Small Town Crime Movie Review

January 19, 2018 Published by Shari K. Green

The opening scene of Eshom and Ian Nelms’ film, Small Town Crime, tells you all you need to know about Mike, (Hawkes) the protagonist of the film, and a damned engrossing protagonist might I add… however crude, crass and carnal he may appear. He’s an ex-cop who doesn’t take shit from anyone; just ask him. He tells everyone this about himself, especially people who want to hire him so… that they don’t hire him! A
drunk, when we meet him he’s vomiting during his daily workout. Preferring to spend most of his time inebriated he’d rather drive his muscle car to cash his unemployment check than have to actually work for his money. Always with a beer in his hand, he has gotten sidetracked in life when his partner on the force is murdered during a traffic stop. Mike, drunk at the time, is blamed for his death and is let go.

While out driving, drunk of course, he stops when he sees a very bloody young woman lying near the side of the road. She is beaten half to death but alive. He gets her into his car and races her off to the hospital, unfortunately, she doesn’t survive. With not much in life to keep him roused these days, he decides he’s going to kick his investigation tactics back into high gear. He will avenge her death no matter what it takes.
What he finds is that his local watering hole, one he frequents and where he knows everyone by name (from being kicked out all too often), is more than it appears. Underage prostitutes swarm the joint and it seems they have gotten themselves into trouble with people who aren’t looking for the girls for sex but rather are out to get them for what they know.

Mike tracks down the girl’s family and speaks to her grandfather (Forster). He’s a tough, well-to-do, older man who has nothing to lose, especially now that he lost his granddaughter. He’ll do everything to even the score and hires Mike to help track down her killers. He’ll even haul around his own weapon if needed! Clifton Collins Jr., who originally comes off as a miscreant about to give Mike a lot of trouble, ends up helping to try and solve the mystery they’ve all stumbled into. Hunches, expertise and cunning get them where they need to be for the answers to all of their questions but a growing body count will have you wondering if the need to solve one murder, sans the local detectives, played by Daniel Sunjata and an aged Michael Vartan, outweighs the need to keep the many alive.

Sure, a crime has been committed and needs to be solved but how many must die to solve the said crime before you get help? The answer to that question is answered in this gritty thriller that I recommend you see. I like, and believe you will, too, that things don’t go exactly right for anyone, that Mike is a walking catastrophe and that the viciousness of the picture is brutal. It gives you that much more reason to stay until the end to see if Mike gets his man or if he gets his adopted family of Octavia Spencer, Anthony Anderson and their children, all killed! Did I mention this cast is absolutely stupendous?? By the way, stay for one extra clip after the credits start to roll. Enjoy!

*Opens at the FilmBar and On Demand January 19th

Social Media:

https://www.facebook.com/SmallTownCrime/

https://www.instagram.com/smalltowncrime/

https://twitter.com/smalltowncrime

Forever My Girl Movie Review

January 19, 2018 Published by Shari K. Green

High School sweethearts, Liam (Roe) and Josie (Rothe) are about to get married. We open on Josie and her maid of honor, Kiera (Alexandria), getting her ready for her march down the aisle when through the door comes some devastatingly bad news… her groom isn’t coming. We cut to eight years later and find out why he left sweet and innocent Josie before her brother could walk her to meet Liam at the altar. Fame and fortune came knocking on his door in a big way (think Blade Shelton) and Mr. Liam Page answered it with a fast lurch of enthusiasm and a bit of self-indulgence, not thinking much about who was getting left behind and hurt in the process. He no longer had time for a wife; only for himself. When we see Liam again, he’s on stage singing “Don’t Water Down My Whiskey,” which is not only quite good but Alex Roe does sing it himself for the film. Liam performs for a sell-out stadium crowd and has a team of people taking care of him. Fans scream for him to return to the stage after his last song, but he makes his way to his manager and insists he gets him a particular girl in the front row that he had been eyeballing all night.
I’m thinking this is to get us a bit hot under the collar at his behavior. It doesn’t exactly work because we can tell right away that he’s isn’t like a sailor; isn’t ‘a girl in every port’ kind of guy. The girl he sees reminds him of Josie, for whom he has been unable to forget, though he had definitely left her behind to ache… alone. It’s obvious in some of the following scenes that he has never really tried to rid his memory of her and that outside of casual sex, thinking of her is his only real connection to anyone.

