If Zack Snyder’s DCEU got anything right, it was creating the Costner-Lane power couple. “Let Him Go” stars Kevin Costner and Diane Lane as a husband and wife who, after the death of their own son, set out to retrieve their grandchild from their new abusive father. Thomas Bezucha writes and directs. In recent years… Continue reading ‘Let Him Go’ Review: A Bit Uneven, but Wrangles Up Some Solid Adult Drama
Aaron Sorkin could write directions for baking a fruitcake and it would still be more interesting and invigorating than most people’s screenplays. “Molly’s Game” marks Aaron Sorkin’s directorial debut from a script of his own hand. Like most all his work, it is based off a memoir and in this case he chronicles the story… Continue reading ‘Molly’s Game’ is Great Chastain but Only OK Sorkin
If nothing else, I got a slight chuckle here from the mini “Moonlight” reunion between Mahershala Ali and Janelle Monáe. “Hidden Figures” is the true story of the group of African-American females who helped NASA with the mathematics leading up John Glenn’s 1962 orbit of Earth. Taraji P. Henson, Octavia Spencer, Janelle Monáe, Kevin Costner,… Continue reading ‘Hidden Figures’ a Safe, By-the-Numbers Biopic
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