A Year in review: a review of 2023 2023 was another great year for television. Among other great shows we watched (and I reviewed) this year were Gen V (outrageous spin-off of The Boys), One Piece (excellent live-action version of a rather dumb anime), a new BBC remake of War of the Worlds, an engaging …
Oppenheimer Directed by Christopher Nolan Screenplay by Christopher Nolan Based on American Prometheus by Kai Bird & Martin J. Sherwin Produced by Emma Thomas, Charles Roven & Christopher Nolan Cast Cillian Murphy as J. Robert Oppenheimer, a theoretical physicist and director of the Los Alamos National Laboratory. Emily Blunt as Katherine “Kitty” Oppenheimer, Robert Oppenheimer’s …
Directed by Daniel Kwan & Daniel Scheinert Written by Daniel Kwan & Daniel Scheinert Produced by Anthony Russo, Joe Russo, Mike Larocca, Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert, Jonathan Wang, Peter Tam Lee Starring Michelle Yeoh Stephanie Hsu Ke Huy Quan Jenny Slate Harry Shum Jr. James Hong Jamie Lee Curtis Cinematography Larkin Seiple Edited by Paul …
The Banshees of Inisherin Directed by Martin McDonagh Written by Martin McDonagh Produced by Graham Broadbent, Peter Czernin, Martin McDonagh Starring Colin Farrell as Pádraic Súilleabháin Brendan Gleeson as Colm Doherty Kerry Condon as Siobhán Súilleabháin Barry Keoghan as Dominic Kearney Pat Shortt as Jonjo Devine Jon Kenny as Gerry Bríd Ní Neachtain as Mrs. …
Pinocchio Directed by Guillermo del Toro & Mark Gustafson Screenplay by Guillermo del Toro & Patrick McHale Story by Guillermo del Toro & Matthew Robbins Based on The Adventures of Pinocchio by Carlo Collodi Produced by Guillermo del Toro, Lisa Henson, Gary Ungar, Alex Bulkley, Corey Campodonico Starring Ewan McGregor David Bradley Gregory Mann Burn …
Cyrano Directed by Joe Wright Screenplay by Erica Schmidt Based on Cyrano by Erica Schmidt, Aaron Dessner, Bryce Dessner, Matt Berninger, Carin Besser Cyrano de Bergerac by Edmond Rostand Produced by Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Guy Heeley Starring Peter Dinklage as Cyrano de Bergerac Haley Bennett as Roxanne Kelvin Harrison Jr. as Christian de Neuvillette …
Directed by Edward Berger Screenplay by Ian Stokell, Lesley Paterson, Edward Berger Based on All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque Produced by Daniel Brühl, Daniel Marc Dreifuss, Malte Grunert, Clive Barker, Marc Toberoff, Lesley Paterson, Ian Stokell Starring Felix Kammerer as Paul Bäumer Albrecht Schuch as Stanislaus “Kat” Katczinsky Aaron Hilmer …
Funan Directed by Denis Do Written by Denis Do, Magali Pouzol, Elise Trinh Produced by Sébastien Onomo, David Grumbach, Annemie Degryse, Louise Génis Cosserat, Justin Stewart Starring Bérénice Bejo, Louis Garrel Music by Thibault Kientz Agyeman Production companies Les Films d’ici, Sébastien Onomo, Bac Films Distributed by Bac Films (France), Lumière (Belgium) Running time 84 …
Black Crab Directed by Adam Berg Written by Adam Berg, Pelle Rådström Starring Noomi Rapace, Aliette Opheim, Dar Salim, Jakob Oftebro, Ardalan Esmaili, Martin Hendrikse, Erik Gikunda, Cecilia Säverman, Ahmed Shawky Shaheen, Ilir Latifi, Mikail Akalin Distributed by Netflix Release date March 18, 2022 Running time 85 minutes Country Sweden Language Swedish If you want …
In This Corner of the World Directed by Sunao Katabuchi Written by Sunao Katabuchi & Chie Uratani Based on In This Corner of the World by Fumiyo Kōno Produced by Masao Maruyama & Taro Maki Starring Rena Nōnen, Yoshimasa Hosoya, Natsuki Inaba, Minori Omi, Daisuke Ono, Megumi Han, Shigeru Ushiyama, Mayumi Shintani, Nanase Iwai, Tengai …