Tag: Michael Peña

The Mule | Review

Two Kilos for Sister Sara: Eastwood Delivers Drugs and Good Deeds in Character Drama In a role perfectly suited for him, and in what may...

War on Everyone | Blu-ray Review

Following his 2011 debut The Guard and his moody 2014 sophomore feature Calvary, British filmmaker John Michael McDonaugh hits a false note with his first...

Through the Looking-Glass…Top 100 Most Anticipated Films of 2018: #6. Ava Duvernay’s A Wrinkle in Time

A Wrinkle in Time Director: Ava DuVernay Writer: Jennifer Lee Years from now, director Ava DuVernay will continually be referenced for a dizzying amount of incredible firsts...

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...

War on Everyone | 2016 Berlin Intl. Film Festival Review

Let’s Be Bad Cops: McDonagh’s U.S. Visit an Overworked Episode Director John Michael McDonagh makes his first foray to the US with third feature, War...

Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2016: #75. John Michael McDonaugh’s War on Everyone

War on Everyone Director: John Michael McDonaugh Writer: John Michael McDonaugh The McDonaugh brothers have been showcasing their particular penchant for dark comedy over the past decade,...

2016 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: John Michael McDonagh’s War On Everyone

Littered with an international cast comprised of Theo James, Stephanie Sigman, Alexander Skarsgård, Michael Peña, Tessa Thompson and Caleb Landry Jones, while John Michael...

The Martian| Review

Stranger in a Bland Land: Scott’s Toilsome Return to Space Ridley Scott, who is on the same annual cinematic trajectory as Woody Allen when it...

The Vatican Tapes | Review

Better the Devil You Show: Neveldine’s Solo Outing Can’t Quite Reach its Inner Demon It’s hard to figure out who these religious themed horror films...

Ant-Man | Review

Can’t-Man: Reed’s Marvel Entry Positions Rudd as Dubious Franchise Tangent Evidence of Marvel’s continuing imperviousness to even the most promising of fashionable script doctors is...

Fury | Review

This Time, It’s War: Ayer’s Latest Depiction of Men Under Fire At last leaving behind the pulpy, sometimes overly chewy cop action/dramas he’s been churning...

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...

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