Director: Stephen Frears Cast: Judi Dench, Ali Fazal, Eddie Izzard, Tim Pigott-Smith, Adeel Akhtar, Michael Gambon Plot: Queen Victoria, during the closing years of her reign, develops a close relationship with her Indian… Continue reading
Director: Michael Cuesta Cast: Dylan O’Brien, Michael Keaton, Sanaa Lathan, Shiva Negar, Taylor Kitsch Plot: Mitch Rapp is a young man whose fiancee is killed in a terrorist attack. He fashions himself into… Continue reading
Anyone who knows me knows I love historical documentaries, and this is what drew me to see the CNN Films documentary the Reagan Show. As you may have guessed this film documents the… Continue reading
Director: Andrés Muschietti Cast: Bill Skarsgård, Jaeden Lieberher, Jeremy Ray Taylor, Sophia Lillis, Finn Wolfhard, Wyatt Oleff, Chosen Jacobs, Jack Dylan Grazer, Nicholas Hamilton Plot: The town of Derry, Maine, sees unusual numbers… Continue reading
In “Phobia Philms,” I plan on reviewing and recommending scary movies based on real phobias, of which there is no shortage of, specifically what makes them scary and how they represent our anxieties. … Continue reading
Director: Sam Liu Cast: Kevin Conroy as Batman; Loren Lester as Nightwing; Melissa Rauch as Harley Quinn; Paget Brewster as Poison Ivy; Kevin Michael Richardson as Floronic Man; and John DiMaggio as Swamp… Continue reading
When acting legend Charles Laughton wanted to make the jump to the directors chair he knew from experience the importance of having a solid performer in front of the cameras. As such he… Continue reading
Director: Patrick Hughes Cast: Ryan Reynolds, Samuel L. Jackson, Salma Hayek, Élodie Yung, Gary Oldman Plot: Vladislav Dukhovich, the brutal dictator of Belarus, is on trial at the International Court of Justice. The… Continue reading
Director: Nikolaj Arcel Cast: Idris Elba, Matthew McConaughey, Tom Taylor, Fran Kranz, Jackie Earle Haley, Claudia Kim, Katheryn Winnick Plot: Jake Chambers is a young boy plagued by nightmares about a man in… Continue reading
As we have written about elsewhere in the House, film and popular culture as a whole were dealt a massive blow recently with the passing of horror director George A. Romero. Romero singlehandedly… Continue reading
