"Loving Vincent" (2017) Drama Running Time: 95 minutes Written & Directed by: Dorota Kobiela & Hugh Welchman Featuring: Robert Gulaczyk, Douglas Booth, Jerome Flynn, Saoirse Ronan, Helen McCrory, Chris O'Dowd, John Sessions, Eleanor Tomlinson, Aidan Turner Vincent van Gogh: "What am I in the eyes of most people - a nonentity, an eccentric, or an unpleasant person - …
“Red Sparrow” (2018) Drama/Thriller Running Time: 140 minutes Written by: Justin Haythe Directed by: Francis Lawrence Featuring: Jennifer Lawrence, Joel Edgerton, Matthias Schoenaerts, Charlotte Rampling, Mary-Louise Parker, and Jeremy Irons Matron: "Every human being is a puzzle of need. You must become the missing piece, and they will tell you anything." Movies like “Red Sparrow” (2018) do not happen by accident, …
"Death Wish" (2018) Thriller/Action Running Time: 107 minutes Written by: Joe Carnahan Directed by: Eli Roth Featuring: Bruce Willis, Vincent D'Onofrio, Elisabeth Shue, Dean Norris, and Kimberly Elise Ben: "People rely on the police to keep them safe. That's the problem. The police only arrive after the crime has taken place. That's like. Trapping the fox as he's comin' …
"Black Panther" (2018) Action Written by: Ryan Coogler & Joe Robert Cole Directed by: Ryan Coogler Featuring: Chadwick Boseman, Michael B. Jordan, Lupita Nyong'o, Danai Gurira, Martin Freeman, Daniel Kaluuya, Letitia Wright, Winston Duke, Angela Bassett, Forest Whitaker, and Andy Serkis Ulysses Klaue: "Tell me something. What do you know about Wakanda?" Everett K. Ross: "It's a Third-World country. Textiles, shepherds, cool outfits." Ulysses Klaue: "All a …
“Molly's Game" (2017) Drama Running Time: 140 minutes Written & Directed by: Aaron Sorkin Featuring: Jessica Chastain, Idris Elba, Kevin Costner, Michael Cera, Brian d'Arcy James, Chris O'Dowd, Bill Camp, Graham Greene, Claire Rankin, Joe Keery, and Jeremy Strong Molly Bloom: "I’ll be hosting a game in this suite every Tuesday night. The first buy-in, two hundred and fifty thousand." Disappointment is the word that …
"Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri" (2017) Drama Written & Directed by: Martin McDonagh Featuring: Frances McDormand, Woody Harrelson, Sam Rockwell, John Hawkes and Peter Dinklage Willoughby: "I'd do anything to catch the guy who did it, Mrs. Hayes, but when the DNA don't match no one who's ever been arrested, and when the DNA don't match any other crime nationwide, and …
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“Coco” (2017) Animated/Pixar Running Time: 109 minutes Written by: Adrian Molina & Matthew Aldrich Directed by: Lee Unkrich & Adrian Molina Featuring: Anthony Gonzalez, Gael García Bernal, Benjamin Bratt, Alanna Ubach, Renée Victor, Ana Ofelia Murguía, and Edward James Olmos Abuelita: "No music!" It may be difficult to believe but it has been over twenty years since the first Pixar full-length film was …
"I, Tonya" (2017) Drama/Comedy Written by: Steven Rogers Directed by: Craig Gillespie Featuring: Margot Robbie, Sebastian Stan, Julianne Nicholson, Bobby Cannavale, Allison Janney Tonya Harding: "I mean, come on! What kind of friggin' person bashes in their friend's knee? Who would do that to a friend?" Towards the end of every year there are multiple films …
"The Shape of Water" (2017) Drama/Horror Written by: Guillermo del Toro & Vanessa Taylor Directed by: Guillermo del Toro Featuring: Sally Hawkins, Michael Shannon, Richard Jenkins, Doug Jones, Michael Stuhlbarg, Octavia Spencer Giles: [interpreting Elisa] "When he looks at me, he does not know - how - I am incomplete. He sees me... as I …
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"The Florida Project" (2017) Drama Written by: Sean Baker and Chris Bergoch Directed by: Sean Baker Featuring: Willem Dafoe, Brooklynn Prince, Bria Vinaite, Valeria Cotto, Christopher Rivera, and Caleb Landry Jones Moonee: [to tourist at ice-cream stand] Excuse me. Could you give us some change, please? The doctor said we have asthma and we have to eat …
