“The Hate U Give” May Focus on a Police Shooting, But Its Heart Is With The People Left Behind
OCTOBER 24, 2018 Director George Tillman, Jr. has made a beauty of a film in “The Hate U Give.” There may be the word “hate” in the title,…
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Drew Goddard’s Hugely Entertaining “Bad Times at the El Royale” Is Just Nuts
OCTOBER 18, 2018 It doesn’t happen very often. At this time of the year, most of the films that will be released before the end of the year have…
The Exploration of Space in “First Man” Is Instead Much More About the Exploration of Grief
OCTOBER 16, 2018 Spam in a can. That was the famous four-word description of the Mercury astronauts by legendary pilot Chuck Yeager, and you can definitely feel the truth…
Yes, “A Star Is Born” Is As Good As You’ve Heard
OCTOBER 15, 2018 What’s remarkable about this new version of “A Star Is Born” is not so much that it is being done again but that this fourth version…
Paul Feig’s “A Simple Favor” Is an Intriguing Blend of “Gone Girl” with Humor
OCTOBER 4, 2018 You may not be familiar with the name Paul Feig, but you’ll know the titles of the movies that he has directed — “Bridesmaids,” “The Heat,”…
“The Old Man & the Gun” May Not Be the Most Exciting Bank Robbery Movie Ever, But the Pairing of Redford & Spacek Gives It a Unique Poignancy
SEPTEMBER 27, 2018 For months now, Robert Redford in David Lowery’s “The Old Man & The Gun” was talked up as being a major Oscar player. Now that I’ve…
Glenn Close is Zero-For-Six at the Oscars, But That May Change This Year With Her Terrific Performance in “The Wife”
SEPTEMBER 20, 2018 There is no actor alive who has more Oscar nominations without a win than Glenn Close. But that might change with this year’s ceremony in February,…
Emmys 2018 — “Game of Thrones,” “Mrs. Maisel” Win Big, But They’re Overshadowed by a Marriage Proposal
SEPTEMBER 18, 2018 “Games of Thrones” and “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” may have been winners at this year’s Emmys, but the biggest winners of all might have been Emmy-winning…
10 Best Actors You Should Put On Your Oscar Radar
SEPTEMBER 7, 2018 Welcome to the fourth in Exact Change Today‘s series of the 10 best early Oscar contenders in each of the four acting categories. For the past…
10 Best Actresses You Should Put On Your Oscar Radar
SEPTEMBER 6, 2018 Welcome to the third in Exact Change Today‘s series of the 10 best early Oscar contenders in each of the four acting categories. For the past…
