How willing am I to buddy up with Bradley Cooper as a hotshot chef trying to make a comeback? I’m honestly not sure. Originally titled Chef, then re-titled to Adam Jones last year to avoid confusion with Jon Favreau’s film of the same title; now it’s called Burnt. Directed by John Wells (August: Osage County) and with an impressive supporting cast — Sienna Miller, Omar Sy, Daniel Bruhl, Emma Thompson, Lily James, Matthew Rhys, Alicia Vikander and Uma Thurman. Opening on 10.23.
Roughly two months ago a very early draft of Eric Roth‘s screenplay for Killers of the Flower Moon (dated 2.20.17,...
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Frances McDormand‘s Fern was strong but mule-stubborn and at the end of the day self-destructive, and this stunted psychology led...
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Can’t decide which performance is better, although I’ve always leaned toward Tina Vitale, her cynical New Jersey moll behind the...
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Two days ago (1.19) a Facebook tribute congratulated Tippi Hedren for having reached her 94th year (blow out the candles!)...
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A friend suggested a list of the Ten Best American Crime Flicks of the ‘70s. By which he meant films...
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I’ve never been able to give myself over to Sam Peckinpah’s Major Dundee, a 1965 Civil War–era western, and I’ve...
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