Once again, the 23rd Hamptons International Film Festival took off with a rousing start. The opening night film was the exceptional Truth starring Cate Blanchett, Robert Redford, and Dennis Quaid. Dennis Quaid was present and was his inimitable, charming self. He discussed the film and what it was like to …
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New York/Hamptons Film Festival Review: ‘Bridge of Spies,’ Starring Tom Hanks
During the Cold War Rudolf Abel was put on trial for spying. James B. Donovan was appointed to defend Abel. Though he was vilified for it, the attorney delivered American justice to a Soviet spy. Was justice truly served or would it be served a few years later when a U-2 spy plane was brought down inside the Soviet Union?
Read More »Hamptons International Film Festival Review: ‘Rams,’ Best Narrative Feature
Two brothers have not spoken to each other for decades though they live on the same compound a stone's throw away from each other. When a crisis impacts their livelihood, a crisis provoked by one of the brothers, the conflict between them escalates to violence.
Read More »Movie Review: ‘Room’ – Mothers, Children, and Abduction with Brie Larson, Joan Allen, and William H. Macy
'Room' will both scare you and make you cry. It is the best movie I’ve seen this year. It is two movies in one. The first movie is a tense thriller about an abducted teenager, locked in a 10 by 10 sound-proof garden shed as a sex slave for seven years. She finally has an idea of how to escape with her five year old child. The second movie is a psychological study of the effects of abduction, rape, and social and sensory deprivation on its direct and indirect victims. Both stories will grab you.
Read More »Movie Review: ‘Hotel Transylvania 2’ – Not Too Spooky Fun For the Kids and You
Dracula and his crew take his human grandson on a jaunt to all their old stomping grounds, hoping to shock the vampire out of Dennis before his 5th birthday.
Read More »Blu-ray Review: ‘Tremors 5: Bloodlines’ Shows There’s Still Some Fun Left In The Series
The series may never live up to the original’s charms, but at least it hasn’t hit rock bottom yet either.
Read More »New York Film Festival Movie Review: ‘Steve Jobs,’ starring Michael Fassbender and Kate Winslet
Danny Boyle's brilliant "Steve Jobs is" presents a "Master of the Universe," but also a man conflicted and challenged by those closest to him.
Read More »DVD Review: Director L. Gustavo Cooper’s ‘June’
Interested parties will find plenty to like here, just don’t expect any kind of modern masterpiece of mayhem.
Read More »John Voight Joins Cast of ‘Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them’
The story follows Newt Scamander, a wizard living 70 years before Harry Potter was born. Scamander is a celebrated magizoologist who started out working for the Ministry of Magic.
Read More »53rd NYFF Review: ‘The Lobster’ starring Colin Farrell and Rachel Weisz
Imagine a world where you have 45 days to pair up and get married to someone or you will be turned into an animal.
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