The Reason I Jump, 2020.Directed by Jerry Rothwell. Starring Jordan O’Donegan.SYNOPSIS:Based on the book by Naoki Higashida, this immersive film explores the experiences of non-speaking autistic people around the world.First published in Japan in 2007 and translated into English in 2013, “The Reason I Jump” was a groundbreaking novel written by 13-year-old non-verbal autistic person Naoki […]
Allison Williams has to fly or die in trailer for survival thriller Horizon Line
Ahead of its theatrical release next month, a poster and trailer have arrived online for director Mikael Marcimain’s upcoming thriller Horizon Line which sees Allison Williams (Get Out) and Alexander Dreymon (The Last Kingdom) fighting for their lives on a single-engine plane when their pilot suffers a heart attack; take a look below…Sara (Allison Williams) […]
2020 BFI London Film Festival Review – Time
Time, 2020.Directed by Garrett Bradley. Starring Sibil Fox Richardson and Robert G. Richardson.SYNOPSIS:Fox Rich fights for the release of her husband, Rob, who is serving a 60-year sentence in prison.Garrett Bradley’s towering – if perhaps too-hurried – documentary powerfully highlights a near-indisputable truth; black Americans are playing a rigged game that so often sets them up […]
Monster Hunter teaser sees Tony Jaa’s Hunter take on a Diablo, release date moved up to December
Following this week’s glimpse of Milla Jovovich’s Lt. Artemis in action, another brief teaser has been released for director Paul W.S. Anderson’s upcoming video game adaptation Monster Hunter, which sees Tony Jaa’s Hunter using his skills with a bow and arrow to try and take down a Diablo; watch it here… No Screamer Pod? No […]
Exclusive Interview – Oswin Benjamin discusses The Forty-Year-Old-Version
Oswin Benjamin has been in the music industry over ten years and was born in Brooklyn but raised upstate in Newsburg, New York. He has appeared and collaborated with musicians like Robert Glasper, Royce da 5’9, Lupe Fiasco, Chris Rivers and Styles P of The Lox. His role as D in The Forty-Year-Old-Version represents Oswin’s […]
Dylan O’Brien stars in trailer for The Education of Fredrick Fitzell
eOne Films has released a trailer for writer-director Christopher MacBride’s upcoming thriller The Education of Fredrick Fitzell which stars Dylan O’Brien (The Maze Runner) as a man who find his past, present and future intertwining as he tries to unravel the truth behind the mysterious disappearance of a friend from his youth; watch it here…https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7OXyjihnYFA&feature=emb_titleWith […]
2020 BFI London Film Festival Review – Herself
Herself, 2020.Directed by Phyllida Lloyd. Starring Clare Dunne, Harriet Walter, and Conleth Hill.SYNOPSIS:Young mother Sandra escapes her abusive husband and fights back against a broken housing system. She sets out to build her own home and in the process rebuilds her life and rediscovers herself.Director Phyllida Lloyd (Mamma Mia!, The Iron Lady) eschews the splashy […]
2020 BFI London Film Festival Review – 180 Degree Rule
180 Degree Rule, 2020.Written and directed by Farnoosh Samadi. Starring Sahar Dolatshahi, Pejman Jamshidi, and Hassan Pourshirazi.SYNOPSIS:A school teacher from Tehran is preparing to attend a wedding in northern Iran. When her husband suddenly forbids her to go, she makes a choice that will place her on a painful path to atonement.Whether Farnoosh Samadi’s directorial […]
2020 BFI London Film Festival Review – Farewell Amor
Farewell Amor, 2020.Written and directed by Ekwa Msangi. Starring Ntare Guma Mbaho Mwine, Zainab Jah, and Jayme Lawson.SYNOPSIS:Reunited after 17 years, an Angolan immigrant is joined in the U.S. by his wife and daughter. Now strangers sharing a one-bedroom apartment, they discover a shared love of dance that may help them overcome the distance between […]
Movie Review – The Forty-Year-Old Version (2020)
The Forty-Year-Old Version, 2020.Written and Directed by Radha Blank Starring Radha Blank, Peter Kim, Oswin Benjamin, Imani Lewis, Reed Birney and Walker White.SYNOPSIS:A New York playwright (Radha Blank) is in search of an elusive success before she hits forty. Teaching theatre classes during the day and binge watching television shows at night, she finds inspiration […]
