Posts Tagged ‘Viola Davis’
Film Review – Widows
Director Steve McQueen (12 Years a Slave, Shame) decided to take on a film showcasing women finding their strength in Widows. With a screenplay by McQueen and Gillian Flynn (author of Gone Girl, Sharp Objects) and based on the novel of the same name by…
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Film Review – Fences (Second Take)
There are films where the mastery of craft reveals itself subtly. Other times, the brilliance kicks the door down and makes its presence known loud and clear. Fences (2016) contains such powerful acting that we recognize it moments into the story. Denzel Washington directs August…
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Film Review – Fences
Fences is a film adaptation of a play by renowned playwright August Wilson. He also wrote the screenplay, even though he died in 2005. The play originally debuted in 1983, but it took a former star of the play to bring the film version to…
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Film Review – Suicide Squad
Spencer and Greg Upton (formerly of the Backroom Comics Podcast) take a look at the latest chapter in the DC cinematic universe, Suicide Squad, from director David Ayer and starring Will Smith & Margot Robbie.
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Film Review – Lila & Eve
Even Viola Davis‘s talent isn’t enough to overcome this muddled thriller, Lila & Eve. Getting revenge is a primal thought for us; we image what we would do if we lost a loved one by someone’s hand and how we could avenge them. Watching these…
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SDCC 2015 – Suicide Squad
Hall H on Saturday at SDCC had a plethora of film studios presenting new trailers and footage for hyped projects. One of those was Warner Brothers’ Suicide Squad. For some studios, they will show trailers that are designed to only be shown at SDCC. It…
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Film Review – Blackhat
From top to bottom, Blackhat is a Michael Mann movie. All the familiar traits are there: tough guys, conversations over tabletops, dynamic cityscapes, and flashes of violence. It is a “Mann film,” but it’s unlike anything he’s done. Here is a filmmaker so focused on…
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Film Review – Ender’s Game
I’ve never read Orson Scott Card’s novel Ender’s Game, and after watching writer/director Gavin Hood’s film adaptation, I’m not that much more interested in it. This is a dreary, sluggishly paced story that takes itself way too seriously. There are interesting ideas afloat, which I’m…
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