Academy Award winning director Barry Levinson’s (“Rain Man”) newest film, HBO’s “The Survivor,” premiered to a hushed crowd Monday evening at Temple Emanu-El, the limestone Romanesque synagogue on 65th Street and Fifth Avenue. Ben Foster stars in the true-life story of Harry Haft, a Polish Jew who survived Auschwitz boxing … [Read More]
The release of Blue Miracle in 2021 and Finestkind in 2023 have raised our hopes of seeing more new fishing movies that show this pastime in different ways. While there’s no sign yet that those recent movies have started a new fishing trend in the film industry, this is a … [Read More]
Finestkind, directed by Brian Helgeland and boasting a robust cast of actors like Ben Foster, Toby Wallace, Tommy Lee Jones, and Ismael Cruz Córdova, tries to masquerade as an invigorating crime thriller with undertones of familial bonds. While it aims to create an intoxicating cocktail of organized crime, family ties, … [Read More]
Emancipation is a 2022 American dramatic historical action thriller film directed by Antoine Fuqua and co-produced by and starring Will Smith as an enslaved man in Louisiana in the 1860s who escapes his plantation. The film, written by William N. Collage, is loosely based on the real-life story of Peter … [Read More]
Will Smith stars in Emancipation for Apple TV. The two time AAFCA award winner Will Smith, Director Antoine Fuqua, Actor Charmaine Bingwa and Actor Ben Foster join us. This discussion is part of our African American Film Critic Association roundtable discussions for their new movie Emancipation. Watch the video below … [Read More]
The effects of the Will Smith slap continue. We’re learning that another movie starring Will Smith is changing plans ahead of release. The movie Emancipation is an upcoming Apple TV film starring Will Smith with Antoine Fuqua directing. The news from Variety reads as follows: Though the studio did not … [Read More]
Galveston, based on the novel by Nic Pizzolatto, World Premiered here last Saturday (March 10th). Although I was assigned Red Carpet duties and Ben Foster, its star, was supposed to attend, along with Elle Fanning, it would have meant missing out on an interview with the screenwriters for “A Quiet … [Read More]
The Golden Globes are over, but the nominees for the Academy Awards are coming up soon and a good time to discuss the Top Films of 2016 It is time for me to alphabetically list the movies of the past year that are the best films of the year. I’m … [Read More]
It’s that time of the month, December is here so it’s time to take a look at the must see movies that were released in November. The list contains movies such as: limited theatrical releases, Blu-ray & DVD, On Demand, TV Show DVD releases, a classic movie picks, and personal … [Read More]
Synopsis: The Howard brothers turn to robbing banks in order to save their family estate. If you’re all about modern westerns and have an affinity for Texas, by all means go see this movie, as it’s definitely for you. I on the other hand want to part of ever visiting … [Read More]
Synopsis: Based on the failed June 28, 2005 mission “Operation Red Wings”. Four members of SEAL Team 10 were tasked with the mission to capture or kill notorious Taliban leader Ahmad Shahd. [springboard type=”video” id=”838907″ player=”tmbg001″ width=”599″ height=”336″ ] There have been a number of war films, … [Read More]
Synopsis: Set against the backdrop of 1970’s Texas Hill Country, AIN’T THEM BODIES SAINTS is a romantic American story that follows three characters on various sides of the law – outlaw Bob Muldoon (Casey Affleck), his wife Ruth Guthrie (Rooney Mara), and a local sheriff named Patrick Wheeler (Ben Foster), … [Read More]