Written and Directed by Jeff Nichols Starring; Michael Shannon, Jessica Chastain, Shea Whigham, Tova Stewart, Kathy Baker Here’s one that goes on my top ten list for 2011. Plot: Curtis LaForche (Michael Shannon) begins to have incredibly vivid nightmares. The dreams...
Guilty Pleasures – Like a Proud Black Panther When I was a junior in high school, the Brattle Theater in Cambridge, MA presented a Blaxploitation film series. I would cut school to go watch films like Coffy with Pam Grier, or Black Caesar with the great Fred...
Martha Marcy May Marlene Written and Directed by Sean Durkin Starring: Elizabeth Olsen, Sarah Paulsen, Hugh Dancy, John Hawkes A few weeks ago, I read an article about how the dearth of young leading men in Hollywood spells trouble down the way for the plethora of...
Guilty Pleasure: The Parent Trap By Todd Ritter You’re a teenage girl sent to summer camp. When you arrive, you come face to face with a fellow camper who looks exactly like you. Instead of being curious about this coincidence, the two of you rebel, engaging in an...
Last week, director Ridley Scott shared words with The Wall Street Journal about his next project: His return to the world of BLADE RUNNER. Some would argue he never really left since, over the years, he has put together a director's cut and then worked with Warner...
Written and Directed by J.C. Chandor Starring: Kevin Spacey, Paul Bettany, Stanley Tucci, Jeremy Irons, Demi Moore, Zachary Quinto, Simon Baker Going into Margin Call, I expected to be at sea with much of the economic information about the speculation that led to the...
