Thursday, February 29, 2024

MURPHY’S LAW (1986)

 


Directed By: J. Lee Thompson 

Written By: Gail Morgan Hickman

Cinematography: Alex Phillips

Editor: Peter Lee Thompson and Charles Simmons 


Cast: Charles Bronson, Kathleen Wilhoite, Carrie Snodgrass, Robert Romanus, Bill Henderson, Lawrence Tierney, Robert F. Lyons, Angel Tompkins, Janet Maclachlan, James Luisi 


Jack Murphy is a veteran police detective who is framed for the murder of his ex-wife. Although taken into custody, Murphy escapes from the police station handcuffed to a foul-mouthed car thief. Pursued by the police, Murphy must find the real killer before it is too late.


Saturday, February 24, 2024

STRAYS (2023)

 


Directed By: Josh Greenbaum

Written By: Dan Perrault 

Cinematography: Tim Orr

Editor: Greg Hayden, Sabrina Plisco and David Rennie 


Cast: Will Forte, Brett Gelman and Voices By: Jamie Foxx, Will Ferrell, Randall Park, Isla Fisher, Sofia Vergara, Rob Riggle, Josh Gad, Greta Lee 

An abandoned dog teams up with other strays to get revenge on his former owner.

Friday, February 23, 2024

HELD UP (1999)

 


Directed By: Steve Rash


Written By: Jeff Easton


Story By: Erik Fleming and Jeff Easton


Concept By: Greg Edwards 


Cinematography: David A. Makin 


Editor: Jonathan Chibnall 


Cast: Jamie Foxx, Nia Long, Barry Corbin, John Collum, Michael Shamus Wiles, Eduardo Yanez, Julie Hagerty, Sarah Paulson, Roselyn Sanchez. Dalton James, Jake Busey, Natalia Cigliuti, Gary Owen 


What should have been a romantic getaway turns into one hilarious debacle after another when Michael's woman dumps him in the desert where he gets carjacked by a teenager and he is taken hostage in a stickup at the local Sip and Zip.


Thursday, February 22, 2024

DOWN WITH THE KING (2021)

 


Directed By: Diego Ongaro 

Written By: Diego Ongaro and Xavi Molia

Story By: Freddie Gibbs, Diego Ongaro and Xavi Molia

Cinematography: Daniel Vecchione

Editor: Benoit Sauvage 


Cast: Freddie Gibbs, David Krumholtz, Bob Tarasuk, Jamie Neumann, Sharon Washington


A famous rapper, disillusioned with the music industry and the pressures of being a celebrity, leaves the city and his career behind to find himself in a small-town farming community.


Saturday, February 17, 2024

AMERICAN FICTION (2023)

 



Written & Directed By: Cord Jefferson 

Based on The Novel “ERASURE” By: Percival Everett 

Cinematography: Cristina Dunlap 

Editor: Hilda Rasula


Cast: Jeffrey Wright, Sterling K. Brown, Tracee Ellis-Ross, Issa Rae, John Ortiz, Erika Alexander, Leslie Uggams, Adam Brody, Keith David, Miriam Shor, Myra Lucretia Taylor, Michael Cyril Creighton, Patrick Fischler

A novelist who's fed up with the establishment profiting from "Black" entertainment uses a pen name to write a book that propels him to the heart of hypocrisy and the madness he claims to disdain.