A growing nation of genetically evolved apes led by Caesar (Andy Serkis) is threatened by a band of human survivors of the devastating virus unleashed a decade earlier. They reach a fragile peace, but it proves short-lived, as both sides are brought to the brink of a war that will determine who will emerge as […]
Archives for August 2014
Boyhood
Filmed over 12 years with the same cast, Richard Linklater’s Boyhood is a groundbreaking story of growing up as seen through the eyes of a child named Mason (a breakthrough performance by Ellar Coltrane), who literally grows up on screen before our eyes. Starring Ethan Hawke and Patricia Arquette as Mason’s parents and newcomer Lorelei […]
The Fugitive
Dr. Richard Kimble (Harrison Ford), a surgeon in Chicago, arrives home one night to find his wife, Helen (Sela Ward), fatally wounded by a one-armed man. Although Kimble makes an effort to subdue the killer, the man escapes. The lack of evidence of a break-in, his being the beneficiary of Helen’s lucrative life insurance, and […]
Mildred Pierce: TV Mini-Series
In Michael Curtiz’s hands, James M. Cain’s novel Mildred Pierce became a suburban noir, but Todd Haynes spins a more class-conscious tale in this HBO miniseries. The Depression is in effect when Mildred (Kate Winslet) breaks with her unfaithful husband, Bert (Brían F. O’Byrne), leaving the Glendale housewife to support her daughters as a waitress […]