87% (3)  Carol  118 min,  R,  [Drama, Romance]  [Todd Haynes]  [15 Jan 2016]
Ratings & Reviews:  IMDb Reviews: 72%,   Rotten Tomatoes: 94%,   Metacritic: 95%,   External Reviews
Awards:  Nominated for 6 Oscars. Another 75 wins & 238 nominations.
Actors:  Cate Blanchett, Kyle Chandler, Rooney Mara, Sarah Paulson
Writer:  Phyllis Nagy (screenplay), Patricia Highsmith (novel)
External Links:  Rotten Tomatoes  IMDb  Website     Language:  English    Country:  UK, USA
Plot:  In an adaptation of Patricia Highsmith's seminal novel The Price of Salt, CAROL follows two women from very different backgrounds who find themselves in an unexpected love affair in 1950s New York. As conventional norms of the time challenge their undeniable attraction, an honest story emerges to reveal the resilience of the heart in the face of change. A young woman in her 20s, Therese Belivet (Rooney Mara), is a clerk working in a Manhattan department store and dreaming of a more fulfilling life when she meets Carol (Cate Blanchett), an alluring woman trapped in a loveless, convenient marriage. As an immediate connection sparks between them, the innocence of their first encounter dims and their connection deepens. While Carol breaks free from the confines of marriage, her husband (Kyle Chandler) begins to question her competence as a mother as her involvement with Therese and close relationship with her best friend Abby (Sarah Paulson) come to light.
Rotten Tomatoes:   In this adaptation of the novel "The Price of Salt" by Patricia Highsmith, Therese (Rooney Mara), a young department-store clerk in 1950s Manhattan, meets Carol (Cate Blanchett), a beautiful older woman stuck in a depressing marriage of convenience. As their bond deepens and they become romantically involved, Carol finds the strength to leave her husband (Kyle Chandler). Unfortunately, her spouse starts to raise questions about her fitness as a mother when he realizes that Carol's relationships with her best friend Abby (Sarah Paulson) and Therese are more than just friendships. Directed by Todd Haynes.
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81% (3)  The Post  116 min,  PG-13,  [Biography, Drama, History, Thriller]  [Steven Spielberg]  [12 Jan 2018]
Ratings & Reviews:  IMDb Reviews: 72%,   Rotten Tomatoes: 88%,   Metacritic: 83%,   External Reviews
Awards:  Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 16 wins & 97 nominations.
Actors:  Bob Odenkirk, Meryl Streep, Sarah Paulson, Tom Hanks
Writer:  Liz Hannah, Josh Singer
External Links:  Rotten Tomatoes  IMDb  Website     Language:  English    Country:  USA, UK
Plot:  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 the press and the government.
Rotten Tomatoes:   Steven Spielberg directs Meryl Streep and Tom Hanks in The Post, a thrilling drama about the unlikely partnership between The Washington Post's Katharine Graham (Streep), the first female publisher of a major American newspaper, and editor Ben Bradlee (Hanks), as they race to catch up with The New York Times to expose a massive cover-up of government secrets that spanned three decades and four U.S. Presidents. The two must overcome their differences as they risk their careers -- and their very freedom -- to help bring long-buried truths to light. The Post marks the first time Meryl Streep, Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg have collaborated on a project. In addition to directing, Spielberg produces along with Amy Pascal and Kristie Macosko Krieger. The script was written by Liz Hannah and Josh Singer, and the film features an acclaimed ensemble cast including Alison Brie, Carrie Coon, David Cross, Bruce Greenwood, Tracy Letts, Bob Odenkirk, Sarah Paulson, Jesse Plemons, Matthew Rhys, Michael Stuhlbarg, Bradley Whitford and Zach Woods.
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78% (3)  Martha Marcy May Marlene  102 min,  R,  [Drama, Mystery, Thriller]  [Sean Durkin]  [21 Dec 2011]
Ratings & Reviews:  IMDb Reviews: 69%,   Rotten Tomatoes: 90%,   Metacritic: 75%,   External Reviews
Awards:  22 wins & 70 nominations.
Actors:  Brady Corbet, Christopher Abbott, Elizabeth Olsen, Hugh Dancy, John Hawkes, Sarah Paulson
Writer:  Sean Durkin
External Links:  Rotten Tomatoes  IMDb  Website     Language:  English    Country:  USA
Plot:  Martha has run away from an abusive hippie-like cult where she was living as Marcy May for two years. She turns to her sister and brother-in-law who take her in and want to help her. The problem is Martha is having a hard time separating dreams from reality and when haunting memories of her past keep resurfacing, she may need more help than anyone is able to give her.
