Caleb Landry Jones

Strong performances and unique direction put you in the thick of the attack on “The Outpost.”

By Douglas Davidson on June 29, 2020 • ( 0 )

For roughly 12-hours in October 2009, the soldiers deployed to Combat Outpost Keating, located within a valley of the Afghanistan mountains, engaged in a firefight with Taliban fighters. Later called The Battle of Kamdesh, the engagement was deemed the bloodiest… Read More ›

Sebastián Silva’s “Tyrel” feels like an unscripted social nightmare.

By Douglas Davidson on December 10, 2018 • ( 0 )

There’re a lot of comparisons between writer/director Sebastián Silva’s Tyrel and Jordan Peele’s Get Out simply because each feature a Black male engaging with a group of white individuals in a remote New York location. Both do explore race, but… Read More ›

Chilling and hopeful, director Martin McDonagh’s tragicomedy ‘Three Billboards outside Ebbing, Missouri’ is one of the year’s best.

By Douglas Davidson on November 10, 2017 • ( 1 )

Writer/director Marin McDonagh is no stranger to tackling difficult or challenging material. His first feature, In Bruges, centered on a hitman having an existential crisis, while his second, Seven Psychopaths, focused on a screenwriter sucked into a world of gangsters… Read More ›

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Caleb Landry Jones

Strong performances and unique direction put you in the thick of the attack on “The Outpost.”

Sebastián Silva’s “Tyrel” feels like an unscripted social nightmare.

Chilling and hopeful, director Martin McDonagh’s tragicomedy ‘Three Billboards outside Ebbing, Missouri’ is one of the year’s best.