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Jon M: Lady Gaga and Meet-the-Family Moment

jon m: But inside that frame, first-time director and lead actor Bradley Cooper fills scenes with truth and humanity, proving that he is an avid student of the top directors he has worked with, according to Rabble. The second smart thing he did was to cast the luminous Lady Gaga, whose acting is as strong as her singing. ; The third was to surround the couple with a stellar cast of supporting actors, including Andrew Dice Clay and Dave Chappelle. - John LuiCRAZY RICH ASIANSDirected by Jon M. ChuKevin Kwan's 2013 bestseller was smart and funny, but it was also a loose set of comic observations about the obscenely wealthy built on the slight framework of a couple in love and their meet-the-family moment. WARNER BROTHERS ; On the surface, this movie, the third remake of a 1937 original, clings to formula As one performer rises, the other falls, and for a few blissful moments, they are happy together. Chu, with screenwriters Adele Lim and Peter Chiarelli, made priority one the creation of strong, believable female characters in Rachel Constance Wu and her antagonist, Eleanor Young Michelle Yeoh . Next was to keep the promise made by the rich in the title through set design. MAGNOLIA PICTURESThere is enough warmth, joy and sadness in this movie to fill three ordinary films. It might have been easy to make the Araminta-Colin society wedding opulent - but it takes a real film-maker to make the scene achingly beautiful. - John LuiSHOPLIFTERSDirected by Hirokazu Kore-eda Lily Franky and Jyo Kairi in a scene from Shoplifters. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.