04 April
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THE BEST OF ENEMIES Director: Robin BissellStarring: Taraji P. Henson, Sam Rockwell, Wes Bentley, Anne Heche, John Gallagher Jr, Bruce McGill In 1971 North Carolina, the town of Durham became the subject of a heated discussion over school segregation. A fire broke out at a local elementary school for black students. It’s a bit unclear who started it but signs point to the local chapter of the KKK. There are two options at hand. One is for the students to finish the school year trading off time in the remaining rooms unaffected or integrate at the school used predominately by white students. When the cityRead More →

26 July
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MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE – FALLOUT Director: Christopher McQuarrie Starring: Tom Cruise, Simon Pegg, Ving Rhames, Henry Cavill, Angela Bassett, Rebecca Ferguson, Alec Baldwin, Sean Harris, Wes Bentley, Vanessa Kirby Mission: Impossible – Fallout opens in theaters this weekend. Is it the best in the franchise? Here’s my review. Don’t forget to click SUBSCRIBE on my YouTube channel for more reviews, interviews, and other movie related information.Read More →

17 August
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PETE’S DRAGON Director:David Lowery Starring: Oakes Fegley, Bryce Dallas Howard, Wes Bentley, Karl Urban, Robert Redford, Isiah Whitlock Jr., Oona Laurence They say that a man’s best friend is his dog. For Pete (Fegley), it’s his dragon, Elliot. When he was just a little boy, he was the lone survivor of a fatal car crash that claimed the lives of his parents. The big green dragon appeared at just the right time when Pete was walking away from the crash frightened, scared, and not sure of where he was. The dragon scooped Pete up in his big furry paws and took him deep in theRead 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 →

05 November
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INTERSTELLAR Director: Christopher Nolan Starring: Matthew McConaughey, Anne Hathaway, Jessica Chastain, Michael Caine, Wes Bentley, Mackenzie Foy, John Lithgow, Timothée Chalamet, David Gyasi Christopher Nolan is one of those directors whose films I go into with grand expectations. He’s that kind of director that always pushes himself to new heights with each project he tackles. I have talked about my love of The Dark Knight Trilogy multiple times before. With Interstellar, he is pioneering his biggest and most ambitious project to date. Earth is starting to see it’s final days. A steady blow of dirt makes the living conditions hardly livable and there is aRead More →