Allegiant (2016)
At this point in the Divergent series, the makers have decided that they have little chance of actually coming out of the shadow of the Hunger Games series to be thought of as anything more than a blatant...
2010s / Action / Science Fiction / Thriller
by Vincent Leo · Published March 19, 2016 · Last modified February 6, 2020
At this point in the Divergent series, the makers have decided that they have little chance of actually coming out of the shadow of the Hunger Games series to be thought of as anything more than a blatant...
David Ondaatje (if the last name sounds familiar, it’s because he’s the nephew of famous novelist Michael) writes and directs (his first attempt at both) this throwback thriller based on the Marie Belloc Londes...
Claire Danes stars as Mirabelle, who has recently moved to Los Angeles from her Vermont upbringing and has secured a job working as a salesperson in the glove department of the chic Saks Fifth...
by Vincent Leo · Published November 14, 2001 · Last modified March 15, 2019
Just when I thought David Mamet was finally starting to hit his stride as a director, he shows his amateurishness once again. However, this is not as surprising as the downturn in the quality...
Highly acclaimed playwright and screenwriter David Mamet takes the helm as director for the seventh time, and while he’s certainly done better as a writer, this is the film where he finally hits his...
by Vincent Leo · Published October 16, 1999 · Last modified February 11, 2019
Set in early 1900s England, The Winslow Boy follows the Winslow family, who are distress to find that the young 14-year-old Winslow boy has been thrown out of the royal naval academy for stealing a postal...
by Vincent Leo · Published September 15, 1997 · Last modified February 11, 2019
A hotshot inventor (Scott, Big Night) has found a way to make the corporation he works for millions, but he fears that he will not be fully compensated for all of the good things he brings...
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