Tilda Swinton is not only one of the best actresses working in Hollywood today, but also one of the most interesting. She has a unique look that has served her well in such memorable roles as Orlando in Orlando, the White Witch in The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, and Karen Crowder in Michael Clayton (which earned her an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress). With each performance she gives, Swinton brings a raw originality that other actors can’t quite lay claim to, and she captivates you thoroughly for every moment she appears on screen. That holds true for her latest role as well, which has her playing a centuries old vampire in Only Lovers Left Alive and sees her back with independent filmmaker Jim Jarmusch, whom she worked with on Broken Flowers and The Limits Of Control.
Arnold Schwarzenegger’s latest outing, Sabotage, has him teaming up with director David Ayer, the man behind one of the best cop movies in recent years (End of Watch). As a result, this doesn’t actually feel like your typical Schwarzenegger action movie. Instead, it deals with real life law enforcement situations and the gritty and visceral nature of crimes in a way that we don't often see in Hollywood.
Just when you thought that no other action movie could top what The Raid: Redemption ended up accomplishing, The Raid 2 comes along to blow it right out of the water. The film takes place mere minutes after the events of its predecessor, and despite Rama emerging victorious and coming out of that apartment complex alive, he discovers that his troubles have only just begun.
On the surface, Rob The Mob looks like just another True Romance clone, with its star crossed lovers dodging bullets and getting into trouble. The only difference here is that this film is based on a true story. And not just any true story, a rather unbelievable one.
Amy Smart is one of the stars of Tyler Perry’s latest comedy-drama, The Single Moms Club. In the film she plays Hillary, a wealthy woman who has just gotten divorced after 12 years of marriage and sees the financial support from her husband quickly evaporate. It doesn’t take long for Hillary to find herself completely unprepared for this situation and overwhelmed with responsibilities that she had previously been able to elude. Thankfully, she soon finds a group of single moms from different walks of life who are also dealing with the immense challenges of raising children without a father around. Through their collective friendship they discover how they can become better parents than they already are.
Cheap Thrills is one of the craziest black comedy thrillers that you will ever lay eyes on. It stars Pat Healy as Craig, a married man and father who has just lost his job as an auto mechanic. To make matters worse, his family is also facing eviction from their tiny apartment as they have fallen behind on the rent. While getting his drink on at a local bar, Craig runs into his old high school friend Vince (Ethan Embry) and they proceed to talk with each other about where their lives are at and how world is treating them so poorly.
Grand Piano is an intense and mysterious thriller that stars Elijah Wood as Tom Selznick, a world class pianist who is about to play his first live concert in several years. While on his way to a Chicago performing arts center, we learn that Tom had developed stage fright and ended up suffering a nervous breakdown during his last concert, which nearly ended his promising career.
Tyler Labine has kept us laughing out loud throughout his career, both on the small screen with television shows like Reaper and in theaters with movies like Tucker & Dale Vs Evil. Now, he gets one of his biggest roles to date in writer/director Rob Pearlstein’s Someone Marry Barry.
Ever since his breakthrough role as a grieving father in Atom Egoyan’s The Sweet Hereafter, Bruce Greenwood has remained one of the most dependable character actors working in Hollywood today. Whether he’s playing President John F. Kennedy in Thirteen Days or Christopher Pike in Star Trek, he never fails to give a terrific performance. The same rings true for the actor's latest film, Endless Love. Shana Feste’s remake of the 1981 romantic drama sees Greenwood playing Hugh Butterfield, a doctor and father who becomes increasingly concerned when his daughter Jade (Gabriella Wilde) becomes involved with a boy (Alex Pettyfer) from the wrong side of town.
In The Pretty One, Zoe Kazan stars as identical twins Audrey and Laurel. Audrey is the more glamorous of the two while Laurel’s outward appearance speaks to her discomfort with her own identity. Regardless of their difference, Audrey and Laurel care for each other very much, to the point where Audrey is even willing to take Laurel away from her home and give her a complete makeover. But while traveling back to Audrey’s house, the twins end up getting in a serious car accident which injures Laurel and kills Audrey. The problem is, however, that everybody thinks that Laurel was the one that died, so despite some hesitation, Laurel decides to take on her twin sister’s persona to see what life is like in her shoes, and in the process she comes to understand herself better as an individual.
