Tag: Octavia Spencer
Thunder Force | Review
May the Force Dismiss You: Falcone & McCarthy Amuse Themselves in Latest Improv Heavy Exercise
Comedy is harder than it looks, especially if one is...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2021: #95. Michael Pearce’s Invasion
Invasion
UK’s Michael Pearce returns with his highly anticipated sophomore film Invasion, produced by Dimitri Doganis, Derrin Schlesinger and Piers Vellacott with cinematography from the...
The Witches | Review
Witch Kitsch: Zemeckis Dons Dahl in Revamp of Stylish Cult Classic
Thirty years ago, Nicolas Roeg, one of cinema’s most innovative cinematographer-turned-auteurs, adapted the 1983...
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...
2019 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: #50. Julius Onah – Luce
Part of his "American Lives" output, production on Luce took place in November of 2017 and becomes Julius Onah's third feature following in the footsteps of the...
The Shape of Water | Review
Creature from the Red Lagoon: Del Toro Gets Sentimental in Cold War Monster Drama
Monsters return as metaphors in Guillermo Del Toro’s latest, The Shape...
Sundance ’18: Wash Westmoreland, Debra Granik, Gus Van Sant & Zellner Bros. In Premieres Section
Despite not expecting the Premieres sections to be drop today, several of the narrative items below were on our radar and make for what...
2018 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: Silas Howard’s A Kid Like Jake
A busy bee as of late directing notable television gigs such as Hudson Valley Ballers and Transparent, Silas Howard premiered his debut film at...
The Shack | Review
Papa Does Preach: Hazeldine Adapts Heavy-handed Religious Melodrama
For his sophomore directorial effort, Stuart Hazeldine helms The Shack, an adaptation of the successful novel by...
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...
Black or White | Review
Black to Basics: Binder’s Safely Bland Racial Message Movie
The latest film from actor/director/screenwriter Mike Binder, Black or White presents us with the possibility of...
Get On Up | Review
The F in Funk: Brown’s Biopic Lodged in a White Man’s World
For all the preliminary grumbling about white actors portraying Egyptians in a...
Snowpiercer | Review
Hell Frozen Over: Joon-Ho’s Dystopic Thrill Ride an Arresting Examination of Cold Humanity
His first feature film since 2009’s Mother, as well as his English...
2014 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: Bong Joon-ho’s Snowpiercer
We predicted Snowpiercer would break into Cannes of 2013. That didn't happen. We began to think about Toronto....and nope. Normally we would never associate...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Films of 2013: #33. Bong Joon-ho’s Snowpiercer
Snowpiercer
Director: Bong Joon-ho
Writer(s): Joon-ho and Kelly Masterson
Producer(s): Steven Nam, Chan-wook Park, Jeong Tae-Sung
U.S. Distributor: The Weinstein Co.
Cast: Chris Evans, Jamie Bell, John Hurt, Alison...