By: Will Hume In the sprawling landscape of contemporary cinema, where blockbusters vie for attention and hearts, The Fall Guy arrives with the swagger of a daredevil aiming for stardom. Two years ago, Tom Cruise set the sky ablaze with Top Gun: Maverick, a cinematic declaration that proclaimed, “This movie is worth it because you’re…
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‘Civil War’ Boldly Imagines A Future Where America Tears Itself Apart
It’s not the end of the world, but you can see it from here, ‘Civil War’ Is a Victory for Pop Filmmaking, Independent Cinema, A24 and Writer/ Director Alex Garland. By Will Hume I decided to go see Civil War at the encouragement of a friend. It seems the best A24 Films (the distributor of…
Emma Stone Braves and Bares All Reteaming With Her ‘Favourite’ Director in ‘Poor Things’
Listen to a podcast of this episode on Spotify Directed by: Yorgos Lanthimos (The Favourite, The Killing of a Sacred Deer, The Lobster) Produced by: Ed Guiney, Andrew Lowe, Yorgos Lanthimos, Emma Stone Written by: Tony McNamara (based on the novel of the same name by Alasdair Gray) Starring: Emma Stone, Willem Dafoe, Ramy Youssef,…
With ‘The Iron Claw’, Zac Efron Leads Us on a Gripping Journey Into the Dark Side of the Ring
I had the pleasure of making The Iron Claw this year’s annual Christmas Day family movie. Going in I knew little about the world of professional wrestling, especially the 80s era, but from the opening scene of this movie set in a stylish black & white, I knew with Writer-Director Sean Durkin I was in…
Barbie Asks Whether It Is More Important To Be Popular Than Good
Director: Greta Gerwig Producer: Margot Robbie, David Heyman Writer: Greta Gerwig, Noah Baumbach (based on the Barbie toy line by Mattel) Actor: Margot Robbie, Ryan Gosling, America Ferrerra, Michael Cera, Will Ferrell, Dua Lipa, John Cena Plot: Barbie lives in Barbie Land with her fellow Barbies and Kens and other discontinued characters from the Mattel…
The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes asks What The Hunger Games Are For
Cast: Tom Blyth as Coriolanus Snow Rachel Zegler as Lucy Gray Baird Viola Davis as Volumnia Gaul Peter Dinklage as Dean Casca Highbottom Jason Schwartzman as Lucretius “Lucky” Flickerman Josh Rivera as Sejanus Plinth Ashley Liao as Clemensia Dovecote Hunter Schaefer as Tigris Two years ago, I wrote about the best entry of The Hunger…
‘The Killer’ is the Quintessential Hitman Movie of the 2020’s
Podcast companion episode Michael Fassbender, returning to the screen for the first time in 4 years, fights the battle he was paid to fight. Is there a more generic title than ‘The Killer‘? With a cinematic genius like David Fincher at the helm you might expect some sort of zag with the material, but with…
Bad Business Deal “Killers of the Flower Moon” – Review
Podcast Review of this episode Director: Martin Scorsese Producer: Daniel Lupi, Martin Scorsese, Bradley Thomas Writer: Eric Roth and Martin Scorsese (based on the book by David Grann) Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio, Lily Gladstone, Robert De Niro, Tantoo Cardinal, Cara Jade Myers, Janae Collins, Jillion Dion, with Jesse Plemons, Scott Shepherd, John Lithgow, and Brendan Fraser…
What Do People Know? ‘American Fiction’ – Review
A lesson Hollywood never learns is how to be real. I saw The Whale in theatres earlier this year. Before I went in, I knew the reviews weren’t great, but a friend invited me to see it. The drama is written in a straightforward manner. The characters are too simplistic and the ending is cartoonish….
Paul Giamatti is 2023’s Best Actor in 2023’s ‘The Holdovers’ a new Christmas Classic
Boredom builds character. After my screening of this film at Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF), I was able to ask Writer-Director Alexander Payne how he takes plots and settings that are ordinary, boring, and mundane and make them interesting. The two-time Oscar winner replied, “Because my life is so mundane and uninteresting.” In The Holdovers…
Glen Powell Writes His Own Star Vehicle in ‘Hit Man’, A Romcom Romp From ‘Boyhood’ Director Richard Linklater
Directed By: Richard Linklater Written By: Richard Linklater & Glen Powell Run Time: 113 Minutes Is there another thirty-something actor who the internet has yearned more to become a movie star than Glen Powell? It’d be hard to find a greater stock value coming off his pole position in last year’s Top Gun: Maverick. Here…
It’s ‘Zodiac’ Meets ‘Quiz Show’ in Anna Kendrick’s Pitch Perfect directorial debut: Woman of the Hour (TIFF) Review
It’s ‘Zodiac’ Meets ‘Quiz Show’ in Anna Kendrick’s Pitch Perfect directorial debut. PLOT: In 1978, serial killer Rodney Alcala appeared on The Dating Game and won a date with bachelorette Cheryl Bradshaw. At the time, Alcala had murdered five women, and his strange facade during the episode later nicknamed him “The Dating Game Killer”. REVIEW:…
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