“A Monster Calls” is one of the most inventive and emotionally raw movies of the year. Just as director J.A. Bayona found bright young talent in Tom Holland (the new Spider-Man) for 2012’s “The Impossible” – he’s found another new star in 14-year-old, Lewis MacDougall. He plays Conor O’Malley, a boy living in England with his mother (Felicity […]
A linguist is recruited by the military to communicate with alien lifeforms after twelve mysterious spacecrafts land around the world in ‘Arrival’. (PARAMOUNT) Amy Adams is a five-time Academy Award nominee for “Junebug”, “Doubt”, “The Fighter”, “The Master” and “American Hustle”. She is also the star of the Disney princess comedy romance adventure “Enchanted”, “Julie […]
In the taut thriller, when Nancy (Blake Lively) is surfing on a secluded beach, she finds herself on the feeding ground of a great white shark. Though she is stranded only 200 yards from shore, survival proves to be the ultimate test of wills, requiring all of Nancy’s ingenuity, resourcefulness, and fortitude. (SONY/COLUMBIA) Blake Lively […]
In 1975, a young director named Steven Spielberg created a phenomenon – and the idea of the “Summer Blockbuster”, with a film about a Great White with an appetite for swimmers. Now, 41 years later, Director Jaume Collet-Serra (who’s done three Liam Neeson action/thrillers in a row – with another on the way) has made […]
Less than a year after their Peabody Award-winning Comedy Central sketch series wrapped, Key & Peele team-up for their first movie. With endless possibilities – they chose to base the plot around the love of a cute wittle kitty cat – And Me-OW – the results are painful. “Substitute Teacher” is a really funny “Key […]
“Snow White & the Huntsman” was one of the pleasant surprises of 2012. It twisted-up a classic fairy tale with a smart script and a killer Evil Queen in Charlize Theron. She’s back, along with Chris Hemsworth, for this “Huntsman” spin-off. As Emily Blunt, who plays the Ice Queen Elsa – I mean Freya – […]
There’s no arguing that Leonardo DiCaprio gave a fearless and memorable performance in “The Revenant”. And voters may truly believe that Leo legitimately delivered the finest Lead Actor work of 2015. But, let’s be honest, much of the attention and hardware Leo collected throughout Awards Season, culminating with his first Oscar win, was due to […]
Best Picture “Amy” “Brooklyn” “Carol” “Cinderella” “Creed” “The End of the Tour” “The Intern” “The Peanuts Movie” “Room” “Youth” Best Director Lenny Abrahamson – “Room” Todd Haynes – “Carol” Alejandro G. Inarritu – “The Revenant” James Ponsoldt – “The End of the Tour” Paolo Sorrentino – “Youth” Steven Spielberg – “Bridge of Spies” Best Actor […]
“The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2”, the fourth and final installment in the novel to screen franchise, had the weakest opening weekend of the series making a tad over $100 million in the U.S. Lionsgate’s theory of splitting the final book into two movies, based on the previous successes of the “Harry Potter” and […]
HBO’s “Entourage”, which ran from 2004-2011, is coming to the big screen this Wednesday with the long-awaited (at least for diehards) feature-length sequel. Warner Bros. is certainly hoping for the same success here as enjoyed with HBO’s “Sex and the City” films in 2008 and 2010. However, the biggest name in the “Entourage” cast is […]