Limited theater release: January 20, 2023
Netflix streaming: January 27, 2023
“You People” is a movie about a crash and clash of competing cultures. There is a young White Jewish guy who happens to meet a very nice Black Muslim lady. There is no reason that their relationship shouldn’t blossom and bloom into marriage, right? No reason, except they both have families who are not happy with that idea. The differences are as stark as day and night — or better said — Black and White.
“Missing” is a movie that is from the same people that created “Searching”. That movie used the concept that everything you see on the big screen is from a small screen. That means everything seen is footage from computer screens, phone screens, and other devices – you get the idea. The original “Searching” did a terrific job in making all of that seem real. Now “Missing” follows in those same footsteps to slowly explain a mysterious disappearance and one girl’s relentless ‘searching’ for the truth.
“The Son” is a prequel to a movie called “The Father” by the same Writer and Director. It has a difficult balance to work out – how to make a movie about a young person dealing with clinical depression, but not make a movie that is depressing. It is a rough road to travel. But the performances are almost enough to deliver that balance. However, the manipulative script undercuts the final results. Read more
Director: Vasilis Katsoupis
Writer: Ben Hopkins
Producers: Giorgos Karnavas, Marcos Kantis, Dries Phlypo
Executive Producers: Jim Stark, Vasilis Katsoupis, Konstantinos Kontovrakis, Charles E. Breitkreuz, Martin Lehwald, Jean-Claude, Van Rijckeghem, Stephen Kelliher
Cast: Willem Dafoe, Gene Bervoets, Eliza Stuyck
Written for the Screen and Directed by: Kelly Fremon Craig
Based on the Book by: Judy Blume
Starring: Rachel McAdams, Abby Ryder Fortson, Benny Safdie, and Kathy Bates
Genres: Comedy, Drama
Produced by: James L. Brooks, p.g.a., Julie Ansell, p.g.a., Richard Sakai, Kelly Fremon Craig, p.g.a., Judy Blume, Amy Lorraine Brooks, Aldric La’auli Porter
Executive Producer: Jonathan McCoy
It just so happens that right before attending the screening for “Plane,” I had watched a documentary about a plane crash. This being the case, I was able to point a keen eye on the beginning of the film when the pilots discuss what they’re going through.
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In the white-knuckle action movie PLANE, pilot Brodie Torrance (Gerard Butler) saves his passengers from a lightning strike by making a risky landing on a war-torn island – only to find that surviving the landing was just the beginning. When most of the passengers are taken hostage by dangerous rebels, the only person Torrance can count on for help is Louis Gaspare (Mike Colter), an accused murderer who was being transported by the FBI. In order to rescue the passengers, Torrance will need Gaspare’s help, and will learn there’s more to Gaspare than meets the eye.
Story by:
Charles Cumming
Screenplay by:
Charles Cumming
J.P. Davis
Jean-François Richet
Gerard Butler
Mike Colter
Yoson An
Daniella Pineda
Paul Ben-Victor
Remi Adeleke
Joey Slotnick
Evan Dane Taylor
Claro de los Reyes
Tony Goldwyn
Lorenzo di Bonaventura
Mark Vahradian p.g.a.
Marc Butan p.g.a.
Gerard Butler
Alan Siegel p.g.a.
Otto is an unhappy man who lives alone after losing his wife. They don’t know what it is about the curmudgeon who takes it upon himself to see that everyone in the neighborhood drives, parks and lives by every rule ever put in place by the Homeowners Association they were initially a part of, but Otto Anderson’s neighbors can’t help trying to win him over.
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“Women Talking” is a 2018 novel by Canadian writer Miriam Toews. The book is about a faction of Mennonite women who join together to discuss an urgent topic and agree to work together to repair a wrong.
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