Tag: John DeSando (Critic)
Avengers: Infinity War (2018)
The Avengers and their allies must be willing to sacrifice all in an attempt to defeat the powerful Thanos before his blitz of devastation and ruin puts an end to the universe.
Game Night (2018)
A group of friends who meet regularly for game nights find themselves trying to solve a murder mystery.
Annihilation (2018)
A biologist signs up for a dangerous, secret expedition where the laws of nature don’t apply.
In the Fade (2017)
Katja’s life collapses after the death of her husband and son in a bomb attack. After a time of mourning and injustice, Katja seeks revenge.
Black Panther (2018)
T’Challa, after the death of his father, the King of Wakanda, returns home to the isolated, technologically advanced African nation to succeed to the throne and take his rightful place as king.
Film Stars Don’t Die in Liverpool (2017)
A romance sparks between a young actor and a Hollywood leading lady.
A Ciambra (2017)
In A CIAMBRA, a small Romani community in Calabria, Pio Amato is desperate to grow up fast. At 14, he drinks, smokes and is one of the few to easily slide between the region’s factions.
Hostiles (2017)
In 1892, a legendary Army captain reluctantly agrees to escort a Cheyenne chief and his family through dangerous territory.
12 Strong (2018)
12 Strong tells the story of the first Special Forces team deployed to Afghanistan after 9/11; under the leadership of a new captain, the team must work with an Afghan warlord to take down the Taliban.
The Commuter (2018)
A businessman is caught up in a criminal conspiracy during his daily commute home.
The Post (2017)
A cover-up that spanned four U.S. Presidents pushed the country’s first female newspaper publisher and a hard-driving editor to join an unprecedented battle between journalist and government.
No Stone Unturned (2017)
Alex Gibney reopens the mysterious unsolved case revolving the 1994 Loughinisland massacre. On 18 June, in the small village of Loughinisland, Northern Ireland, six men were brutally…
Killing for Love (2017)
They were an unlikely couple – Jens Soering, the geeky son of a German diplomat and Elizabeth Haysom, the worldly, aloof daughter of a wealthy steel executive and his artist wife.
All the Money in the World (2017)
The story of the kidnapping of 16-year-old John Paul Getty III and the desperate attempt by his devoted mother to convince his billionaire grandfather Jean Paul Getty to pay the ransom.
Darkest Hour (2017)
During the early days of World War II, the fate of Western Europe hangs on the newly-appointed British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, who must decide whether to negotiate with Hitler, or fight on against incredible odds.
Downsizing (2017)
A social satire in which a guy realizes he would have a better life if he were to shrink himself.
The Shape of Water (2017)
In a 1960s research facility, a mute janitor forms a relationship with an aquatic creature.
Wonder Wheel (2017)
On Coney Island in the 1950s, a lifeguard tells the story of a middle-aged carousel operator and his beleaguered wife.