Writer/director Jeff Nichols has become one of my favorites. He has yet to make a bad film or write a bad script for that matter. And the fact that he has both written AND directed each of his films says something. With films like Shotgun Stories, Take Shelter, Mud, and now Midnight Special, under…
DetailsHello, and welcome to another week of exciting, interesting, surprising, and downright weird news in film! In this weeks “Yeah, I heard that Tuesday and I am still bewildered by it” news, Harrison Ford and Steven Spielberg are getting together for Indiana Jones 5, for a release in July of 2019. Ford will be 77…
DetailsOk, more fascinating tidbits from the world of film this week. Some jewels, and maybe a few inexplicable brow-furrowers. 10 Cloverfield Lane is quite good! And it stands to make a pretty penny this weekend, though Zootopia is looking to stay in the # 1 spot for the second week in a row. In this…
DetailsJJ Abrams is good at keeping secrets. This movie was under the radar until the trailers a few weeks ago. I don’t think they even revealed the title until about the same time. 10 Cloverfield Lane is clearly a nod to the film Cloverfield, which led everyone to speculate about whether this is a sequel,…
DetailsDo you like movies about angry dwarfs? If the answer is yes, then you are in for a treat with The Station Agent. It’s much more than that though, and to characterize it as just a movie about an angry dwarf would really diminish how good it is. I hadn’t seen any Tom McCarthy movies…
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