In Theaters
Movie: Tootsie Release Date: December 17, 1982 Director: Sydney Pollack Starring: Dustin Hoffman, Jessica Lange, Dabney Coleman, Teri Garr, Charles Durning, Bill Murray. Tag Lines: “Little did this desperate, out of work actor know when he secretly auditioned for a female role that he’d become the hottest star on television. Not even the girl he’s […]
In Amazon Prime Video’s first YA series, the actor challenges the patriarchal trope that centers virtuous self-discovery on men.
‘The Wilds’: Rachel Griffiths Wants to Redefine the Hero’s Journey
It had to come out sometime. So this is about five teenage mutants. They live together in an abandoned hospital overseen by a doctor (Alice Braga), where she tries to raise them to control their powers. They are not allowed to leave the premises, so is there something more going on here? Now, if you […]
Off the Shelf – The New Mutants (2020)
Director: Adam MasonCast: KJ Apa, Sofia Carson, Craig Robinson, Bradley Whitford, Peter Stormare, Alexandra Daddario, Paul Walter Hauser, Demi MooreScreenplay: Adam Mason, Simon Boyes90 mins. Rated PG-13. Songbird is a film I didn’t know anything about before I started my screening. All I really had going for me was a very Quiet Place-y looking poster […]
[Early Review] Songbird (2020)
Adventure, Fantasy Action Charlize Theron Chiwetel Ejiofor Led by a warrior named Andy (Charlize Theron), a covert group of tight-knit mercenaries with a mysterious inability to die have fought to protect the mortal world for centuries. But when the team is recruited to take on an emergency mission and their […]
Bill Skarsgard , Tom Holland, Sebastian Stan, Jason Clarke,Robert Pattinson Sinister characters converge around a young man devoted to protecting those he loves in a postwar backwoods town teeming […]
Edebiyatın ve bilhassa sanatın inanılmaz güçlü şekilde yanlışlara dikkat çekebilme, kitlelere gelecek nesillere vermek istediği mesajları katlayarak verip, ölümsüz birer eserler olma özellikleri vardır. Hekimlerin hastaya doğru yaklaşımı öğrenmesi ve böyle yanlışlıklara dikkat çekmesi onların birer görevidir, bunu da sanatı benimseyip onunla iç içe yaşayarak sağlayabilirler.
Guguk Kuşu Filminden Kesitsel İncelemeler
Based on the novel of the same name by Walter Tevis, The Queen’s Gambit is a miniseries following the life of a young Beth Harmon (Anya Taylor-Joy) who discovers and masters the game of chess… at a cost. With this miniseries, Scott Frank manages to take the game of chess, one that is typically not […]
Every move in THE QUEEN’S GAMBIT is thrilling, calculated and wonderfully unexpected
The Star Wars Holiday Special is back! Except this time it looks a little different. Starring all your favourite Lego Star Wars characters, this original story sends Rey on a journey through time and space as she goes searching for answers and must make it back to Kashyyyk in time for the Life Day celebrations. […]
THE LEGO STAR WARS HOLIDAY SPECIAL (2020) is 40 minutes of non-stop Star Wars fun
Les Misérables (2019) Director – Ladj Ly (feature debut) Cast – Damien Bonnard, Alexis Manenti, Djebril Zonga, Issa Perica Plot – Moving to Paris to join a special crime unit focusedaround the working class suburbs of Montfermeil in Paris, Brigadier Stéphane Ruiz (Bonnard) quickly finds himself in over his head as he and […]
Film Review – Les Misérables (2019)
Titanic Release Date: December 19, 1997 Director: James Cameron Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate Winslet, Billy Zane, Kathy Bates, Frances Fisher, Bernard Hill, Jonathan Hyde, Danny Nucci, David Warner, Bill Paxton. Tag Lines: “Nothing On Earth Could Come Between Them.” “Collide With Destiny.” Relevance: Madonna released her seventh studio album, “Ray of Light” on March […]
Elle hakkında ne hissettiğimi iyice anlayıp kendimi düzgünce açıklamak istediğim için bu yazıyı yazmayı uzun zamandır erteliyordum. Sanırım artık vakti geldi. Spoiler vererek konuşacağım. O yüzden filmi izledikten sonra okumanızı tavsiye ederim. Daha önceden konusunu bildiğim için filmin sert bir dili olacağını tahmin ediyordum ancak açılış sahnesinin bu kadar çarpıcı olacağını düşünmemiştim, hazırlıksız yakalandım. Hem […]
Director: Darius MarderCast: Riz Ahmed, Olivia Cooke, Paul Raci, Lauren Ridloff, Mathieu AmalricScreenplay: Darius Marder, Abraham Marder130 mins. Rated R. Sound of Metal has had a long road on the way to being completed. Initially Derek Cianfrance had been working on a film called Metalhead, described as a docufiction, which has languished in post-production since […]
[Early Review] Sound of Metal (2019)
Selena Quintanilla Perez is a name etched in pop culture history, known to many as the subject of the 1997 biopic starring Jennifer Lopez as much as she is known to several generations of Latinx girls. Her tragic death — murdered at the age of 23 — enhances this mythos, a fact often enhanced by…
‘Selena: The Series’ Review: Netflix’s Biopic Fails to Give Star a Voice
Dialing down the intensity and letting Colman Domingo and Zendaya do the work, “Euphoria’s” first special episode offers a rare ray of light in a dark winter.
‘Euphoria’ Review: Special Episode Lends a Helping Hand This Holiday Season
Season two of the Netflix series Virgin River (adapted from the book series by Robyn Carr) just dropped last week, and as of this writing, I have 2 of the 10 episodes yet to watch (and I will definitely finish them tonight). Friends, this show is dumb. But it’s also incredibly watchable. The basics: 30-something […]
TV Time: Virgin River is so dumb. So why can’t I stop watching?
It’s tough to be a woman in the workplace. So as you may be able to guess, this is about an assistant (Julia Garner). She works for a powerful executive at a film production company in New York City. She is at the bottom of the totem pole, and this is about how she processes […]
Toxic Work Environment – The Assistant (2019)
Ralph Fiennes as Monsieur Gustave H. Tony Revolori as Zero Moustafa F. Murray Abraham as Mr. Moustafa Adrien Brody as Dmitri Willem Dafoe as J. G. Jopling Saoirse Ronan as Agatha Tilda Swinton as Madame D. Edward Norton as Albert Henckels Mathieu […]
The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014) Review
If you’re looking for an excellent film featuring an Oscar-worthy performance from Riz Ahmed, look no further than the Sound of Metal. Directed and written by former concert photographer Darius Marder (he also wrote The Place Beyond the Pines), Sound of Metal focuses on a drummer named Ruben (Riz Ahmed) losing his hearing while on […]
Sound of Metal: An Excellent Film That Features an Award-Worthy Performance From Riz Ahmed
Queen Olivia Colman looks upon Margaret Thatcher and just doesn’t know what to make of her. Previously on Midlife Crisis Crossover: last spring my wife Anne and I binged the first three seasons of Netflix’s The Crown and soon caught up with the rest of fandom. One slight hitch: while Anne is a major history […]
“The Crown” Season 4: All Ten Episodes Ranked According to a Guy Who Barely Knows Royal Family Stuff
