“Just Mercy” is being advertised as 2019’s end-of-year, feel-good, inspirational, real-life legal drama. And rightfully so. Co-writer/director Destin Daniel Cretton presents a solid, true story of a young lawyer’s battle against the system and the odds, in the name of justice. Michael B. Jordan plays Bryan Stevenson. Fresh out of Harvard Law School in 1987, […]
Carol Danvers becomes one of the universe’s most powerful heroes when Earth is caught in the middle of a galactic war between two alien races. (Disney/Marvel Studios) Academy Award winner Brie Larson (“Room”) joins Oscar nominees Samuel L. Jackson (“Pulp Fiction”), Jude Law (“Closer”) and Annette Bening (“The Kids Are All Right”) in the latest […]
So far in 2017, Woody Harrelson has taken-on the villain role in “War for the Planet of the Apes”, the lead in the quirky indie comedy “Wilson”, and he made history by writing, directing and starring in the first-ever “live” movie, “Lost in London”. Still to come: the sheriff character in “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, […]
Martin Scorsese is a producer on the indie action film, “Free Fire”. His “Wolf of Wall Street” currently holds the record for most f-bombs in a mainstream movie, with more than 500. “Free Fire” certainly gives “Wolf” a run for its money in that category – and at only half the running time. The reason […]
“Room” is a powerful indie drama with two heartbreakingly effective lead performances. Brie Larson (most recently seen as Amy Schumer’s sister in the comedy “Trainwreck”) is outstanding as Joy, and nine-year-old Jacob Tremblay is a breakout star as Joy’s five-year-old son Jack. Writer Emma Donaghue adapted her own popular novel for the screen and it’s […]