Six Grammys. Two Emmys. 16 Billboard Music awards. 28 Guinness World records ? and a string of other awards that would fill pages. When you are considered the greatest voice of your generation, you deserve a big movie. This is a big movie. Whitney Houston?s short, tragic, yet magical life is brought to reverential remembrance by…
Written and directed by Damien Chazelle, and starring an ensemble cast of Brad Pitt, Margot Robbie, Diego Calva, Jean Smart, Jovan Adepo, Li Jun Li and Tobey Maguire (who is also Executive Producer on the film), Babylon follows multiple people as they chase their dreams in 1920s Hollywood–a hub of excess– and navigate the transition from silent…
Rihanna was right. Sometimes, you really do find love in a hopeless place. Directed by Melissa Lesh and Trevor Beck Frost, Wildcat follows Harry Turner, a young veteran battling PTSD who retreats into the heart of the Amazon, looking for a fresh start. It?s here that he meets Samantha Zwicker, a young woman who runs a wildlife…
After the Shrek franchise drifted off to Far, Far Away, the baton was handled to loveable Puss in Boots, giving the fairy tale world new financial legs. Now, after over a decade since the previous film, the swashbuckling feline returns in Puss in Boots: The Last Wish, his second and? final? adventure. Directed by Joel Crawford, Puss…
Directed by Darren Aronofsky, The Whale tells the story of Charlie (Brendan Fraser), an online writing instructor who struggles with obesity. Weighing 600 lbs, Charlie feels embarrassed by his appearance and hides away from the world in his apartment. However, when heart problems threaten his life, Charlie refuses medical attention other than the care of his friend…
For people who love characters in books, discovering a films or a TV series that presents them in the flesh may be welcome or feared?or both. So it was with hope and a bit of anxiety that my wife and I started watching Three Pines, based on the series of books by Louise Penny that…
Vandits comes as a film that once again sees minor acting celebrities trying their hand at an original story. The results are certainly mixed and did not click for me but I’m sure they would with some audiences. The humor is very niche and seems to be the main focus of the film despite being…
In Mauro Borrelli?s Mindcage, a serial copycat killer is on the loose. The police must ask the original killer for help. One of the detectives helped put him away, and is dealing with trauma of having to deal with these cases. What price will the original killer demand for his help?and what psychological price which…
Love him or hate him, James Cameron understands the cinematic experience. Over the last 40 years, Cameron has made a name for himself of creating spectacles on the big screen. Through his career, Cameron has become known for his insane attention to detail, his lack of care for budgets and his passion for making the…
?Are you searching for truth?? ?Isn?t everyone?? ?And if you find it, what then?? In Benediction, from director Terence Davies, we follow 20th century poet Siegfried Sassoon in his search for ? well, maybe truth, but often happiness, belonging, and some sense of permanence and perhaps even the eternal. The film opens with an extended…
