Posts Tagged ‘Annette Bening’
Film Review – Captain Marvel
After ten years and twenty films, the Marvel Cinematic Universe has finally provided us with a female-lead entry. Captain Marvel (2019) contains much of what we’ve come to expect from a superhero origin – both positively and negatively. There are some peaks and valleys all…
READ MOREFilm Review – Film Stars Don’t Die in Liverpool
Film Stars Don’t Die in Liverpool is a film that came out of nowhere. I had never heard of it, let alone that it was in production until I saw some tweets from some UK accounts about it. Color me surprised when I learned Annette…
READ MOREFilm Review – 20th Century Women
Before I go on my mini rant, I just want to say that there are a lot of things I like about 20th Century Women. I’ll talk about them later, but because I am frontloading this review with whining, I just thought I’d let you…
READ MOREFilm Review – Ginger & Rosa
In Ginger & Rosa, director Sally Potter captures the emotional turmoil of two teenage girls in London during the Cuban missile crisis. Ginger (Elle Fanning) and Rosa (Alice Englert) are best friends. Ginger is the smarter one; she wants to be a poet, and is…
READ MOREFilm Review – Ruby Sparks
It has been six years since Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris burst onto the film scene after directing the breakout hit Little Miss Sunshine. It was a little indie film that became a surprise hit and charmed people worldwide. I know I have been very…
READ MOREUnderappreciated Film – Bugsy
Barry Levinson’s 1991 film Bugsy being close to forgotten is somewhat believable when you look at some of the other movies that came out that year: JFK, Thelma & Louise, The Silence of the Lambs, Beauty and the Beast, and Prince of Tides, to name…
READ MOREFilm Review – The Kids Are All Right
The Kids Are All Right begins with a premise simple in its conceit but refreshingly removed from our typical summer movie fare. Nic (Annette Bening) and Jules (Julianne Moore) are a long-time committed couple. They are raising two children, each biologically attached to one parent…
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