Gerwig’s reputation of having the sole credit for directing a billion dollar film. While there are 28 male directors who have been previously recognized for such an achievement, Ms. Gerwig is the only female who made such a remarkable feat in Hollywood’s entire history. Warner Bros. ...
Not just directing, but he co-wrote the script with Lionel Wilgrim [Sherlock Holmes (2009) oh yeah!]. I have MUCH praise for the script. I love when they make enemies work together. In that sense, this was a Buddy Movie. The stakes were huge—love that—but what kept it going was...
Like, there’s a big battle going on near the end and I couldn’t tell you what the good guys and bad guys are actually fighting over. Hey Chris Nolan, dial it back there a bit buddy. The Hater: A Netflix thriller from Poland that chronicles a law school dropout who gets a job ...
4/10 Better attention needed to be paid to details. More annoying to me than the horse racing inaccuracies were the portrayals of journalists who covered Ruffian. This was 1975 -- not 1935. Snap-brim hats with "Press" cards stuck in them were long gone by the 1970s. And the newsroom ...
The directing style was unique and overall, I liked it. The shots of note are the conversations through the mirror and the clean cuts (from the dorm bathroom to the airplane bathroom). The unique shot composition helps the pacing for the intro to the movie which is very tame. The ...
The writing, directing and editing are all sharp, down-to-business, not a lot of frills, here’s our story, and the whole thing comes in at under 90 minutes. It’s probably not gonna tear up the box office. But there are parts which, if you have older parents (or you are an ...
First directing gig for Stevens and first major gig for Haidle for the writing. Unfortunately neither the direction or writing amount to anything that good or funny. Al Pacino ( Carlito’s Way, Scarface, The Devil’s Advocate) plays an ex-mobster simply named “Val” Val is being released...
Anne Hathaway and Black Panther: Wakanda Forever’s Michaela Coel will star in Mother Mary, an “epic pop melodrama” that David Lowery is directing for A24, the Oscar-winning studio behind Everything Everywhere All at Once.The project brings Lowery back into the A24 fold after the filmmaker’...
elements in the superiority ofThe Thin Man— and in its continuing popularity — are the inspired pairing of Myrna Loy, who matches Powell’s arch style with her own elegant delivery and movement, and first-rate scripting by Albert Goodrich and Frances Hackett, and directing by W.S. Van ...
#44 – Gone Baby Gone – Perhaps Ben Affleck should spend his time directing if the results would be as engrossing as this mystery. (10/19/07) #43 – Munich – Spielberg’s best since Saving Private Ryan is this thoughtful examination of the implications of revenge. (12/23/05) #42 –...