The blockbuster culture of Hollywood dates back to Jaws in 1975. Once Star Wars hit, studios went into the business of tentpole hits. By the ‘90s, studios were banking on summer tentpoles to pay for the rest of the year’s slate of films. Dean Devlin was instrumental in the ‘90s, producing Independence Day and Roland
Tully is a love letter to everything mothers sacrifice. And not in the stereotypical movie way of the harried cliche. It’s not good or bad. It’s just the reality of prioritizing children, no judgments. Marlo (Charlize Theron) has her third child and her brother Craig (Mark Duplass) pays for a night nanny as his baby
If they are going to remake movies, I am totally down with changing the genders. A gender reversal automatically gives the premise a new dynamic so the same story can have different themes. Overboard reinvents a classic for 2018. Kate Sullivan (Anna Faris) is a single mom supporting three daughters by working two jobs and
Avengers: Infinity War broke records in its opening weekend and is sure to make more in its second than most movies make in their entire run. Yet, that could still be good for this week’s new movie, Bad Samaritan. Bad Samaritan was supposed to open earlier this year but moved to May 4. Why would
Bad Samaritan reminds me of the glory days of ‘90s thrillers, like The Hand That Rocks the Cradle and Single White Female. Think about it, those were the most messed up premises, but they got A-list actors to play them straight. A woman poses as a nanny to get revenge on the woman who reported
Thanos is the big villain in Avengers: Infinity War. He was first seen in the end credits tag of The Avengers. Since then he’s been most central to the Guardians of the Galaxy movies. Zoe Saldana plays Gamora, one of the Guardians and one of Thanos’s adopted daughters. We already know from the Guardians movies
Blue Night and Tully — two of the highest profile films at the 2018 Tribeca Film Festival — share the same formula: stories revolving around vulnerable, middle-aged female characters written by women and starring high-profile actresses…but directed by men. Blue Night, written by Laura Eason and directed by Fabien Constant, stars Sarah Jessica Parker as
Actor Alex Pettyfer makes his directorial debut with a melodrama that was actually co-written (with Tawni O’Dell) by Fatal Attraction helmer Adrian Lyne. As you might guess, then, there is little nuance in the characters of this movie set against the backdrop of child abuse in small town Appalachia. Pettyfear is a youngish man (teens,
In her narrative feature debut, director Ondi Timoner delivers a picture-perfect portrayal of enfant terrible photographer-artist Robert Mapplethorpe. The film spans his arrival as a complete unknown in the rough-and-tumble days of New York City of the Seventies to his international acclaim in the Eighties before succumbing to AIDS. Early in the film we learn
Ansel Elgort is arguably the hottest young male Millennial actor, already known for his performances as the male lead in the melodrama The Fault in our Stars and his title role in the action-thriller Baby Driver, not to mention his supporting roles in the Divergent series. In the sci-fi drama Jonathan, he doubles down in