Grace Jones appeared in person after a Los Angeles screening of the documentary Grace Jones: Bloodlight and Bami last weekend. In the film, the enigmatic singer opens up before the cameras of her friend, Sophie Fiennes, who spoke with Monsters and Critics last week. The documentary shows Jones performing on stage, recording in the studio
Few genres have the ability to capture a time and place as well as the western. The western genre is filled with films that deliver breathtaking landscapes, unforgettable characters and some of the best stories ever brought to the screen. Here is a look at some of best westerns ever made, in no particular order.
Avengers: Infinity War unites the casts of every Marvel movie so far (well, except for Ant-Man but it’s still impressive). Coming hot off the success of Black Panther, that film’s cast is already back saving the world with the Avengers. Chadwick Boseman, who plays King T’Challa, wants to make sure fans aren’t expecting Black Panther
Grace Jones has been an enigmatic performer for decades. Whether you know her from her music, or from her acting roles in Conan the Destroyer, A View to a Kill, Vamp or Boomerang, the mystery and unknown have been central to her mystique. Jones reveals herself in the documentary Grace Jones: Bloodlight and Bami. Filmmaker
If you saw the trailer to Traffik, you don’t know the whole story. It looks like a fairly straightforward thriller about a couple menaced by criminals at their vacation home. There’s more to it than that. Traffik touches on human trafficking, but as a thriller that invades the lives of these sheltered couples. Paula Patton,
I Feel Pretty has an ambitious meta premise. I don’t think it quite figured out how to pull it off, but I like what it’s trying to do. It’s basically like an ‘80s high concept comedy where the fantastical premise doesn’t actually happen. Big is references in the movie, but it could be Vice Versa,
I can’t believe it’s already been three years since Amy Schumer made her movie debut. Now Schumer’s new movie is the directorial debut of Hollywood writing team Abby Kohn and Marc Silverstein. The duo wrote rom-coms Never Been Kissed, He’s Just Not That Into You, Valentine’s Day and How To Be Single, as well as
Grease 2 has long unjustly suffered as a box office bomb and disappointing sequel. It’s actually even better than the classic Grease in many ways, at least when it comes to gender dynamics. Maxwell Caulfield plays Michael Carrington, a new student at Rydell high. He falls in love with Pink Lady Stephanie (Michelle Pfeiffer) who
Good news, filmmakers. One of you can still be the one to make the first great video game movie! I know I keep saying that, but I’m daring filmmakers to actually make me stop by making a truly great film based on a video game. Rampage was a simple arcade game. Up to three players
Blockers is a fun teen sex comedy crossed with a wacky misguided scheme movie. The teens are clearly the heroes in this. Julie (Kathryn Newton), Sam (Gideon Adlon) and Kayla (Geraldine Viswanathan) plan to lose their virginity on prom night. Due to a laptop synced to their cell phones, their parents Lisa (Leslie Mann), Mitchell