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 ...
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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 ...
Genre: Action/ Western Directed By: Antoine Fuqua Starring: Denzel Washington , Chris Pratt, Ethan Hawke, Vincent D’onofrio Written By: Nic Pizzolatto Synopsis: Seven gunmen in the old west gradually come together to help a poor village against savage thieves. The ...
Genre: Drama/ Psychological Thriller Directed By: Sam Esmail Starring: Rami Malek , Christian Slater, Carly Chaikin , Portia Doubleday Written By: Sam Esmail Synopsis: Mr. Robot follows Elliot, a young programmer who works as a cyber-security engineer by day ...
I am the proud son of a proud retired NASA engineer. My Dad and his teammates, many of them fathers of my friends and neighbors in suburban Houston, Texas, helped put Americans on the moon. I grew up literally within ...
HBO is back at it again, with it’s highly cinematic mini-series. Known for producing TV series like The Sopranos, The Wire and others, HBO tends to feature well grounded television shows that excel in acting and their realistic tone. ‘The Night Of’ ...
Synopsis: A free spirited curious woman comes back with a new identity in order to re-enter her past lovers life. I had completely gone into this movie unknown about it’s premise, and I came away pondering and debating. Co-written and ...
The message being imparted in “Starving The Beast”, the recently released documentary examining what is alleged to be a shift in direction among some American public higher education institutions seems to boil down to this: Humanities, liberal arts and other ...
Synopsis: A lighthouse keeper and his wife discover baby lost at sea. A down theater projector that delayed the start of the movie by 45 minutes, was a bad omen for the movie. I tried keeping this movie a surprise and ...
