Taking on America’s devastating opioid crisis is a noble task for any filmmaker. The epidemic began in the late 1990s when the prescription of opioids for pain management began to spike. Since then opioid-involved addictions have been on the rise, leading to an astonishing number of deaths by overdose (it went from 47,600 deaths in … Continue reading
REVIEW: “Priscilla” (2023)
It was a little over one year ago that director Baz Luhrmann’s “Elvis” hit theaters. The vibrant and stylish biography of music icon Elvis Presley won over both audiences and critics before eventually earning eight Academy Award nominations. How interesting that in such a short time we’re getting another movie set around the life of … Continue reading
First Glance: “The Fall Guy”
Universal Pictures has dropped the poster and first trailer for their 2024 action comedy “The Fall Guy” (see both below). Loosely based on the 1980’s television series starring Lee Majors and Heather Thomas, this remake (of sorts) is helmed by stuntman turned director David Leitch. The film was definitely on my radar due to its … Continue reading
20th Century Studios Releases New Poster, Trailer, and Stills for “Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes”
20th Century Studios and Disney have released new details for their upcoming action-adventure film “Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes”. Today we got our first in-depth look at the feature via a new trailer, new poster, and several new images from this long-awaited next chapter in the epic “Planet of the Apes” saga. The … Continue reading
REVIEW: “Rumble Through the Dark” (2023)
I’ve always been a fan of Aaron Eckhart, but he’s an actor who rarely gets the kind of roles that does his talent justice. He gets one in the new film “Rumble Through the Dark”, a grimy rural thriller set in the Mississippi Delta that lets the 55-year-old Eckhart show his commitment and range both … Continue reading
“Killers of the Flower Moon” and One of Its Most Common Criticisms
Martin Scorsese’s Western crime drama “Killers of the Flower Moon” has been out for over two weeks and the reactions have been fascinating. The three-and-a-half-hour, $200 million epic has received widespread critical acclaim while making a modest but expected $90 million at the box office so far. But it has also received criticisms, the most … Continue reading