Welcome to 5 Favorites. Each week, I will put together a list of my 5 favorites (films, performances, whatever strikes my fancy) along with commentary on a given topic each week, usually in relation to a specific film releasing that week. This week has an embarrassment of riches in terms of the actors with new…
To quote Wikipedia: “A nun is a member of a religious community of women, typically living under vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience in the enclosure of a monastery. Communities of nuns exist in numerous religious traditions, including Buddhism, Christianity, Jainism, and Taoism. Within Christianity, women religious, known as nuns or religious sisters, are found…
New Trailer (#2) / New Posters (#8-#18) / New Release Date (changed from 4/8/20) No Time to Die Preview Link: CLICK HERE for all of the new content as well as the original.
The only new wide release is a film starring Jim Caviezel that has no trailer available from legitimate, longtime sources. That lack of advertising suggests a film targeted at a very narrow audience and with few chances at major success. Tenet, The New Mutants, The Broken Hearts Gallery, and Unhinged are likely to continue persistent…
Steve Jobs Rating Director Danny Boyle Screenplay Aaron Sorkin (Book by Walter Isaacson) Length 122 min. Starring Michael Fassbender, Kate Winslet, Seth Rogen, Jeff Daniels, Michael Stuhlbarg, Katherine Waterston MPAA Rating R for language. Original Preview Click Here
Page Revisions: (September 13, 2020) Original (September 20, 2020) New Release Date (changed from 9/30/20) (September 27, 2020) New Trailer (#2) Release Date: September 25, 2020 Synopsis: From IMDb: “The story of feminist icon Gloria Steinem’s itinerant childhood’s influence on her life as a writer, activist and organizer for women’s rights worldwide.” Poster Rating: B-…
New This Week Brute Force and The Naked City have received long overdue U.S. Blu-ray releases from Criterion. The films were the two biggest hits of American writer-director Jules Dassin’s Hollywood career which lasted from1940 through his blacklisting during the filming of 1950’s Thieves’ Highway. After his move to France in 1952, Dassin became an…
Page Revisions: (September 13, 2020) Original Release Date: December 18, 2020 Synopsis: From IMDb: “Feature adaptation of Frank Herbert’s science fiction novel, about the son of a noble family entrusted with the protection of the most valuable asset and most vital element in the galaxy.” Poster Rating: – SEE ALL POSTERS BELOW Review: There was…