Talented Cast can’t save Brothers by Blood
Vertical Entertainment and director Jérémie Guez adapt the 1991 Pete Dexter novel Brotherly Love for the big screen in Brothers by Blood. In the City of Brotherly Love, eight-year-old Peter Flood (Nicholas Corvetti) helplessly watches as his little sister is killed by a neighbor’s reckless driving.
MLK/FBI Highlights The FBI’s Surveillance of the Civil Rights Icon
IFC Films and Field of Vision productions collaborate with director Samuel D. Pollard for the documentary MLK/FBI. Screenwriters Benjamin Hedin and Laura Tomaselli adapt the 2015 book The FBI and Martin Luther King, Jr.: From “Solo” to Memphis by David J. Garro for the documentary’s narrative structure.
Liam Nesson shoots and misses in The Marksman
Director Robert Lorenz places Liam Nesson back in action in The Marksman from Open Road Entertainment. Hardened Arizona rancher and ex-Marine sharpshooter Jim Hanson (Liam Neeson) simply wants to be left alone and enjoy retirement.
Nomadland is an arthouse Disney flick
The world of nomads is explored by director Chloé Zhao, who teams up with two-time Oscar winner Frances McDormand for the film Nomadland from Searchlight Pictures. The film is an adaptation of the 2017 non-fiction book Nomadland: Surviving America in the Twenty-First Century by Jessica Bruder.
Promising Young Woman successfully explores revenge in the Me Too Era
Actress Emerald Fennell makes a stunning feature directorial debut in Focus Features, Promising Young Woman. The film opens with a trio of debaucherous males Jerry (Adam Brody), Jim (Ray Nicholson), and Paul (Sam Richardson), scoping the nightclub scene in search of someone to take home.
Greenland is a smart disaster flick
Director Ric Roman Waugh reunites with his Angel Has Fallen star Gerard Butler in STX Films Greenland. Structural engineer John Garrity (Gerard Butler) resides in Atlanta with his estranged wife, Allison (Morena Baccarin), and their diabetic son, Nathan (Roger Dale Floyd).
Max Cloud is throwback fun for video gamers
A real-life gaming experience takes on a literal meaning in Well Go USA’S Max Cloud from director Martin Owens. Set in Brooklyn in that wild era known as the nineties, the film takes us back when sixteen-bit cartridges were all the rage.
Fatale is another big screen Lifetime movie and that’s all right
Michael Ealy returns to the thriller genre in Fatale from Lionsgate and Hidden Empire Film Group. Reuniting the trio of star Michael Ealy, director Deon Taylor and writer David Loughery who collaborated on last year’s The Intruder, Fatale is another Lifetime thriller on the big screen.
Skylines is a harmless fun threequel
A science-fiction franchise receives a new entry in Skylines from Vertical Entertainment. Written and directed by Liam O’Donnell, Skylines continues the story arc that began in 2010’s Skyline.
Soul is filled with heart and thought
Pixar introduces its first African American lead character in Soul from co-directors Pete Docter & Kemp Powers. Joe Gardner (Jamie Foxx), a middle school music teacher, has long dreamed of performing jazz music onstage.
Safety is an auspicious mix of football & family
Director Reginald Hudlin helms a crowd-pleasing family flick in his latest film Safety. Inspired by the empowering story of former Clemson University football safety Ray McElrathbey (Jay Reeves), a young man facing a series of challenging circumstances, whose dedication and persistence help him to triumph over repeated adversities.
The Prom combines music & heart for a lively good time
Director Ryan Murphy adapts a Broadway play in Netflix’s The Prom. Chad Beguelin and Bob Martin provide the screenplay from their 2018 Broadway musical of the same name. Dee Dee Allen (Meryl Streep), and Barry Glickman (James Corden) are New York City stage stars with a crisis on their hands: