Trailer: Detroit

Posted on April 12, 2017 at 10:34 am

The new film from Oscar-winning director Kathryn Bigelow is “Detroit,” set in one of the most tense and violent moments of civil unrest in US history, Detroit in the summer of 1967. The cast includes some of my favorite actors: John Boyega, Will Poulter,Jason Mitchell, Jack Reynor, Laz Alonzo, John Krasinski, and Anthony Mackie.

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Trailer: The Most Hated Woman in America

Posted on March 24, 2017 at 3:52 pm

Oscar-winner Melissa Leo plays atheist Madalyn Murray O’Hair, who infuriated people across America when she successfully sued to stop having religious prayers in public schools. She became a major public figure, often appearing in the media to provoke or debate people of faith. She and her son and granddaughter were kidnapped and murdered.

For more information about her, see this documentary:

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Trailer: The Secret Scripture

Posted on March 19, 2017 at 3:02 pm

Sebastian Barry’s acclaimed novel The Secret Scripture is coming to the big screen, starring Rooney Mara, Vanessa Redgrave, Jack Reynor (“Sing Street”), and Theo James (the Divergent series). It is the story of a woman who has spent most of her life in a mental hospital, where she kept a secret record of her life.

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