Since its enthusiastic premiere earlier this month at the Venice Film Festival, Pablo Larrain’s “Spencer” has become one of the most talked about movies of the Fall movie season. Most of the excitement has centered around Kristen Stewart’s highly acclaimed portrayal of Diana, Princess of Wales. Today Neon dropped the first full trailer and there’s … Continue reading
Movie Poster Spotlight: “Venom: Let There Be Carnage”
“Venom: Let There Be Carnage” has been scheduled and then delayed and then rescheduled and then delayed and then moved up (did I miss anything?). Now it looks like it is finally hitting theaters next week and to get ready, Sony released four new posters. Up to this point the posters for the Venom sequel … Continue reading
First Glance: “American Underdog”
In 1999 the National Football League was taken by surprise by Kurt Warner, an undrafted quarterback who went from bagging groceries to becoming NFL MVP, Super Bowl Champion, Super Bowl MVP, and an NFL Hall of Famer. He would run the high-powered offense known as “The Greatest Show on Turf” and for twelve seasons he … Continue reading
REVIEW: “The Guilty” (2021)
New on Netflix this weekend is Antoine Fuqua’s “The Guilty”, an American remake of a terrific 2018 Danish film from director Gustav Möller. “The Guilty” is an interesting choice for Fuqua and dramatically different than the more action-oriented movies the filmmaker is known for. To his credit, Fuqua captures much of the taut tension of … Continue reading
First Glance: “Finch”
In “Finch” a man, his dog and an android take a road-trip. Ok, so there’s more to the upcoming post-apocalyptic sci-fi drama than that, but that’s a key part of the shiny new trailer released yesterday from Apple TV+. If I haven’t sold you yet, how about this – the man is played by Tom … Continue reading
REVIEW: “The Eyes of Tammy Faye” (2021)
Those of us who were around in the late 1970’s through the 1980’s will certainly remember Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker, the hosts of the immensely popular television ‘ministry’ The PTL Club. Starting out of a small North Carolina studio, the Bakkers grew their small show into its own international television network. They even launched … Continue reading