23 September
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DEAR EVAN HANSEN Director: Stephen ChboskyStarring: Ben Platt, Kaitlyn Dever, Amandla Stenberg, Amy Adams, Danny Pino, Julianne Moore, Colton Ryan, Nik Dodani The Broadway musical Dear Evan Hansen is hoping to inspire audiences all over again as the Tony winning musical has been adapted for the big screen. Ben Platt won a Tony Award for playing Evan Hansen in the original Broadway cast. He returns to the role here playing a high school kid who suffers from severe mental health issues. His therapist asks him to write letters to himself. One of those “Dear Evan Hansen” letters gets into the wrong hands when his classmateRead More →

18 May
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DEAR EVAN HANSEN 2021 is the year of stage to screen adaptations of beloved musicals. Trailers for In the Heights and West Side Story have dropped, and now, here comes Dear Evan Hansen with original Broadway star and Tony winner Ben Platt. Stephen Chbosky (The Perks of Being a Wallflower) directs with a screenplay by Steven Levenson (Fosse/Verdon) Levenson also penned the musical’s book. The musical became a worldwide phenomenon as it tackles teen mental health issues and suicide with an honest and approachable method. The music by Benj Pasek and Justin Paul is more than a bunch of catchy ear worms, as the songsRead More →

13 May
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THE WOMAN IN THE WINDOW Director: Joe WrightStarring: Amy Adams, Julianne Moore, Gary Oldman, Wyatt Russell, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Wyatt Russell, Anthony Mackie Amy Adams’ new film The Woman in the Window was shot three years ago. It’s long been delayed but will be streaming on Netflix May 14. She plays Anna who suffers from severe agoraphobia and hasn’t left her posh New York City brownstone in over ten months. This is pre-pandemic before we were used to that lifestyle. Despite being a psychologist herself, she suffers from severe anxiety and panic attacks from past trauma. New neighbors move in across the street, and AnnaRead More →

10 November
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HILLBILLY ELEGY Director: Ron HowardStarring: Gabriel Basso, Amy Adams, Glenn Close, Haley Bennett, Freida Pinto, Owen Asztalos Amy Adams and Glenn Close are a dream team together. Both are phenomenal actresses, but I wish their new film Hillbilly Elegy lived up to their potential. It is based on the memoir from J.D. Vance played as an adult by Gabriel Basso. J.D. grew up in the Appalachia region but has tried to overcome the hardships his family faced and is now attending Yale Law School. Just as he’s set for an all-important job interview, he learns his mother, Bev, played by Amy Adams has suffered aRead 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 →

16 November
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JUSTICE LEAGUE Director: Zach Snyder Starring: Ben Affleck, Gal Gadot, Jason Momoa, Ezra Miller, Ray Fisher, Jeremy Irons, Amy Adams, Diane Lane, Connie Nielsen, J.K. Simmons, Ciarán Hinds, Joe Morton DC Comics continues to crank out movies in their superhero universe in hopes of veering the franchise in the right direction. Earlier this year we saw the release of Wonder Woman, which came as a sigh of relief for many fans and was the first big success for DC’s Extended Universe. Like the old saying goes, one step forward and two steps back for DC with Justice League. That’s not to say it’s terrible. IRead More →

28 December
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2016: A YEAR IN REVIEW 2016 was not the best year when it came to the selections at your local movie theater. The spring brought out it the usual duds, the summer season was wildly disappointing, and the fall had a few great films to try and redeem itself. Big blockbuster movies like X-Men: Apocalypse, Batman v Superman, Suicide Squad, and The Divergent Series: Allegiant were not greeted with the same sort of enthusiasm upon it’s release. All four were disappointing in some regard. We also saw reboots and revivals of franchises with Ghostbusters, Jason Bourne, Bridget Jones’s Baby,and Blair Witch; some of them wereRead More →

08 December
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VARIETY – ACTORS ON ACTORS 2016 It’s that time of the year when Variety celebrates the exceptional films that are hitting theaters. They partner a variety of actors together to talk about their current films and what drives them in their career. I’ve watched quite a few so far and have plenty more to sit through. Some pairings work really well together (Tom Hanks and Viola Davis) while others feel a little off (Sorry, Sally Field!). Here are a few of them. If you want more, head over to Variety’s You Tube channel where they’ve posted all of them. Make sure to look for theRead More →

22 November
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NOCTURNAL ANIMALS Writer/Director: Tom Ford Starring: Jake Gyllenhaal, Amy Adams, Michael Shannon, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Armie Hammer, Michael Sheen, Jena Malone If you thought fashion designer Tom Ford was going to be a one-hit wonder director after his exquisite film A Single Man then think again. He is back with his razor-sharp eye with Nocturnal Animals. He pulls triple duty by being one of the film’s producers and having written the script which has been adapted from Austin Wright’s book Tony and Susan. Amy Adams plays art dealer Susan Morrow who continues to be unhappy in life. Her latest gallery showing is unlike anything else you’veRead More →

10 November
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ARRIVAL Director: Denis Villeneuve Starring: Amy Adams, Jeremy Renner, Forest Whitaker, Michael Stuhlbarg, Tzi Ma In the last few years we have seen an increase in intelligent films about space exploration and the possibility that something else may be out there. Arrival is one to add to that list with its insightful probe on how we communicate with extra-terrestrials. Don’t worry; this feels more Close Encounters of the Third Kind than say the dreadful Independence Day Resurgence. This is the first of two high-profile films for Amy Adams this year. She also stars alongside Jake Gyllenhaal in Nocturnal Animals. Here she plays Dr. Louise Banks,Read More →