Liam learns that his best friend from High School is killed in a car accident and he takes off for home, leaving behind an already scheduled tour and stunned manager and publicist losing his mind.
Here, the narrative gets a little confusing because he has become incredibly successful, which takes a lot of discipline and when he goes back home, it’s implied or downright said buy his father, Pastor Brian (Hickey) that he had gotten into drugs and was a bit of a mess. That perplexity notwithstanding, it’s a good build up, even though you do see what’s coming. Though the story wants you to be really irritated with his character, you do like him and you hope that while he’s in town to go to his friends funeral, that he’ll run into Josie.
So, he runs into Josie and he tries to apologize for his behavior. He tells her that he knows he had put his wants and desires before hers. He wants her to believe him when he says he realizes that you can, basically, have your cake and eat it, too.

Happy to see she’s had success as well, he goes to the flower shop that she owns, to ask her out. She shows him something else that his selfishness caused him to miss out on when he left. She introduces him to her daughter, Billy (Fortson). She was named after Liam’s mother. Seeing her and hearing her name, he immediately knows what he could never replace and what he missed… the birth of his daughter and being there for her and watching her grow up. Billy is smart, cute and nothing gets by her, much like the actress who played her.
Liam begs to be a part of her life and must now prove he is worthy to be in it. A scene where Billy complains about riding in his convertible is simply priceless. She doesn’t make jumping into fatherhood easy on him but they get used to one another and she warms up to him rather quickly. When he buys her a guitar, they bond over music and suddenly you can just imagine where a sequel could go.

Forever My Girl follows the pattern of formulaic scripts that have come before it. It’s a, ‘boy leaves girl at altar to seek fame and fortune but his roots in the town and in family are buried deep and can’t be pulled out quite so easily’ story. But at its core, it’s loving and it has a good message of forgiveness. It works. It has a slow-motion, playful montage scene to complete the look but it gives us something that many films of the genre do not; a strong leading male character who’s sensitive and willing to admit he’s wrong and give up everything for his true love… loves.

12 Strong Advance Movie Screening

January 16, 2018 Published by markdeli

Movie Screening Summary: Set in the harrowing days following 9/11, a U.S. Special Forces team, led by their new Captain, Mitch Nelson (Chris Hemsworth), is chosen to be the first U.S. troops sent into Afghanistan for an extremely dangerous mission. There, in the rugged mountains, they must convince Northern Alliance General Dostum (Navid Negahban) to join forces with them to fight their common adversary: the Taliban and their Al Qaeda allies. In addition to overcoming mutual distrust and a vast cultural divide, the Americans—accustomed to state-of-the-art warfare—must adopt the rudimentary tactics of the Afghani horse soldiers. But despite their uneasy bond, the new allies face overwhelming odds: outnumbered and outgunned by a ruthless enemy that does not take prisoners.
www.12strongmovie.com/

See more advance movie screenings from tmc

Advance Movie Screening For 12 STRONG

Find your chance to receive special advance movie screening passes below.

