11 January
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THE POST Director: Steven Spielberg Starring: Meryl Streep, Tom Hanks, Bob Odenkirk, Carrie Coon, Sarah Paulson, Tracy Letts, Bradley Whitford, Bruce Greenwood, Matthew Rhys, Jesse Plemons, David Cross, Zach Woods Director Steven Spielberg has spent the recent part of his career making historical dramas with Munich, Lincoln, and Bridge of Spies, not to mention all of his war-based films. He wants to hold a mirror to our past so we can learn from history and apply it to our present day political environment. The Post uses the Vietnam War as it’s starting point with Matthew Rhys as Daniel, a vet who witnesses government officials lyingRead More →

12 August
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FLORENCE FOSTER JENKINS Director: Stephen Frears Starring: Meryl Streep, Hugh Grant, Simon Helberg, Rebecca Ferguson, Nina Arianda, John Kavanagh I would place a bet on Meryl Streep earning her 20th Oscar nomination with her role as Florence Foster Jenkins. Am I reaching too early? It’s doubtful given the nature of the role and the pedigree of those around her. Jenkins was a New York socialite who dreamed of being a well-known opera singer. Her husband, St. Clair Bayfield (Grant), was a British Shakespearean actor and they performed together at the Verdi Club. Despite her failing health, she thought it was the right time to get backRead More →

07 August
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RICKI AND THE FLASH Director: Jonathan Demme Starring: Meryl Streep, Mamie Gummer, Kevin Kline, Audra McDonald, Rick Springfield, Sebastian Stan, Nick Westrate, Ben Platt Get ready to hear Meryl Streep singing Lady Gaga. That’s right! It’s only the intro of “Bad Romance”, but who would have thought these two worlds would ever collide. Streep stars as Ricki Rendazzo who fronts a rock cover band that continues to play gigs at a lonely dive bar. Her life is basically falling apart at the seams, as she’s broke, living in a dumpy apartment, and makes a small wage working at a Whole Foods-inspired grocery store. There’s alsoRead More →

25 December
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INTO THE WOODS Director: Rob Marshall Starring: Emily Blunt, James Corden, Anna Kendrick, Meryl Streep, Chris Pine, Billy Magnussen, Daniel Huttlestone, Lilla Crawford, Christine Baranski, Tammy Blanchard, Lucy Punch, Johnny Depp,Tracey Ullman, Mackenzie Mauzy Many of you may not know this, but I was a musical theater major in college. I have had a love of composer Stephen Sondheim for quite some time. I think it’s safe to say that he is the grand master and god of musical theater lovers everywhere. Into the Woods just happens to be my favorite in his diverse canon. He and lyricist James Lapine have combined characters from variousRead More →

11 December
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THE 72nd GOLDEN GLOBE AWARDS NOMINATIONS   Here are the nominations for the 72nd Golden Globe Awards brought to you by The Hollywood Foreign Press Association BEST MOTION PICTURE-DRAMA 1. Boyhood 2. Foxcatcher 3. The Imitation Game 4. Selma 5. The Theory of Everything BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS-DRAMA 1. Jennifer Aniston, Cake 2. Felicity Jones, The Theory of Everything 3. Julianne Moore, Still Alice 4. Rosamund Pike, Gone Girl 5. Reese Witherspoon, Wild BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR-DRAMA 1. Steve Carell, Foxcatcher 2. Benedict Cumberbatch, The Imitation Game 3. Jake Gyllenhaal, Nightcrawler 4. David Oyelowo, Selma 5. Eddie Redmayne, The Theory of Everything BESTRead More →

10 December
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The 21st ANNUAL SCREEN ACTORS GUILD AWARDS NOMINATIONS   OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A CAST IN A MOTION PICTURE 1. Birdman Zach Galifianakis Michael Keaton Edward Norton Andrea Risenborough Amy Ryan Emma Stone Naomi Watts 2. Boyhood Patricia Arquette Ellar Coltrane Ethan Hawke Lorelei Linklater 3. The Grand Budapest Hotel F. Murray Abraham Mathieu Amalric Adrien Brody Willem Dafoe Ralph Fiennes Jeff Goldblum Harvey Keitel Jude Law Bill Murray Edward Norton Tony Revolori Saoirse Ronan Jason Shwartzman Lea Seydoux Tilda Swinton Tom Wilkinson Owen Wilson 4. The Imitation Game Matthew Beard Benedict Cumberbatch Charles Dance Matthew Goode Rory Kinnear Keira Knightley Allen Leech Mark Strong 5.Read More →

05 September
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FALL 2014 MOVIE PREVIEW 1. INTERSTELLARDirector: Christopher NolanStarring: Matthew McConaughey, Anne Hathaway, Jessica Chastain, John Lithgow, Michael CaineI am a huge fan of Christopher Nolan, the visionary director of Inception and The Dark KnightTrilogy. This film may be his biggest challenge to date. It is still shrouded in secrecy, but a couple of trailers have been released.  I am stunned and awed by everything I am seeing so far. It has been in the works for the past few years and was originally inspired by physicist Kip Thorne and his theories behind using wormholes in space to time travel. Matthew McConaughey continues his hot streak by leading this ensembleRead More →

21 August
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THE GIVERDirector: Phillip NoyceStarring: Brenton Thwaites, Jeff Bridges, Meryl Streep, Alexander Skarsgard, Katie Holmes, Odeya Rush, Cameron Monaghan, Taylor Swift There’s a great scene toward the end of The Giver where Oscar winners Meryl Streep and Jeff Bridges get to have a bit of a verbal sparring match. I would have loved to have been an extra in that scene. It’s one of the more exciting scenes in the film, yet it comes far too late. Their community has become a vast, colorless world void of any feeling and emotion. Everything the citizens once knew has been erased from their memories.  There is strict order and rulesRead More →

31 July
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INTO THE WOODS Director: Rob Marshall Starring: Meryl Streep, Emily Blunt, James Corden, Anna Kendrick, Chris Penn, Johnny Depp, Christine Baranski, Tracey Ullman, Billy Magnussen, Frances de la Tour We have seen some production stills recently and now the first trailer is here for the highly anticipated new movie, Into the Woods, based on the Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine musical. I must say this is my favorite musical of all time and cannot contain my excitement when it comes to this movie. Rob Marshall is no stranger to directing musicals after his work on Chicago and Nine. He has another all-star cast led byRead More →

10 January
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AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY Director: John Wells Starring: Meryl Streep, Julia Roberts, Julianne Nicholson, Juliette Lewis, Chris Cooper, Margo Martindale, Ewan McGregor, Abigail Breslin, Dermot Mulroney, Benedict Cumberbatch, Sam Shepard Did you have some family drama over the holidays? People acting crazy around the dinner table? Just wait until you meet the Weston family. Your family will seem a whole heck of a lot more normal after you spend a few hours with the Westons. Patriarch Beverly (Shepard) is an alcoholic and former poet who can no longer tolerate his marriage to Violet (Streep). After thirty plus years and three daughters, the love they once hadRead More →