Rotten Tomatoes:   Martha Marcy May Marlene is a powerful psychological thriller starring Elizabeth Olsen as Martha, a young woman rapidly unraveling amidst her attempt to reclaim a normal life after fleeing from a cult and its charismatic leader (John Hawkes). Seeking help from her estranged older sister Lucy (Sarah Paulson) and brother-in-law (Hugh Dancy), Martha is unable and unwilling to reveal the truth about her disappearance. When her memories trigger a chilling paranoia that her former cult could still be pursuing her, the line between Martha's reality and delusion begins to blur. -- (C) Fox Searchlight
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77% (3)  Blue Jay  80 min,  Unrated,  [Drama]  [Alex Lehmann]  [11 Oct 2016]
Ratings & Reviews:  IMDb Reviews: 73%,   Rotten Tomatoes: 90%,   Metacritic: 69%,   External Reviews
Awards:  1 nomination.
Actors:  Clu Gulager, James Andrews, Mark Duplass, Sarah Paulson
Writer:  Mark Duplass
External Links:  Rotten Tomatoes  IMDb     Language:  English    Country:  USA
Plot:  The two main characters, Jim and Amanda (Mark and Sarah) were high school sweethearts, but as time has passed they moved on with their lives and they have now become adults who have had their own different experiences along the way and now that they have reunited, we find they still have that chemistry between them. This was great casting, these two actors work really well together, normally I throw 9's and 10's all over the place These characters are so natural, so done with this earth in the sense that they live in our world, they are believable and now need an escape even if it is just for a single day. This movie focuses on just them, these two people for the entire film and I cannot thank Mark Duplass for this (he is the screenwriter) because I have not seen a film where the two main characters are the only characters, I didn't get sick of them, I did not find them boring, ever, they were very fleshed out and they felt like genuine, real people who were put in this situation and now find out that they work really well together.
Rotten Tomatoes:   Former high school sweethearts Jim (Mark Duplass) and Amanda (Sarah Paulson) have been out of touch for more than 20 years - but by sheer coincidence, they run into each other at a grocery store back in their alpine hometown of Crestline, California. Jim's mother has died and he's here to put her house on the market. Amanda is visiting her pregnant sister. They get to talking, first over coffee, then over beer and jellybeans. Before they know it they're at Jim's mother's house, where everything sends them spiraling back into the past. Jim and Amanda's lives have taken different directions, yet here they are, reconnecting like nothing has changed. Alex Lehmann's feature debut is a tender, wise chamber drama about finding yourself adrift in mid-life, longing for something essential that you fear has been lost.
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60% (3)  Bird Box  124 min,  R,  [Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller]  [Susanne Bier]  [21 Dec 2018]
Ratings & Reviews:  IMDb Reviews: 66%,   Rotten Tomatoes: 62%,   Metacritic: 51%,   External Reviews
Actors:  John Malkovich, Sandra Bullock, Sarah Paulson, Trevante Rhodes
Writer:  Eric Heisserer (screenplay), Josh Malerman (novel)
External Links:  Rotten Tomatoes  IMDb     Language:  English    Country:  USA
Plot:  Five years after an ominous unseen presence drives most of society to suicide, a mother and her two children make a desperate bid to reach safety.
Rotten Tomatoes:   When a mysterious force decimates the world's population, only one thing is certain: if you see it, you take your life. Facing the unknown, Malorie finds love, hope and a new beginning only for it to unravel. Now she must flee with her two children down a treacherous river to the one place left that may offer sanctuary. But to survive, they'll have to undertake the perilous two-day journey blindfolded. Academy Award (R) winner Sandra Bullock leads an all-star cast that includes Trevante Rhodes, with Sarah Paulson, and John Malkovich in BIRD BOX, a compelling new thriller from Academy Award (R) winner Susanne Bier.
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58% (3)  Down with Love  101 min,  PG-13,  [Comedy, Romance]  [Peyton Reed]  [16 May 2003]
Ratings & Reviews:  IMDb Reviews: 63%,   Rotten Tomatoes: 60%,   Metacritic: 52%,   External Reviews
Awards:  4 wins & 8 nominations.
Actors:  David Hyde Pierce, Ewan McGregor, Renée Zellweger, Sarah Paulson
Writer:  Eve Ahlert, Dennis Drake
External Links:  Wikipedia  Rotten Tomatoes  IMDb  Website     Language:  English    Country:  USA, Germany
Plot:  An homage to the early 1960s sex comedies that starred Rock Hudson and Doris Day. The story follows a best-selling female advice author who has all the answers until a sly journalist playboy starts asking the questions.
Rotten Tomatoes:   A post-modern sex comedy set in the early 1960s centering upon a love affair between a best-selling advice author and a hotshot journalist/playboy.
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