"Downsizing" (2017) Sci-Fi/Drama Written by: Alexander Payne & Jim Taylor Directed by: Alexander Payne Featuring: Matt Damon, Christoph Waltz, Hong Chau, Kristen Wiig Paul Safranek: "I'll see you on the other side." High concept movies either work, become talking points which can reflect societal, political or economic norms either challenging them or reinforcing ideas or concepts …
"The Post" (2017) Drama Written by: Liz Hannah & Josh Singer Directed by: Steven Spielberg Featuring: Meryl Streep, Tom Hanks, Sarah Paulson, Bob Odenkirk, Tracy Letts, Bradley Whitford, Bruce Greenwood, Carrie Coon, and Matthew Rhys Ben Bradlee: The way they lied, those days have to be over. This should have been a year of protest, where Hollywood made comments on the past two years …
"Darkest Hour"(2017) Drama Written by: Anthony McCarten Directed by: Joe Wright Featuring: Gary Oldman, Ben Mendelsohn, Kristin Scott Thomas, Lily James, Stephen Dillane, and Ronald Pickup Winston Churchill: "You can not reason with a Tiger when your head is in its mouth." There should be no mistake made, this film is dominated by two elements, they are, Gary Oldmans career …
"All the Money in the World" (2017) Drama Written by: David Scarpa Directed by: Ridley Scott Featuring: Michelle Williams, Christopher Plummer, Mark Wahlberg, Romain Duris, Andrew Buchan, and Timothy Hutton John Paul Getty III: [voice over] "To be a Getty is an extraordinary thing. My grandfather wasn’t just the richest man in the world, he was the richest man in the …
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“Star Wars: Episode VIII – The Last Jedi” (2016) Science Fiction Running Time: 152 minutes Written and Directed by: Rian Johnson Featuring: Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher, Adam Driver, Daisy Ridley, John Boyega, Oscar Isaac, Andy Serkis, Lupita Nyong'o, Domhnall Gleeson, Anthony Daniels, Gwendoline Christie, Kelly Marie Tran, Laura Dern, and Benicio del Toro Luke Skywalker: "Breathe. Just breathe. Now reach out. What do you see?" Rey: "Light. Darkness. A …
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“Justice League” (2017) Action/Fantasy Running Time: 120 minutes Written by: Chris Terrio and Joss Whedon Directed by: Zack Snyder Featuring: Ben Affleck, Henry Cavill, Amy Adams, Gal Gadot, Ezra Miller, Jason Momoa, Ray Fisher, Jeremy Irons, Diane Lane, Connie Nielsen, J. K. Simmons and Ciarán Hinds Diana Prince: "People said the Age of Heroes would never come again.“ Bruce Wayne: "It has to. We don't have any more time!“ Has there …
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“The Snowman” (2017) Thriller Running Time: 119 minutes Written by: Hossein Amini, Peter Straughan & Søren Sveistrup Directed by: Tomas Alfredson Featuring: Michael Fassbender, Rebecca Ferguson, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Val Kilmer, J. K. Simmons Katrine Bratt: "I think it's the falling snow that sets the killer off." This film should have been a slam-dunk from the outset, an …
“Geostorm” (2017) Sci-Fi/Action Running Time: 109 minutes Written by: Dean Devlin & Paul Guyot Directed by: Dean Devlin Featuring: Gerard Butler, Jim Sturgess, Abbie Cornish, Alexandra Maria Lara, Richard Schiff, Robert Sheehan, Daniel Wu, Eugenio Derbez, Ed Harris, and Andy García Cheng: “There’s potential for catastrophic weather events on a global scale. A geostorm.” There is no doubt in my mind that this has to …
“mother!” (2017) Drama/Thriller/Horror Running Time: 121 minutes Written and Directed by: Darren Aronofsky Featuring: Jennifer Lawrence, Javier Bardem, Ed Harris and Michelle Pfeiffer Woman: “You give, and you give, and you give. It's just never enough.” It has been far too long since Darren Aronofsky has graced us with a film, the last being the Russell Crowe starrer “Noah” (2014) …
“Blade Runner 2049” (2017) Sci-Fi Running Time: 163 minutes Written by: Hampton Fancher and Michael Green Directed by: Denis Villeneuve Featuring: Ryan Gosling, Harrison Ford, Ana de Armas, Sylvia Hoeks, Robin Wright, Mackenzie Davis, Carla Juri, Lennie James, Dave Bautista, and Jared Leto Niander Wallace: "Humanity cannot survive. Replicants are the future of the species. But I can only make so many." Was anyone actually waiting …
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