Tag: Allison Janney
2022 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: Michael Morris’ To Leslie
A British born television Director who had a stint at the Old Vic theatre in London (1999 to 2002); with a full decade of...
Bad Education | Review
A Touch of Class: Finley Explores Famed Embezzlement Scandal
Director Cory Finley revisits one of the education system’s most notorious scandals in Bad Education, an...
Troop Zero | Review
Feeling Like a Number One: Bert & Bertie Get Glossy with Good Intentions
For those who prefer to view the world through rosy-tinted glasses, there’s...
Bombshell | Review
All the Network Allows: Roach Gets Righteous with Topical Melodrama
They’re mad as hell and they just might not take it anymore. So could...
Ma | Review
Misery Loves Company: Spencer Reigns Supreme in Bizarre Portrait of Madness
“Hell hath no fury like a (black) woman scorned,” could have been a...
Top 100 Most Anticipated American Independent Films of 2019: #17. Cory Finley’s Bad Education
Bad Education
Moving from a brilliant dark comedy (Thoroughbreds) off campus mind-games to shark infested waters of the high school experience, for Cory Finley's sophomore...
Top 50 Most Anticipated American Independent Films of 2019: #43. Jay Roach’s Fair and Balanced
Fair and Balanced
In a project that will carry a heavier price tag than Trumbo (read review), while we normally don't associate him with American indie,...
2018 Indie Spirit Noms: Guadagnino’s “Call Me by Your Name” Leads Pack with 6, Benny Safdie Lands 3
It's the head-scratching nominations process where Greta Gerwig's Lady Bird is good enough for the Best Feature category and picks up four nominations in...
The Girl on the Train | Review
Those Who Love Me Can Fake the Train: Taylor’s Silly Soap Opera Thriller
Actor turned director Tate Taylor proves to be even less adept crafting...
Miss Peregrine’s School for Peculiar Children | Review
Let’s Do the Time Loop Again: Burton’s Back with Another Belabored Children’s Fantasy
The time has long since passed when Tim Burton was able to...
2016 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: Sian Heder’s Tallulah
They say write...what you know, and perhaps in this case, writing what is unknown. It's the sort of the artistic philosophy that filmmaker Sian Heder might...
Minions | Review
Villain’s Vassals: Coffin & Balda’s Slavish Prequel Void of Thought
Co-directors Pierre Coffin and Kyle Balda team up for Minions, a tangential prequel to the...
Days and Nights | Review
Birds of a Feather: Camargo’s Debut a Tepid Chekhovian Transplant
Contemporizing classic literature can be a tricky feat, though it more often than not seems...
Tammy | Review
Tammy Girl: Falcone’s Debut a Tepid Turkey
Rex Reed might have been better served to save his wayward disparagements about the cinematic talents of Melissa...
Bad Words | Review
Scatological Prowess: Bateman’s Directorial Debut an Amusing Vulgarity
Fans of fare like Bad Santa and Bad Teacher should rejoice in Bad Words, foul-mouthed fodder involving...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Films of 2013: #69. Lynn Shelton’s Touchy Feely
Touchy Feely
Director/Writer: Lynn Shelton
Producer: Steven Schardt
U.S. Distributor: Rights Available
Cast: Ellen Page, Rosemarie DeWitt, Allison Janney, Scoot McNairy, Ron Livingston, Josh Pais
If the perfectly titled...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Films of 2013: #70. Nat Faxon and Jim Rash’s The Way Way Back
The Way Way Back
Directors/Writers: Nat Faxon and Jim Rash
Producer(s): Sycamore Pictures’ Tom Rice and Doubleyou’s Kevin J. Walsh
U.S. Distributor: Rights Available
Cast: Steve Carell, Toni...
