Matt Damon
The Instigators evokes the Boston movies of yore like a Dunkin’ drinkin’ Ghost of Christmas Past.
Rory and Cobby are unlikely partners thrown together, but when it goes awry, they team up to outrun police, backward bureaucrats, and a vengeful crime boss.
Kiss The Future is a glimmer of what the world can be when we are one – united by the communal goodness and beauty of art.
The Last Duel is a comfortable return to the medieval genre with tense battle sequences and an urgent takedown of a misogynistic system.
When no one believes a woman’s accusation, her husband challenges his friend to a duel, the last legally sanctioned duel in the country’s history.
Come for the car races in Ford v Ferrari, and some fine performances by Matt Damon and Christian Bale, but don’t expect to take too much away from it.
American car designer Carroll Shelby and driver Ken Miles battle corporate interference to build a revolutionary race car for Ford and challenge Ferrari at the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1966.
Despite some wonderfully imaginative special effects, Downsizing falls short due to its unfocused nature, an underdeveloped love story, and some feeble attempts at social satire.
Suburbicon is a somewhat effective thriller that unfortunately squanders its potential at being a deeper film about racial tension.
Despite some flaws, Suburbicon is still a riot of a good time, poking fun at the inherent obscurity of the American Dream in a unique way.
In our latest entry of The Nominated Film You May Have Missed series, we discuss the 1998 War drama Saving Private Ryan.
Everything about The Great Wall should be fun and goofy, but it takes itself too seriously to be enjoyed for its silliness.
Since the inception of the Bourne franchise in 2002, the blockbuster as we know it has undergone a dramatic shift. Variety is limited as superhero films have taken over the industry. There are lingering alternatives like the Mission Impossible and Fast and Furious franchises, but the Bourne films have been the thinking man’s blockbusters since the series began.
Some of the very best films are those that are immersive experiences. You immediately know after leaving the theater that you have witnessed something special, and for anyone to even suggest otherwise just seems inarguably wrong. The Martian is one of the few films that I have seen this year that has left such an impact.
In Elysium, the world has gone to shit. It is heavily polluted and poverty has risen to extremely high levels – the ghettos stretch as far as you can see. This is where the poor working class lives.