Phoenix, Arizona

Advance Movie Screening Details

Movie Screening Date: Tuesday, January 16
Location: Harkins Tempe Marketplace
Movie Screening Time: 7:00pm
[button link=”http://www.wbtickets.com/tmciophx12″ type=”big” newwindow=”yes”] Get Passes[/button]

Tucson, Arizona

Advance Movie Screening Details

Movie Screening Date: Tuesday, January 16
Location: Century El Con
Movie Screening Time: 7:00pm
[button link=” http://www.wbtickets.com/tmciotuc12″ type=”big” newwindow=”yes”] Get Passes[/button]

Las Vegas, Nevada

Advance Movie Screening Details

Movie Screening Date: Tuesday, January 16
Location: Regal Red Rock
Movie Screening Time: 7:00pm
[button link=”http://www.wbtickets.com/tmciolv12″ type=”big” newwindow=”yes”] Get Passes[/button]

Albuquerque, New Mexico

Advance Movie Screening Details

Movie Screening Date: Tuesday, January 16
Location: Regal Winrock
Movie Screening Time: 7:00pm
[button link=”http://www.wbtickets.com/tmcioabq12″ type=”big” newwindow=”yes”] Get Passes[/button]



Advance Movie Screening Information

To redeem a pass, simply click the Get Passes button. You will taken to our movie screening partner site (where you can sign up for a free account). Once you’ve done so, you’ll be able to print out your pass and bring it with you to your screening or event.

Admittance into a screening or event is not guaranteed with your pass. Events and advance screenings are filled on a ” first come, first served ” basis. To ensure that you stand a good chance of being admitted, we recommend that you show up 30 minutes to one hour early.

The number of admissions that are permissible for each pass are printed clearly on the ticket that you print out. You are allowed to bring as many guests as is indicated on your pass. For example, if your pass is for ” Admit Two, ” you can bring yourself and one guest. If you have an ” Admit One ” pass, you can bring only yourself.

If you have any other questions or comments, please contact us.

Phantom Thread Movie Reivew

January 12, 2018 (updated January 16, 2018) Published by Shari K. Green

Paul Thomas Anderson is one of the best in the business. He has given us Boogie Nights, Magnolia, There Will Be Blood and The Master and in knowing this, you are groomed ahead of time and fixed for a compelling story shot in an extraordinary way that will lead you into a world that you can believe exists beyond the shadow of a doubt… right next door. With Anderson’s new film Phantom Thread, it’s no different.
Even above the story, he cast one of the best actors in the business in Daniel Day-Lewis. Unfortunately for us, Day-Lewis has decided to make this film his last but what a way to go. This fascinating piece and his performance in it will not be forgotten, as their work together in There Will Be Blood will never be.

The opening of this intriguing tale is orchestrated with the movement of the actors. Right away, we are introduced to Reynolds Woodcock (Day-Lewis) and are witness to what he does for a living. He is a renowned couturiere, or fashion designer, in London in the 1950s, which were really the last decade when women of style had their clothes custom-crafted by garment makers. Reynolds, who lives with his sister, is deeply superstitious and very eccentric with how he handles his work, believing his dead mother is all around him, encouraging his work. He has always been taken care of and doesn’t quite know how to speak with women other than to order them around as he does his models. He’s used to spending some time with women he beds, leading them on and then he moves away rather abruptly. He’s an incurable bachelor and believes marriage only leads to deceit… until he meets a waitress by the name of Alma (Krieps) who doesn’t play into this. She questions and defies him, unlike any woman ever has, and he’s immediately intrigued. He’s both bothered and smitten by her at the same time and begins to see her as his muse. Unlike most people he engages, Alma is unrefined and obnoxious and when she challenges him it throws him off. Reynolds behaves like a spoiled child because he has always gotten his way. He prefers to have the last word and with Alma, he doesn’t always get what he wants.

As one might expect from a Paul Thomas Anderson film, Phantom Thread is full of surprises. What you think this movie will be by watching the trailer and what you believe is going on while you’re watching it might not be what’s actually playing out. Anderson is also the cinematographer on the film and to give you the overall feeling of how people lived in the period, he had all of his equipment inside of a small house rather than using a soundstage which set the tone beautifully and helped lend to an aura of madness and authenticity. Reynolds expects Alma to give more than he’s willing to give and as we go deeper into his psyche, we see the vulnerable boy the man holding the thread truly is.

