https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=chRSglA88bc Genre: Horror Movie Director: AndreOvredal (US, UK) 99 minutes Actors: Emile Hirsch, Brian Cox, Olwen Kelly (as Jane Doe) Release Date: Dec. 21, 2016 Review by: Connie Wilson (www.ConnieCWilson.com) As part of the After Dark series of frightening fare ...
Genre: Documentary 87 minutes Director: Otto Bell Stars: Aisholopan and her father Nurgaiv “The Eagle Huntress” follows Aisholopan, a 13-year-old girl, as she trains to become the first female in 12 generations of her Kazakh family to become an eagle ...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9BqgHYLvHIE Genre: War drama/biography Director: Mel Gibson 132 minutes Stars: Andrew Garfield, Sam Worthington, Teresa Palmer, Vince Vaughn, Hugo Weaving, Rachel Griffiths Review: Connie Wilson (www.ConnieCWilson.com) Mel Gibson’s first directorial effort in 10 years (since 2006’s “Apocalypto”) is “Hacksaw Ridge,” ...
Because of the idea that installing a Windows 10 would be an “improvement,” I’ve been without ANY Internet service in Chicago since October 28th. A technician came out on a Saturday, but he needed access to a closet that is ...
Genre: Sci-fi drama 116 minutes Director: Denis Villeneuve Stars: Amy Adams, Jeremy Renner, Forest Whittaker Review: Connie Wilson (www.ConnieCWilson.com) In this sci-fi arrival of intelligent life from outer space movie Amy Adams plays a linguist named Louise Banks who is ...
Genre: Crime Thriller Director: Adam Smith Stars: Michael Fassbender, Brendan Gleeson, Lyndsey Marshall, Georgie Smith 94 minutes When you tell me that Michael Fassbender is starring opposite veteran UK actor Brendan Gleeson in a film, I’m there. I’m expecting good ...
Kaleidoscope is a taut, psychological thriller that explores the inescapability of a destructive relationship between a middle-aged man and his mother. At the heart of this modern-day “Psycho” are some unsettling questions: Can we ever escape the role in which ...
https://youtu.be/7vPNwJ4yab8 Genre: Thriller Director: Baltasar Kormakur 110 minutes Actors: Baltasar Kormakur (Finner), Hera Hilmer (Anna), and Gisli Orn Gardarsson (Ottar) Review: Connie Wilson, www.WeeklyWilson.com This film from Iceland (with English subtitles) was my favorite drama from the 52nd Chicago International ...
Director Fisher Stevens of the Documentary “Bright Lights: Starring Debbie Reynolds and Carrie Fisher” at the Chicago Film Festival. [*For those too young to really remember Debbie Reynolds (or Carrie Fisher) the Oprah Winfrey program (below) is a font of ...
Genre: Humorous documentary Director: Ferne Pearlstein Actors: Interview subjects Mel Brooks, Sarah Silverman, Rob Reiner, Gilbert Gottfried, et. al. 85 minutes Can the Holocaust be funny? Is “Springtime for Hitler” jn bad taste, and, if it is, should we not ...
British director Steve McQueen came to Chicago to receive an award on the 20th anniversary of the Chicago International Film Festival’s Black Perspectives program. Jacqueline Najuma Stewart, professor of Cinema and Media Studies at the University of Chicago, interviewed him ...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c2-34SNP-Ok Genre: Dark Comedy Director: Ned Crowley: Actor: Jim O’Heir (“Parks & Recreation’s” Jerry Gergich) 104 minutes “Middle Man” is a film from the twisted mind of Chicago native Ned Crowley, starring another Chicago native, Jim O’Heir, who appeared ...
