Captain Marvel

Captain Marvel

One of the most powerful heroes of the Marvel Cinematic Universe makes her debut in Captain Marvel. Vers (Brie Larson) is a Kree warrior and a member of Starforce, lead by her mentor Yon-Rogg (Jude Law). The Starforce is sent on a mission to save one of their own from the Skrulls, a species of…

Spy

Spy

Melissa McCarthy becomes a secret agent in Spy.  Susan Cooper (McCarthy) is a CIA analyst, whose job is to guide her partner Bradley Fine (Jude Law) on his missions.  Fine goes on a mission to recover to nuke from Rayna Boyanov (Rose Byrne).  However, when he goes down, Susan offers to go into the field in his…

Dom Hemingway

Dom Hemingway

Jude Law sleazes it up in the British dark comedy Dom Hemingway.  The titular Hemingway (Law) is a foul mouthed, heavy drinking larger-than-life safecracker, who just spent twelve years in prison after refusing to testify against his boss Mr. Fontaine (Demián Bichir).  Upon his release, Hemingway immediately reteams with his best friend Dickie Black (Richard…

The Grand Budapest Hotel

The Grand Budapest Hotel

Director Wes Anderson returns with this star studded film about a famous European hotel.  An author (Tom Wilkinson) recites a story about the time his younger self (Jude Law) visited the, formerly exquisite, Grand Budapest Hotel, in the Republic of Zubrowka, and spoke with its current owner Zero Moustafa (F. Murray Abraham) about his history…

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…

Radioman

Radioman

You may not know Craig “Radioman” Castaldo by his name, but I am almost certain that you have seen the guy.  Radioman is known for appearing at the film sets around New York City, always with his bike and trusty radio.  Often this results in him getting a brief cameo role in the production.  In…

Contagion

Contagion

I initially missed Contagion when it was released a month ago, since it conflicted with the Toronto Film Festival.  However, I managed have some free time today, so I finally checked it out. In this film, an American woman (Gwyneth Paltrow) is infected with a new type of virus while on a trip to Hong Kong….