J. C. Chandor’s tale of five ex-military pals who reunite to rip off a drug lord is an action drama that turns into a plodding parable.
“Maleficent: Mistress of Evil” will hit theaters on Oct. 18,2019, Walt Disney Studios announced on Wednesday. The fantasy adventure is moving its release date up by seven months. It had previously been slated to debut on May 29,2020. The new date pits “Maleficent: Mistress of Evil” against an untitled film from horror-maker Blumhouse. […]
J. C. Chandor is a gifted anomaly, a writer-director of reality-oriented drama who, until now, has made just three features: the high-finance meltdown thriller “Margin Call” (2011), the Robert-Redford-stranded-at-sea solo adventure “All Is Lost” (2013), and the good-man-gone-bad business/crime tragedy “A Most Violent Year” (2014). Each Chandor film, to me, has been better than the one […]
The Guadalajara Int’l Film Festival (FICG), Mexico’s largest film festival, is further expanding its lineup with the addition of a new competitive animation section in its 34th edition, running March 8 -15.
