Mid90s is not your typical coming-of-age piece. Set in 1990’s LA, it is an intricate look into the skate culture of that time. Exploring deep friendship, hardship, belonging and passion, Jonah Hill’s directorial debut is his passion project that is so much more than what you would expect it to be. Stevie (Sunny Suljic), is… [Read More]
Don’t Worry He Won’t Get Far On Foot: Hope, Healing and Higher Powers
Directed by Gus Van Sant (Good Will Hunting, Elephant), Don’t Worry He Won’t Get Far On Foot tells the story of controversial cartoonist, John Callahan. After nearly dying in a car accident, the last thing Callahan (Joaquin Phoenix) intends to do is give up alcohol. Reinvigorated by his girlfriend and a charming sponsor, Donnie (Jonah… [Read More]
War Dogs: War is Money
This isn’t about being pro-war. The war is happening. This is about being pro-money.–Efraim In his latest film, The Hangover trilogy director Todd Philips dramatizes the unlikely rise of Efraim Diveroli (Jonah Hill) and David Packouz (Miles Teller), who found loopholes in the military’s use of privately-owned weapons to build a gun-running empire. As international arms dealers,… [Read More]
Hail Caesar!: Hello, Hollywood
We are all looking for something until we find it. With their typical humor and wit, the Coen Brothers have delivered a film about the quest for that thing (whatever it may be) for a cast of characters ripped out of 1951 Hollywood, with its Communists, Cold War, and economics. And, as can’t be ignored,… [Read More]
True Story: What Is Truth?
In FOX’s True Story, Jonah Hill and James Franco go sifting through the truth and lies of stolen identity, but this isn’t a light-hearted look at someone messing with your credit scores. No, this is a film based on the real-life biopic of Michael Finkel (Hill), who finds that Christian Longo (Franco), an accused serial killer,… [Read More]
