Following the enormous financial and artistic success of It (2017), returning director Andy Muschietti had a real monster to contend with: how to top the first film and shape what needed to be the horror genre equivalent of The Godfather: Part II. To the credit of the filmmakers and actors, this ambitious sequel gets halfway there to classic status but is satisfying enough and … [Read more...] about It Chapter Two: Pennywise returns, and the grown-up losers of Derry are back to stop It
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MOLLY’S GAME New Movie Review
The thought of sitting through the first film ever directed (as well as written) by Aaron Sorkin was not high on my list of priorities. While Sorkin is the author of A Few Good Men, The Social Network and The West Wing, to name a few, he also penned Danny Boyle's hit and miss Steve Jobs and can, on occasion, craft dialogue that's overly showy and improbably wordy. Sorkin's work … [Read more...] about MOLLY’S GAME New Movie Review
MISS SLOANE New Movie Review
The opening shot of Miss Sloane is an extreme close-up of its star, Jessica Chastain. Playing the title role, Chastain explains to the camera what a lobbyist is and how far her character will go to succeed at her profession. We quickly learn that Chastain's Elizabeth Sloane is about to testify before a senator (John Lithgow) over her questionable behavior on behalf of the gun … [Read more...] about MISS SLOANE New Movie Review
CRIMSON PEAK New Movie Review
Late into Crimson Peak, Guillermo Del Toro's elaborate haunted house thriller, it occurred to me that the ghosts don't have enough to do. In fact, they barely register and seem like the eighth or ninth most important thing in the story. This is both a compliment and everything wrong with the movie, which Del Toro and co-screenwriter Matthew Robbins have overwritten. At two … [Read more...] about CRIMSON PEAK New Movie Review
THE MARTIAN New Movie Review
In Ridley Scott's The Martian, an accident leaves astronaut Mark Watney (played by Matt Damon) stranded on the Mars. While his crew (led by Jessica Chastain) is unaware of his surviving alone on the red planet, Watney maintains his desire to stay alive, even as his situation is utterly dire and his life expectancy becomes increasingly slim with every passing day. Some of the … [Read more...] about THE MARTIAN New Movie Review