Author Jojo Moyes’ 2012 novel, “Me Before You” was turned into a movie in 2016 — and was one of the best films of that year. Off that success, another Moyes book has been given the feature film treatment. “The Last Letter From Your Lover”, based on her 2008 novel, is now on Netflix. Felicity […]
Eddie Redmayne and Felicity Jones played Stephen and Jane Hawking in the 2014 drama, “The Theory of Everything”. Both were rewarded with multiple award season nominations and honors. The duo is back together in “The Aeronauts”, hoping to reach similar cinematic heights. “Based on a true story” dramas always tamper with the facts in some […]
On the heels of the celebrated documentary “RBG” comes this dramatization of the early years of Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s legal career. Decades before becoming Supreme Court Justice, Ginsburg was a young wife and mother and an aspiring attorney. From those beginnings to the iconic status she enjoys today, she’s been able to teach and lead generations […]
Last December, Disney and LucasFilm revived the “Star Wars” saga with the solid, but highly overrated “The Force Awakens”. More installments and spinoffs were greenly during Episode VII’s production, kicking off with “Rogue One” – an original story set in the middle of the timeline. The concept is, no surprise, very basic: Oscar nominee Felicity […]
Less than two months after the release of “Sully”, Tom Hanks is already back on the big screen. He reprises his role as Professor Robert Langdon in “Inferno”, the third installment in director Ron Howard’s “Da Vinci Code” franchise. That film came-out a decade ago, and prequel “Angels & Demons” hit theaters in ‘09. Normally, […]
British actor Eddie Redmayne’s breakout performance was opposite Michelle Williams in 2011’s underappreciated biopic “My Week with Marilyn”. One year later, he joined the stellar ensemble of Hugh Jackman, Anne Hathaway, Russell Crowe and Amanda Seyfried for the big screen adaptation of the Broadway musical sensation “Les Miserables”. Now, Redmayne finally takes center stage, giving […]
There have been many “secret relationship” movies involving famous people brought to the big and small screen over the years. “The Invisible Woman”, directed by and starring Ralph Fiennes as legendary author Charles Dickens, is most recent and one of the best in the genre. Fiennes skillfully draws us into this story, making time and […]