The Old Man & the Gun is the cinematic equivalent of a warm blanket on a cold day. The security, the feeling, the good vibes and history are all linked, except here the security is based on the talent of director David Lowery, the feelings you feel are because of the brilliant acting, and the
When she won her Academy Award, Viola Davis spoke about going to the graveyard and exhuming the bodies to exhume the stories of those buried. She was talking about more unknown subjects than Montgomery Clift, a four time Oscar nominee, but I couldn’t help but recall her words as I watched Making Montgomery Clift at
Simple Wedding is such a breath of fresh air to experience during a film festival. Unique walks of life are not unfamiliar things to witness during the LA Film Festival, although I can confidently say I have never seen a film like this one, despite using some familiar tropes. Nousha (Tara Grammy) is at the
Netflix seems to always be adding a new tally in it’s win box, but it has truly been on a roll with romantic comedies. From The Kissing Booth to Set It Up, the media company has shown a willingness to sheperd and develop a genre that seems to have fallen out with major studios. Alongside
The word wow was created for films like Mission: Impossible – Fallout, the sterling sixth entry in the franchise led by Tom Cruise. It’s thrilling in all the right ways, inventive in many others, and the perfect summer blockbuster film. If you were worried the franchise might be showing its age, let me assuage your
There are films that one will watch where you are completely enamored with the concept and will continue to slog through a movie’s underachievement with that concept. This is certainly what I was going through while watching Ideal Home, the recently released film in which Paul Rudd and Steve Coogan play husbands who have a