Hotel Mumbai, 2019. Directed by Anthony Maras Starring Dev Patel, Jason Issacs, Armie Hammer, Nazanin Boniadi, Anupam Kher, Amandeep Singh, Suhail Nayyar, Kapil Kumar Netra, Tilda Cobham-Hervey SYNOPSIS: A dramatic recreation of the terror attack on the Taj Hotel in Mumbai, which chronicles the movement of the terrorists and victims on that fateful night in […]
Raindance Film Festival 2019 Review – Aurora
Aurora, 2019. Directed by Miia Tervo Starring Mimosa Willamo, Amir Escandari, Oona Airola, Chike Ohanwe, Ria Kataja, Hannu-Pekka Bjorkman SYNOPSIS: Aurora (Mimosa Willamo) is a free-spirit-cum-alcoholic, who dreams of a life away from her job at a Lapland nail bar, or as the carer for her similarly sozzled father. Her path crosses with Darian (Amir […]
Raindance Film Festival 2019 Review – Dark, Almost Night
Dark, Almost Night, 2019. Directed by Borys Lankosz. Starring Magdalena Cielecka, Rafal Mackowiak, Modest Rucinski, Jerzy Trela, Roma Gasiorowska, Aleksandra Konieczna, Marcin Dorocinski, and Malgorzata Hajewska. SYNOPSIS: When a journalist (Magdalena Cielecka) returns to her childhood hometown to report on a series of abductions, secrets from her past begin emerging from the bleakest corners of […]
Raindance Film Festival 2019 Review – Coureur
Coureur, 2019. Directed by Kenneth Mercken Starring Niels Willaerts, Koen De Graeve, Karlijn Sileghem, Fortunato Cerlino, Günther Lesage, Vladislav Prigunov, Anton Petrov, Nicola Rignanese SYNOPSIS: A young boy grows up idolising his cyclist father, and then follows in his footsteps by pushing his body and the laws to the limit in order to achieve greatness […]
Movie Review – Hustlers (2019)
Hustlers, 2019. Directed by Lorene Scafaria. Starring Jennifer Lopez, Constance Wu, Julia Stiles, Keke Palmer, Lili Reinhart, Cardi B, Lizzo, Madeline Brewer, Mette Towley, and Trace Lysette. SYNOPSIS: When the dollar bills dry up in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis, a group of savvy strip-club employees group together in order to turn-the-tables on […]
Movie Review – The Informer (2019)
The Informer, 2019. Directed by Andrea Di Stefano. Starring Joel Kinnaman, Rosamund Pike, Common, Clive Owen, Ana de Armas, and Sam Spruell. SYNOPSIS: Ex-con Pete Koslow (Joel Kinnaman) is working undercover as an FBI informant as they attempt to bring down a group of particularly nasty Polish gangsters. Promised that it’ll be a way-out for […]
Arrow Video Frightfest 2019 Review – Stairs
Stairs, 2019. Directed by Tom Paton Starring Samantha Schnitzler, Bentley Kalu, Shayne Ward, Simon Meacock, Toby Osmond, Phoebe Robinson-Galvin, Alana Wallace, Spencer Collings and Julia Szamalek SYNOPSIS: When a group of Special Ops soldiers nicknamed “The Hell Bastards” are compromised during an infiltration mission on the battlefield, they seek solace within the confines of a […]
Movie Review – Pain and Glory (2019)
Pain and Glory, 2019. Directed by Pedro Almodovar. Starring Antonio Banderas, Asier Etxeandia, Penélope Cruz, Leonardo Sbaraglia, César Vicente, Asier Flores, Nora Navas, Julieta Serrano and Raúl Arévalo. SYNOPSIS: A legendary director, Salvador Mallo (Antonio Banderas) reflects on his distinguished life and career, taking in relationships with his mother (Penélope Cruz), problematic leading men (Asier […]
Director Dan Trachtenberg departs Sony’s Uncharted movie
It’s turning into quite the tumultuous week for Tom Holland. As the column inches continue to grow following the fallout from Spider-Man‘s potential MCU departure, another of the star’s projects has suffered a setback, with the news that Dan Trachtenberg (10 Cloverfield Lane, The Boys) has departed the oft-delayed Uncharted movie. Deadline report that Holland […]
US cinema chains at odds with Netflix over The Irishman’s theatrical release
Already delayed by months because of problems with the de-ageing technology that’s contributed to the hefty $160-$200 million stumped up by Netflix, Martin Scorsese’s The Irishman is facing further obstacles in its battle to obtain the big-screen release that the legendary director desires. According to The New York Times the streaming giants are in a […]