Little Women (2019)
Based on Louisa May Alcott’s much-beloved and oft-adapted novel of the same name, Little Women relates the story of the four March sisters, growing up in their humble existence in 19th Century Massachusetts. Greta Gerwig...
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Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017)
Rian Johnson (Looper, The Brothers Bloom) takes over the reigns of the venerable franchise for one film in between the two helmed by J.J. Abrams and crafts a successful outing, continuing from the last moment...
Wilson (2017)
Adapted by Daniel Clowes (Art School Confidential, Ghost World) from his own graphic novel from 2010, Wilson progresses beyond the one-panel comic strips from its print counterpart for the purpose of a more straightforward black comedy story...
The Founder (2016)
Set primarily in the 1950s, we find Ray Kroc (Keaton, Spotlight) is a struggling traveling salesman trying to peddle an electric milkshake mixer that promises to spark sales by increasing the supply by shortening the wait...
Certain Women (2016)
Written and directed by Kelly Reichardt (Night Moves, Meek’s Cutoff), Certain Women offers three tangentially connected stories, inspired by three separate short works by Meile Meloy, delving deeply into the emotional lives of several women, tapping into...
99 Homes (2014)
Set in 2010, Michael Shannon plays an opportunistic Orlando-based real estate agent named Richard ‘Rick’ Carver, who has gone from getting people into homes through sales to getting people out of homes through evictions,...
The Master (2012)
Set mostly in 1950, Joaquin Phoenix (Walk the Line, Ladder 49) stars as Freddie Quell, an alcoholic and Navy vet of WWII suffering from rage-fueled psychological torment, who goes on a strange odyssey where he...
A Perfect World (1993)
I dig Clint Eastwood, and I normally like Kevin Costner, so this pairing of the two would seem like a can’t-miss proposition. It misses. It’s a shame because there are many things going for A...
i am sam (2001)
I Am Sam is one of those films you want to like because you like the characters, but the filmmakers refuse to stick them in a good film. It’s almost as if writer/director Jessie...
Novocaine (2001)
After his memorable turn in Little Shop of Horrors playing a dentist, Steve Martin plays another one in Novocaine, an oddly interesting yet ultimately unsatisfying comic-thriller. While the Hitchcockian plot and meandering storyline are too familiar...