Four of the most admired actresses alive today go all-in together for Book Club. Jane Fonda, Diane Keaton, Candice Bergen and Mary Steenburgen meet for chinwags, gossip et beaucoup de vin under the guise of book discussion in Bill Holdermans middle aged crazy comedy. Fonda’s sex positive character suggests they read Fifty Shades and the others poo poo the idea until… View Post
Anton Chekov’s The Seagull takes us down dark roads, as is typical of the Russian author. Michael Mayer’s slightly skewed version is set in the time it was written – 1896 – but spiked with modern language, indoor and outdoor locations. As much fun as it seems, a weekend party on a country estate complete with theatricals, food, drink and card games,… View Post
British born Theo James plays an American diplomat in Backstabbing for Beginners, a Denmark, Sweden, Norway and Ontario co-production directed by Per Fly and co-starring Ben Kingsley. A young man wants to fulfil his late father’s idealism in international politics by joining the UN. He is readily accepted, maybe too quickly, and is assigned to work for the Under Secretary overseeing the… View Post
Brady Jandreau is the central figure in Chloe Zhao’s multi-award winning feature The Rider about a rodeo rider who suffered a head injury and its aftermath. Zhao won the C.I.C.A.E. Award at Cannes and the film has gone on to tremendous success on the festival circuit. Jandreau plays a fictionalised version of himself, as do his family members and friends… View Post
Avengers: Infinity War – Disney / Marvel – This is action packed, ultraviolent, funny at times especially in sequences starring Chris Pratt as Peter Quill and Robert Downey Jr. as Iron Man, with whimsical, eager beaver gems from Tom Holland as Spider Man. Thanos, played by Josh Brolin and Loki, Tom Hiddleston, are on a deadly mission to recover five gems… View Post
Wim Wenders directs Alicia Vikander and James McAvoy in Submergence romantic tragedy of two who meet in a French seaside hotel. She’s a bio mathematician contemplating a deep sea submergence dive in waters off Greenland to collect samples from the ocean floor. It’s perilous and unnerves her but she must fulfill her mission. He is an MI5 spy focusing on terrorists in… View Post