The Boss Baby is a great concept for animation. I mean think about it? A baby that’s dressed in a fancy suit, runs a business with multiple diaper wearing little employees, not to mention having the intellect to outwit and outsmart others. I like that, and this is what Boss … [Read More]
MINDGAMERS Starring Sam Neill (Jurassic Park) and Tom Payne (The Walking Dead), “MindGamers” takes the mind-bending thriller to the next level. A group of brilliant young students create a wireless neural network, linking multiple minds via a quantum computer. Capable of transferring motor-skills from one brain to another, they have … [Read More]
Genre: Sci-Fi, Comedy Thriller Length: 110 minutes Director: Nacho Vigalondo Cast: Anne Hathaway, Jason Sudeikis, Austin Stowell, Tim Blake Nelson, Dan Stevens Reviewer: Connie Wilson According to Spanish Director Nacho Vigalondo (“Timecrimes”), “Colossal” was greenlit by the studio because Anne Hathaway championed it. Hathaway saw a chance to play … [Read More]
Genre: Documentary Feature Length: 95 minutes Writer/Director: Brian Knappenberger Principal Cast: Nick Denton, A.J. Daulario, John Cook, David Folkenflick, Floyd Abrams, Peter Sterne, David Houston, Margaret Sullivan, Jay Rosen, John L. Smith Writer: Connie Wilson The sex tape trial between wrestler Hulk Hogan and Gawker Media pitted privacy rights against … [Read More]
I feels like it’s been a lifetime ago since I remember running home from school to watch Power Rangers as part of the Fox Kids daily lineup. The Power Rangers were just so cool. Everyone had their favorite Power Ranger, mine was the green/white one that Jason David Frank portrayed. Many … [Read More]
It’s been 20 years since Trainspotting made an impression on people who saw it. The band is back and it feels a lot like nothing has changed, but everything has. What happened to the guys in the past 20 years? How were their lives changed after Renton bailed on them? … [Read More]
WAIT TILL HELEN COMES HOME: Based on the 30 Year Best Selling Young Adult Novel WAIT TILL HELEN COMES, an ongoing USA school curriculum book selection. When a reconstructed family moves to a converted church in the country, 14-year old Molly, must save her new troubled step-sister from a dangerous relationship with the … [Read More]
THIS IS YOUR DEATH Genre: Drama Length: 104 minutes Director: Giancarlo Esposito Screenwriters: Kenny Yakkel, Noah Pink Cast: Josh Duhamel, Famke Janssen, Giancarlo Esposito, Sarah Wayne Callies, Caitlin Fitzgerald, James Franco Reviewer: Connie Wilson “This Is Your Death” is an unsettling look at reality television, where a disturbing game … [Read More]
The live-action Beauty and the Beast is many things, but a great Disney movie it is not. This might have been one of the most anticipated movies, much less a Disney one, in a long time, yet it ultimately falls a bit flat. There are things I definitely thought they … [Read More]
I had no idea what this movie was about when I initially heard about it. Before Googling it, the immediate assumption was it was a comedy about some guy/girl shopper that is in some competition, boy was I off, as the movie is a weird concoction of ghost story, artsy … [Read More]
Genre: Western Director/Screenwriter: Jared Moshe Length: 111 minutes Cast: Bill Pullman, Kathy Baker, Jim Caviezel, Tommy Flanagan, Peter Fonda, Joe Anderson, Diego Josef, Michael Spears, Lewis Pullman, Joseph Anderson Reviewer: Connie Wilson Bill Pullman has been acting for … [Read More]
Genre: Coming-of-age drama Length: 120 minutes Director: Elijah Bynum Writer: Elijah Bynum Cast: Timothee Chalamet, Maika Monroe, Alex Roe, Maia Mitchell, Thomas Jane, William Fichtner Review: Connie Wilson On Monday, March 13th, 2017, at SXSW, Imperative Entertainment World Premiered first-time writer/director Elijah Bynum’s coming-of-age film “Hot Summer Nights.” It played to … [Read More]