Weekend Movie Choices For 062423
#NoHardFeelings 2023
Sexual humor. R rating.
Columbia Pictures, Sony Pictures #movies, #MovieReviewRelay, #renestanley
No Hard Feelings is a 2023 American sex comedy film directed by Gene Stupnitsky from a screenplay he co-wrote with John Phillips. Starring Jennifer Lawrence (who also produces) as a 32 year old woman who tries to seduce an introverted 19-year-old (played by Andrew Barth Feldman) in order to get him out of his shell prior to college. Laura Benanti, Natalie Morales, and Matthew Broderick co-star. Funny as hell!
#AsteroidCity 2023
Fiction. PG-13
Focus film and Universal pictures.
Asteroid City is a 2023 American science fiction comedy-drama film directed and co-produced by Wes Anderson from a screenplay by Anderson and a story by Anderson and Roman Coppola. An ensemble cast that includes Jason Schwartzman, Scarlett Johansson, Tom Hanks, Jeffrey Wright, Tilda Swinton, Bryan Cranston, Edward Norton, Adrien Brody, Liev Schreiber, Hope Davis, Steve Park, Rupert Friend, Maya Hawke, Steve Carell, Matt Dillon, Hong Chau, Willem Dafoe, Margot Robbie, Tony Revolori, Jake Ryan, and Jeff Goldblum was appreciated until the sparse individual dialogue was revealed. Many audience members were confused as to the plot and vocally expressed their disappointment regarding the film.
The film is unique in its approach to storytelling and presents the viewer with something different. If you are Wes Anderson fan then this is for you!
#PastLives 2023
Romance A24 films. PG-13.
If you are in the mood for romance, this is for you. Past Lives is a 2023 American romantic drama film written and directed by Celine Song, starring Greta Lee, Teo Yoo and John Magaro, journals a reunion between two childhood friends. The interaction as children is contrast to their adult years. So well done!
#TheBlackening 2022
Comedy thriller. R rating. Lionsgate, MRC,
The Blackening is a 2022 American comedy horror film directed by Tim Story and written by Tracy Oliver and Dewayne Perkins, starring Grace Byers, Jermaine Fowler, Melvin Gregg, X Mayo, Perkins, Antoinette Robertson, Sinqua Walls, Jay Pharoah, and Yvonne Orji. The film follows African Americans who embark on a class reunion and encounter a serial killer while staying at a cabin in the woods. Funny as hell!