Starring Jessica Chastain and Idris Elba, Aaron Sorkin’s directorial debut “Molly’s Game” is a tremendously entertaining, true-life poker drama.
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Film review: “Miss Sloane”
Jessica Chastain further cements her status as one of the best actresses working today with “Miss Sloane,” the engrossing new political thriller from “Shakespeare in Love” director John Madden. Chastain stars as Elizabeth Sloane — a brilliant but ethically unscrupulous Capitol Hill lobbyist — who as the film opens is being grilled at a Senate […]
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Film Review: “A Most Violent Year”
Still early in his career, director J.C. Chandor has cemented his status as a filmmaker to watch. So far he’s already made three excellent — and wildly different — films: From his debut with the financial thriller “Margin Call” (which nabbed him an Oscar nomination for writing), to the nearly dialogue-free survival drama, “All is […]
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Film Review: “Interstellar”
Any intrepid voyager through the vast space of science fiction should recognize the origins and context of Christopher Nolan’s new movie, “Interstellar.” The picture owes a great deal to all those contemporary doomsday flicks, along with some special debts to the “Star Trek” series and the landmark Stanley Kubrick film, “2001: A Space Odyssey.” Its […]