This is an incredibly intelligent film, rich in characters with a beautiful score. The chemistry between Daniel Day-Lewis and Vicky Krieps is strong and Anderson takes advantage of it every chance he gets, using both their strengths and their weaknesses to bewilder his audience. You’ll love the buildup and the dialogue to the final moments. It is slow to start but the payoff is well worth every second. This is legitimately a brilliant film. You’ll want to see it more than once.

The Commuter Movie Review

January 12, 2018 Published by Shari K. Green

Though this genre is what Liam Neeson uses his particular set of skills best for, he may have wanted to take a pass on this ride for the better of the film. That said, I like anything he’s in and did enjoy him but there were times I felt he was cast only for his name and not for what would have been more plausible. Neeson is now sixty-five years of age and his character, Mike MacCauley, is sixty. It was hard to watch him, even using suspension of disbelief, fight an ax-wielding younger man and believe he could stay in the fight, let alone win. A lot of editing is used to make him look younger and capable, but we’re not fooled. Outside of tricks used to make him look like he’s a badass, there are a lot of other visuals that are too far-fetched to accept as real, however, they come with high intensity, so you’ll forgive every one of them.

The opening credits are excellent and are used creatively to introduce you, over a span of time, to Mike and his family. He’s working hard to pay the bills for him and his wife’s mortgage and also his son who is about to go to college and will be needing tuition soon. The credits also take you on his commute. Directly after the credits, Mike, an ex-cop, goes into his insurance job where he’s five years from retirement. He’s called into his boss’s office and is let go. The news is devastating as he already lives hand to mouth and has no nest egg to rely on. He goes and has a drink with Alex ‘Murph’ Murphy (Wilson) and tells him what happened. This is where the movie isn’t exactly subtle in a few hints it drops. At the bar, we also meet Captain Hawthorne (Neill), who Mike used to work with and who has now moved up in ranks. You won’t exactly miss some of the set-ups here. When Mike leaves the bar, he finds a seat on his train to head home and our adventure begins.

A woman by the name of Joanna (Farmiga) sits across from him and strikes up a conversation. He tells her that he’s married and she tells him that’s not why she’s talking to him. She explains that she studies human behavior and says she wants to know what type of person he is by asking him one questions. That question is if she asked him to do something, anything, would he do it? He, of course, wants to know what type of thing. She tells him and also says that a reward would be offered but he’d never know the consequences of his actions. What she needs is for him to find someone on the train that doesn’t belong. His interest is piqued and yours will be, as well. What he is to do when he finds this person is plant a tracking device on a bag that they are carrying. He’s offered $25,000 for taking it and an extra 75,000 upon completion of the task. He does suspect that something isn’t right but having just lost his job, a $100,000 payday sure sounds nice. He has until the Cold Spring stop to finish the deed.

Having accepted the assignment, the film slows down a bit as he wades through the trivial, even boring characters on the train with him. I have to mention to be on the lookout for a certain Goldman Sachs reference you might appreciate. Anyway, with threats now coming from Joanna, he’s getting more and more crazed and desperate as he searches for the mystery man. Eventually, Mike decides he’s not going to find who Joanna wants him to for the reason she wants him to. Once a cop, always a cop.

There are a great many clichés in the film and you’ll recognize Collet-Serra’s ode to Hitchcock films but herein lies the fun even though a lot of the CG and hand-held camera work is quite bad at times. As we move along the tracks our story builds and our energy is heightened. The movie is always engaging.

You’ll have a lot of fun with The Commuter especially if you’re a Neeson fan and if you are fascinated with action movies that are way over the top. Again, if you’re a fan of Liam Neeson, you can’t skip what’s sure to be the last of this genre for him. He’ll give you his all, as he always has, even if this isn’t his best.

