Oscar® winner Octavia Spencer stars as Sue Ann, a loner who keeps to herself in her quiet Ohio town. One day, she is asked by a group of teens to buy some booze, and Sue Ann sees the chance to make some unsuspecting, if younger, friends of her own. She … [Read More]
The closing film for the 53rd Chicago International Film Festival was Guillermo del Toro’s The Shape of Water, which seems destined for many Academy Award nominations this season. It also served as an opportunity to pay tribute to Michael Shannon, one of the actors in The Shape of Water, who … [Read More]
The third installment of the blockbuster Divergent series franchise, ALLEGIANT takes Tris [Shailene Woodley] and Four [Theo James] into a new world, far more dangerous than ever before. After the earth-shattering revelations of INSURGENT, Tris must escape with Four and go beyond the wall enclosing Chicago. For the first time ever, they … [Read More]
I won’t claim to be a Chadwick Boseman fan but I will say tha tthe guy has my interest. He’s widely recognized for his portrayal of the great Jackie Robinson in the film ’42’ but now he’s taking on another iconic man in black history with a movie revolving around … [Read More]
[springboard type=”video” id=”761037″ player=”tmbg001″ width=”599″ height=”336″ ] Written and Directed by Ryan Googler Starring: Michael B. Jordan, Octavia Spencer, Melonie Diaz, Kevin Durand, Chad Michael Murray Progressive Christian social justice activist/pastor Jim Wallis has referred to racism as America’s original sin. The bondage of a past has been explored … [Read More]
I swear to bob I’m really re-thinking this movie. I wrote it off early on because I just dont normally these kinda films just because they aren’t as ‘good’ as they were in the 90’s. It was an era and its over, so why bother? Fruitvale Station’s publicity has me … [Read More]
In a future where a failed global-warming experiment kills off most life on the planet, a class system evolves aboard the Snowpiercer, a train that travels around the globe via a perpetual-motion engine. This movie looks really interesting. There’s a lot to like in this trailer, and … [Read More]
Winner of both the Grand Jury Prize for dramatic feature and the Audience Award for U.S. dramatic film at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival, director Ryan Coogler’s FRUITVALE STATION follows the true story of Oscar Grant (Michael B. Jordan), a 22-year-old Bay Area resident who wakes up on … [Read More]
Some concept art and the first teaser poster for Bong Joon-ho’s Snowpiercer are making its rounds today. This is Bong’s English-language debut, the film stars Chris Evans, Jamie Bell, Alison Pill, John Hurt, Tilda Swinton, Octavia Spencer, Song Kang-ho and Ed Harris. The film is set in the … [Read More]