27 October
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REBECCA Director: Ben WheatleyStarring: Lily James, Armie Hammer, Kristin Scott Thomas, Ann Dowd, Sam Riley Daphne du Maurier’s classic novel Rebecca is back to haunt audiences thanks to a new adaptation starring Lily James and Armie Hammer. James stars as the new Mrs. de Winter. You’ll note we’re never told her first name. She accepts a job in Monte Carlo only to quickly fall in love with the dashing Max de Winter (Hammer) She moves into his estate at Manderley only to learn that the legacy of his recently deceased wife Rebecca still lingers. It is now streaming on Netflix. Here’s my reviewRead More →

22 March
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TOMB RAIDER Director: Roar Uthaug Starring: Alicia Vikander, Dominic West, Walton Goggins, Daniel Wu, Kristin Scott Thomas, Derek Jacobi, Hannah John-Kamen I should preface this review by stating that I am not a gamer. I’ve never played the “Tomb Raider” video games, but like many, I’m familiar with the character of Lara Croft given the two previous movies. The video game got a reboot in 2013, which apparently means that a movie reboot was the natural next step. This iteration finds Academy Award winner Alicia Vikander (The Danish Girl) as Croft. We learn that at a young age, her father (West) left his family toRead More →

07 December
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DARKEST HOUR Director: Joe Wright Starring: Gary Oldman, Ben Mendelsohn, Lily James, Kristin Scott Thomas, Stephen Dillane, Ronald Pickup 2017 seems to be the year of the Winston Churchill comeback. John Lithgow won praise and many awards for playing him in Netflix’s series The Crown. Now Churchill’s getting a big screen treatment with Gary Oldman as the British Prime Minister. Darkest Hour picks up on May 9, 1940 with the House of Commons in a mad frenzy over the state of Britain’s place in World War II. Boisterous remarks are declared stating that Neville Chamberlain (Pickup) is not fit to run the country and faceRead More →

18 November
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ONLY GOD FORGIVES Director: Nicholas Winding Refn Starring: Ryan Gosling, Kristen Scott Thomas, Vithaya Pansringarm, Gordon Brown, Tom Burke Due to a very limited released and a busy schedule, I missed Only God Forgives when it was in theaters. I now realize that was a good thing. I saved myself the $10 or whatever it would have cost. A young sixteen year old prostitute is brutally raped and killed and left a bloody mess. Her father in turn kills the man (Burke) that killed her. When the police arrive, they take the father and head lieutenant Chang (Pansringarm) cuts his arm off for allowing herRead More →

04 April
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ONLY GOD FORGIVESDirector/Writer: Nicolas Winding Refn Starring: Ryan Gosling, Kristin Scott Thomas, Vithaya Pansringarm, Tom Burke One of my favorite films from 2011 was Drive. If you have never seen it, I cannot recommend it enough. It is now available on Netflix Streaming and you can find my 4.5-star review here. It’s director, Nicolas Winding Refn, is re-teaming with star Ryan Gosling for Only God Forgives.   Julian (Gosling) owns a Thai boxing club as a cover for his family’s drug smuggling operation. His mother (Scott Thomas) arrives and convinces him to find and kill the person who is responsible for the death of his brother. There is not a lotRead More →