Lesley Coffin
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Lesley Coffin is editor and founder of Movies, Film, Cinema. A writer with a masters degree from NYU’s Gallatin School in biographical studies and star theory. She wrote the biography on Lew Ayres (Lew Ayres: Hollywood’s Conscientious Objector) and Hitchcock’s Casting (Hitchcock’s Stars). Lesley currently freelances for a number of sites, including regular contributions to The Interrobang, Pink Pen, The Young Folks, and previously wrote for The Mary Sue and Filmoria.

Is Stephen Farrelly the Next Dwayne Johnson?

Leaving the latest Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie, I found myself thinking two things. First, that it’s better than the first…but still pretty bad and kind of boring. Second, who’s the red-head? I asked my friend at the press screening…

5 Romantic Cinematic Sobfests

Friday the adaption of Jojo Moyes best-selling romance, Me Before You, comes to the big screen and theaters showing the movie would be smart to have tissues at the ready and buy flood insurance. Not only will that film starring…

Interview: Director Thea Sharrock on ‘Me Before You’

Thea Sharrock has arrived in Hollywood as first time director in a rare position, making her debut in features with the film adaption of the popular novel Me Before You . Based on the best-selling novel by Jojo Moyes (who…

TV Review: AMC’s ‘The Night Manager’

If Tom Hiddleston’s performance in AMC’s The Night Manager is responsible for the public’s recent push to see him as the next James Bond, one can’t help wonder if such casting would be anything but a letdown. After crafting the…

Movie Review: The Ones Below

There is a scene in the new movie The Ones Below which genuinely blew me away. It feels so raw and primal, I honestly couldn’t stop thinking about it after watching the movie. It actually made me feel bad for…