Considering that the very title of Andrew Dominik’s 2007 The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford spoils a major plot event in the film, it wouldn’t be totally unbefitting of me to start this piece with a…
Movie Review: A Ghost Story
David Lowery’s A Ghost Story before the Sundance Film Festival even began puts A24 in a tight position because while this avant-garde poltergeist drama certainly fits their pedigree, it’s going to have a very difficult time finding an audience. It’s…
2017 Screen Actors Guild Award Predictions
Award analysts have always said that winners of SAG-AFTRA marks high chances for actors to win at the Academy Awards. The 23rd Annual Screen Actors Guild brings together this years’ best actors together in one room. Films like Manchester by…
Sundance 2017 Review: A Ghost Story
To read more coverage of the 2017 Sundance Film Festival, go here Man, it must be a nightmare to work at the A24 marketing department right now. The heavyweight indie studio purchased David Lowery’s A Ghost Story before the Sundance…
Movie Review: Manchester by the Sea
There’s a tragedy at the core of Manchester by the Sea, but you’d never see it behind that emotionless wall separating Casey Affleck from the rest of the world. His eyes are remote and affectionless, but not unreachable—that tiny thread…
‘Triple 9’ Review: Is the latest game of ‘Celebrity Cops and Robbers’ worth playing?
In many ways, crafting a movie is like planning the perfect heist. All of the players need to be talented and well-suited for their respective roles, the goal must be ambitious, and the execution needs to be carried out in…
‘The Finest Hours’ copies Spielberg to some success
If I learned two things while watching The Finest Hours, it’s that Chris Pine needs a towel and that director Craig Gillespie really wants to be Steven Spielberg. The stage is set at the Massachusetts coast in 1952. We follow everyone’s favorite pretty boy, Chris…