Stephen Garrett, Author at Book and Film Globe

Thursday, May 6, 2021

Stowaway

‘Stowaway’: a Tale of a Fateful Trip

April 29, 2021May 5, 2021 Stephen Garrett 0 Comments Anna Kendrick, Daniel Dae Kim, Joe Penna, Mars, Shamier Anderson, Stowaway, The Cold Equations, Toni Collette

A Mars expedition faces hard science and even harder choices

Glenn Close

Glenn Close Makes An Ass of Herself

April 26, 2021May 4, 2021 Stephen Garrett 1 Comment #OscarsSoWhite, Bette Davis, Bruce Vilanch, Chloé Zhao, Daniel Kaluuya, David Letterman, Diablo Cody, Glenn Close, Jesse Collins, Laura Dern, Lil Rel Howery, Oscar, Questlove, Regina King, Stacy Sher, Steven Soderbergh, Steven Yeun, Thomas Vinterberg

‘Da Butt’ butts in and almost saves the Oscars

My Octopus Teacher

DOCUMENTARY FILM

Why ‘My Octopus Teacher’ Will School the Oscars

April 16, 2021April 28, 2021 Stephen Garrett 1 Comment Collective, Craig Foster, Crip Camp, James Reed, March of the Penguins, My Octopus Teacher, Netflix, Octopussy, Pippa Erlich, The Mole Agent

The Academy loves New Age high-concept documentaries

Voyagers

‘Voyagers’ is All Foreplay, No Fornication

April 9, 2021April 13, 2021 Stephen Garrett 1 Comment Colin Farrell, Neil Burger, Tye Sheridan, Voyagers

Sexy teens in space on a real snooze cruise

Godzilla Vs. Kong

‘Godzilla Vs. Kong’ Finally Brings the Pain

March 31, 2021April 29, 2021 Stephen Garrett 0 Comments Alexander Skarsgard, Brian Tyree Henry, Demián Bishir, Godzilla, Godzilla Vs. Kong, King Kong, Kyle Chandler, Millie Bobby Brown, Rebecca Hall

An epic clash of the Titans

Bob Odenkirk Goes Berserk in ‘Nobody’

March 26, 2021 Stephen Garrett 0 Comments Bob Odenkirk, Christopher Lloyd, Connie Britton, Hardcore Henry, Ilya Naishuller, Michael Ironside, Nobody

An Average Joe action hero for Generation Die Hard

Berlin Film Festival

Berlin Film Festival Gives Out Awards in Purgatory

March 10, 2021 Stephen Garrett 0 Comments

Hopefully the only all-virtual Berlinale

Berlin

Sex is Scary at the Berlin Film Festival

March 6, 2021 Stephen Garrett 0 Comments

Slut-shaming looms over an all-online edition

Cherry

‘Cherry’ is the Pits

March 1, 2021March 1, 2021 Stephen Garrett 0 Comments Cherry, Ciara Bravo, Nico Walker, The Russo Brothers, Tom Holland

The Russo Brothers follow up their Avengers movies with an art film starring Tom Holland as a heroin-addicted veteran with PTSD

I Care A Lot

‘I Care A Lot’

February 22, 2021February 25, 2021 Stephen Garrett 0 Comments Dianne Wiest, Elza González, I Care A Lot, J Blakeson, Peter Dinklage, Rosamund Pike

Rosamund Pike rips off the elderly in a wicked Netflix movie that can’t quite nail down its genre

‘Judas and the Black Messiah’

February 12, 2021February 18, 2021 Stephen Garrett 0 Comments Boots Riley, Daniel Kaluuya, Jesse Plemons, Jordan Peele, Judas and the Black Messiah, Lakeith Stanfield, Martin Sheen, Shaka King, Sidney Lumet

A solid, straight-laced, Oscar-friendly film about a Black revolutionary movement

Sundance

Sundance: The Final Tally

February 8, 2021February 11, 2021 Stephen Garrett 0 Comments Censor, CODA, Cryptozoo, Daniel Kaluuya, Ed Helms, Eight for Silver, How It Ends, Jockey, Judas and the Black Messiah, Karen Cinorre, Lakeith Stanfield, Mayday, Passin, Patti Harrison, Ruth Negga, Shaka King, Tessa Thompson, Together Together

A solid lineup of predictably unpredictable indie storytelling

CODA

‘CODA’ Dominates Sundance Award Ceremony

February 3, 2021 Stephen Garrett 0 Comments Apple+, CODA, Marlee Matlin, Patton Oswalt, Questlove, Sian Heder, Summer of Soul, Sundance

Apple+ buys heartwarming deaf family drama for $25 million

Sundance

DOCUMENTARY FILM

Sundance 2021: Totally Virtual, but Still Kicking

January 29, 2021January 30, 2021 Stephen Garrett 0 Comments In The Same Breath, Questlove, Summer of Soul, Sundance Film Festival

With opening night documentaries–and screening shut-outs–Sundance is as vital and aggravating as ever

The White Tiger

‘The White Tiger’ is the anti-‘Slumdog Millionaire’

January 25, 2021 Stephen Garrett 0 Comments Arvind Adiga, Danny Boyle, Ramin Bahrani, Slumdog Millionaire, The White Tiger

An unsentimental film about India’s endless caste struggle

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