Tag: Sarah Paulson
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Hold Your Breath review: horrors of the Dust Bowl
Hold Your Breath kicks off the October horror movie marathon with a story about a mother in the 1930s Oklahoma Dust Bowl who is convinced a malevolent spirit is breathed in with the dust, threatening her children.
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Mr. and Mrs. Smith review: new, angsty, and fun
Mr. and Mrs. Smith as a series gets top marks from me. The original movie everyone knows was more famous for the hot gossip about the hot stars than the actual movie. The series takes a different look at the concept and turns in something that’s fresh, funny, and delivers killers who are ultimately human.
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Review: Run
Run is a thriller in which nobody runs. Newcomer Kiera Allen does wheel her wheelchair very fast a couple of times. Allen and a fabulous Sarah Paulson as her mother make up the majority of this tense drama. The film is streaming on Hulu.
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Review: The Goldfinch
The Goldfinch, based on the literary best seller by Donna Tartt, recreated the story from the book, but did it without emotion or excitement. The film is 2 1/2 hours of flat performances.
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Review: Bird Box
Bird Box, from director Susanne Bier, is a tense and exciting horror thriller about survival and motherhood. Beware the spoilers ahead.
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Review: Ocean’s 8
I’ve seen the other Ocean’s movies. What I remember about them is there was a heist and the actors seemed to have a wonderful time. That’s also what I’ll remember about Ocean’s 8. There was a heist and the actors seemed to have a wonderful time. They had a good time, so the audience did,…
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Watch This: Trailer for Ocean’s 8
The Ocean’s 8 trailer is here! Just in case you don’t know what the Ocean’s films are about, here’s the synopsis for this version: “A criminal mastermind and seven other female thieves try to pull off the heist of the century at New York’s annual Met Gala.”
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Watch This: Trailer for The Post
Are you old enough to remember The Pentagon Papers? Just in case that was before your time, they were 700 pages of secret government documents about the Viet Nam War. They made the government look very bad. Very bad. Meryl Streep and Tom Hanks star in The Post to tell the story of how those…
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Review: Blue Jay
Blue Jay is an indie from the Duplass brothers. When you see the Duplass name on a film, you know it’s going to be a little different. Not in a bad way. Just not the usual fare. Blue Jay is like that.