The Friend

The Friend

A writer inherits her late friend’s Great Dane in The Friend. Iris (Naomi Watts) is a writer and literary professor who was close friends with her mentor, Walter (Bill Murray). Walter was an acclaimed novelist and notorious womanizer, with a trail of ex-wives including Elaine (Carla Gugino), Tuesday (Constance Wu), and Barbara (Noma Dumezweni). However,…

The Exorcist: Believer

The Exorcist: Believer

Two 13-year-old girls return possessed after going missing in the woods in The Exorcist: Believer. Victor Fielding (Leslie Odom Jr.) is the single father to 13-year-old Angela (Lidya Jewett), whose birth cost her mother’s life. Angela goes after school to hang out with her friend Katherine (Olivia Marcum), however, they disappear in the woods and…

Mass

Mass

Two couples meet in a church basement to discuss the aftermath of a violent tragedy in Mass. Jay (Jason Isaacs) and his wife Gail (Martha Plimpton) arrive at the Emmanuel Episcopal Church in Hailey, Idaho. Greeted by church employee Judy (Breeda Wool), they are led down to a meeting room set up in the church…

Side Effects

Side Effects

There might be minor SPOILERS in this review.When it comes to curing psychological ailments, it has almost become the norm to just “fix it with a pill.”  People often do not think twice when they take the medication prescribed to them by doctors.  Most of all, we often don’t stop to consider that these pharmaceuticals…

Compliance

Compliance

If someone called you claiming to be a police officer, would you obey everything he tells you to do with no questions asked? Compliance is the extremely controversial film that debuted at Sundance and is inspired by a series of true events. In the film, a manager of a fast food restaurant named Sandra (Ann Dowd)…

Marley

Marley

As you could probably tell from the title, Marley is a documentary about the life and career of reggae superstar Bob Marley.  With a running time of 2hr24min, the film will definitely tell you all that you would ever want to know about Marley. In some ways, I feel the documentary was a bit too long,…