Category: Film

The Devil and Daniel Johnston Highlights the Line Between Genius & Madness

On By C.H. NewellIn Biography, Daniel Johnston, Documentary, Film, Jeff Feuerzeig, MusicLeave a comment

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wJZOe65eA4Y The Devil and Daniel Johnston. 2005. Directed & Written by Jeff Feuerzeig. Starring Daniel Johnston, Laurie Allen, Brian Beattie, Louis Black, David Fair, Jad Fair, Don Goede, Matt Groening, Gibby Haynes, Sally Johnston Reid, Bill Johnston, Dick Johnston, Mabel Johnston, Margie Johnston, and Ken Lieck. Complex Corporation/This Is That Productions. Rated PG-13. 110 minutes. …

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Dealer’s Refn-Inspired Parisian Crime

On By C.H. NewellIn Action, Crime, Drugs, Film, French Film, Thriller, UnratedLeave a comment

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Re5e914SnQ8 Dealer. 2014. Directed by Jean Luc Herbulot. Screenplay by Samy Baaroun & Herbulot. Starring Dan Bronchinson, Elsa Madeleine, Salem Kali, Bruno Henry, Hervé Babadi, Dimitri Storoge, Fatima Adoum, Didier Mérigou, Emmanuel Bonami and Franck Boss. Multipass Productions/Mad Films-Mi. Unrated. 75 minutes. Action/Crime/Thriller ★★★1/2 Ever since Nicolas Winding Refn brought the Copenhagen drugworld out in all …

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Beasts of No Nation & the Horror of War

On By C.H. NewellIn Abraham Attah, Ama K. Abebrese, Cary Joji Fukunaga, Drama, Film, Idris Elba, Uzodinma Iweala, WarLeave a comment

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2xb9Ty-1frw Beasts of No Nation. 2015. Directed & Written by Cary Joji Fukunaga. Based on the novel by Uzodinma Iweala. Starring Abraham Attah, Emmanuel Affadzi, Ricky Adelayitor, Andrew Adote, Vera Nyarkoah Antwi, Ama K. Abebrese, Idris Elba, Kurt Egyiawan, Kobina Amissah-Sam, and Emmanuel Nii Adom Quaye. The Princess Grace Foundation/Red Crown Productions/Participant Media/Come What May …

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Cotillard & Fassbender in a Properly Haunting Macbeth

On By C.H. NewellIn 2015, Drama, Film, Macbeth, Marion Cotillard, Michael Fassbender, Paddy Considine, War, William ShakespeareLeave a comment

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YqHhKuCQmoY Macbeth. 2015. Directed by Justin Kurzel. Screenplay by Jacob Koskoff, Michael Lesslie & Todd Louiso; based on the original play by William Shakespeare. Starring Michael Fassbender, Marion Cotillard, Paddy Considine, Lochlann Harris, Lynn Kennedy, Seylan Baxter, Brian Nickels, Hilton McRae, James Harkness, Ross Anderson, David Thewlis, Sean Harris and Elizabeth Debicki. See-Saw Films/DMC Film/ACE/Film …

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Villeneuve Crosses the Border of Criminality with Sicario

On By C.H. NewellIn Action, Benicio Del Toro, Crime, Denis Villeneuve, Drama, Emily Blunt, Film, Josh Brolin, Taylor SheridanLeave a comment

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sR0SDT2GeFg Sicario. 2015. Directed by Denis Villeneuve. Screenplay by Taylor Sheridan. Starring Emily Blunt, Benicio Del Toro, Josh Brolin, Victor Garber, Jon Bernthal, Daniel Kaluuya, Jeffrey Donovan, Raoul Max Trujillo, Julio Cedillo, Hank Rogerson, Bernardo P. Saracino, and Kevin Wiggins. Black Label Media/Lions Gate Films/Thunder Road Pictures. Rated 14A. 121 minutes. Action/Crime/Drama ★★★★★ The opening …

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Martyrs 2.0 – The Little Remake That Shouldn’t

On By C.H. NewellIn 2016, Drama, Film, Horror, Kevin Goetz, Michael Goetz, Pascal Laugier, Remake, ThrillerLeave a comment

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=whLR-LWitPc Martyrs. 2016. Directed by Kevin & Michael Goetz. Screenplay by Mark L. Smith; based on the original characters from Pascal Laugier's film. Starring Troian Bellisario, Caitlin Carmichael, Kate Burton, Bailey Noble, Toby Huss, Diana Hopper, Lexi DiBenedetto, Taylor John Smith, Peter Michael Goetz, and DaJuan Johnson. Blumhouse Productions/The Safran Company/Temple Hill Entertainment. Unrated. 81 …

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Black Mass: Welcome Back, Mr. Depp!

On By C.H. NewellIn Benedict Cumberbatch, Biography, Crime, Drama, Film, Jesse Plemons, Joel Edgerton, Johnny Depp, Scott CooperLeave a comment

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CE3e3hGF2jc Black Mass. 2015. Directed by Scott Cooper. Screenplay by Jez Butterworth & Mark Mallouk; based on the novel by Dick Lehr & Gerard O'Neill. Starring Johnny Depp, Joel Edgerton, Benedict Cumberbatch, Dakota Johnson, Kevin Bacon, Peter Sarsgaard, Jesse Plemons, Rory Cochrane, David Harbour, and Adam Scott. Cross Creek Pictures/Grisbi Productions/Infinitum Nihil/Free State Pictures. Rated …

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Chaos, Colourful Characters, & Paranoia in Oliver Stone’s U Turn

On By C.H. NewellIn 1997, Billy Bob Thornton, Crime, Drama, Film, Jennifer Lopez, Nick Nolte, Oliver Stone, Sean Penn, ThrillerLeave a comment

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9bt-0ISUwQ0 U Turn. 1997. Directed by Oliver Stone. Screenplay by John Ridley, from his book Stray Dogs. Starring Sean Penn, Jennifer Lopez, Nick Nolte, Joaquin Phoenix, Claire Danes, Billy Bob Thornton, Jon Voight, Powers Boothe, Laurie Metcalf & Liv Tyler. Phoenix Pictures/Illusion Entertainment Group/Clyde Is Hungry Films/Canal+ Droits Audiovisuels. Rated R. 125 minutes. Crime/Drama/Thriller ★★★★★ …

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