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 ...
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Synopsis: Doctor Strange ventures out to a far away land in search of a cure. Who is Doctor Strange? It’s okay if you don’t know, many had no clue who the Guardians of the Galaxy were either. While, Guardians came ...
Synopsis: After the Troll Village is invaded, it’s up to Poppy and Branch to save their fellow Trolls from the Bergens. Remember those little creepy troll toys with long colorful hair? Well they have are now moving off the toy ...
I walked into the Queen of Katwe not expecting much. I wasn’t too familiar with the film and I had a really hard time finding a theater actually showing the movie and, to make things more interested, I walked into ...
Synopsis: Jack Reacher reappears to investigate a government conspiracy that could tarnish his life. Tom Cruise is onto something solid with the Jack Reacher franchise. The man that’s made the Mission Impossible series a worldwide success has a chance to ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...