Cannes Journal: Rocketman
The rise of Elton John to superstardom is indicative of much of the 1970s music industry. Rocketman is a tale of raunchiness and excess, hubris and humiliation, told many times before about many artists.
The rise of Elton John to superstardom is indicative of much of the 1970s music industry. Rocketman is a tale of raunchiness and excess, hubris and humiliation, told many times before about many artists.
Jamie Bell stars in Donnybrook as Jarhead Earl, an ex-Marine with a penchant for violence. He wants one last bare-knuckled victory to gain enough cash to escape with his family from their impoverished circumstances. When Earl come...
There are some truly wonderful things in ‘Film Stars Don’t Die in Liverpool’, chief among them being Annette Bening’s beautifully measured and heart-wrenching performance. Unfortunately, the movie suffers f...
Sweet and so strange it had to be true, ‘Film Stars Don’t Die in Liverpool’ gives the celebrities-playing-celebrities bio subgenre a good name. It helps that this isn’t a predictable rise and fall yarn. It&...
If there’s one thing that can be said about the new ‘Fantastic Four’ reboot, ‘Chronicle’ director Josh Trank certainly had a unique take on the material. This isn’t the dysfunctional family supe...
Perhaps inspired by the success that FX has had with the 1980s-set ‘The Americans’, AMC premiered a new series earlier this week that takes retro spy action to another level entirely. ‘Turn’ is an espionage...
For years, Lars von Trier has threatened to deliver his take on an “erotic” movie. The plucky provocateur has always brought an exploitation filmmaker’s chutzpah and showmanship to his career. Backed by a delight...
I’ve wanted to give Summit Entertainment the benefit of the doubt, but the studio can’t seem to release worthy genre films. ‘Source Code‘ and ‘50/50‘ seem to be flukes in an otherwise crappy tra...
Last year, a smallish British film called ‘Centurion‘ opened. It came and went, despite the sizable buzz surrounding its leading man Michael Fassbender and director Neil Marshall (who previously made ‘The Descent...