Showing posts with label Isiah Whitlock Jr.. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Isiah Whitlock Jr.. Show all posts

Friday, May 20, 2022

I CARE A LOT (2020)

 


Written & Directed By: J. Blakeson  Cinematography: Doug Emmett  Editor: Mark Eckersley 


Cast: Rosamund Pike, Peter Dinklage, Eiza Gonzalez, Dianne Wiest, Alicia Witt, Chris Messina, Isiah Whitlock Jr., Macon Blair, Damian Young, Nicholas Logan 

A crooked legal guardian who drains the savings of her elderly wards meets her match when a woman she tries to swindle turns out to be more than she first appears.

Saturday, August 28, 2021

CORPORATE ANIMALS (2019)



Directed By: Patrick Brice  Written By: Sam Bain Cinematography: Tarin Anderson  Editor: Christopher Donlon 

Cast: Demi Moore, Ed Helms, Jessica Williams, Karan Soni, Nasim Pedrad, Isiah Whitlock Jr., Jennifer Kim, Calum Worthy, Martha Kelly, Dan Bakkedahl, Leland Orser 

Team-building trips are the work of the devil. And if you think that's not true, try telling it to the staff from the edible cutlery company run by the self-centered Lucy Vanderton, sent on a day-trip that ends with all of them trapped in a cave; an ideal scenario for labor unrest to literally lead to cannibalism.

Friday, August 10, 2018

CHIPS (2017)



Written & Directed By: Dax Shepard 
Based on Characters Created By: Rick Rosner 
Cinematography By: Mitchell Amundsen 
Editor: Dan Lebental 


Cast: Dax Shepard, Michael Pena, Rosa Salazar, Jessica McNamee, Vincent D’Onofrio, Ryan Hansen, Kristen Bell, Maya Rudolph, Jane Kaczmarek, Adam Brody, Isiah Whitlock Jr., Richard T. Jones, Justin Chatwin, David Koechner, Ben Falcone, Megan Echikunwoke, Ed Begley jr Vida Guerra, Jermaine Williams, Mae Whitman 


An FBI agent goes undercover in the California Highway Patrol as officer Frank "Ponch" Poncherello. Members of the CHP have been robbing cash delivery vehicles and his job is to uncover the perpetrators. At the CHP he is partnered with a 30-something rookie, Jon Baker. Baker is a former professional motorcycle rider with a list of ailments and personal problems who is lucky to be in the CHP. They are very different people and immediately clash.

Sunday, May 13, 2018

PIECES OF APRIL (2001)



Written & Directed By: Peter Hedges 
Cinematography By: Tami Reiker 
Editor: Mark Livolsi 


Cast: Katie Holmes, Derek Luke, Patricia Clarkson, Oliver Platt, Alison Pill, John Gallagher Jr., Isiah Whitlock Jr., Alice Drummond, Adrian Martinez 

 In a very poor zone of New York, April Burns and her boyfriend, the Afro-American Bobby, are preparing to receive April's family for thanksgiving dinner. While Bobby tries to borrow a suit for himself, April realizes that her stove is broken. She tries desperately to find a neighbor that can let her cook the turkey, since she does not want to fail (again) with her family. Meanwhile, in a suburb of Pennsylvania, her dysfunctional family is preparing to travel to New York. While driving, the relationship between the Burns and their black-sheep April is disclosed through the conversations between her father Jim, her resented mother Joy, her brother, her sister and her grandmother.

Sunday, September 3, 2017

PERSON TO PERSON (2017)



Written, Edited & Directed By: Dustin Guy Defa 
Cinematography By: Ashley Connor 


Cast: Bene Coopersmith, Michael Cera, Abbi Jacobson, Philip Baker Hall, Michaela Watkins, Tavi Gevinson, Isiah Whitlock Jr., Buddy Durress, Benny Safdie, George Sample III, Eleonore Hendricks, Brian Tyree Henry, Olivia Luccardi 


Follows a variety of New York characters as they navigate personal relationships and unexpected problems over the course of one day.

Sunday, August 5, 2012

CEDAR RAPIDS (2011)

Directed By: Miguel Arteta Written By: Phil Johnston Cinematography By: Chuy Chavez Editor: Eric Kissack Cast: Ed Helms, John C. Reilly, Anne Heche, Sigourney Weaver, Isiah Whitlock Jr., Thomas Lennon, Stephen Root, Kurtwood Smith, Alia Shawkat, Mike O’Malley, Rob Corddry, Mike Birgiglia