Posts tagged William H. Macy
MOVIE REVIEW: Maybe I Do
MOVIE REVIEW: Maybe I Do

Familiar premises need a little wrinkle or twist to not be another retread. Thanks to Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner, Guess Who, the Meet the Parents franchise, and even the new You People, audiences have attended more than enough awkward meetings and dinners between contradictory parents trying to prevent a future marriage between their cherished children. Longtime Boy Meets World TV writer Michael Jacobs, making his feature directorial debut with a laudable cast, conjured an enticing sprinkle of spice towards this familiar setup with Maybe I Do.

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2 STARS, 2023, MOVIE REVIEW, StreamingDon ShanahanMaybe I Do, Richard Gere, Diane Keaton, William H. Macy, Susan Sarandon, Luke Bracey, Emma RobertsComment
MOVIE REVIEW: Blood Father
MOVIE REVIEW: Blood Father

”Blood Father” resurrects the cagey and fierce Mel Gibson.   Languishing on an invisible black list, the “Braveheart” Oscar winner is living in a new age demographic and hoping to crack back into the larger spotlight.  Mel might not be able to leap through dozens of stunt sequences anymore, but the man has lost none of his psychological vigor or resolve.  His brand of crazy still works in this throwback actioner. 

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2016, 3 STARS, MOVIE REVIEW, Video on DemandDon ShanahanStudio Movie Grill Chatham2016, Blood Father, Mel Gibson, Erin Moriarty, Max Rockatansky, Martin Riggs, William Wallace, Taken, Liam Neeson, Tom Cruise, Sean Penn, Thomas Mann, William H. Macy, Diego Luna, Peter Craig, Andrea Berloff, The Town, The Hunger Games: Mockingjay- Part 1, The Hunger Games: Mockingjay- Part 2, Bad Boys 3, Straight Outta Compton, Assault on Precinct 13, Mesrine, Public Enemy, Jean-Francois Richet, Michael Parks, Miguel Sandoval, The Kings of Summer, The Watch, BraveheartComment
MOVIE REVIEW: Room
MOVIE REVIEW: Room

"Room" is, without a doubt, one of the most resonating and difficult films this writer has ever seen. It is a "welcome to my world" scenario that no one should ever have the unfortunate ability to match with full empathy that comes from shared experience.  For it to transcend that and blossom to enrapture you the way it does is something completely spellbinding.  You will not find a more powerful film experience this year.

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MOVIE REVIEW, 2015, Best Films, 5 STARSDon ShanahanBrie Larson, Larry Abrahamson, Sean Bridgers, Emma Donoghue, Jacob Tremblay, Room, Joan Allen, William H. Macy, Tom McCamusComment