Directed by: Amma Asante Cast: Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Tom Wilkinson, Emily Watson, Matthew Goode, and Miranda Richardson I know it sounds funny but if ‘Jane Austin’ and ‘Downton Abbey’ had a mixed-race child out of wedlock, this film would be that child. Belle is a film in it’s own class, not a drawing room tale but rather you’ll find it to be an exceptional movie experience … [Read more...] about Belle
Chef
Written & Directed by: Jon Favreau Cast: Jon Favreau, John Leguizamo, Dustin Hoffman, Scarlett Johansson, Bobby Cannavale, Oliver Platt, and Emjay Anthony I love to cook, and I’m actually quite good at it. Most of my friends love to cook as well. Some are incredibly gifted chefs. You could call it a grand passion, because if you’re doing it right, brilliantly that is, … [Read more...] about Chef
Labor Day
Written & Directed by: Jason Reitman Cast: Kate Winslet, Josh Brolin, Tobey Maguire Labor Day is a labor to watch, laborious, protracted, and an almost complete time suck. I’m tremendously appalled that a director of Jason Reitman’s stature would produce what amounts to cinematic toilet paper. The only saving graces to this, least I say film, are the vague observations … [Read more...] about Labor Day
All is Lost
Directed by: J.C. Chandor Cast: Robert Redford There is no doubt that the expression “the sea is a cruel Mistress” is one of life’s truisms. It is a harsh environment devoid of most everything man needs to survive, most importantly fresh water, one of life’s biggest ironies. When one undertakes a journey of any distance on the open sea, he or she must carry everything … [Read more...] about All is Lost
About Time
Written & Directed by: Richard Curtis Cast: Domhnall Gleeson, Rachel McAdams, Bill Nighy, Tom Hollander, Margot Robbie The secret to making a great film is to endow it with great characters that are slightly strange, intensely interesting, somewhat silly, and immediately recognizable as people we have met or know probably exist. Then you mix those characters with a … [Read more...] about About Time
