Pre-Screening Stance: I love a good revenge film and I’ve always been a fan of Carey Mulligan, so Promising Young Woman looks right up my alley. Post-Screening Ramble: Promising Young Woman is a stylistic, sharp...
Pre-Screening Stance: George Clooney as an actor – totally great. George Clooney as a director – totally hit-or-miss. Here’s hoping this is more Confessions of a Dangerous Mind and less Monuments Men. Post-Screening Ramble: Let’s...
Pre-Screening Stance: If I’m being honest, George Clooney hasn’t been in a great film since 2013’s Gravity, and his directorial efforts have largely been misses since 2005’s Good Night, And Good Luck. So, should I...
Pre-Screening Stance: Sure, every once in a while old Pixar takes a stumble or two and throws a steaming pile on to the screen. But it’s predictable enough (Cars) and rare enough that I’m going...
Pre-Screening Stance: For as much news as I’ve read I haven’t actually spent a lot of time with the gruesome murder of Jamal Khashoggi by the Saudi Arabian government. This documentary will hopefully fill in...
Pre-Screening Stance: Tessa Thompson starring in a film about relationships and jazz in the mid-century America sounds wonderful. Post-Screening Ramble: A lot of people argue that there really is only 16 stories for a film....
Pre-Screening Stance: During his heyday, Paul Greengrass was a director I gave Top 5 status too. Those days are gone, but I’m still excited to see him behind the wheel on this Tom Hanks’ Western....
Pre-Screening Stance: Director Paul Greengrass hasn’t made a good movie since 2013’s Captain Phillips, which also happened to star Tom Hanks. This gives me some faith in News Of The World. Also, I’m intrigued by...
Pre-Screening Stance: August Wilson is an American master and his Pittsburgh Cycle is one of great feats of modern playwriting. Adaptations of plays can often times lounge in the static area of visual filmmaking but...
Pre-Screening Stance: A Denzel Washington-produced adaptation of an August Wilson play that stars Viola Davis and Chadwick Boseman (in his final on-screen appearance)? Yeah, that’s more than enough to get me excited about Ma Rainey’s...
