Fathers and sons have complicated relationships, as these movies show.
The Guilty is another reminder of just how intense Jake Gyllenhaal can get.
Quentin Tarantino perfectly explains why the ending of Todd Phillips' Joker works so well.
HBO Max has released the official trailer for Charm City Kings, which scooped up the U.S. Dramatic Special Jury Prize for Ensemble Acting at this year's Sundance Film Festival. This affecting drama set on the streets of West Baltimore spotlights a star-making turn from newcomer Jahi Di'Allo Winston and features the talents of Teyonah Parris and Meek Mill. [caption id="attachment_927092" align="alignright" width="360"] Image via HBO Max[/caption] The Charm City Kings trailer previews what will no doubt be a promising, intense, timely coming-of-age story. The movie focuses on Mouse (Di'Allo …
Unless you doggedly follow geopolitics, you may only be passingly familiar with the assassination of Kim Jong-nam, the half-brother of North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un, in Malaysia in 2017. Two women were accused of his murder, but the question became if they were highly trained operatives working on behalf of the North Korean government to eliminate a potential rival, or were they somehow duped into poisoning Kim Jong-nam? With the pacing and style of a political thriller, Assassins director Ryan White dives into the case while providing a crash course on East and Southeast Asian politics. …
It was obvious from the start that Tommy Sheehan was winning Survivor, but the finale still managed to be a thoroughly entertaining three hours.
One of the reasons I really like Bill Condon’s new movie The Good Liar is that it’s a movie for adults. It’s not going to spawn a franchise. There’s no merchandise to buy. It’s not about the ancillary revenue streams; it’s about this story, and it’s a damn good one. Condon has entrusted his con artist movie to living legends Helen Mirren and Ian McKellen, and that’s more than good enough to make for a compelling thriller that also has something interesting to say about who’s allowed to forget and who …
In 2017, Logan was hailed as a serious drama that happened to feature a character with superpowers. It had the benefit of the Wolverine character, but it gave fans of the superhero genre a dead-serious movie about people living with the tough choices they’ve made and trying to atone for those choices. I can’t help but wonder if people who enjoyed Logan will come to Fast Color, another drama about characters with superpowers but without the benefit of the X-Men IP. But those who skip Julia Hart’s movie do so at their own peril because …
In 2014, the NPR podcast Serial became the medium’s first mega hit, ultimately downloaded over 86 million times. Developed by the producers of This American Life, the 12-episode Serial (the first of what would be three seasons focusing on three different subjects) saw journalist Sarah Koenig investigating the 1999 murder of a Baltimore high school student, Hae Min Lee. There were many who believed, at the time and now, that the man arrested for her murder — her ex-boyfriend, Adnan Syed, also in high school at the time — was innocent. Serial went deep into the particulars of the … The post ‘The Case Against Adnan Syed’ Review: HBO Series Offers a New Perspective on the Riveting Tale appeared first on Collider.
I’m not sure I’ve ever seen a film about identity quite as challenging or difficult as Luce. Discovering who we are on this Earth is a part of growing up, but it’s admittedly riddled with added complications for minorities of all kinds. Luce follows the unique track of a former child soldier from Eretria who was adopted by a pair of affluent white individuals and raised to overcome his trauma. Now a shining star high school student, a series of revelations force the titular character’s parents, teachers, and fellow students to confront not only their preconceived …
It’s easy to glance at The Report and think you know the story. You know that during the Bush administration, the CIA tortured detainees, but knowledge and understanding aren’t the same thing. People knew Richard Nixon was a crook when All the President’s Men came out, and they knew the Catholic Church had covered up the sexual assault of children when Spotlight came out. With The Report, writer-director Scott Z. Burns is playing at the Oscar-worthy level of those films as he does a deep dive into the investigation to unearth the truth behind the …
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