Official Website: www.TheCommuter.movie

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PhantomThread/

Twitter: @TheCommuterFilm

Instagram: @TheCommuterFilm

#TheCommuter

The Post Movie Review

January 5, 2018 (updated January 5, 2018) Published by JMcNaughton

“The Post” is a terrific movie that deserves to be seen and deserves to be rewarded. This movie is not just yesterday’s news…

Hostiles Movie Review

January 5, 2018 (updated January 5, 2018) Published by Shari K. Green

Hostiles is an engaging western narrative about a stiff and reluctant Army Captain and his journey to tribal lands with a war chief he loathes. Yes, I did say western, something you don’t see very often. No matter what genre of film you might deem your favorite and which you’d usually steer clear of, I must insist you look at all of the players involved in this project and consider seeing this even if it might go against your grain. It made my and many other film critics top movies of the year list. Hostiles stars Christian Bale as emotionally charged Captain Joseph Blocker, who couldn’t be more indignant and hateful if he tried. The film is set in 1892 at a time when men like Block have been hardened by years of fighting native Americans, taking their lands and destroying their lives. Block practically regards them as subhuman.

Older now, the job he is assigned to at his post is that of the jailer. Currently, he’s at a prison in New Mexico where he’s anything but kind to the natives he leaves them in exposed cells to bake in the sun all day. One of those natives is Chief Yellow Hawk (Studi), who he despises from previous battles. For the first time in his years with the Army, he gets an order that he’d rather not fulfill. He is asked to escort chief Yellow Hawk, who has been imprisoned for seven years and is now riddled with cancer, to Montana to die and be laid to rest in his tribal burial site. The president, in an attempt to right things with the Cheyenne Indians, is asking this of Block yet even this personal request doesn’t help get through to this soldier who is very set in his ways. He’s against any native, let alone this once great warrior, being allowed to contrive, petition for and obtain such an honor. With his future benefits on the line, he unenthusiastically gets a team together to be the chaperone for the chief and his family. The moment they’re out of sight of the compound, he shows them who he really is. He humiliates Yellow Hawk by putting him in binds and by cutting of the female’s hair.

While on their trek, they come across Rosalie Quaid (Pike), a young mother whose husband and children were recently murdered by some very hostile Comanche warriors. Usually quite hostile himself, Blocker shows empathy for the woman when he notices she clutches to and tends to a dead infant as though it were still alive. Bale brings one of his best performances as he shows a strong aura of altruism and expresses goodwill and humanity in slight gestures, revealing how deeply he understands what the woman is going through and how fear, anger and the loss of love got her to where she barely hangs on by a thread. Earlier in the film, we see what she and her family go through when the Comanche happen upon them. Though it isn’t overly gory, it is jarring when they’re killed. Unable to leave her behind, Block has Rosalie join them and a friendship develops. I must mention that much like the terrain they ride, Pike’s character has so many peaks and valleys that I wouldn’t be surprised to see her end up with an Oscar nomination. The individual she portrays is challenging and with her performance, she meets every one of her challenges.

At a post they stop at for the night, Blocker picks up an Army Sergeant turned vicious criminal, Charles Wills (Foster), who needs to be transported to Montana to face trial. Blocker does this believing Wills will be someone he could easily handle since Blocker was above him as they served in battle together. Surely they will understand one another. However, when Wills sees that Blocker has grown a little soft, actually speaking to the natives in his charge, he escapes, and the film gets bloody once again.

Through rhetoric that comes from Block and Wills, and as the film progresses, you’ll realize one thing above all else about why this film was made. It’s a strong reminder that this country has been fighting in a war and for a long time… that war is Racism. Blocker and Yellow Hawk have a moment of genuine respect and a mutual meeting of the minds and in that scene, you watch the significant message America needs to hear play out. If westerns of the past didn’t make it clear, this film makes it crystal. The natives have been horribly mistreated and judged unfairly but it is possible to peacefully coexist and we must if we’re going to find peace in this world. It’s through peace and understanding that all things are possible.

