16 September
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THE EYES OF TAMMY FAYE Director: Michael ShowalterStarring: Jessica Chastain, Andrew Garfield, Vincent D’Onofrio, Cherry Jones, Sam Jaeger Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker were larger than life personalities who spread their ministry to millions of people every day. The new film The Eyes of Tammy Faye shines a light on the rise and fall of the televangelists. Tammy Faye always had this fascination with Jesus in hopes of being saved. Jessica Chastain plays Tammy Faye throughout the decades the film covers. She would meet her husband Jim, played by Andrew Garfield, at Central Bible College in Minneapolis in1960. Tammy Faye was enamored with him. HeRead More →

12 September
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THE CARD COUNTER Director: Paul SchraderStarring: Oscar Isaac, Tiffany Haddish, Tye Sheridan, Willem Dafoe Writer/director Paul Schrader has written some of the greatest films of all time with Taxi Driver and Raging Bull. His new film stars The Card Counter gives star Oscar Isaac a rich character to toil over. Oscar Isaac’s character, Bill Tell, learned to count cards in prison. The opening voiceover felt akin to Goodfellas in its delivery as Bill says “I never thought I’d be in prison, but I’ve adjusted quite well.” He goes on to describe the art of card counting for the game of blackjack. He has eccentric habitsRead More →

09 September
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EVERYBODY’S TALKING ABOUT JAMIE Director: Jonathan ButterellStarring: Max Harwood, Lauren Patel, Sharon Horgan, Richard E. Grant, Emily Lancashire, Samuel Bottomley The musical Everybody’s Talking About Jamie has won over audiences in the West End and has now been adapted for the big screen. The art of drag has exploded over the last decade thanks to RuPaul’s Drag Race. It’s hitting a younger and younger audience including Jamie from Sheffield, England. The movie and its staged version is based on the true story of Jamie New, played by Max Harwood, who is celebrating his sixteenth birthday. It also happens to be career day at school whereRead More →

02 September
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WORTH Director: Sara ColangeloStarring: Michael Keaton, Amy Ryan, Stanley Tucci, Laura Benanti, Tate Donovan, Talia Balsam It’s been twenty years since the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center. We’ve seen a few movies tackle it, but the new film Worth dives into the victims’ stories and the legal battle that followed. What is life worth? How does the law put a price tag on someone’s existence? Those questions are what faces lawyer Ken Feinberg, played by Michael Keaton. He’s fought for many high-profile settlements and is a professor at Georgetown. Everything stopped the morning of September 11, 2001. The world stood and watched theRead More →

02 September
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SHANG-CHI AND THE LEGEND OF THE TEN RINGS Director: Destin Daniel CrettonStarring: Simu Liu, Awkwafina, Tony Leung, Michelle Yeoh, Meng’er Zhang, Fala Chen, Wab Yuen, Florian Munteanu Add Simu Liu to your list of fantastic new Marvel actors. He leads their exciting new film Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings. In present day San Francisco, Simu Liu’s Shang-Chi, who goes by Shaun in America, and best friend Katy (Awkwafina) work as valet drivers at a fancy hotel. After an action-packed bus ride, Katy learns Shaun can kick butt and save the day with his precise martial arts skills. He opens up about hisRead More →

01 September
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CINDERELLA Director: Kay CannonStarring: Camila Cabello, Nicholas Galitzine, Idina Menzel, Billy Porter, Pierce Brosnan, Minnie Driver If we get new versions of Spider-Man, Batman, or James Bond every few years, it’s fair to reason that we’ll continue to see new adaptations on the fairy tale of “Cinderella”. This time its pop star Camila Cabello who dons the glass slipper. What would a fairy tale be without a storyteller? Emmy winner Billy Porter tells this tale as Fab G, the Fairy God Mutha to Camila Cabello’s Cinderella. We learn that’s the nickname given to her by her wicked stepsisters and stepmother, played by Idina Menzel. EllaRead More →

30 August
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REMINISCENCE Director: Lisa JoyStarring: Hugh Jackman, Rebecca Ferguson, Thandiwe Newton, Maria de Tavira, Cliff Curtis The ability to watch someone else’s memory recall sits at the center of the new Hugh Jackman film Reminiscence. It takes place in what seems to be the near future however Miami now looks like Venice, Italy with its rising water. It’s rotten to the core with corruption after a war tore the city apart. Hugh Jackman’s character Nick Bannister runs a private company that allows clients to submerge themselves in a tank of water to recall memories and nostalgia. He mentions in the voice over narration that “The pastRead More →

25 August
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CANDYMAN Director: Nia DaCostaStarring: Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Teyonah Parris, Colman Domingo, Nathan Stewart-Jarrett, Vanessa Williams, Brian King, Kyle Kaminsky The 1992 horror film Candyman spawned a terrifying new monster for scary movie fans. The legend of Candyman is back with a vital reality check in this new sequel. Yes, sequel, not reboot or remake. The housing projects of Chicago known as Cabrini-Green were the haunting ground for Candyman in the original film. In the years since then, the towers of Cabrini-Green have been torn down and gentrified into a white, preppy, millennial neighborhood. The urban legend of Candyman has since been long forgotten by many.Read More →

22 August
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THE NIGHT HOUSE Director: David BrucknerStarring: Rebecca Hall, Sarah Goldberg, Vondie Curtis-Hall, Evan Jonigkeit, Stacy Martin Horror movies are at their best when they play on our realities bringing out the scary in our everyday lives. The psychology terror that comes with grief is at the heart of The Night House. It stars Rebecca Hall as Beth who is recently widowed and faces the rotating stages of grief. We don’t know at first how her husband Owen passed away, but that is revealed later. Her nights home alone at their lake front property leave her on edge. There’s a knock on the door, the floorboardsRead More →

19 August
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THE PROTÉGÉ Director: Martin CampbellStarring: Maggie Q, Michael Keaton, Samuel L. Jackson, Robert Patrick, Ori Pfeffer Maggie Q stars as a new action heroine to root for in The Protégé. In 1991 Vietnam, a young girl named Anna is taken in by a hitman after she leaves behind a room of dead bodies. She clearly knows her away around a weapon. Thirty years later, Anna, now played by Maggie Q, works as a hired assassin with her mentor, Moody (Samuel L. Jackson) right by her side. As she reminds Moody, “We don’t send anyone away who didn’t have it coming.” She’s quick on her feetRead More →