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August 11, 2023 | Leave a Comment
Centering around lead and writer Matt Damon, Good Will Hunting (1997) found much success thanks to supporting actor Robin Williams. As the heavy hitter of the film, Williams had a lot of attention on him to be great and did a...
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Becoming infamous in the world of mobster movies, Joe Pesci set the standard in Martin Scorsese's Goodfellas (1990). Working alongside Robert De Niro, one of the most famous actors in Hollywood to play a mobster, Pesci manage...
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In Greta Gerwig's Barbie (2023), all eyes were on the casting, as big names across Hollywood made an appearance in the film. Despite the lead being Margot Robbie as Barbie, it was Ryan Gosling's Ken who stole the show. Many c...
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Despite not being cast as the lead in The Help (2011), Octavia Spencer made her mark in the industry as Minny Jackson, a maid in the 1960s. Spencer was cast alongside leads Emma Stone and Viola Davis, both of whom were alread...
March 16, 2021 | Leave a Comment
Perhaps one of the more important films of the last 20 years, director Tom McCarthy's cinematic telling of the Boston Globe investigation rounds out the top five. Spotlight, which uncovered the massive child molestation cover...
February 5, 2019 | 3 Comments
Viola Davis steals the spotlight, giving a powerhouse performance in Steve McQueen’s Widows. The film takes you on a roller-coaster ride with twists and turns.
October 17, 2018 | Leave a Comment
The Hate U Give stars Amandla Stenberg as a teenager who witnesses a racially charged murder by a white officer. Check out our review of this emotional drama.
September 7, 2016 | Leave a Comment
In 2002, a team of journalists working for the Boston Globe published an exposé that shed light on a massive scandal of child molestation and cover-up within the Catholic Church. Their revelatory piece gripped the public and...
March 3, 2016 | 10 Comments
The Oscar for this year’s Best Picture may have been bestowed upon Spotlight during Sunday’s ceremony, but Father Robert Sirico isn’t rejoicing. The priest, who writes for the New York Times and has created controversy…
February 29, 2016 | 4 Comments
The 88th Academy Awards got off to a great start as host Chris Rock addressed the controversy about the absence of black nominees. He joked that in 88 years, the "whole no black nominee thing has happened at least 71 other...