Director Sean Baker (Tangerine, The Florida Project), who wrote “Red Rocket” with Chris Bergoch, continues to impress. For his 2015 indie film “Tangerine,” he and Bergoch gave us an in-depth story of the life of sex workers who enjoy their orange juice and donuts. As well as being tumultuous, its slant turned out to be rather raw and captivating.
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“The King’s Man” is the third installment of the “Kingsman” film franchise, which is based on a comic book called “The Secret Service” by Mark Millar and Dave Gibbons. That fact is actually quite evident while watching.
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I have to admit to you right now that there’s one negative comment I have to make about “Sing 2.” My main criticism of the movie is that it was disappointingly too much like the first film.
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We start the film when the main character, J.R., is relatively young. Then, we flash forward and back. He and his mom are moving back in with her parents at the start. Used to it only being him and his mom, you see how close they are, yet he tells her that he “likes having people” in his life now.
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NEW TRAILER FOR “DEATH ON THE NILE,”
DIRECTED BY KENNETH BRANAGH AND FEATURING
AN ALL-STAR ENSEMBLE CAST OF SUSPECTS, NOW AVAILABLE
Director/Writer: Robert Eggers
Co-Writer: Sjón
Producers: Lars Knudsen, Mark Huffman, New Regency
Cast: Alexander Skarsgård, Nicole Kidman, Claes Bang, Anya Taylor-Joy, Gustav Lindh, Ethan
Hawke, Björk, and Willem Dafoe
Run Time: 2h 20min
Genres: Action, Adventure, Drama
BEST PICTURE: THE POWER OF THE DOG
Other Nominees:
DRIVE MY CAR
LICORICE PIZZA
SPENCER
WEST SIDE STORY
DIRECTED BY: Adam Nee and Aaron Nee
SCREENPLAY BY: Oren Uziel and Dana Fox and Adam Nee & Aaron Nee
STORY BY: Seth Gordon
STARRING: Sandra Bullock, Channing Tatum, Daniel Radcliffe, Da’Vine Joy Randolph, Oscar Nuñez, Patti Harrison, Bowen Yang
GENRES: Action, Comedy, Romance
PRODUCED BY: Liza Chasin, Sandra Bullock, Seth Gordon
EXECUTIVE PRODUCED BY: JJ Hook, Dana Fox, Julia Gunn, Margaret Chernin
After watching, it’s not a shock to me to learn that “The Lost Daughter” is being considered for several Academy Awards. It’s visually alluring and captivating. Olivia Colman holds the audience’s attention almost totally alone, proving that it’s the action that makes a film, not constant dialogue.
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