In writer/director Boots Riley’s debut feature film, Lakeith Stanfield stars as Cassius Green, a financially struggling young man who joins a telemarketing company and, by using a… Read more “Plain, Simple Tom reviews . . . “Sorry to Bother You” (2018)”
Month: November 2018
Plain, Simple Tom reviews . . . “The Girl in the Spider’s Web” (2018)
Adapted from David Lagercrantz’s novel, using characters from Stieg Larsson’s acclaimed Millenium Trilogy, The Girl in the Spider’s Web stars Claire Foy as master hacker and vigilante… Read more “Plain, Simple Tom reviews . . . “The Girl in the Spider’s Web” (2018)”
Plain, Simple Tom reviews . . . “The Ballad of Buster Scruggs” (2018)
The latest film from the Coen Brothers consists of six individual stories set in the old west and has a cast that includes Tim Blake Nelson, James… Read more “Plain, Simple Tom reviews . . . “The Ballad of Buster Scruggs” (2018)”
Final Thoughts: “Trust” Series One
Created by Simon Beaufoy and directed, in part, by Danny Boyle, Trust takes place in 1973 and revolves around the Getty dynasty, headed by the infamous John… Read more “Final Thoughts: “Trust” Series One”
Plain, Simple Tom reviews . . . “They Shall Not Grow Old” (2018)
Commemorating 100 years since fighting in the First World War ceased, Peter Jackson’s documentary tells the stories of the soldiers who fought during the war, using testimony… Read more “Plain, Simple Tom reviews . . . “They Shall Not Grow Old” (2018)”
Final Thoughts: “Chilling Adventures of Sabrina” (Part One)
Sabrina Spellman (Kiernan Shipka) is a child of two worlds. On the one hand, she appears to be like any other teenager as she goes to the… Read more “Final Thoughts: “Chilling Adventures of Sabrina” (Part One)”
Plain, Simple Tom reviews . . . “The Old Man and the Gun” (2018)
Forrest Tucker (Robert Redford) robs banks. But he does so in a most unique way in that he takes his time to make his move and when… Read more “Plain, Simple Tom reviews . . . “The Old Man and the Gun” (2018)”
