Born May 26, 1966 in London, England, Helena Bonham Carter was the youngest of three children of Elena, a psychotherapist, and Raymond Bonham Carter, a merchant banker. She is the great-granddaughter, on her father’s side of the family, of former Prime Minister Herbert H. Asquith, and the great-niece of director Anthony Asquith (Pygmalion, The Importance…
Page Revisions: (September 10, 2017) Original Release Date: October 20, 2017 Synopsis: From IMDb: “A group of friends join a guide for a trek into the Bolivian jungle, searching for an Indian village. The men soon realize that the jungle is a difficult place to be.” Poster Rating: – Review: There was no poster immediately…
With the potency of It at the box office, a second weekend atop the charts would not be unexpected. There is another horror release that’s been heavily advertised that’s on the release schedule this week and with its competition, it would be a safe bet to put it at the top of the new releases.…
The Festival Hat Trick (Telluride, Venice, and Toronto) is the official beginning of Oscar season. Although campaigning has already begun, the best lay of the landscape emerges after these festivals have premiered their works. A number of films were propelled forward this year while others seemed to fade. Please keep in mind that Toronto is…
Obit. (Amazon Prime) Obit., the fantastic documentary about the men and women who put together the obituary section of the New York Times every day, paints one of the most painfully realistic portraits of the act of writing I have ever seen in a movie. The film journeys through the entire process of writing an…
New This Week Rebecca, Alfred Hitchcock’s first American film, was long disavowed by the director as “not a Hitchcock film”. That was because of his many disagreements with producer David O. Selznick, fresh from making Gone with the Wind. Time, though, sees it differently. Although Selznick overruled Hitchcock’s many ideas to deviate from Daphne DuMaurier’s…
Page Revisions: (September 10, 2017) Original (October 29, 2017) New Trailer (#2) Release Date: November 17, 2017 Synopsis: From IMDb: “Two men return home from World War II to work on a farm in rural Mississippi, where they struggle to deal with racism and adjusting to life after war.” Poster Rating: B SEE ALL POSTERS…