Day: August 25, 2020

By Laurie Coker Rating: A Dev Patel seems an unlikely choice as Charles Dicken’s famous David Copperfield, but director/cowriter (with Simon Blackwell) Armando Iannucci finds gold with his star. Set in first person, we see Copperfield fight for his place in the world as a writer and gentleman. The Personal History of David Copperfield plays… Continue reading THE PERSONAL HISTORY OF DAVID COPPERFIELD

By Mark Saldana Rating: 3 (Out of 4 Stars) Writer/director Michael Almereyda tells the story of Nikola Tesla in a biopic that takes some novel approaches to its visuals and aesthetics, but ultimately struggles to maintain keep its audience engrossed in it. With Ethan Hawke in the plead role, I expected more from this film,… Continue reading TESLA

By Mark Saldana Rating: 3 (Out of 4 Stars) Based on the novel Our Chemical Hearts by Krystal Sutherland, this movie adaptation examines the way teenagers respond to different kinds of heartbreak and how this sorrow forces them to take leaps away from naive innocence. It is a subject dealt with in other, nearly countless… Continue reading CHEMICAL HEARTS