Posts Tagged ‘Juno Temple’
Film Review – Unsane
In Steven Soderbergh’s new film, Unsane, Sawyer Valentini is a young, bright woman on an upward swing as a bank analyst in a new city. Her job is “to interpret data to produce analytical results,” and she is soon recognized for her work. Soon, however,…
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Film Review – Wonder Wheel
Woody Allen has become – very nearly without argument – the most prolific filmmaker of the last half century. Since the late 1960s, the writer/director has averaged a film a year. That is an insane pace. It’s a testament to his work ethic: some people…
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SXSW Film Review – The Most Hated Woman in America
The powerhouse that is Netflix has begun showing upcoming features at film festivals, and this included SXSW this year. Having its world premiere at the festival, The Most Hated Woman in America is written by Irene Turner and Tommy O’Haver (both worked on An American…
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Film Review – Far from the Madding Crowd (Second Take)
Thomas Hardy’s Far from the Madding Crowd may not be a classic novel you have heard of before. I was a bit thrown when I saw the first trailer for the film adaptation and somehow it had not been on my radar. Classic literature, those novels…
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Film Review – Far from the Madding Crowd
Sometimes – not all the time, mind you – it’s nice to see a film play a narrative completely straightforward. There are instances where filmmakers will try to paint too far outside of the lines, blinded by their ambition to be different. As a result,…
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Film Review – Maleficent
Maleficent (2014) is a modern retelling of the Sleeping Beauty (1959) story, this time from the vantage point of the villain. Given that Maleficent is arguably the biggest Disney villain in their stable, it’s a shame the studio featured her in a less than deserving…
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Film Review – Mr. Nobody
Mr. Nobody is a film that should have been out in the U.S. four years ago. Originally released on the festival circuit in 2009 and with release dates in European countries and others from 2009 to 2010, the film failed to attract any major fanfare…
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Film Review – Afternoon Delight
In Afternoon Delight, Rachel (Kathryn Hahn) is a middle-aged stay-at-home mom who is unhappy. She and her husband Jeff (Josh Radnor) have not been intimate for a while, and Rachel feels disconnected from her five-year-old son, although she desperately wants to connect. She spends most…
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