Stillwater is the latest film by Spotlight director Tom McCarthy. His Marseille set film is part drama, part thriller as an American man tries to help prove his daughter’s innocence. Allison Baker (Abigail Breslin) is a young American woman who has spent five years in prison in Marseille for murder. She has another four years to serve. […]
Tag: drama
Evil – A is for Angel Review
Where’s Roma Downey when we need her? In the second episode of season two, “A is for Angel,” our team’s primary task involves studying and assessing a recently converted parishioner who believes he is channeling the Archangel Michael. Bishop Marx (Peter Scolari) asks them to determine if he is possessed by angelic forces, demonic forces, […]
Supernova Review
Supernova is a British drama about love and commitment in the face of life-altering circumstances. Sam (Colin Firth) and Tusker (Stanley Tucci) are a couple who have been together for 20 years. Tusker has been diagnosed with early-onset dementia and Sam is prepared to give up his life as a concert pianist to care for his […]
Evil – N is for Night Terrors Review
Evil is back. Yes, after enough real-life problems that we’ve faced in the past eighteen months while Evil has been off the air, it’s great to lose ourselves to the fictional and psychological thriller. But where should we start? To be possessed or not to be possessed, that is the question. While we’ve been teased […]
The Father Review
Based on an acclaimed play by Florian Zeller, The Father is a Franco-British production and was one of the big winners of the 2021 awards season. Anthony (Anthony Hopkins) is an elderly man who is suffering from dementia. His daughter, Anne (Olivia Colman) struggles to care for him. Anne has to prepare her father that she’s moving to […]
Danny Boy Review
Danny Boy is the latest TV film to be made for BBC Two. It focuses on the war veteran Brian Wood and human rights lawyer Phil Shiner. Brian Wood (Anthony Boyle) is a soldier who served during the Iraq War and was rewarded for his bravery for fighting in the Battle of Danny Boy. However, he […]
The Pursuit of Love – Episode One Review
Based on a novel by Nancy Mitford and featuring an all-star cast, The Pursuit of Love is the latest period drama from the BBC. Fanny Logan (Emily Beecham) and Linda Radlett (Lily James) are cousins and best friends who are growing up during the interwar years. Linda has an abusive father (Dominic West) and Fanny’s mother (Emily […]
Clarice Review (Warning–Spoilers)
While dark and gruesome usually aren’t in the lexicon of older-skewing dramas on CBS, recent additions like Evil (CBS) and Jordan Peele’s The Twilight Zone (CBS All Access) have opened up some previously uncharted waters. Clarice, the Silent of the Lambs reboot, seems to fit the trend. But instead of a psychological thriller, Clarice seems […]
Judas and the Black Messiah Review
To say the story of Fred Hampton and the Black Panther movement of the 1960s has not been well represented in mainstream media is an understatement. We’ve allowed for this aspect of our history to be watered down and excluded from the narrative for the sake of easy consumption. As a result, there are very […]
Malcolm & Marie Review
Malcolm & Marie centers on the eponymous couple, played admirably by John David Washington and Zendaya respectively, who return home after the premiere of Malcolm’s latest directorial effort, to yell at and manipulate each other for 106 straight minutes. This is a deeply troubled, toxic relationship where neither party says what they really mean, preferring […]