Mark Wahlberg Crash Lands with ‘Flight Risk’, Phoebe Dynevor goes for ‘Inheritance’ — in Theaters New in Theaters Guide: January 24 2025
Flight Risk
Starring: Mark Wahlberg, Michelle Dockery, Topher Grace Directed by Mel Gibson
In this high-stakes suspense thriller, Academy Award® nominee Mark Wahlberg (Actor in a Supporting Role, 2006 — The Departed) plays a pilot transporting an Air Marshal (Michelle Dockery) accompanying a fugitive (Topher Grace) to trial. As they cross the Alaskan wilderness, tensions soar and trust is tested, as not everyone on board is who they seem.
What the critics are saying:
“Director Mel Gibson delivers a crude, unimaginative, suspenseless adventure whose tension mostly derives from deciding which of its three main characters will prove the most unlikable by the time it ends.” – Todd Gilchrist, Variety
“To describe the plot as stupid wouldn’t be inaccurate, exactly. But it’s methodically, even artisanally stupid, built in accordance with the classic thriller rules. Every twist plays fair, no matter how outlandish.” – Robbie Collin, Daily Telegraph (UK)
“Flight Risk is a dumb movie, which is not its primary sin. The problem is that it’s not the right kind of dumb — the kind where everyone involved is committed to the innate silliness of what they’re doing.” – Alison Willmore, New York Magazine / Vulture
Mark Wahlberg Crash Lands with ‘Flight Risk’, Phoebe Dynevor — New in Theaters Guide from Films Gone Wild: January 24 2025
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Liza: A Truly Terrific Absolutely True Story
Starring Liza Minnelli Directed by: Bruce David Klein
This star-studded tribute brings into focus the dazzling, complex period of Liza Minnelli’s life starting in the 1970s, just after the tragic death of her mother Judy Garland–as she confronts a range of personal and professional challenges on the way to becoming a bona fide legend. Over these years, Liza seeks out extraordinary mentors: Kay Thompson, Fred Ebb, Charles Aznavour, Halston, and Bob Fosse. With insightful participation from a coterie of colleagues such as Michael Feinstein, Mia Farrow, Ben Vereen, Joel Grey and the late Chita Rivera, along with the revelatory participation by the star herself, the film illuminates the contradiction of Liza Minnelli: her privilege and struggle, strength and vulnerability, unreal expectations and towering talent–the friction of which fueled her stunning rise, resilience and her enduring place as one of the greatest, most original performers in the history of entertainment.
What the Critics are Saying:
“Liza” is so devoted, and with good reason, to finding the essence of Liza Minnelli in her relationship to live audiences. We see her drink in their energy like air, then give it back to them as a heavenly glow.” – Owen Gleiberman, Variety
“If the end result is less a comprehensive biography than a long-overdue and entirely-deserved tribute, it is, nevertheless, truly terrific.”
– Elizabeth Weitzman, The Wrap
“.. A film that deploys a wealth of great archival material plus intimate access to the subject and those closest to her to build a gorgeous portrait of a legendary showbiz survivor, warmly celebratory but also unquestionably authentic”
– David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter
Mark Wahlberg Crash Lands with ‘Flight Risk’, Phoebe Dynevor — New in Theaters Guide from Films Gone Wild: January 24 2025
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Inheritance
Starring: Phoebe Dynevor; Directed by: Neil Burger
When Maya (Phoebe Dynevor) learns that her father was once a spy, she suddenly finds herself at the center of an international conspiracy. In her quest for answers, Maya becomes a target and must travel the globe, mastering her father’s skills and unraveling the mysteries of his past in this gripping espionage thriller.
What the critics are saying:
“In the context of Burger’s legacy (a real mixed bag ever since “The Illusionist”), “Inheritance” is hardly a crown jewel. It’s predictable, one-note, and a knock against Dynevor as a viable action star.”
– Alison Foreman, indieWire
Inheritance is lively in its nervous, handheld-camera aesthetic, but never terribly exciting or suspenseful. That’s okay, since our protagonist isn’t Jason Bourne.”
– Dennis Harvey, Variety
“Burger keeps things moving with a vérité point-of-view that sometimes makes it feel like the camera is the one doing the spying.”
– Ignatiy Vishnevetsky, AV Club