Journey’s End – Trailer

January 2, 2018 Published by Shari K. Green

Directed by: Saul Dibb

Written by: Simon Reade (screenplay), based on the Tony Award-winning play and novel by R.C. Sherriff

Produced by: Guy de Beaujeu and Simon Reade

Starring: Sam Claflin, Asa Butterfield, Paul Bettany, Toby Jones, Tom Sturridge and Stephen Graham

Cinematography: Laurie Rose

Editor: Tania Reddin

Production Design: Kristian Milsted

Release date: March 2, 2018 (In NY and LA with nationwide expansion to follow) March 9 in PHX

Synopsis: March 1918. C-company arrives to take its turn in the front-line trenches of northern France, led by the war-weary Captain Stanhope (Claflin). With a German offensive imminently approaching, the officers (Bettany, Graham, Sturridge) and their cook (Jones) use food and the memories of their lives before the war to distract themselves, while Stanhope soaks his fear in whiskey, unable to deal with the dread of the inevitable. A young officer, Raleigh (Butterfield), arrives fresh out of training and abuzz with the excitement of his first real posting – not least because he is to serve under Stanhope, his former schoolhouse monitor and the object of his sister’s affections. Each man is trapped, the days ticking by, the tension rising and the attack drawing ever closer…

Runtime: 107 minutes

Rating: TBD
US Distributor: Good Deed Entertainment



In Theaters March 9, 2018

http://www.fandango.com

Hostiles Advance Movie Screening

January 2, 2018 (updated January 2, 2018) Published by markdeli

Movie Screening Summary: Set in 1892, Hostiles tells the story of a legendary Army Captain (Christian Bale), who after stern resistance, reluctantly agrees to escort a dying Cheyenne war chief (Wes Studi) and his family back to tribal lands. Making the harrowing and perilous journey from Fort Berringer, an isolated Army outpost in New Mexico, to the grasslands of Montana, the former rivals encounter a young widow (Rosamund Pike), whose family was murdered on the plains. Together, they must join forces to overcome the punishing landscape, hostile Comanche and vicious outliers that they encounter along the way. Hostiles is directed by Scott Cooper (Black Mass, Out of the Furnace, Crazy Heart) and produced by John Lesher (Black Mass, Birdman, Fury) and Ken Kao (The Nice Guys, Knight of Cups). The film stars: Christian Bale (The Big Short, American Hustle, The Dark Knight) Rosamund Pike (Gone Girl, Jack Reacher), Wes Studi (Avatar, Heat, Geronimo), Adam Beach (Suicide Squad, Flags of Our Fathers), Ben Foster (Hell or High Water, 3:10 to Yuma), Q’orianka Kilcher (Unnatural), Tanaya Beatty (Twilight), Jonathan Majors (Do Not Disturb), Rory Cochrane (Black Mass, Argo), Jesse Plemons (Black Mass, Bridge of Spies), Timothée Chalamet (Love the Coopers, Interstellar), Paul Anderson (The Revenant, Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows), Ryan Bingham (Crazy Heart), David Midthunder (Comanche Moon), John Benjamin Hickey (Get on Up, Pitch Perfect), Stephen Lang (Avatar, The Nut Job), Bill Camp (12 years a Slave, Birdman).

See more advance movie screenings from tmc

Advance Movie Screening For HOSTILES

Find your chance to receive special advance movie screening passes below.

Phoenix, Arizona

Advance Movie Screening Details

Movie Screening Date: Wednesday, January 3
Location: Harkins Tempe Marketplace
Movie Screening Time: 6:00pm
[button link=”http://www.gofobo.com/HOSTMC” type=”big” newwindow=”yes”] Get Passes[/button]



Advance Movie Screening Information

If you have any other questions or comments, please contact us.

All the Money in the World – Movie Review

December 25, 2017 Published by Shari K. Green

‘All the money in the world can buy you many things, but it can’t buy you love.’ Isn’t that how the saying goes? Perfect title for this film because this movie is that very statement come to life. With this project, director Ridley Scott has taken on a story about oil tycoon J. Paul Getty.
Getty has amassed a great fortune, has become the world’s first billionaire, and has become hardened to love. Since he has so much money, more than he could ever spend, it seems everyone wants a piece of it. People even send him letters, on a daily basis, pleading their case to see if he’d be willing to give them a few dollars to get them out of their current woes but his prosperity has one nasty side effect… greed. In his greed lies the true heart of this story.

