YOU’LL BE GLAD YOU CAME. Four friends (Regina Hall, Queen Latifah, Jada Pinkett Smith, Tiffany Haddish) who call themselves ”The Flossy Posse” are reunited after many years for a trip to New Orleans. The kind of film that came in the wake of The Hangover (2009) where friendship is tested and celebrated during an intense … Continue reading Girls Trip
SHE TAUGHT HIM EVERYTHING SHE KNEW – ABOUT PASSION AND MURDER. In the middle of a Florida heatwave, lawyer Ned Racine (William Hurt) embarks on an affair with a sexy married woman (Kathleen Turner)… and soon they begin to talk about getting rid of her husband (Richard Crenna). Lawrence Kasdan’s first film as a director … Continue reading Body Heat
THE SKY IS THE LIMIT. Former FBI agent Will Sawyer (Dwayne Johnson) is hired to assess security for the world’s tallest skyscraper, The Pearl in Hong Kong… but a terrorist has his eyes set on the building. A huge American star and Chinese locations – big audiences in both markets were guaranteed. This 3D cross … Continue reading Skyscraper
EXPLODING! LIKE A GUN IN YOUR FACE! When ex-con Joe Rolfe (John Payne) realizes that he’s been used as a patsy by a gang of criminals that robbed an armored car in Kansas City, he goes after them for revenge. A low-budget thriller that inspired Quentin Tarantino during the making of Reservoir Dogs (1992), it … Continue reading Kansas City Confidential
RIDE WITH THEM TO THE ADVENTURE OF YOUR LIFE! On the way to Silverado, four men (Kevin Kline, Scott Glenn, Kevin Costner, Danny Glover) get to know each other and form a union against those who do them wrong. Lawrence Kasdan successfully took on an erotic thriller (Body Heat) and a nostalgic drama (The Big … Continue reading Silverado
HE’S HIP, HE’S COOL, AND HE’S ONLY 3 MONTHS OLD. New York accountant Mollie Jensen (Kirstie Alley) becomes pregnant, but the married man she had sex with is out of the picture; maybe a childish cab driver (John Travolta) is a suitable replacement? One of the director’s biggest commercial hits was also a comeback for … Continue reading Look Who’s Talking
WHAT DO YOU SEE? Convicted felon Collin Hoskins (Daveed Diggs) has three days left of his probation… which is when his best friend (Rafael Casal) decides to buy a gun. Much like another film about race set in Oakland, California, this one also received praise at the Sundance festival. Not as impressive as Ryan Coogler’s … Continue reading Blindspotting
IT’S JUST A BUNCH OF HOCUS POCUS. During Halloween, a teenager (Omri Katz) in Salem, Massachusetts resurrects by accident three wicked witches (Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker, Kathy Najimy) who have been dead for 300 years… At the time of its premiere, neither critics nor audiences cared much for this fantasy/horror comedy, but it has … Continue reading Hocus Pocus
THE LEGEND YOU KNOW. THE STORY YOU DON’T. After serving in the Crusades, Robin of Loxley (Taron Egerton) returns home only to find his estate seized by the same man who forced him to leave in the first place, the Sheriff of Nottingham (Ben Mendelsohn). A retelling of the classic story that satisfied no one, … Continue reading Robin Hood
HOW THE WEST WAS WON (MORE OR LESS). It was going to be the Coen brothers’ first collaboration with Netflix, a project that started out as a TV series. In the end, The Ballad of Buster Scruggs turned into a feature, their first digitally shot Western. I had no idea what to expect. It had … Continue reading Ballad of Buster Scruggs: The Wild, Wild West
THE SCANDAL THAT DEFINED THE LIFE OF TED KENNEDY. In 1969, Senator Ted Kennedy (Jason Clarke) accidentally drives off a bridge in Massachusetts; while he gets out alive, his passenger is missing… The year after this story was unremarkably treated in a miniseries (The Kennedys: After Camelot), there was a much better movie. We follow … Continue reading Chappaquiddick
EVERY CON HAS ITS PROS. Danny Ocean’s sister Debbie (Sandra Bullock) is released from prison and assembles a gang that will steal a valuable necklace during the Met gala. One decade after Ocean’s Thirteen came this spin-off featuring a fabulous lineup of women. The movie may lack Steven Soderbergh’s touch, but is an improvement on … Continue reading Ocean’s Eight
WE NEVER THOUGHT IT WOULD HAPPEN TO US. Sweden finds itself under attack from a foreign power; Alex (Christoffer Nordenrot) tries to make his way back to the place where he grew up, but his father (Jesper Barkselius) is already preparing for the worst. The first feature film to come out of the filmmaking collective … Continue reading The Unthinkable
