Steve Jobs, 2015. Directed by Danny Boyle. Starring Michael Fassbender, Kate Winslet, Seth Rogen, Katherine Waterston, Michael Stuhlberg, Makenzie Moss, Ripley Sobo, Perla Haney-Jardine, and Jeff Daniels. SYNOPSIS: Set backstage at three iconic product launches and ending in 1998 with the unveiling of the iMac, Steve Jobs takes us behind the scenes of the digital […]
Did the new Star Wars: The Force Awakens trailer spoil a key death?
Robert Kojder on whether the new trailer for Star Wars: The Force Awakens spoils a key death… It goes without saying that potential spoilers will be discussed in this article, so if you read my interpretation that may or may not be correct and become upset that a touch of the mystery has been removed, […]
Movie Review – Beasts of No Nation (2015)
Beasts of No Nation. 2015 Directed by Cary Joji Fukunaga Starring Abraham Attah, Idris Elba, Emmanuel Nil Adom Quaye, Kurt Egylawan, and Opeyemi Fagbohungbe SYNOPSIS: A drama based on the experiences of Agu, a child soldier fighting in the civil war of an unnamed African country. As part of Agu’s (Abraham Attah) inauguration into child […]
51st Chicago International Film Festival Review – Cash Only (2015)
Cash Only, 2015. Directed by Malik Bader. Starring Nikola Shreli, Stivi Paskoski, Danijela Stajnfeld, and Malik Bader. SYNOPSIS: In this gritty Detroit-set thriller, Elvis Martini (writer-star Nickola Shreli, in a gripping performance) is a single Albanian father and landlord trying to do the right thing. But since he’s in debt to both bookies and his […]
Movie Review – Carol (2015)
Carol, 2015. Directed by Todd Haynes. Starring Cate Blanchett, Rooney Mara, Sarah Paulson, Jake Lacy, John Magaro and Kyle Chandler. SYNOPSIS: Set in 1950s New York, a department-store clerk who dreams of a better life falls for an older, married woman. Love is the most powerful force in the universe. Unfortunately, it took us until […]
51st Chicago International Film Festival Review – Embers (2015)
Embers, 2015. Directed by Claire Carre. Starring Jason Ritter, Iva Gocheva, Greta Fernandez, Tucker Smallwood, Karl Glusman, Roberto Cots, Dominique Swain, Matthew Goulish, and Silvan Friedman. SYNOPSIS: After a global neurological epidemic, those who remain search for meaning and connection in a world without memory. Embers poses a very terrifying apocalyptic scenario; what if a […]
51st Chicago International Film Festival Review – I Smile Back (2015)
I Smile Back, 2015. Directed by Adam Salky. Starring Sarah Silverman, Josh Charles, Skylar Gaertner, Shayne Coleman, and Thomas Sadoski. SYNOPSIS: Laney Brooks does bad things. Married with kids, she takes the drugs she wants, sleeps with the men she wants, disappears when she wants. Now, with the destruction of her family looming, and temptation […]
Second Opinion – Crimson Peak (2015)
Crimson Peak, 2015. Directed by Guillermo del Toro. Starring Jessica Chastain, Charlie Hunnam, Tom Hiddleston and Mia Wasikowska. SYNOPSIS: In the aftermath of a family tragedy, an aspiring author is torn between love for her childhood friend and the temptation of a mysterious outsider. Trying to escape the ghosts of her past, she is swept […]
Movie Review – Goosebumps (2015)
Goosebumps, 2015. Directed by Rob Letterman. Starring Jack Black, Dylan Minnette, Odeya Rush, Amy Ryan, Jillian Bell and Ryan Lee. SYNOPSIS: A teenager teams up with the daughter of young adult horror author R.L. Stine after the writer’s imaginary demons are set free on the town of Greendale, Maryland. It’s a tough task to pick […]
Movie Review – Bridge of Spies (2015)
Bridge of Spies, 2015. Directed by Steven Spielberg. Starring Tom Hanks, Amy Ryan, Mark Rylance, and Alan Alda. SYNOPSIS: An American lawyer is recruited by the CIA during the Cold War to help rescue a pilot detained in the Soviet Union. Bridge of Spies asks us one simple yet important question: does everyone, including potential threats […]
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