From writer/director Nicholas Jarecki; new drama/thriller Crisis stars Gary Oldman, Armie Hammer, Evangeline Lilly and Greg Kinnear.
The focus is on three stories about the world of opioids.
I’m not fully loving this trailer edit, but, hopefully the actors involved will deliver something memorable overall. I know that I’ve been hoping for a good movie about the opioid crisis.
Michelle Rodriguez, Kid Cudi, Indira Varma, Lily-Rose Depp, Mia Kirshner, Michael Aronov, Adam Tsekhman, Veronica Ferres, Nicholas Jarecki, John Ralston and Martin Donovan also star.
Mank is the latest drama/biography from Gone Girl (2014) director David Fincher.
Starring Gary Oldman, Amanda Seyfried, Lily Collins and Tuppence Middleton; Fincher’s film is the story of screenwriter Herman J. Mankiewicz; particularly his tumultuous development of Orson Welles’ iconic masterpiece Citizen Kane (1941).
Anyone else reminded of Oldman’s great work as a drunk in Friends, season 7 episodes 23 and 24?
This should be interesting because the cast is great, the cinematography looks promising, even with the absence of colour. An absence I hope not to feel too greatly .
Lastly, perhaps I’ll finally get to watch Citizen Kane (1941), probably best to do that before this movie is released.
Tom Burke, Tom Pelphrey, Charles Dance, Leven Rambin, Arliss Howard, Joseph Cross, Elvy, Jamie McShane, Toby Leonard Moore, Sam Troughton and Adam Shapiro also star.
The Woman In The Window (2020), Amy Adams, 20th Century Fox
Amy Adams, Gary Oldman, Julianne Moore and Jennifer Jason Leigh are the stars of new Joe Wright directed mystery / drama, The woman In The Window.
Also starring Wyatt Russell, it’s the story of Anna, an agoraphobic woman living alone in New York. Anna begins spying on her new neighbours only to witness a disturbing…
I’m in for the fantastic cast and all the mystery and darkness.
Actually, at first I thought this was going to be purely about one woman’s struggle with agoraphobia – which would have been fantastic. Still, I’m not too disappointed because this still looks great.
Anthony Mackie, Brian Tyree Henry, Liza Colón-Zayas, Mariah Bozeman, Fred Hechinger, Diane Dehn, Daymien Valentino, Milanee Gordon, Ben Davis and Jeanine Serralles also star.
The Laundromat (2019),Gary Oldman, Antonio Banderas
Steven Soderbergh’s latest drama The Laundromat is inspired by the ‘Panama Papers’ scandal; The 2016 publication of leaked documents detailing financial and attorney / client information for more than two hundred thousand offshore entities. A leak that led to the eventual shut down of one of the largest providers of offshore financial services, Mossack Fonseca & Co.
Focused on educating and entertaining, I found Soderbergh’s film to be only partly successful at both. This is mainly because I had trouble staying engaged. Particularly, to my surprise, for much of Antonio Banderas and Gary Oldman’s scenes. The way the film is written, structured and edited certainly didn’t help matters.
Soderbergh essentially shared the stories of some of the dealings of the offshore organisations / individuals who were helping the rich take advantage and get away with it. And they did it all with the help of the likes of Banderas and Oldman’s characters – the pair behind law firms like Mossack Fonseca & Co.
Eventually the whistleblower shows up; a character who, in real life has managed to remain anonymous, and this is where Soderbergh and the writers decided to get creative and give a face to the person behind the leak. It would be great to say that this is when things got really interesting. Sadly, no – due to the aforementioned story structure issues which resulted in the whole experience feeling quite disjointed.
The Laundromat felt like a series of very loosely linked stories that were somewhat entertaining on their own but together they didn’t make for a well put together finished product. Meryl Streep was of courser watchable, as always but that just wasn’t enough in the end.
Watch The Laundromat if you’re really, REALLY curious.
In new drama The Laundromat, Meryl Streep is a widow who takes it upon herself to investigate an insurance fraud, chasing leads to a pair of Panama City law partners (Antonio Banderas, Gary Oldman)…
Directed by Steven Soderbergh; additional key cast includes Sharon Stone, Matthias Schoenaerts, David Schwimmer, Melissa Rauch…
I’m definitely in for the esteemed cast, director and the hints of humour.
James Cromwell, Alex Pettyfer, Robert Patrick, Will Forte, Jeffrey Wright, Rosalind Chao and Mourad Zaoui also star.
From director Michael Goi, Mary is a new horror movie starring Gary Oldman, Emily Mortimer and Jennifer Esposito.
The scares begin soon after a family interested in starting a charter-boat business buys a ship that holds terrifying secrets. Secrets that only surface once they’re out on isolated waters with no one else around…
The idea of ghosts and demons are certainly scary enough for me. What’s interesting is that Mary is taking the scares to the open sea. I therefore wish the best of luck to all the non-swimmers and thalassophobics (those with an intense and persistent fear of the sea and distance from land), who happen to love horror movies.
I haven’t quite figured out where the family are supposed to be from based on their accents. Any ideas?
Stefanie Scott, Owen Teague, Michael Landes, Manuel Garcia-Rulfo, Natalie Jean, Chloe Perrin, Claire Byrne, Kathryn Kellly and Griffin Hood also star.
Darkest Hour is directed by Joe Wright (Atonement (2007) and stars Gary Oldman, Lily James, Ben Mendelsohn and Kristin Scott Thomas. The movie tells the story of Winston Churchill’s most defining trial: exploring a negotiated peace treaty with Nazi Germany, or standing firm to fight for the ideals, liberty and freedom of a nation…
I’ll see this because Oldman is great and it sounds as though he may have nailed Churchill’s voice. There’s also Churchill’s very famous inspirational quotes to look forward to.
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