Early in the film, you see a little history on Getty, who’s played magnificently by Christopher Plummer, and how he gained his wealth. He made deals for Saudi oil and then brought the oil out of the desert by creating a supertanker to carry it all out. His intellect and understanding of how finance works then made his money grow. Scott takes us to May of 1973 where one of Getty’s favorite grandchildren, John Paul Getty III (Charlie Plummer; no relation to Christopher), is kidnapped. The kidnappers want seventeen million dollars for his safe return. The kidnappers try to get the money from his mother, Gail Harris (Williams), who is divorced from Getty’s son. She doesn’t have seventeen million dollars so she tries desperately to get the older Getty to understand what Paul’s life means to her. She points out that she and Paul aren’t people writing a letter to him to try and get a piece of his fortune but instead that Paul, his own flesh and blood, is in real danger.

For foreshadowing on who Getty has become, we cut to nine years earlier where Getty is explaining to his young grandson that everything has a price. To his own son, John Paul Getty II (Buchan), he explains why he was never home. He had a business to run and he couldn’t be ‘weighed down’ with family. Pay close attention to the wonderful dialogue in the script regarding money and who Getty considered himself to be. Plummer is priceless. The film originally had Kevin Spacey cast in the role of Getty but after he was accused of sexual misconduct, Spacey was replaced with Plummer who seemed so perfectly cast you can’t imagine Scott ever had someone else in mind. Plummer’s stone face and cold heart, when it comes to what should be an easy decision to make, were almost frightening.

Getty gives a reason why he has decided not to pay to get his grandchild back. The main reason is that he has fourteen grandchildren and if he pays for one, they may all be kidnapped. During this period, he buys millions of dollars’ worth of collectibles that appreciate in value, but people aren’t profitable so therefore expendable. Getty does allow Fletcher Chase (Wahlberg) his assistant, an ex-spy who specializes in negotiations, to help try and retrieve the boy from the kidnappers without it costing Getty a penny. Wahlberg and Williams have great chemistry. This chemistry builds with the stress of her plight and a relationship between them builds with the stress of her plight. It continues throughout the rest of the story when Chase shows more feeling toward what she’s going through than Getty does. Time goes by and the kidnappers get more and more anxious. For the audience, the tension increases with every one of their unmet demands. The price is dropped yet still Getty refuses to pay. One of the kidnappers shows warmth for the boy but even this doesn’t save him from getting an ear removed.

Scott does a sensational job of juggling the story of desperate kidnappers, the frightened abducted youngster and almost despondent mother who, in dire straits, still hangs on to hope that she can get through to Scrooge. She never cries for Getty, instead, illustrates for him how Paul having the Getty name is what has put him in danger and that Getty, himself, has some responsibility to help him.

All the Money in the World is definitely one of the best pictures of the year and Plummer’s performance is easily one of the best of the year, as well. It comes out today, Christmas 2017, and I recommend you see it as a gift to yourself.

Tag: Drama

Small Town Crime Movie Review

Forever My Girl Movie Review

12 Strong Advance Movie Screening

Advance Movie Screening For 12 STRONG

Phoenix, Arizona

Advance Movie Screening Details

Tucson, Arizona

Advance Movie Screening Details

Las Vegas, Nevada

Advance Movie Screening Details

Albuquerque, New Mexico

Advance Movie Screening Details

Advance Movie Screening Information

Phantom Thread Movie Reivew

The Commuter Movie Review

The Post Movie Review

Hostiles Movie Review

Journey’s End – Trailer

In Theaters March 9, 2018

Hostiles Advance Movie Screening

Advance Movie Screening For HOSTILES

Phoenix, Arizona

Advance Movie Screening Details

Advance Movie Screening Information

All the Money in the World – Movie Review

Leaderboard 🏆

Recent Reviews

Latest Photos