Category: Movies

  • Review: Don Jon

    Review: Don Jon

    Don Jon is an oddly sensitive film that ultimately has a good message. The message, however, is delivered in a complete man ‘splaining way. This makes it a man’s film much more than a woman’s film. We go through a lot with Jon, the don of sex, for him to learn something that women already…

  • Watch This: Trailer for The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby

    Watch This: Trailer for The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby

    The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Them releases in September. The film stars James McAvoy and Jessica Chastain in a love story with a twist. It’s told from different perspectives in three versions. There is his perspective, her perspective and their perspective, to create three totally different films. The films are directed and written by Ned…

  • Watch This: Trailer for The Homesman

    Watch This: Trailer for The Homesman

    This is the International trailer for The Homesman, which will release in the U.S. in November. The film stars and is directed by Tommy Lee Jones. Others in the film are Hilary Swank, Grace Gummer, Miranda Otto, and Sonja Richter. The tale is about claim jumper and a pioneer woman, who team up to escort…

  • Watch This: The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 1

    Watch This: The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 1

    Here’s the first trailer released for The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 1 which will be out in November. The preview features President Snow (Donald Sutherland) and a very noticably missing Katniss Everdeen (Jennifer Lawrence). Peeta (Josh Hutcherson), however, looks under President Snow’s control. Based on what we know about these characters, I’m guessing Peeta’s compliance…

  • Watch This: Trailer for Cinemanovels

    Watch This: Trailer for Cinemanovels

    Cinemanovels is a Canadian film starring Lauren Lee Smith. Also in the film are Jennifer Beals, Ben Cotton, Kett Turton, and Katharine Isabelle. The film was written and directed by Terry Miles, who also wrote and directed A Night for Dying Tigers and the short They Wore Pink, which you can watch here. Lauren Lee…

  • Watch This: Trailer for Lucy

    Watch This: Trailer for Lucy

    The film Lucy stars Scarlett Johansson and Morgan Freeman. It opens on July 25. At the film’s official site, the film is described like this: From La Femme Nikita and The Professional to The Fifth Element, writer/director Luc Besson has created some of the toughest, most memorable female action heroes in cinematic history. Now, Besson…

  • Review: Camilla

    Review: Camilla

    Camilla, from 1994, stars Jessica Tandy and Bridget Fonda in a delightful road trip tale. Two women, several generations apart in age, take off together leaving a son and a husband at home to wonder where they are. They have an adventure that takes them from Georgia to Toronto. Camilla, played by Jessica Tandy, tends…

  • Watch This: Trailer for This is Where I Leave You

    Watch This: Trailer for This is Where I Leave You

    This is Where I Leave You boasts an incredible cast. It looks hilarious. It’s based on a novel by Jonathan Tropper, who also wrote the screenplay for the film. It’s scheduled for a September release.

  • Watch This: Trailer for Clouds of Sils Maria

    Watch This: Trailer for Clouds of Sils Maria

    When Clouds of Sils Maria showed at the Cannes Film Festival, the Hollywood Reporter dismissed the film with, Given its narrow range of concerns, Clouds of Sils Maria will be mostly of interest to aficionados of theater, acting and the notion of how real and fictional lives can blur to those involved. Based on what…

  • Watch This: Trailer for The Hundred Foot Journey

    Watch This: Trailer for The Hundred Foot Journey

    The Hundred Foot Journey will be released in theaters in August. The film stars Helen Mirren, Manish Dayal, Om Puri, and Charlotte Le Bon. The plot centers around Le Saule Pleureur, a Michelin starred, classical French restaurant run by Madame Mallory (Helen Mirren). Across the street from this magnificent place an Indian family headed by…