Newly Single, 2018. Directed by Adam Christian Clark Starring Adam Christian Clark, Jennifer Kim, Molly C.Quinn and Raychel Diane Weiner SYNOPSIS: Astor William Stevenson is on the verge of a big step in his career, but when his girlfriend leaves him, insecurities surface and he transforms into a wrecking ball on a stream of darkly comedic […]
Movie Review – The Forest of the Lost Souls (2018)
The Forest of the Lost Souls (A Floresta Das Almas Perdidas), 2018. Directed by José Pedro Lopes. Starring Daniela Love, Jorge Mota, Mafalda Banquart, Lígia Roque, Lília Lopes, and Tiago Jácome. SYNOPSIS: Dense and scarcely populated, two strangers meet within Portugal’s most popular forest for suicide. Events evolve and transpire to reveal the persons still […]
Movie Review – Welcome to Curiosity (2018)
Welcome to Curiosity, 2018. Directed by Ben Pickering Starring: Kacey Clarke, Amrita Acharia, Richard Blackwood, Lili Bordan and Stephen Marcus. SYNOPSIS: Four interconnected stories surrounding the escape from prison of a notorious serial killer. Ben Pickering’s Welcome to Curiosity see’s the director join with writer Darren Ripley for a second time, following their joint debut […]
Second Opinion – Driving While Black (2018)
Driving While Black, 2018. Directed by Paul Sapiano. Starring Dominique Purdy, Shelia Tejada, John Mead, Joseph Ansalvish, and Julian Bane. SYNOPSIS: Dimitri delivers Pizzas for a living – but as a young black man he is faced with “extra” challenges while navigating the city. The film explores the reasons why so many black men have […]
Movie Review – Brimstone (2017)
Brimstone, 2017. Directed by Martin Koolhoven. Starring Dakota Fanning, Guy Pearce, Carice Van Houten and Kit Harrington. SYNOPSIS: A frontier woman turns fugitive when she is wrongly accused of a crime she didn’t commit and is hunted by a vengeful preacher. An ingenious conglomeration of narrative complexity, Koolhoven’s audacious film Brimstone is tense, authentic and absolutely […]
Movie Review – Forgotten Man (2017)
Forgotten Man, 2017. Directed by Arran Shearing Starring Toby Wharton, Obi Abili, Will Alexander, Oya Bacak and Tyler Dawson. SYNOPSIS: A troubled young actor in an East London Theatre Company for the homeless romances a wealthy out-of-towner in the bustling streets of contemporary London. Written and directed by debut feature filmmaker, Arran Shearing, Forgotten Man […]
Movie Review – Butterfly Kisses (2017)
Butterfly Kisses, 2017. Directed by Rafael Kapelinski. Starring Rosie Day, Elliot Cowan, Charlotte Beaumont, Thomas Turgoose, and Theo Stevenson. SYNOPSIS: We follow Jake and his two best friends, Kyle and Jarred through a world distorted by sex and porn. The leader is Kyle – he talks about girls’ non-stop, Jarred can’t stop cheating on his […]
Movie Review – Catch 22: Based on the Unwritten Story by Seanie Sugrue (2016)
Catch 22: Based on the Unwritten Story by Seanie Sugrue, 2016. Directed by Josh Folan Starring Phil Burke, Brock Harris, Charmane Star, Jayce Bartok and Al Thompson. SYNOPSIS: A group of immoral friends awake after a night of hard drug use and alcoholism to find the body of a dead girl in the bathroom. With […]
DVD Review – Anthropoid (2016)
Anthropoid, 2016. Directed by Sean Ellis Starring Cillian Murphy, Jamie Dornan, Charlotte Le Bon, Anna Geislerova and Toby Jones. SYNOPSIS: Based on a true story, Anthropoid details the successful assassination of SS General, Reinhard Heydrich during World War II by a small group of Czech resistance fighters deployed by parachute near Prague. In line with […]
Movie Review – Blood Brothers (2015)
Blood Brothers, 2015. Directed by Jose Prendes. Starring: Graham Denman, Hannah Levien, Krystal Beyer and Barbara Crampton. SYNOPSIS: Based on the Leopold and Leob murders, Blood Brothers closely follows the fictional relationship these psychopathic men have with those that encounter them, exploring their obsessions, vanity and arrogance in their pursuit for performing the ‘perfect murder […]