03 June
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LISEY’S STORY Director: Pablo LarraínStarring: Julianne Moore, Clive Owen, Joan Allen, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Dane DeHaan, Ron Cephas Jones As a massive Stephen King fan, I know how possessive we can be over the adaptations of his work. Luckily, King wrote all eight episodes of the new limited series Lisey’s Story. He views his book “Lisey’s Story” as one of the most personal ones he’s ever written given the fact he wrote it after a near-death experience. He thought he had died and watched his wife pack up his belongings. That ignited the spark for this story with Clive Owen playing Scott Landon, a celebratedRead 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 →

27 February
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ANNIHILATION Writer/Director: Alex Garland Starring: Natalie Portman, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Tessa Thompson, Gina Rodriguez, Tuva Novotny, Oscar Isaac There will always be a debate as to whether you should read the book first before seeing the movie. In the case of Annihilation, I have never read the novel of the same name by Jeff VanderMeer. I almost think that’s an advantage going into this movie, as I had no idea what to expect or where it was going. Natalie Portman plays Lena, a biology professor at Johns Hopkins University. It’s been a year since her husband, Kane (Isaac), went missing while serving in the military.Read More →

25 December
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THE HATEFUL EIGHT Writer/Director: Quentin Tarantino Starring: Kurt Russell, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Samuel L. Jackson, Walter Goggins, Bruce Dern, Michael Madsen, Tim Roth, Demian Bichir, Channing Tatum All you are going to want for Christmas this year is to see a bunch of nutty Quentin Tarantino characters stuck in a cabin together in the middle of a blizzard. I’m sure you can already guess how that is going to end. Blood. Blood. And more blood! Shortly after the Civil War has ended, Major Marquis Warren (Jackson), a bounty hunter, needs a ride to Minnie’s Haberdashery in Wyoming before the blizzard gets any worse. He spotsRead More →

13 August
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THE HATEFUL EIGHT Writer/Director: Quentin Tarantino Starring: Kurt Russell, Walter Goggins, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Bruce Dern, Tim Roth, Michael Madsen, Demian Bichir, Samuel L. Jackson, Zoë Bell, Channing Tatum It’s the little things in life that can turn a sour week upside down. Leave it to Quentin Tarantino and The Weinstein Company to put you in a heavenly trance for two minutes as they unleash the trailer for his eighth film, The Hateful Eight. Within seconds, the image of Samuel L. Jackson pops up as he’s asking for a ride when a stagecoach pulls up with Kurt Russell and Jennifer Jason Leigh inside. Jackson isRead More →

12 September
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KILL YOUR DARLINGSDirector: John KrokidasStarring: Daniel Radcliffe, Dane DeHaan, Jack Huston, Michael C. Hall, Ben Foster, Elizabeth Olsen, Jennifer Jason Leigh Daniel Radcliffe goes from one literary world to another as he dons some nifty glasses and curls to play beat poet Allen Ginsberg. The directorial debut by John Krokidas brings forth the story of some of the best poets of the beat generation: Ginsberg, Lucien Carr (DeHaan), William Burroughs (Foster), and Jack Kerouac (Huston) and the murder that forever changed their lives. Kill Your Darlings has an had some screenings at the Sundance, Venice, and Toronto Film Festivals and received mixed to positive reviews. TheRead More →

03 September
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THE SPECTACULAR NOWDirector: James PonsoldtStarring: Miles Teller, Shailene Woodley, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Kyle Chandler, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Brie Larson I am a sucker for these types of “coming of age” or “growing into adulthood” type movies especially when they actually feature smart characters going through realistic situations. It is that time in your life when you are a senior in high school and you need to come to terms with what your next path in the life will be after you graduate. Sutter Keely (Teller) faces that exact problem as he starts to fill out those infamous college applications. I think we have all hadRead More →