Posts Tagged ‘Billy Crudup’
Film Review – Zack Snyder’s Justice League
We can’t talk about Zack Snyder’s Justice League (2021) without talking about the story that led up to its release. While in the middle of initial production in 2017, Snyder suffered a terrible family tragedy. Not having the energy to continue working, Snyder decided to walk away.…
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Film Review – Where’d You Go, Bernadette
I don’t know if Where’d You Go, Bernadette (2019) is one of the worst films of the year, but it is definitely one of the most disappointing. It’s adapted by Maria Semple’s bestselling novel, directed and cowritten by Richard Linklater – creator of Slacker (1990)…
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Film Review – Alien: Covenant
To watch Alien: Covenant, you might want to prepare by watching a couple of videos released prior to opening day: Meet Walter and the prologue. Both will enlighten the experience of watching the film and may fill in some gaps. As far as the prologue…
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Film 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…
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Film Review – Jackie
Jackie tells the story of First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy (Jackie) following the assassination of President John F. Kennedy (JFK). The film begins in 1963, one week after Jackie (Natalie Portman) and her children move out of the White House. A journalist (Billy Crudup) shows up…
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Film Review – Rudderless
Director William H. Macy‘s Rudderless has a title that opens itself to a lot of bad jokes: “Never has a title and film’s plot been so in sync,” “This film just flows along’” etc. That aside, there are a lot of things that keep this film moving without…
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Episode 160 – Fathers & Sons
In honor of the release of That’s My Boy, Spencer and Greg discuss fathers & sons in film.
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Interview – Chris Kentis/Laura Lau – Silent House
Spencer interviews directors Chris Kentis and Laura Lau from Silent House. This segment is also available on Stitcher, iTunes and YouTube. The audio version can be downloaded directly from here.
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