Hollywood Round-Up
Oscar season has started to get into swing with the release this week of three big Hollywood movies based on real-life stories or well-known...
Boxer Willie
You should always be suspicious of homeless dramas that star Oscar-nominated Hollywood actors. There are so many different ways that such movies can go...
Snowden: Whitehat
In some ways, Oliver Stone suits an Edward Snowden biopic perfectly. Who better to tell the story of this generation’s foremost government whistle-blower than...
Water Landing
Named for US Airways pilot Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger, Clint Eastwood’s film tells the real-life story of how, in January 2009, Sullenberger and co-pilot Jeff...
Susana Gibb’s Movie Dreams
For someone who’s been acting in TV and film for more than 20 years, Susana Gibb is surprisingly ambivalent about her chosen profession. The...
Morgan Has Broken
Maybe you saw The Witch and wondered what else its young star, Anya Taylor-Joy, might be capable of. Morgan represents your first chance to...
Equity: The Women of Wall Street
I’ll admit, it never occurred to me that we might need a female version of all those high-finance dramas that we’ve seen ever since...
Southside With You: Obama Afternoon
Barack Obama isn’t out of office yet, and already I’m nostalgic for his presidency. I’d probably appreciate his easy communication and cool leadership in...
The Tunnel: Beneath the Surface
Two years ago, a ferry called the MV Sewol capsized off the southwestern tip of South Korea, leaving more than 300 people (most of...
Hell or High Water: Texas Hold-Up
The big economic recession that hit eight years ago has inspired its share of films like 99 Homes and The Big Short, but even...
