cipta, Lucien Dale, Joanne Camp and Tait Fletcher. Screenplay by Peter Craig and Andrea Berloff. Directed by Jean-François Richet. Distributed by Lionsgate Premiere. … Continue reading
STAR TREK BEYOND (2016) Starring Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Karl Urban, Zoe Saldana, Simon Pegg, John Cho, Anton Yelchin, Idris Elba, Sofia Boutella, Joe Taslim, Lydia Wilson, Deep Roy, Harpreet Sandhu, Melissa Roxburgh, Anita Brown, Doug Jung, Danny Pudi, Shohreh Aghdashloo, Greg Grunberg and Jeff Bezos. Screenplay by Simon Pegg and Doug Jung. Directed by … Continue reading
INFERNO (2016) Starring Tom Hanks, Felicity Jones, Sidse Babett Knudsen, Ben Foster, Irrfan Khan, Omar Sy, Ana Ularu, Ida Darvish, Paul Ritter, Paolo Antonio Simioni, Alessandro Grimaldi, Fausto Maria Sciarappa, Robin Mugnaini, Vincenzo Tanassi and Alessandro Fabrizi. Screenplay by David Koepp. Directed by Ron Howard. Distributed by Columbia Pictures. 121 minutes. Rated R. Interesting trivia … Continue reading
MICHAEL MOORE IN TRUMPLAND (2016) Featuring Michael Moore. Written by Michael Moore. Directed by Michael Moore. Distributed by IMG Films. 71 minutes. Not Rated. It’s been twelve years since Michael Moore last dipped his toes in electoral waters with Fahrenheit 9/11 (wow, has it really been that long?). In the years since, while the reliably … Continue reading
IN A VALLEY OF VIOLENCE (2016) Starring Ethan Hawke, John Travolta, Taissa Farmiga, James Ransone, Karen Gillan, Toby Huss, Tommy Nohilly, Larry Fessenden, Michael Davis, James Cady, Burn Gorman, K. Harrison Sweeney, James E. Lane, Jeff Bairstow and Jumpy. Screenplay by Ti West. Directed by Ti West. Distributed by Focus World. 104 minutes. Rated R. … Continue reading
THE PURGE – ELECTION YEAR (2016) Starring Frank Grillo, Elizabeth Mitchell, Mykelti Williamson, Joseph Julian Soria, Betty Gabriel, Raymond J. Barry, Terry Serpico, Edwin Hodge, Barry Nolan, Liza Colon-Zayas, Ethan Phillips, Adam Cantor, Christopher James Baker, Jared Kemp, Brittany Mirabile and Kyle Secor. Screenplay by James DeMonaco. Directed by James DeMonaco. Distributed by Universal Pictures. … Continue reading
