Year: 2018

“Lady Macbeth” (2017). Cast: Florence Pugh, Cosmo Jarvis. Paul Hilton, Naomi Ackie, Christopher Fairbank, Golda Rosheuvel, Anton Palmer, Cliff Burnett, Bill Fellows. Director: William Oldroyd. Screenplay: Alice Birch. Novella: Nikolai Leskov, Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk District. Web site. Trailer.  How far are you willing to be pushed before you reach your limits? Some of us might cave in quickly, while others will endure much. A lot ultimately depends on the nature of the circumstances and how willing we are to tolerate them. For one independently minded woman, those limits get reached rather fast, and her recourse is something to which most of us would probably never resort, consequences explored in the chilling gothic tale, “Lady Macbeth,” available on DVD, Blu-ray disc and video on demand. In 1865 rural England, the young, lovely Katherine Lester (Florence Pugh) is “sold” into an arranged marriage. Now betrothed to a cold, unfeeling husband, Alexander (Paul Hilton), thanks to a deal brokered by his father, Boris (Christopher Fairbank), Katherine becomes the lady of the house but primarily in name only. In Alexander’s view, Katherine is more like property or a showpiece than his loving spouse. He issues an array of dictates to keep her line, ...

Tune in for the latest Cinema Scribe segment on Bring Me 2 Life Radio, Wednesday, May 2, at 12:45 pm ET, available by clicking here. And, if you don’t hear it live, catch it later on demand!  ...

Join host Frankie Picasso and me for the next edition of Movies with Meaning on The Good Media Network’s Frankiesense & More broadcast, tomorrow, April 26, at 1 pm ET. In this edition rescheduled from last month, we’ll discuss a number of new movie releases and other film-related news. For the live video version, tune in on Facebook by clicking here. And, for the audio only on-demand podcast edition, check out The Good Media Network’s home page by clicking here. Join us for some fun movie chat! ...

“A Quiet Place” (2018). Cast: Emily Blunt, John Krasinski, Millicent Simmonds, Noah Jupe, Cade Woodward, Leon Russom. Director: John Krasinski. Screenplay: Bryan Woods, Scott Beck and John Krasinski. Story: Bryan Woods and Scott Beck. Web site. Trailer. Imagine what it would be like to drastically change how you conduct your life in very fundamental ways. The adjustment could be extremely difficult, especially if you’ve grown accustomed to following certain established practices and procedures. But suppose your life depended on making those now-necessary alterations. Picture that, and you’ve got an idea what a family of everyday folks must do to cope with life in the gripping new science fiction stunner, “A Quiet Place.” With the arrival of a race of vicious predators, the Earth has become, as the film’s title observes, a very quiet place. That’s because the beastly creatures hunt based on sound, with the slightest noise capturing their attention. Indeed, anything louder than a whisper could suddenly place your life in serious jeopardy. Those wishing to stay alive have had to learn how to keep mum to avoid the prospect of an utterly devastating end. Those are the conditions under which the Abbott family must now function in order ...

Tune in for the latest Cinema Scribe segment on Bring Me 2 Life Radio, tomorrow, April 18, at 12:45 pm ET, available by clicking here. And, if you don’t hear it live, catch it later on demand! ...

Reviews of “A Quiet Place” and “Lady Macbeth,” as well as a radio show preview, are all in the latest Movies with Meaning post on the web site of The Good Media Network,  available by clicking here ...