Civil War, 2024. Directed by Alex Garland. Starring Kirsten Dunst, Wagner Moura, Cailee Spaeny, Stephen McKinley Henderson, Jesse Plemmons, and Nick Offerman. SYNOPSIS: A journey across a dystopian future America, following a team of military-embedded journalists as they race against time to reach DC before rebel factions descend upon the White House. Alex Garland has […]
Movie Review – The Teachers’ Lounge (2023)
The Teachers’ Lounge, 2023. Directed by Ilker Çatak. Starring Leonie Benesch, Leonard Stettnisch, Eva Löbau, Michael Klammer, Anne-Kathrin Gummich, Kathrin Wehlisch, Sarah Bauerett, Rafael Stachowiak, Katinka Auberger, Uygar Tamer, Özgür Karadeniz, and Leo Stettnisch. SYNOPSIS: When one of her students is suspected of theft, teacher Carla Nowak decides to get to the bottom of the […]
Movie Review – Arcadian (2024)
Arcadian, 2024. Directed by Benjamin Brewer. Starring Nicolas Cage, Jaeden Martell, Maxwell Jenkins, Sadie Soverall, Samantha Coughlan, and Joel Gillman. SYNOPSIS: A father and his twin teenage sons fight to survive in a remote farmhouse at the end of the end of the world. Finding a human story within a post-apocalyptic creature feature is typically […]
Movie Review – LaRoy, Texas (2024)
LaRoy, Texas, 2024. Written and Directed by Shane Atkinson. Starring John Magaro, Steve Zahn, Galadriel Stineman. Matthew Del Negro, Bob Clendenin, Brad Leland, Dylan Baker, Megan Stevenson, Emily Pendergast, Alex Knight, Rio Alexander, Darcy Shean, Mimi Fletcher, Teagan Ireland, Vic Browder, Brannon Cross, Alaina Warren Zachary, Versai Knight, and Ian A. Hudson. SYNOPSIS: When Ray […]
Movie Review – Sting (2024)
Sting, 2024. Written and Directed by Kiah Roache-Turner. Starring Ryan Corr, Alyla Browne, Penelope Mitchell, Robyn Nevin, Noni Hazlehurst, Silvia Colloca, Danny Kim, Jermaine Fowler, Alcira Carpio, Tony J. Black, and Rowland Holmes. SYNOPSIS: After raising an unnervingly talented spider in secret, 12-year-old Charlotte must face the facts about her pet and fight for her […]
Movie Review – Don’t Tell Mom the Babysitter’s Dead (2024)
Don’t Tell Mom the Babysitter’s Dead, 2024. Directed by Wade Allain-Marcus. Starring Simone Joy Jones, Patricia Williams, Jermaine Fowler, June Squibb, Nicole Richie, Iantha Richardson, Tyriq Withers, Miles Fowler, Gus Kenworthy, Donielle T. Hansley Jr., Trishna, Ayaamii Sledge, and Carter Young. SYNOPSIS: Tanya finds her summer plans canceled when her mom jets off for a […]
Movie Review – Argylle (2024)
Argylle, 2024. Directed by Matthew Vaughn. Starring Bryce Dallas Howard, Sam Rockwell, Henry Cavill, Bryan Cranston, Catherine O’Hara, Dua Lipa, Ariana DeBose, John Cena, Samuel L. Jackson, Sofia Boutella, Toby Haycock, Rob Delaney, Jason Fuchs, Jing Lusi, Alaa Habib, Alfredo Tavares, Tomás Paredes, and Richard E. Grant. SYNOPSIS: A reclusive author who writes espionage novels […]
Movie Review – Housekeeping for Beginners (2024)
Housekeeping for Beginners, 2024. Written and Directed by Goran Stolevski. Starring Anamaria Marinca, Alina Serban, Samson Selim, Vladimir Tintor, Mia Mustafa, DŽada Selim, Sara Klimoska, Rozafa Celaj, Ajse Useini, Aleksandra Peševska, Irena Ristić, and Filip Trajkovikj. SYNOPSIS: Despite never aspiring to be a mother, Dita finds herself compelled to raise her girlfriend’s two daughters. As […]
Movie Review – Civil War (2024)
Civil War, 2024. Written and Directed by Alex Garland. Starring Kirsten Dunst, Wagner Moura, Cailee Spaeny, Nick Offerman, Stephen McKinley Henderson, Jefferson White, Nelson Lee, Evan Lai, Vince Pisani, Justin James Boykin, Jess Matney, Greg Hill, Edmund Donovan, Sonoya Mizuno, and Jesse Plemons. SYNOPSIS: A journey across a dystopian future America, following a team of […]
Movie Review – Sleeping Dogs (2024)
Sleeping Dogs, 2024. Directed by Adam Cooper. Starring Russell Crowe, Karen Gillan, Marton Csokas, Tommy Flanagan, Thomas M. Wright, Harry Greenwood, Elizabeth Blackmore, Lynn Gilmartin, Jane Harber, Ming-Zhu Hii, Lucy-Rose Leonard, Pacharo Mzembe, Simon Maiden, Paula Arundell, Jasper Bagg, and Cameron Leonard. SYNOPSIS: An ex-homicide detective (Russell Crowe) with memory loss is forced to solve […]