Author: THEDHK

  • Broken Lizard for Super Troopers 2

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    I had the chance to chat with Steve Lemme, Jay Chandrasekhar, Erik Stolhanske, and Kevin Heffernan of Broken Lizard over beers. Shenanigans happened. 

  • Tomb Raider, Love Simon

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    This week brings the reboot of the video game adaptation franchise, “Tomb Raider”, and the gay teen romance, “Love, Simon.” It’s tough to imagine anyone but Angelina Jolie playing Lara Croft, but Academy Award winner Alicia Vikander brings her own compact flair to the role. While the film is nothing to write home about, it’s…

  • Tatiana Maslany, Richard Raymond for “Souls of Totality”

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    Had the pleasure of interviewing Tatiana Maslany and Richard Raymond for their new short film, Souls of Totality, at Cinequest 2018. More about the film: A loving couple shares a quiet, isolated life together, filled with hidden wells of warmth and affection. But they face a moment of choice as a change in circumstance —…

  • Anya Taylor-Joy, Corey Finely for Thoroughbreds

    Anya Taylor-Joy, Corey Finely for Thoroughbreds

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    Star Anya Taylor-Joy and director Cory Finley are here to discuss Thoroughbreds. More about Thoroughbreds Childhood friends Lily (Anya Taylor-Joy) and Amanda (Olivia Cooke) reconnect in suburban Connecticut after years of growing apart. Lily is now a polished, upper-class teenager at a fancy boarding school; Amanda has turned into a sharp-witted outcast with an attitude.…

  • A Wrinkle in Time, Thoroughbreds

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    This week brings Ava DuVernay’s adaptation of Madeline L’Engle’s “A Wrinkle in Time”, and Cory Finley’s murderous teen thriller “Thoroughbreds.” ​The source material for “A Wrinkle in Time” does not scream “make me into a film!” but if there was anyone who could potentially have done it, it was Ava DuVernay. While there are admirable…

  • Red Sparrow, Nostalgia

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    Jennifer Lawrence (like… almost ALL of Jennifer Lawrence) is back on the big screen this week in the spy film “Red Sparrow.” Also way too many famous people waste my time in the limited release “Nostalgia.” It’s easy to compare “Red Sparrow” to Charlize Theron’s “Atomic Blonde” (which I loved). In part because there frankly…

  • Annihilation, Every Day

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    To say “Annihilation” is an adaptation is a loose definition of the word “adaptation.” The film is very much it’s own thing, which made it hard as a book reader to disconnect. “Annihilation” stars Natalie Portman, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Gina Rodriguez, Tessa Thompson, and Oscar Isaac. ​Meanwhile “Every Day” is about as faithful as a…

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  • Black Panther, Early Man

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    Ryan Coogler kicks ass and takes names with his Marvel directorial debut. Chadwick Boseman returns as T’Challa, and is joined by Michael B. Jordan, Lupita Nyong’o, Danai Gurira, Daniel Kaluuya, Letitia Wright, Sterling K. Brown, Forest Whitaker, and Angela Basset. Oh yeah and I guess Martin Freeman and Andy Serkis are there too… Wakanda Forever!…