On screen: Michael
An enigma … with a great soundtrack.
An enigma … with a great soundtrack.
This film isn’t simply a masterful feature told with all the style and panache of a brilliant storyteller – Steven Knight – and presenting an amazing cast led by a storied actor – Cillian Murphy. It’s a critical part of a story line that has been going for years and, thankfully, will continue.
If art imitates life in the film “F1,” then life imitates art in the Netflix series “Formula 1: Drive To Survive.” What goes around (the race track) comes around … in grand style. And, truth be told, the adrenaline rush of the journey is worth it … in both cases.
Remakes seem to offer a better interpretation than originals, and therein lies the potential for trivialization that haunts Maggie Gyllenhaal’s “The Bride!”
Intrigue … murder … conspiracy … deception … corruption in the highest level of government.
“Shrinking” on Apple TV really has a very simple success formula. It’s a wonder that more series producers don’t take note and blithely follow suit.
“Wuthering Heights” inhabits its own, unique cinematic world.
There is a justified chorus of readers and critics, alike, who often refer to John LeCarrè as the master of international spy fiction.
Just so we get this straight from the bRelationships are hard. No, we understand that’s not very profound, but when we’re invited into the lives of two people who are truly struggling with a relationship that seems to have simply faded, the moments can be uncomfortable, the revelations volatile … and the resolutions very, very hard to achieve.
With the second season of “Landman,” a “pot boiling” saga of big oil, big egos, big money and big mistakes concluded, what better way to while away some winter hours than binge watching this Bill Bob Thornton drama unfold, unravel and rewind?