In the new film from director Marielle Heller (whose Can You Ever Forgive Me? was a sleeper last year), Matthew Rhys stars as Lloyd, an Esquire Magazine writer assigned to cover Fred Rogers (played by Tom Hanks). Lloyd’s volatile relationship with his father (played by Chris Cooper, in a vivid turn) has made him a brittle journalist and an unlikely candidate to write about a … [Read more...] about ‘A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood’ New Movie Review: It’s a film for all of us
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LIVE BY NIGHT New Movie Review
Ben Affleck's fourth film as a director is an adaptation of Dennis Lehane's 2012 novel Live By Night, a Prohibition-era gangster drama. Considering that Affleck's 2007 directorial debut was the extraordinary Gone Baby Gone (also based on a Lehane novel) and that his previous film was the Best Picture winner Argo, my expectations were high for his return behind the camera. … [Read more...] about LIVE BY NIGHT New Movie Review