Welcome to 5 Favorites. Each week, I will put together a list of my 5 favorites (films, performances, whatever strikes my fancy) along with commentary on a given topic each week, usually in relation to a specific film releasing that week. Guy Pearace arrived on the acting scene in 1990 and quickly rose to prominence…
Born July 2, 1990 in Dalby, Queensland, Australia to Scottish parents, Margot Robbie was one of four children of Sarie Kessler, a physiotherapist, and Doug Robbie, a former farm owner. She and her three siblings, two brothers and a sister, were raised by her single mother with minimal contact with her father. After graduating from…
Page Revisions: (March 8, 2020) Original Release Date: September 18, 2020 Synopsis: From IMDb: “Katie Mitchell is accepted into the film school of her dreams. Her whole family drives Katie to school together when their plans are interrupted by a tech uprising. The Mitchells will have to work together to save the world.” Poster Rating:…
Four new films go up against the second weekend of Pixar’s Onward and it’s likely that one of them should be able to topple a film that had a rather unimpressive opening for a Pixar feature. Bloodshot is a sci-fi actioner starring Vin Diesel, which has some solid potential. The Hunt was held back from…
Judy Rating Director Rupert Goold Screenplay Tom Edge (Stageplay: Peter Quilter) Length 1h 58m Starring Renée Zellweger, Jessie Buckley, Finn Wittrock, Rufus Sewell, Michael Gambon, Gaia Weiss, Bella Ramsey, Lewin Lloyd, Phil Dunster, Andy Nyman, Gemma-Leah Devereux, Richard Cordery, Darci Shaw, Gus Barry MPAA Rating PG-13 for substance abuse, thematic content, some strong language, and…
New Trailer (#2) / New Poster (#2) / New Release Date (changed from 8/9/19) / Revised Synopsis Artemis Fowl, updated Preview Link: CLICK HERE for all of the new content as well as the original.
New This Week Dark Waters may not be at the top of anyone’s list of the best films of 2019, but it may be the most important. Directed by Todd Haynes (Far from Heaven, Carol, Wonderstruck), the film is about Rob Bilott, the corporate defense attorney who successfully sued DuPont on behalf of its Parkersburg,…
Page Revisions: (March 8, 2020) Original Release Date: April 24, 2020 Synopsis: From IMDb: “Seaside (nowhere near the sea), puppeteers Judy and Punch are trying to resurrect their marionette show in an an anarchic town on the brink of mob rule.” Poster Rating: C+ / C / C+ SEE ALL POSTERS BELOW Review: (#1) These…
We had one film release this past weekend with the potential for Oscar nominations. Onward Only in recent years has Pixar failed to pull in Oscar nominations for all of its films. Onward will face competition from Soul coming out later in the year for a nomination, though both could still make it. Onward takes…