Shorta, 2020. Directed by Anders Ølholm and Frederik Louis Hviid. Starring Jacob Lohmann, Simon Sears, Tarek Zayat, and Özlem Saglanmak. SYNOPSIS: Two policemen become trapped and fight to escape a dangerous distract when violence erupts, following the death of a criminal in custody. In the last year, the world has seen the death of George […]
International Film Festival Rotterdam 2021 Review – Riders of Justice
Riders of Justice, 2020. Directed by Anders Thomas Jensen. Starring Mads Mikkelsen, Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Lars Brygmann, Nicolas Bro, Andrea Heick Gadeberg, Jesper Ole Feit Andersen, and Albert Rudbeck Lindhardt. SYNOPSIS: A man who has recently lost his wife in a train crash is contacted by a mathematician who doesn’t believe the event was an […]
Movie Review – French Exit (2021)
French Exit, 2021. Directed by Azazel Jacobs. Starring Michelle Pfeiffer, Lucas Hedges, Tracy Letts, Valerie Mahaffey, Susan Coyne, Imogen Poots, Danielle Macdonald, Isaach De Bankolé, Daniel DiTomasso, Eddie Holland, Matt Holland, Christine Lan, Robert Higden, and Larry Day. SYNOPSIS: An aging Manhattan socialite living on what’s barely left of her inheritance moves to a small […]
2021 Sundance Film Festival Review – Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go for It
Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go for It, 2021. Directed by Mariem Pérez Riera. Featuring Rita Moreno. SYNOPSIS: A look at the life and work of Rita Moreno from her humble beginnings in Puerto Rico to her success on Broadway and in Hollywood. Whether you know her from West Side Story, Oz, […]
2021 Sundance Film Festival Review – Users
Users, 2021. Directed by Natalia Almada. SYNOPSIS: Documentary explores how humanity expresses itself with technology and the intended and unintended consequences of our tech-dominated world. Natalia Almada (Everything Else) scooped Sundance’s Directing Award for U.S. Documentary for her new film Users, a gorgeously wrought elucidation of the cost of human progress, if also ultimately a little […]
Super Bowl spot offers first look at M. Night Shyamalan’s Old
Universal Pictures has taken the opportunity during the Super Bowl to release a first-look TV spot for Old, the chilling new thriller from writer-director M. Night Shyamalan; check it out here… This summer, visionary filmmaker M. Night Shyamalan unveils a chilling, mysterious new thriller about a family on a tropical holiday who discover that the […]
Watch the Super Bowl TV spot for F9: The Fast Saga
Having been one of the first movies to push back its release in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak, the ninth instalment of the Fast & Furious franchise – F9: The Fast Saga – is revving its engine ahead of a May premiere. While we cross our fingers and hope the release doesn’t stall, Universal […]
2021 Sundance Film Festival Review – Summer of Soul (…Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
Summer of Soul (…Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised), 2021. Directed by Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson. SYNOPSIS: During the same summer as Woodstock, over 300,000 people attended the Harlem Cultural Festival, celebrating African American music and culture, and promoting Black pride and unity. The footage from the festival sat in a basement, unseen for […]
Gillian Anderson to star in White Bird: A Wonder Story
Gillian Anderson is set to follow up her Golden Glove-nominated turn in The Crown by returning to the big screen for White Bird: A Wonder Story, which is being directed by Marc Forster (World War Z) from a script by Mark Bomback (War For the Planet of the Apes). Based on the graphic novel by […]
Movie Review – Batman: Soul of the Dragon (2021)
Batman: Soul of the Dragon, 2021 Directed by Sam Liu Starring David Giuntoli, Mark Dacascos, Kelly Hu, Michael Jai White, James Hong, Josh Keaton SYNOPSIS: In the 1970s, a missing teacher of martial arts is the subject of a quest by his devoted and brilliant but distant students, who include Batman. During the 1970s cinema […]
