Posts Tagged ‘Ben Foster’
Film Review – Christy
Credit should go to Sydney Sweeney for not taking the easy route with her film career. Any lesser actor would coast on their movie star popularity for bland gigs that pay well but offer little artistic challenge. That’s not the case for Sweeney. Yes, we’ve seen her…
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Episode 109 – Hustle
For this week’s podcast, Cassidy and Keith discuss the best and worst of Adam Sandler’s career and we review his latest basketball movie, Hustle.
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Film Review – The Survivor
On its surface, The Survivor (2021) looks like another underdog story about a boxer trying to make a name for themselves. In reality, it is a much deeper and profound examination of trauma, guilt, and humanity in the face of unspeakable evil. Director Barry Levinson and writer Justine Juel Gillmer (adapting Alan…
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Film Review – Leave No Trace
In the midst of the expected summer blockbusters, there are smaller films that grapple for attention and your hard-earned money. Enter Leave No Trace, written by Debra Granik and Anne Rosellini (both wrote the screenplay for Winter’s Bone) and based on the novel My Abandonment…
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Film Review – Inferno
“If Dante’s Inferno was less like poetry and more like prophecy” As someone who hasn’t read the book Inferno was based on, I would like to say that this film makes it on my list of top 10 movies to watch this fall. I enjoy…
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Film Review – Hell or High Water
Hell or High Water is not just another bank robber film. It has to be one of the most enjoyable films of the year. It is this weird blend of crime thriller and comedy. It boasts great writing and directing mixing with the actors and…
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Film Review – Kill Your Darlings
John Krokidas’s new film, Kill Your Darlings, uses the murder of professor-turned-janitor David Kammerer (Michael C. Hall) to show how the Beat poets first came together. (This film is based on a “true story.” Which is all good and fine, but the spin on some…
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Film Review – Ain’t Them Bodies Saints
The film starts out serenely with a beautiful shot of the landscape and the simple words, “This was in Texas.” The foundation and background for the story told in Ain’t Them Bodies Saints takes only about ten minutes.
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