Mass, 2021. Written and Directed by Fran Kranz. Starring Jason Isaacs, Martha Plimpton, Reed Birney, Ann Dowd, Breeda Wool, Kagen Albright, and Michelle N. Carter. SYNOPSIS: Years after a tragic act of violence, the parents of both the victim and the perpetrator meet face-to-face. One needs extra hands to count the ways Mass could go […]
2021 BFI London Film Festival Review – Mass
Mass, 2021. Written and directed by Fran Kranz. Starring Jason Isaacs, Martha Plimpton, Ann Dowd and Reed Birney. SYNOPSIS: Six years after a devastating tragedy, two couples gather in a room to talk about the day that destroyed their lives. About two thirds of the way through Mass, the bracing debut feature from writer-director Fran […]
High drama with Jason Issacs and Ann Dowd in the the trailer for Mass
Bleecker Street have just debuted the trailer for what appears to be an acting masterclass between Jason Issacs (The OA), Ann Dowd (The Leftovers), Martha Plimpton (The Mosquito Coast) and Reed Birney (House of Cards), as two couples who agree to a conversation in order to process the fallout from a tragic incident involving their […]
2021 Sundance Film Festival Review – Mass
Mass, 2021. Written and directed by Fran Kranz. Starring Jason Isaacs, Ann Dowd, Martha Plimpton, and Reed Birney. SYNOPSIS: Years after a tragic shooting, the parents of both the victim and the perpetrator meet face-to-face. In the wake of any tragedy, those affected scramble to make some sense of what’s happened in order to move on […]
Movie Review – Rebecca (2020)
Rebecca, 2020. Directed by Ben Wheatley. Starring Lily James, Armie Hammer, Kristin Scott Thomas, Keeley Hawes, Jane Lapotaire, Lucy Russell, Bryony Miller, Sam Riley, Bill Paterson, Tom Goodman-Hill, Mark Lewis Jones, Jeff Rawle, John Hollingworth, Ben Crompton, and Ann Dowd. SYNOPSIS: A young newlywed arrives at her husband’s imposing family estate on a windswept English […]
Movie Review – Speed of Life (2020)
Speed of Life, 2020. Written and Directed by Liz Manashil. Starring Ann Dowd, Ray Santiago, Vella Lovell, Sean Wright, Allison Tolman, and Jeff Perry. SYNOPSIS: David Bowie’s death rocks the lives of June & Edward. The superstar’s passing rips a literal hole in the universe, sucking Edward in. Fast forward 24 years, an older June […]
October Horrors 2019 Day 21 – Hereditary (2018)
Hereditary, 2018. Directed by Ari Aster. Starring Toni Collette, Alex Wolff, Milly Shapiro, Ann Dowd and Gabriel Byrne. SYNOPSIS: After the death of her secretive mother, Annie Graham and her family are subjected to a series of increasingly horrific events that threaten destroy her and her family. The relationship between a mother and her children […]
Ben Wheatley’s Rebecca fills out supporting cast as filming begins
Netflix has announced that Keeley Hawes (Bodyguard), Ann Dowd (The Handmaid’s Tale), Sam Riley (Free Fire) and Ben Crompton (Game of Thrones) have been cast alongside the previously announced Kristin Scott Thomas, Lily James and Armie Hammer in director Ben Wheatley’s (Free Fire, High-Rise) upcoming adaptation of the classic Daphne Du Maurier novel Rebecca. The […]
Guillermo del Toro’s 3Below: Tales of Arcadia gets a poster and trailer
With a little over a week to go until it arrives on Netflix, the streaming service has released a new poster and trailer for Dreamworks and Guillermo del Toro’s animated adventure series 3Below: Tales of Arcadia which features the voice talents of Diego Luna, Tatiana Maslany, Nick Offerman, Glenn Close, Andy Garcia, Nick Frost, Alon […]
2018 BFI London Film Festival Review – Nancy
Nancy, 2018. Directed by Christina Choe. Starring Andrea Riseborough, J. Smith-Cameron, Ann Dowd, John Leguizamo, and Steve Buscemi. SYNOPSIS: Nancy becomes increasingly convinced she was kidnapped as a child. When she meets a couple whose daughter went missing thirty years ago, reasonable doubts give way to wilful belief. Andrea Riseborough adds yet another towering performance to […]
