Month: December 2018

‘Wildlife’ gives Carey Mulligan her best role yet

“What happens to the animals out there during a wildfire?” “They adapt, I suppose. The little ones get confused and burn up. I used to cry about it when I … Continue reading ‘Wildlife’ gives Carey Mulligan her best role yet

At last year’s St. Louis International Film Festival, I caught a film at the last minute. The movie was called DriverX, and it was a low budget go-for-broke independent film … Continue reading How ‘DriverX’ star Patrick Fabian pulled from his own life to play Leonard

Pardon me, but I have something to say tonight… If there is one thing I can’t wrap my head around during my 36+ years on this Earth, it is what … Continue reading How does one combat senseless violence? Be better tomorrow

It’s been thirty years since Gary Hart was a sure-fire Presidential Candidate one week and out of the race completely two weeks later with the future of politics changed for … Continue reading Jason Reitman: Hugh Jackman was the only choice to play Gary Hart

What if there was more than one Spider-Man? A comic universe expanded into different dimensions represents a cotton candy-covered playground for filmmakers, and with Spider Man: Into the Spider-Verse, co-directors … Continue reading ‘Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse’ is wicked fun, comic book geek or not

Gary Hart (Hugh Jackman) thought he was untouchable..above the law…or at least beyond reproach. It’s too bad he was a man lost in time. A smart man who couldn’t resist … Continue reading ‘The Front Runner’ informs and entertains, and it has Hugh Jackman

On the surface level, Showtime’s long-running drama series, Ray Donovan, provides an easygoing pleasure, detailing the life of a Hollywood fixer (Liev Schreiber) who tables his personal troubles in order … Continue reading Appreciating the layered pleasure of Showtime’s ‘Ray Donovan’

Before Stephanie Beran could play a bad-to-the-bone femme fatale on screen, she became one in real life. By the time the St. Louis native stepped in front of a camera … Continue reading Stephanie Beran interview: St. Louis native became a badass off-screen before becoming one on it

Michael Mann’s LA crime epic is the best

Certain films hit you just right. You sit down in your seat at the theater hoping for some kind of escape, and get a heartwarming tale about a subject that … Continue reading ‘Green Book’ Review: Hilarious true story will make you feel good