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The Apprentice

October 20, 2024Addison Wylie0 Comments

Donald Trump has denounced The Apprentice.  Not to be confused with his hit reality show of the past, The Apprentice is a docudrama chronicling the relationship between Trump and lawyer Roy Cohn.  But, it seems as though the former president has misinterpreted Ali Abbasi’s movie as a biopic on his life as a businessman-turn-infamous mogul.  There are biographical elements to The Apprentice , but the focus isn’t specific enough to be a Trump biopic.  If Trump had stepped back, he would’ve seen that…

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Lee

October 15, 2024Addison Wylie0 Comments

The assumption to presume there’s a personal connection between director Ellen Kuras and photographer Lee Miller, the subject of Kuras’ feature-length narrative debut Lee, isn’t that rash.  An obvious interest for camerawork is shared between Kuras and Miller, and the passion for the craft may have also rubbed off on star Kate Winslet (who Kuras has worked with previously on Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind and A Little Chaos, and is credited as an executive producer on Lee). …

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The Forest Hills

October 8, 2024Addison Wylie0 Comments

The Forest Hills is a pulverizing experience.  The audience is constantly led astray by too many dead ends in the story.  But on the other hand, Shelley Duvall.  Movie goers are senselessly deafened by an ungainly and painful lead performance by Chiko Mendez.  But then again, Shelley Duvall.  Starlets from classic horror movies appear in extended cameos to bait movie buffs along, but their performances are flat.  But also, Shelley Duvall.

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Frankie Freako

October 7, 2024Addison Wylie0 Comments

By: Addison Wylie Steven Kostanski is a gifted filmmaker who can effortlessly emulate styles and fads of the past.  But for as resourceful and accurate as he is, Kostanski has a habit of working in reverse; placing more attention on the final product rather than thinking about who his work should be geared towards.  However, Kostanski’s recent sci-fi/buddy comedy Psycho Goreman suggested that the writer/director was considering his viewers more.  His latest indie Frankie Freako, a throwback with similar…

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You Gotta Believe

October 4, 2024Addison Wylie0 Comments

You Gotta Believe is a sports movie that’s as hokey as you could, well, believe. Based around the true story of Little Leaguers who made an impression on sports fans when the team earned a ranking in 2002’s Little League Baseball World Series championship, You Gotta Believe pulls out all the stops to grab families by their heartstrings. However, the film doesn’t feel manipulative. As he exhibited in his heavier sports drama 12 Mighty Orphans, director Ty Roberts…

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Red Rooms

September 30, 2024Addison Wylie0 Comments

Red Rooms offers the best kind of challenge for its viewers. Despite being impressed by the filmmaking, the writing, and the acting, we feel a relentless wave of dread as the film confronts extremely uncomfortable subject matter and an unreliable lead character.

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My First Film

September 14, 2024Addison Wylie0 Comments

Using meta-mind-bending maneuvers to confront open wounds and find closure, with My First Film, director Zia Anger revisits her experience making her feature debut.  While this latest project may have personally assisted Anger, it’s not as graceful for audiences who are along for the ride.

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