Glazed over. Meet Beau (Joaquin Phoenix). He’s trying to go back home and visit his mother (Patti LuPone), but a series of unfortunate events make this exceedingly difficult. That’s about it. Now I can’t say that I was looking forward … Continue reading Mommy Issues – Beau Is Afraid (2023)
Hard to save everybody. So this is about a son (Timothée Chalamet). He has become addicted to drugs the past couple of years, but the biggest problem is understandably crystal meth. His father (Steve Carell) desperately wants to help him, … Continue reading Road to Recovery – Beautiful Boy (2018)
To be fair, it is exactly what it is advertised to be. So Tripp (Lucas Till) is a high schooler (lol) who rides a bike, but does work down at the local junkyard in North Dakota with aspirations of owning … Continue reading They’re Monsters in Trucks – Monster Trucks (2016)
They are listening in. Set during the Cold War, this is about an insurance lawyer (Tom Hanks) who gets recruited to defend a stateside Soviet accused of being a spy (Mark Rylance), and then later gets chosen to orchestrate a trade … Continue reading The Russians Are Coming – Bridge of Spies (2015)
Full of win. So this is about an aging, washed-up former comic strip actor (Michael Keaton) who used to play the renowned Birdman back in his heyday. He’s trying to do something relevant with his career by adapting, directing and starring … Continue reading Where Theatre Meets the Big Screen – Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) (2014)
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