Movie Review Flashback- Jersey Boys (2014)

Jersey Boys is a 2014 musical drama directed by Clint Eastwood. It tells the story of the band The Four Season and how they rose from singing under streetlights in New Jersey to become a musical sensational. In 1951, singer Tommy DeVito (Vincent Piazza) meets a local barber’s son named Frankie Castelluccio (John Lloyd Mills…

‘Bombshell’ Review- Drowns In Its Own Fiction

Directed by Jay Roach and written by Charles Randolph, Bombshell tells the story of former Fox News CEO Roger Ailes’ scandal that shook the cable news network to its core. Gretchen Carlson (Nicole Kidman) is tired of the on-screen and off-screen harassment she is facing from Fox News CEO Roger Ailes (John Lithgow) and plans…

‘Fighting With My Family’ Review- Family, Fun, And Fights

Stephen Merchant directs Fighting With My Family, a biopic telling the story WWE Smackdown Diva Champion Saraya-Jade Bevis, better known by her ring name Paige, originally known as Britani Knight in the World Association of Wrestling. Saraya-Jade Bevis (Florence Pugh) is growing up in England with her wrestling parents, father Patrick “Rowdy Ricky” Knight (Nick…

Netflix Nabs Ted Bundy Biopic Starring Zac Efron

Zac Efron is sprouting his wings from teen flicks and trashy comedy films to true crime biopics with the release of the Joe Berlinger directed feature Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile. Berlinger (who also directed the popular Netflix documentary) crafted a cast that surprises in its focus. It will include Lily Collins (who plays Bundy’s longtime…

Movie Review Flashback- The Founder (2016)

The Founder is a 2016 biopic and drama film directed by John Lee Hancock (Saving Mr. Banks) and starring Michael Keaton, John Carroll Lynch, Nick Offerman, John Carroll Lynch, Linda Cardellini, Patrick Wilson, B. J. Novak, Laura Dern, and others about ice cream machine salesman turn founder of McDonalds. Ray Croc is a down-on-his-luck ice cream salesman who discovers that a mysterious…

Movie Review Flashback- Zodiac (2007)

Zodiac is a 2007 thriller biopic that tells the story of one of the most infamous unsolved serial killings in the United States of America. It is directed by David Fincher. It stars an ensemble cast including Jake Gyllenhaal, Mark Ruffalo, Robert Downey, Jr., Chloë Sevigny, Anthony Edwards, Brian Cox, Elias Koteas, Donal Logue, John Carroll Lynch, Dermot…