A deep drive into “enhanced interrogation techniques” distinguishes what may be seen as a cross between The Post and an Oscar winning Spotlight, though hardly as cinema-friendly. The Report comes from Scott Z. Burns noted as a scribe to Steven Soderbergh Obama in The Informant. His stories and details are divulged often in compelling and […]
Reviews
Honey Boy
Shia LaBeouf demonstrates noticeable nerve in providing material for Israeli born Alma Har’el that recounts his austere formative years (under different monikers) that can be bracing, if exploitative to a certain degree. If you consider what transpires in the post-credits scroll, for example. Honey Boy may not bring you to tears, but it’s a way […]
Playing with Fire
The helmer of Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2 is back with another family comedy about a virile crew of smoke jumpers babysitting a trio of rescued whippersnappers. Playing With Fire (directed by Andy Fickman from a story by Dan Ewen) stars John Cena, Keegan-Michale Key, John Leguizamo and Judy Greer and is a hopeless, […]
Marriage Story
Not really a later-day Kramer Vs Kramer in its shaded examination of a union, in a way, coming to an end, is this latest sharply observed, very personal drama from Noah Baumbach. His Marriage Story which may sound like a misnomer bristles with honesty, wistfulness, and even humanity as an early montage depicts what […]
Doctor Sleep
This adaption of a 2013 Stephen King novel happens to be a follow-up to a 1980 rendering of the macabre-minded Main author that didn’t tickle his fancy very much, Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining. Now, Mike Flanagan (Oculus, and Origin of Evil delves into the existence of one Danny Torrance (Evan McGregor) two score after the […]