This is a dramatization and this is elegant popular entertainment. As an armchair historian, in love with the stories of Henry VIII, I find it absolutely gripping. The acting is for the most part marvelous, and the idea of doing these great personages as compellingly attractive people is a brilliant one. There is plenty enough […]
Archives for April 2016
Hail, Caesar!
Filmmakers Joel and Ethan Coen write and direct Hail, Caesar!, an all-star comedy set during the latter years of Hollywood’s Golden Age. Starring Josh Brolin, George Clooney, Alden Ehrenreich, Ralph Fiennes, Jonah Hill, Scarlett Johansson, Frances McDormand, Tilda Swinton and Channing Tatum, Hail, Caesar! follows a single day in the life of a studio fixer […]
The Witch
Set in 1630 New England, first time director Robert Eggers launches his debut with this unusual, creepy witch-based “folktale.” Constructed from his own script, the story opens with William (Ralph Ineson) and Katherine (Kate Dickie) standing before the leaders of the settlement/plantation where they have freshly landed from England. There appears to be some disagreement […]
10 Cloverfield Lane
After surviving a car accident, Michelle Burke (Mary Elizabeth Winstead) wakes up in an underground cellar, where most of the film takes place. She fears she has been abducted by a survivalist named Howard Stambler (John Goodman) who tells her he saved her life, and that a worldwide chemical attack has left Earth’s surface uninhabitable. Stambler […]