24 September
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AD ASTRA Director: James GrayStarring: Brad Pitt, Tommy Lee Jones, Ruth Negga, Donald Sutherland, Kimberly Elise, Lisa Gay Hamilton, John Ortiz Brad Pitt gives one of the best films of his career in Ad Astra. He plays renowned NASA astronaut Roy McBride whose latest mission becomes personal as it involves his father (Lee) who also served as a NASA astronaut but went missing in space decades prior. News quietly spreads that solar rays coming from Neptune are causing power surges on Earth. They believe this may mean that Roy’s father may still be alive. Here’s my reviewRead More →

01 January
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VICE Writer/Director: Adam McKayStarring:  Christian Bale, Amy Adams, Steve Carell, Sam Rockwell, Tyler Perry, Jesse Plemos, Lisa Gay Hamilton Writer/director Adam McKay is best known for comedies like Anchorman and Step Brothers. In 2015, he surprised audiences and critics with The Big Short, a “dramedy” about the housing market crash. That film led him to an Oscar for Best Original Screenplay. He’s back with the same approach to tell the Dick Cheney (Bale) story. The film starts with his early days as a rowdy, trouble-making partygoer in Wyoming and his wife Lynne (Adams) threatening him to get his act together. The first half jumps back andRead More →

18 October
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BEAUTIFUL BOY Director: Felix Van Groeningen Starring: Steve Carell, Timothée Chalamet, Maura Tierney, Amy Ryan, Timothy Hutton, Lisa Gay Hamilton If Timothée Chalamet broke your heart in Call Me By Your Name, he’ll do the same thing as Nic Sheff in his new movie Beautiful Boy. It also stars Steve Carell as his father, David Sheff. It’s a father/son story about understanding and overcoming drug addiction from the perspectives of both father and son. Maura Tierney and Amy Ryan co-star. Here’s my video review on my YouTube channel.Read More →