The Kitchen is a solid directorial debut from Daniel Kaluuya
Academy Award winner Daniel Kaluuya steps behind the camera for the science fiction film The Kitchen from Netflix. In addition to co-directing the film with Kibwe Tavares, Kaluuya also pens the script with Joe Murtagh.
Leave The World Behind succeeds from the performances of Julia Roberts and Mahershala Ali
After dabbling in television for the last decade with the hit shows Mr. Robot and Homecoming, director Sam Esmail returns to features for his latest project, Leave The World Behind. The film is an adaptation of author Rumaan Alam’s same-titled 2020 novel. Amanda (Julia Roberts) and her husband Clay (Ethan Hawke) rent a luxurious home for the weekend with their kids, Archie (Charlie Evans) and Rose (Farrah Mackenzie), who want a break from the hustle and bustle of the big city.
Raw and organic performances from Julianne Moore & Natalie Portman elevate May December
Todd Haynes, the acclaimed filmmaker, has collaborated with Samy Buch, a first-time screenwriter, to create their latest feature film, May December. The film takes a “ripped from the headlines” approach, with story elements resembling Mary Kay Letourneau’s. The film’s title deviates from the slang term “May-December relationship,” which refers to a romantic relationship between an older and younger partner.
Director Bradley Cooper conducts a cinematic symphony in Maestro
Four Academy Award Nominee (Thrice for Best Actor and Once for Best Supporting), Bradley Cooper stays in the music world for his sophomore directorial effort in Maestro from Netflix. Like his debut, A Star Is Born, Cooper wears three hats as star, director, and co-writer (along with Josh Singer) in the film.
Squid Game : The Challenge will appease fans of the hit series
One of the show’s strengths lies in its ability to create suspense and drama. The physical and mental challenges are often thrilling, keeping viewers on the edge of their seats. The strategic gameplay, where contestants strategically form alliances and plot against each other, adds an intriguing layer of complexity to the show.
Netflix’s in depth documentary Stamped From The Beginning Shatters the Myths and Reveals the truth
Williams’ documentary adaptation utilizes a groundbreaking animation process that merges live action with the art of the era to shed light on well-known and obscure figures and events, both historical and contemporary. Prominent female scholars and activists, such as Dr. Angela Davis, Honorée Fanonne Jeffers, Brittany Packnett Cunningham, Dr. Jennifer L. Morgan, and Dr. Kendi, provide viewers with a powerful account of how racist stereotypes and imagery were created and institutionalized in American culture.
Your Lucky Day is a solid feature debut
Director Dan Brown expands his 2010 short Your Lucky Day into a same-titled full-length feature from Well Go USA. Brown also pens the film’s screenplay, which stars the late Angus Cloud in one of his last roles. The film takes place a few days before Christmas and introduces us to Sterling (Cloud), a petty drug dealer who falls victim to a stickup kid during his latest transaction.
Colman Domingo elevates routine script in Rustin
DGA Award and five-time Tony Award winner director George C. Wolfe follows up his highly enjoyable 2020 August Wilson adaption of Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom with a biopic in Rustin from Netflix. Julian Breece and Dustin Lance Black collaborated on the screenplay based on a story by Breece.
Fincher & Fassbender hit the mark in The Killer
Three-time Academy Award nominee director David Fincher continues his successful relationship with streaming giant Netflix for his thirteenth feature film, The Killer. Fincher reunites with Andrew Kevin Walker, his script writer from Se7en, who adapts Alexis “Matz” Nolent same titled graphic novel for the screenplay.
Cliches aside, Emily Blunt and Chris Evans bring charm to Pain Hustlers
Director David Yates takes a break from the world of wizards for his latest feature in Pain Hustlers from Netflix. Wells Tower and Evan Hughes wrote the screenplay of the film. It is a fictional story that draws inspiration from the 2010 Opioid Crisis, a public health emergency in the United States caused by the over-prescription and abuse of opioid painkillers.
Get Gotti does a disservice to The Teflon Don
For their latest project, the creators of Fear City team with Netflix once again to tell the meteoric rise and crashing fall of infamous mobster John Gotti in Get Gotti.
Dumbed down script doesn’t stop the fun in Heart Of Stone
Gal Gadot and director Tom Harper attempt to launch another action franchise in Netflix’s Heart of Stone.