Idris Elba stars in a none-Elba-like role, here as a retired rugby star named Max whose marriage to former actress Emily (Gemma Arterton) is dying. Both of them are unfaithful: he’s hopping from relationships to alcohol; she’s involved with an old flame (Tom Cullen). But this?Crash-like ensemble piece involves two other pairings we’re inclined to…
Solace?was initially supposed to be a sequel to?Se7en but somewhere in development, it became a standalone thriller by director Afonso Poyart (commentary included). Here, Jeffrey Dean Morgan’s FBI Agent Merriweather and his partner Agent Cowles (Abbie Cornish) find themselves in too deep with a strange set of murders, so they turn to Merriweather’s old partner,…
To say we would be in a world of hurt without medicine is not hyperbole.
Directed by the award-winning documentary filmmaker Owsley Brown (Night Waltz: The Music of Paul Bowles; Music Makes a City), Serenade for Haiti (Serenad pou Ayiti) reveals a side of the country that is often misunderstood by the rest of the world. By focusing its lens on Father Cesar and his dedicated staff at Sainte Trinite…
I have a t-shirt that reads ?The older I get the better I was.? That sentiment immediately came to mind when I watched The Sense of an Ending. It is a story of memory of past times, but we see that those memories may not be a reliable recounting of what happened.
In Disney’s latest princess film, the daughter of a Hawaiian village chief hears the call of the ocean, recognizes her island’s need for redemption, and sets out on the quest of a lifetime. But before Moana (Auli’i Cravalho) can return the?Pounamu stone that is the island goddess’ heart to its owner, Te Fiti, she must…
There’s much to be said about an actor playing a particular role in film nine times. In a way, he/she must’ve done?something right and even made?that particular role nearly iconic. Hugh Jackman has done that, to my dismay (or dislike, however you want to call it). It’s not that I’m not a fan of his….
This is a film that does not rely on tension to create horror. Rather it loads the screen with carnage. There are several gore-fests as the demon attacks the community. Blood, limbs, and internal organs are plentiful, as are various ways of killing.
Can the words of an African-American writer who has been dead for three decades speak to the America of today? I Am Not Your Negro is almost entirely the words of James Baldwin, some from archival TV footage, some in voiceover by Samuel L. Jackson.
