From the visionary mind of Rob Zombie comes the horrific story of five carnival workers who are kidnapped on Halloween and held hostage in a large compound. At the mercy of their captors, they are forced to play a twisted ...
Reviews encompassing a wide range of movies from Hollywood blockbusters to independent features.
Wow. A lot goin’ on here. So let’s jump right into a hearty but brief dissection of the unusual and unorthodox Argentinean drama “The Headless Woman”. A well-to-do dentist (María Onetto in a mesmerizing performance) hits something with her car ...
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 ...
I really wanted to like “Ordinary World”. The comedy stars Green Day front-man Billie Joe Armstrong as Perry, a just turned middle-aged singer/guitarist on indefinite hiatus from his once-promising rock group. This cat is a fish flung far out of ...
Genre: Dark Comedy/ Drama Director: Asaph Polonsky Actors :Shair Aviva, Tomer Kapon, Sharon Alexnader, Evgenia Dodina U.S. Premiere From Israel (Hebrew, with subtitles) 98 minutes This first feature from director Asaph Polonsky examines how a Jewish couple in Israel ...
It’s not that I wasn’t entertained-genuinely fascinated at times even. And the performances were roundly quite natural and engaging. But what exactly it is that Writer/Director Bernardo Britto is trying to get across with his new faux documentary film, “Jacqueline ...
Genre: Romantic Musical Actors: Ryan Gosling, Emma Stone, J.K. Simmons, Tom Everett Scott Writer/Director: Damien Chazelle Music: Justin Hurwitz, lyrics by Benj Pasek and Justin Paul Review: Connie Wilson, WeeklyWilson.com “La La Land”—that place where “they worship everything and they ...
Synopsis: A group of people crossing the border are terrorized by a savage man. The desert doesn’t seem like a place that would induce a trapped and suffocating feeling of claustrophobia, but in Desierto that feeling rings true. Jeffrey Dean ...
Synopsis: A dangerous CPA on the run from the Treasury Department is seeking answers. There is no secret that Ben Affleck is one of my favorite all-time actors. I’m biased–whatever. The guy is like fine wine, getting better with age. ...
Genre: Comedy/Drama, Foreign film (Finland) 92 minutes Black-and-white with English subtitles Director: Juho Kuosmanen Actors: Jarkko Lahti (Olli); Oona Aarola (Raiji); John Bosco, Jr. (Davey Moore); Eero Milonoff (Olli’s manager) Reviewer: Connie Wilson: WeeklyWilson.com THE GOOD Pay special attention ...
The freshly wide-released and most unconventionally presented docudrama “Desert Cathedral” seemed to offer some of my very favorite facets of film. These are in no particular order of preference: suspense, drama, a darkish theme, an enigmatic and sparingly speaking main ...
