Hangover director Todd Phillips’ 2019 film stars Joaquin Phoenix as Arthur Fleck, a clown-for-hire who lives in the city with his elderly mother and who dreams of… Read more “Plain, Simple Tom reviews . . . “Joker” (2019)”
Plain, Simple Tom reviews . . . “Judy” (2019)
Director Rupert Goold’s 2019 film stars Renée Zellweger in the title role of Judy Garland and takes place in 1968; with her glory days long behind her,… Read more “Plain, Simple Tom reviews . . . “Judy” (2019)”
Final Thoughts: “When They See Us”
Based on true events, co-writer/director Ava DuVernay’s four part Netflix miniseries begins on an infamous night in 1989; when a white female jogger is viciously assaulted in… Read more “Final Thoughts: “When They See Us””
Plain, Simple Tom reviews . . . “Ad Astra” (2019)
Set in the near future, Ad Astra stars Brad Pitt as astronaut Roy McBride who is called upon to establish a communication with his long lost father… Read more “Plain, Simple Tom reviews . . . “Ad Astra” (2019)”
Plain, Simple Tom reviews . . . “Hustlers” (2019)
Based on real events that were reported in a New York magazine article, writer/director Lorene Scafaria’s film stars Constance Wu as Dorothy/Destiny who starts work at a… Read more “Plain, Simple Tom reviews . . . “Hustlers” (2019)”
Plain, Simple Tom reviews . . . “It Chapter Two” (2019)
27 years after they defeated the evil shapeshifting monster Pennywise (Bill Skarsgård), the members of the Losers Club are called back to Derry when it appears as… Read more “Plain, Simple Tom reviews . . . “It Chapter Two” (2019)”
Plain, Simple Tom reviews . . . “The Informer” (2019)
Pete Koslow (Joel Kinnaman) is an ex-convict on parole and an informer for the FBI who undertakes a dangerous undercover assignment to help take down a dangerous… Read more “Plain, Simple Tom reviews . . . “The Informer” (2019)”
