Tag: Kate Winslet
Ammonite | Review
The Shell Seekers: Lee Recuperates a Scientist’s Legacy in Languid Love Story
As its title suggests, Ammonite, the sophomore feature from burgeoning director Francis Lee,...
Top 150 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2020: #37. Ammonite – Francis Lee
Ammonite
British director Francis Lee will deliver the high profile drama Ammonite in 2020, which stars Kate Winslet and Saoirse Ronan as a pair of...
Top 100 Most Anticipated American Independent Films of 2019: #3. Wes Anderson’s The French Dispatch
The French Dispatch
More croissant than cronut, Wes Anderson returns to the red, white and blue but of the Hotel Chevalier and Jacques Cousteau sort...
Wonder Wheel | Review #2
The Wheel of Their Discontent: Allen Stages Crumbling Marital Drama in the Dog Days of Coney Island
As impeccably administered as it is at times...
Wonder Wheel | Review #1
Woody Allen’s Wheel of Misfortunes: An Opera of Human Frailty
Year after year, films by the prolific Woody Allen seem to build on each...
Collateral Beauty | Review
Terms of Amusement: Frankel’s Sentimental Platitudes Ensconce Profoundly Foolish Melodrama
The folly of Will Smith is he’s a performer seemingly unable to differentiate between authentic...
Triple 9 | Blu-ray Review
Following the relative disappointment of his 2012 Western Lawless, John Hillcoat scored a pulpy comeback with heist thriller Triple 9, even though it only recouped...
Triple 9 | Review
The Russians Are Coming: Hillcoat Juggles Strands in Sprawling Heist Thriller
About half way into John Hillcoat’s impressively staged heist thriller Triple 9, it becomes...
Steve Jobs | Review
All About Steve: Boyle and Sorkin’s Backstage Swipe at the Tech Magnate
Though it successfully usurps the ungainly 2013 film starring a miscast Ashton...
Insurgent | Review
Rebel Heart: Schwentke Usurps Plebeian YA Franchise
In many ways, Insurgent is an easier film to watch than its 2014 predecessor, Divergent, in which we...
Divergent | Review
Dissatisfaction: Burger Launches the Next YA Dystopia to Unwieldy Lengths
Director Neil Burger joins genre courting/sci-fi alum Andrew Niccol’s dip into the abscessed pool of...
Top 200 Most Anticipated Films for 2014: #64. John Hillcoat’s Triple Nine
Triple Nine
Director: John Hillcoat
Writer: Matt Cook
Producers: Anonymous Content's Bard Dorros, Steve Golin and Keith Redmon
U.S. Distributor: Open Road
Cast: Aaron Paul, Michael B. Jordan, Kate...