‘The Lost Daughter’ review: Maggie Gyllenhaal’s directorial debut is a gripping drama about parental strife

There’s always a moment when we stop seeing our parents as superheroes and learn they’re human beings just as fragile as us. The ones who taught us right from wrong and can heal any hurt with a hug are also…

The Kindergarten Teacher Movie Review: Exploitative and Unsettling

The Kindergarten Teacher is many things, but an inspirational story about seeing and harnessing talent in a child is not one of them. Written and directed by Sara Colangelo, based on the screenplay by Nadav Lapid, the film is full…

Movie Review: ‘Frank’

It’s quirky, it’s weird, it’s funny–it’s, well, Frank. Although I was never previously acquainted with a Lenny Abrahamson film, Frank piqued my interest thanks to Michael Fassbender as its title character sporting a strange yet enticingly enigmatic paper mache head…

Watch the trailer for ‘Frank’ starring Michael Fassbender

After making a big debut at Sundance Film Festival, we’re finally able to watch the first trailer for Frank. The film directed by Lenny Abrahamson (Adam & Paul) stars Michael Fassbender as Frank, the leader of an eccentric pop band…

Jon’s Movie Review: White House Down

It’s been a bad year for the President of the United States. He’s died or been under attack in every way from Olympus Has Fallen to World War Z. We’ve dealt with attacks both foreign and alien, but no one…

Top Ten Actresses Who Could Play Lady Macbeth

Macbeth has been cast! Michael Fassbender is signed on for a new retelling of the Shakespeare classic directed by Justin Kurzel, and now, if word of mouth can be relied on, Natalie Portman may be in talks to play the…

Movie Pick of The Week: Away We Go (2009)

I’m cheating a bit this week. The premise of this column was for me to write about/recommend a film that I had seen in the past week that I had never seen before. Instead, this week I’m going to pick…