Tag Archive for Joel Edgerton

‘The Stranger’ Premieres on Netflix in October

Following its world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival this year, Thomas M. Wright’s film The Stranger will premiere globally on Netflix in October. Produced by See-Saw Films, Anonymous Content and Blue Tongue Films, and starring Joel Edgerton and Sean Harris, the film revolves around two strangers who strike up a conversation on a long…

Bright

Director David Ayer Starring Will Smith, Joel Edgerton, Noomi Rapace Rated MA Score 4/6 Set in a world where mystical creatures live side by side with humans. A human cop is forced to work with an Orc to find a weapon everyone is prepared to kill for. I had it in my mind that Bright…

Black Mass

Director Scott Cooper Starring Johnny Depp, Benedict Cumberbatch, Dakota Johnson Rated MA Score 5/6 The true story of Whitey Bulger, the brother of a state senator and the most infamous violent criminal in the history of South Boston, who became an FBI informant to take down a Mafia family invading his turf. Before we get…

Exodus Gods and Kings

Director Ridley Scott Staring Christian Bale, Joel Edgerton, Ben Kingsley Rated M Score 2/6 The defiant leader Moses rises up against the Egyptian Pharaoh Ramses, setting 600,000 slaves on a monumental journey of escape from Egypt and its terrifying cycle of deadly plagues. This is one of those movies where it is pretty much a…

The Great Gatsby

Director Baz Luhrman Staring Leonardo DiCaprio, Carey Mulligan, Tobey Maguire & Joel Edgerton Rated M Score 6/6 Nick Carraway, a Midwesterner now living on Long Island, finds himself fascinated by the mysterious past and lavish lifestyle of his neighbor, Jay Gatsby. He is drawn into Gatsby’s circle, becoming a witness to obsession and tragedy. I…

Warrior

Director Gavin O’Connor Staring Joel Edgerton, Tom Hardy & Nick Nolte Rated M Score 6/6 The youngest son of an alcoholic former boxer returns home, where he’s trained by his father for competition in a mixed martial arts tournament — a path that puts the fighter on a collision corner with his older brother. When…

Animal Kigdom

Directed by David Michôd Staring Ben Mendleson, Joel Edgerton, Guy Pearce, Jacki Weaver & James Frecheville Rated R Score 4 1/2 Reviewed By Tantalize! Young Jay is drawn into the frightening out of control dark world of his Uncles and Grandmother when his mother dies. Only the strongest survive. Looking for something different from all that…