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 →

22 January
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OUR FRIEND Director: Gabriela CowperthwaiteStarring: Casey Affleck, Dakota Johnson, Jason Segel, Cherry Jones, Gwendoline Christie Movies involving cancer or death can either feel manipulative or provide a good cathartic release. The new film Our Friend plays all the right notes. Casey Affleck and Dakota Johnson play Matt and Nicole Teague. They’re a married couple with two beautiful girls who are facing the ultimate heartbreak when she’s been diagnosed with terminal cancer. Helping them throughout her sickness is best friend Dane, played by Jason Segel. Nicole first met Dane years back doing theater, and he’s always been there to be the rock for them in hardRead More →

30 October
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Director: Edward NortonStarring: Edward Norton, Bruce Willis, Alec Baldwin, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Willem Dafoe, Bobby Cannavale, Cherry Jones, Dallas Roberts Edward Norton wrote, directed, and stars in the new film, Motherless Brooklyn. He plays Lionel, a man who suffers from Tourette’s Syndrome while working as a private investigator. One day on the job, he witnesses to the death of his mentor (Willis) then has to use his incredible memory from that tragic day to find out who was behind the murder. Here’s my reviewRead More →

08 November
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BOY ERASED Writer/Director: Joel Edgerton Starring: Lucas Hedges, Nicole Kidman, Russell Crowe, Joel Edgerton, Troye Sivan, Xavier Dolan, Britton Sear, Joe Alwyn, Cherry Jones Lucas Hedges has secured himself as a promising star on the rise thanks to his work in Manchester by the Sea and Lady Bird. In Boy Erased, he continues his string of playing these fractured young men in that transition period of growing up. He plays Jared who realizes his truth of being gay while in college. It’s not an easy discovery, but one that comes with consequences given that his parents are deeply religious with his dad being a localRead More →

16 March
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KNIGHT OF CUPS Writer/Director: Terrence Malick Starring: Christian Bale, Wes Bentley, Brian Dennehy, Natalie Portman, Cate Blanchett, Imogen Poots, Teresa Palmer, Cherry Jones, Antonio Banderas, Freida Pinto, Isabel Lucas The first line of dialogue from Christian Bale’s Rick has him pontificating on the idea that he was “living the life of someone I didn’t know.” Now, I doubt that director Terrence Malick cast Bale solely based on his name but it does seem coincidental that Christian is also the name of the main character in The Pilgrim’s Progress by John Bunyan. In it, Christian leaves his hometown, the “City of Destruction”, in an attempt toRead More →