It’s tough to be a woman in the workplace. So as you may be able to guess, this is about an assistant (Julia Garner). She works for a powerful executive at a film production company in New York City. She is at the bottom of the totem pole, and this is about how she processes […]
Toxic Work Environment – The Assistant (2019)
Ralph Fiennes as Monsieur Gustave H. Tony Revolori as Zero Moustafa F. Murray Abraham as Mr. Moustafa Adrien Brody as Dmitri Willem Dafoe as J. G. Jopling Saoirse Ronan as Agatha Tilda Swinton as Madame D. Edward Norton as Albert Henckels Mathieu […]
The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014) Review
If you’re looking for an excellent film featuring an Oscar-worthy performance from Riz Ahmed, look no further than the Sound of Metal. Directed and written by former concert photographer Darius Marder (he also wrote The Place Beyond the Pines), Sound of Metal focuses on a drummer named Ruben (Riz Ahmed) losing his hearing while on […]
Sound of Metal: An Excellent Film That Features an Award-Worthy Performance From Riz Ahmed
Peter Moffat’s 10-part limited series loses its way early, and great performances within a vivid New Orleans setting aren’t enough to save it.
‘Your Honor’ Review: Bryan Cranston’s Showtime Drama Offers Little More Than Anxiety
Queen Olivia Colman looks upon Margaret Thatcher and just doesn’t know what to make of her. Previously on Midlife Crisis Crossover: last spring my wife Anne and I binged the first three seasons of Netflix’s The Crown and soon caught up with the rest of fandom. One slight hitch: while Anne is a major history […]
“The Crown” Season 4: All Ten Episodes Ranked According to a Guy Who Barely Knows Royal Family Stuff
The Flight Attendant has a premise that draws you in, but will it be smooth skies or bumpy turbulence? Let’s find out…
BoJack Horseman Christmas Special: Sabrina’s Christmas Wish (2014). While this is slightly cheating with the formula I utilise for this Christmas blogging series, I felt this episode needed to be noted. Also my BoJack-mad sister suggested I review this episode. It’s a pretty standard BoJack episode but just centered around Christmas. Todd (Aaron Paul) and […]
Festive Movie Marathon 2020 (#1)
Let Him Go ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ The title of Kevin Costner’s most recent movie is apt to this post, only exchanging the pronoun for “her” instead of him. I resisted the urge to use the headline: That Time Madonna Gave Kevin Costner The Tongue. It just sounded like a little too much, despite the double entendre, but […]
That Time Madonna Stuck Her Tongue Out At Kevin Costner And The Resolution Years Later
Two lighthouse keepers, Thomas Wake (Willem Dafoe) and Thomas Howard (Robert Pattinson) try to maintain their sanity while living on a remote and mysterious New England island in the 1890s. My sister recommended me this film and insisted I watched it when it popped up on Amazon Prime. I’d heard about how much attention this […]
“The Undoing” finale was the television event of the year so far for HBO. The premium cabler’s parent company announced the show’s Nov. 29 finale drew the biggest audience for an HBO series since July 2019. WarnerMedia stated that “The Undoing” finale garnered 3 million viewers across all platforms, which makes the show the most-watched…
HBO Touts ‘The Undoing’ as First Original Series to Grow Ratings Each Week
So, as we all know, December is typically the start of Awards Season but this year, things are up in the air. With the Academy extending the eligibility window (don’t even get me started on how annoyed I am about that), a lot of critics groups have also pushed back their selection date. For instance, […]
The Sunset Film Circle Honors Promising Young Woman
Kevin Macdonald’s upcoming legal drama boasts a starry cast and a topical premise.
‘The Mauritanian’ Trailer: Jodie Foster and Benedict Cumberbatch’s Guantánamo Drama
Thoughts – Adapted from their 2018 stage play, Director Kornél Mundruzcó and writer Kata Wéber make an excellent English language debut with Pieces of a Woman. Grade – A Releasing on Netflix in January 2021, the film focuses on the fallout of a complicated home birth that ends tragically. The majority of the press will […]
Pieces of a Woman: An Excellent Film That Explores Grief, Loss and Sadness