David Oyelowo
A boy sets out on a quest to save his ill mother by searching for a mythic figure said to have magical healing powers.
As an action film, Chaos Walking works, it’s a fun popcorn flick, but It’s a pity most of these characters can’t stop talking.
The Midnight Sky is another example of something that could’ve been a complex and emotionally affecting work of science-fiction, but quickly collapses.
Two people, in a dystopian world where men’s thoughts are fully heard and the women are all but non-existent, on the run from a villainous mayor.
A lone scientist in the Arctic races to contact a crew of astronauts returning home to a mysterious global catastrophe.
Reflecting on the festival’s conclusion, we want to shine a light on some hidden gems that deserve to be on the general public’s radar.
Don’t Let Go sounds clever and mystical, but it’s a time-consuming thriller with alluring configuration and very little payoff.
The Cloverfield Paradox is helped along through a clever use of viral marketing, but it’s not enough to save an otherwise generic and messy sci-fi thriller.
A United Kingdom has plenty of flaws, but more than makes up for them with a heart and an affection that is utterly intoxicating.
John Legend and Common’s powerful performance of Best Original Song nominee, “Glory,” and brave acceptance speech was one of the highlights of the Oscar ceremony last week. That song was a resonant soul/hip-hop combo that captured the atmosphere of its source film well: Ava DuVernay’s Selma, a historical drama about Martin Luther King and the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
J.C. Chandor may be just starting out, but his film resume is already very impressive.
