The Innocents, 2016. Directed by Anne Fontaine. Starring Lou de Laage, Agata Buzek, Agata Kulesza and Vincent Macaigne. SYNOPSIS: Poland after the end of World War II is occupied by the Russians and a female doctor is helping the Red Cross to care for survivors. A nun from the local convent arrives, pleading for help and […]
60th BFI London Film Festival Review – La La Land (2016)
La La Land, 2016. Directed by Damien Chazelle. Starring Ryan Gosling, Emma Stone, John Legend and J.K. Simmons. SYNOPSIS: In Los Angeles, aspiring actress Mia (Emma Stone) works in the coffee shop on the Warner Brothers’ lot and goes to auditions. Jazz devotee and struggling musician Sebastian (Ryan Gosling) resorts to playing at weddings, parties […]
60th BFI London Film Festival Review – A Monster Calls (2016)
A Monster Calls, 2016. Directed by J.A. Bayona. Starring Sigourney Weaver, Felicity Jones, Lewis MacDougall, Toby Kebbell, Geraldine Chaplin and the voice talents of Liam Neeson. SYNOPSIS: Life is miserable for young Conor (Lewis MacDougall). At school, he’s bullied and at home he’s trying to cope with his mother’s treatment for cancer – and the overwhelming […]
Second Opinion – Southside with You (2016)
Southside with You, 2016. Directed by Richard Tanne. Starring Tika Sumpter, Parker Sawyers, Vanessa Bell Calloway and Phillip Edward Van Lear. SYNOPSIS: On a summer’s day in 1989, Barack Obama took Michelle Robinson on what turned out to be their first date across Chicago’s South Side. One that included an art exhibition, live music, a […]
Movie Review – The Blue Room (2014)
The Blue Room, 2014. Directed by Mathieu Amalric. Starring Mathieu Amalric, Stephanie Cleau and Lea Drucker. SYNOPSIS: A couple are having a passionate affair. In the afterglow, she imagines what life would be like together, yet he appears non-committal. Now he’s under investigation by the police and courts. Because her husband has died. And his […]
Movie Review – Captain Fantastic (2016)
Captain Fantastic 2016 Directed by Matt Ross Starring Viggo Mortensen, George MacKay, Samantha Isler, Frank Langella, Steve Zahn SYNOPSIS: A father has moved away from the city and is bringing up his six children single handed in the forest. Their mother is in hospital with an on-going illness. Then a phone call changes everything and […]
Movie Review – Anthropoid (2016)
Anthropoid, 2016. Directed by Sean Ellis. Starring Cillian Murphy, Jamie Dornan, Charlotte Le Bon, Anna Geislerova and Toby Jones. SYNOPSIS: A small group of resistance fighters undertake a mission to assassinate Reinhard Heydrich, head of security in Czechoslovakia and number three in Hitler’s chain of command. Based on true events from World War II. The […]
Movie Review – Black (2015)
Black, 2015. Directed by Adil El Arbi and Billal Fallah. Starring Martha Canga Antonio, Aboubakr Bensaihi, Jeremie Zagba and Sanaa Bourassa. SYNOPSIS: Two teenagers belong to street gangs in Brussels. Originally from Africa, the girl is in Black Bronx, while the boy is Moroccan and belongs to the gang called 1080. When the two fall […]
Movie Review – Valley of Love (2015)
Valley of Love, 2015. Directed by Guillaume Nicloux. Starring Gerard Depardieu, Isabelle Huppert and Dan Warner. SYNOPSIS: An estranged married couple meet at a resort village near Death Valley. Their son committed suicide six months ago, leaving letters asking both of them to be in the national park on specific days, because he’ll re-appear to them. […]
Movie Review – Up For Love (2016)
Up For Love, 2016. Directed by Laurent Tirard. Starring Jean Dujardin, Virginie Efira, Cedric Kahn and Stephanie Papanian. SYNOPSIS: Successful lawyer Diane (Virginie Efira) is in the midst of breaking up with husband Bruno (Cedric Kahn) but it’s complicated by their being business partners. After an angry dinner together, she storms out of the restaurant but […]
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