Based on a true story, Roofman is a new crime/drama about Jeffrey Manchester, a robber known for breaking and entering through the roof, and his time evading police capture.
Starring Channing Tatum, Kiersten Dunst, Peter Dinklage and Ben Mendelsohn, Roofman is directed by Derek Cianfrance.
I like Tatum in darker roles. I’m even more interested in this because it looks as though it’s missing a comedy categorisation.
Bring on the fun-looking adventure, I say.
Childhood fantasies of getting locked in sweetshops and toy stores overnight aside, how does this story appeal to you?
Melonie Diaz, LaKeith Stanfield, Uzo Aduba, Molly Price, Emory Cohen, Juno Temple, Jimmy O. Yang, Tony Revolori, Lily Collias and Gabe Fazio also star.
Wicked – For Good (2025), Cynthia Erivo, Universal Pictures
The second part of Wicked, the hit Broadway musical turned movie, directed by Jon M Chu, has a trailer for the second instalment.
Starring Cynthia Erivo, Ariana Grande, Jonathan Bailey and Peter Dinklage, Wicked – For Good is about Elphaba (Erivo), the future Wicked Witch of the West and her relationship with Glinda (Grande), the Good Witch of the North.
It’s true, I still haven’t seen Wicked, on film or stage. One day I might. However, right now, my aversion to musicals keeps me enjoying the works of my favourites, Bailey, Erivo, and Grande via other ‘non-musical movie’ avenues.
As always, this new film makes me happy for the super fans, especially since I’ve only heard great things about the first instalment.
I Care a Lot (2020), Rosamund Pike, Amazon Prime Video
I knew that crime/thrillerI Care a Lotwas about Marla Grayson (Rosamund Pike), a despicable woman who takes pleasure in draining the savings of her vulnerable elderly clients. What I didn’t know is I’d end up detesting Marla quite as much as I did.
To say I was extra impatient to see her get her comeuppance feels like an understatement. Furthermore, I’m not sure if I’ve ever been more incensed by a character the way I was with Marla. OK, maybe Guy Pierce’s Charley Rakes in Lawless (2012) is even more despicable. I mean, I truly, deeply hated him. I digress.
Written/directed by J. Blakeson, I Care a Lot is generally well-acted. However, there are parts of the story I didn’t fully buy. Specifically, occurrences that seemed to happen the way they did, simply to serve the story. Only, ironically, they ended up doing the movie a disservice because I didn’t believe them. Much of this takes place once Marla became more involved with Peter Dinklage’s character.
There are very few if any clear cut ‘good people’ in this movie. This is a truth that made watching I Care a Lot more uncomfortable than anticipated. Maybe I wouldn’t have felt so slightly shortchanged had I been able to connect more with any characters’ story, and in a way that made me identify with them on a less than surface level.
As for my favourite things about Blakeson’s film, Chris Messina is great as the Lawyer and I found Marla’s style delightfully noteworthy; as is her general badassery. There’s no doubt that her place in the list of tough female movie characters sporting blunt bobs has a corner in my mind. I only wish it had one in my heart too.
New crime/thriller, I Care a Lot is about a crooked legal guardian named Marla Grayson (Rosamund Pike). A woman who drains the savings of her elderly wards; only this time she’s met her match, because Jennifer Peterson, her latest target is far more than what she appears.
Written/directed by J. Blakeson; additional key cast includes Dianne Wiest, Peter Dinklage, Eiza González, Isiah Whitlock Jr. and Chris Messina.
Looks like Pike is returning to the type of unhinged character she seems to play so well; as demonstrated by her turn as Amy Dunne in Gone Girl (2014). And I have to say, I’m not mad about it one bit.
Seeing Marla get what she deserves is why I’ll be watching this. Fingers crossed it turns out great.
Lastly, anyone else suddenly finds themselves considering a blunt bob cut as this trailer played?
Macon Blair, Alicia Witt, Damian Young, Nicholas Logan, Liz Eng, Celeste Oliva, Georgia Lyman, Moira Driscoll and Gary Tanguay also star.
Based at the Ypsilanti State Hospital in Michigan, Three Christs follows Dr Alan Stone (Richard Gere) as he treats three paranoid schizophrenic patients, all of whom believe that they are Jesus Christ himself.
Directed by Jon Avnet; additional key cast includes Peter Dinklage, Walton Goggins, Bradley Whitford and Julianna Margulies.
Playing people with mental illnesses is difficult, so I’m curious to see how well Dinklage, Goggins and Whitford do it.
Charlotte Hope, Kevin Pollak, James Monroe Iglehart, Stephen Root, Jane Alexander, Julian Acosta, Danny Deferrari and Kathryn Leigh Scott also star.
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