Josh Brolin in a scene from Joel and Ethan Coen’s Hail, Caesar!
Hail, Caesar! — Review
Those People — Review
Jonathan Gordon and Jason Ralph in a scene from Joey Kuhn’s Those People.
“The problem is that the script is horridly uninteresting.”
The Witch — Review
XOXO — Review
Graham Phillips in a scene from Christopher Louie’s XOXO.
“[An] inability to flesh out the story makes for a torturously tedious experience.”
Deadpool — Review
Ryan Reynolds waits for the action to start in this scene from Tim Miller’s Deadpool.
“[It delivers its raunchy content] at a blustery satirical clip, but does so at the cost of forming a cohesive story or characters interesting beyond the most vague of outlines.”
Sing Street — Review
Emily Boynton and Ferdia Walsh-Peelo in a scene from John Carney’s Sing Street.
“A film filled with utter confidence, as it knows precisely what it wants to do.”
The Invitation — Review
Logan Marshall-Green in a scene from Karyn Kusama’s The Invitation.
“The film’s final half-hour is fully realized and thoroughly engaging. The problem is that getting there requires sitting through a stretch of time twice that length which is generally tedious.”
Florence Foster Jenkins — Review
Meryl Streep in a scene from Stephen Frears’ Florence Foster Jenkins.
“A light and mostly enjoyable production.”
BLOG: Identifying the Samurai (Alain Delon at 80)
Delon, c. 1963
by Ken Bakely
NOTE: The following article was originally written for the now-defunct online magazine onthisdayinfilm.com. When I first started writing for them, I received permission from the editor, Russell Farnham, to repost my contributions to the site if it ceased publication. This post was initially ran in the November 2015 issue, to commemorate its subject’s eightieth birthday.
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The Wave (Bølgen) — Review
Kristoffer Joner in a scene from Roar Uthaug’s The Wave.
