A world-weary realtor can be a little delusional in this comic, soap-opera staring Sigournery Weaver. Nova Scotia substitutes for fictional opulent anew England town as the plot (from a 2013 book) draws from a dark ancestral past. There’s a good cast on-board with a decent cast including the likes of Beverly D’Angelo, Rob Delaney, and […]
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Smile
The latest foray in psychological horror features a rather captivating portrait by Sosie Bacon (daughter of Kevin) that appears to draw inspiration from pictures like The Grudge, and The Ring. Helmer Parker Finn can be a little manipulative in the handling of an expanded short less discordant for the characters that the on-lookers. But, for […]
Bros
A gay romantic comedy staring co-writer Billy Eichner and Nicholas Stoller has a peppy insouciance for much of its running time and coasts well on the nature of its stars before being the throwback it may not have been going for anyway. As directed by Nicholas Stoller (Forgetting Sarah Marshall) it often glides with welcome, […]
God’s Creatures
Emily Watson and Paul Mescal shine in this atmospheric drama set around a fishing preparation plant in a remote Irish enclave. It can be persuasive in many aspects up to an important point when Watson’s Aileen comes to the aid of Mescal’s subtle, if cunning prodigal son. Reminiscent at times of films like Manchester By […]
Confess, Fletch
A reimagining of the 1980s Chevy Chase films can be a bit convoluted, as well as pointless and episodic, but has a playful, laid-back presence in the new incarnation of Irwin Fetcher byJon Ham (Baby Driver). The goofiness has an inspiration from the mid-1970s novel by Gregory McDonald with a lighter directorial hand from Greg […]