Posts Tagged ‘Melissa Leo’
Film Review – Alone Together
Now that we are well over two years into the Covid-19 pandemic, society has adapted in various ways. In some sections, people have returned to their normal way of life before March 2020. For others, daily life has been a series of changing developments –…
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Film Review – The Equalizer 2
Remakes of old TV shows have long been a kind of investment safety net for Hollywood. They get to take something with built in brand recognition, an already established outline of a concept or story, and often premade characters that they can simply recast. Whether…
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Film Review – Novitiate
There’s been a lot of talk lately about the toxicity of film culture towards women (harassment and rape etc.) One of the possible solutions proposed is getting more women in positions of power so different relationship dynamics can take over. There are have been several…
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SXSW Interview – Tommy O’Haver and Michael Chernus – The Most Hated Woman in America
I sat down to talk with director/writer Tommy O’Haver (An American Crime) and actor Michael Chernus (Orange is the New Black, Manhattan) about their upcoming Netflix film, The Most Hated Woman in America, which screened at SXSW. We discussed the casting and the separation of…
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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 – London Has Fallen
There’s a moment early into the action in London Has Fallen where the film’s hero Mike Banning (Gerard Butler) executes a bad guy in an isolated situation. President of the United States, Benjamin Asher (Aaron Eckhart) is watching Banning as he does this and responds with…
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Film Review – The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
Ben Stiller has long been regarded as one of the funniest men in Hollywood. Often overlooked with his enormous comedic success is that he has a fairly diverse and well rounded background of projects. Despite working in creative and challenging projects such as Reality Bites…
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Prisoners – Video Podcast #277
In honor of its release, Spencer and Greg take a look at Prisoners, its director Denis Villeneuve and stars Hugh Jackman & Jake Gyllenhaal.
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