The Companion, 2015. Directed by Pavel Giroud. Starring Yotuel Romero, Armando Miguel Gomez, Camila Arteche, Yailene Sierra, Jazz Vila, Jorge Molina. SYNOPSIS As HIV swept the globe throughout the 1980s, Cuban officials sent patients to a military facility for supervision, allowing detainees out once a week in the presence of an official “companion” sent to accompany them. Former boxing […]
59th BFI London Film Festival Review – A Bigger Splash (2015)
A Bigger Splash, 2015 Directed by Luca Guadagnino Starring Tilda Swinton, Dakota Johnson, Matthias Schoenaerts and Ralph Fiennes SYNOPSIS: The vacation of a famous rock star and a filmmaker is disrupted by the unexpected visit of an old friend and his daughter. From the lush opening moments of A Bigger Splash, acclaimed director Luca Guadagnino’s […]
Ron Perlman cast in Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
Hellboy and Sons of Anarchy actor Ron Perlman is set to join the stacked cast of the upcoming Harry Potter spinoff Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the actor will play a goblin in the film, but other details pertaining to his role are unknown at the time. This news […]
Movie Review – The Stranger (2014)
The Stranger, 2014. Written and directed by Guillermo Amoedo. Starring Cristobal Tapia Montt, Nicolás Durán, Luis Gnecco, Ariel Levy, Alessandra Guerzoni and Lorenza Izzo. SYNOPSIS: A drifter causes chaos for a young man and his mother when he arrives in their small town looking for an old flame, leaving a trail of blood in his […]
Countdown to Spectre – On Her Majesty’s Secret Service Review
Ricky Church continues his countdown to Spectre with a review of On Her Majesty’s Secret Service… In 1967 audiences were introduced to their first James Bond that was not Sean Connery. In George Lazenby’s one and only Bond film, On Her Majesty’s Secret Service, 007 is hot on the trail of Blofeld and closing in […]
59th BFI London Film Festival Review – Brand: A Second Coming (2015)
Brand: A Second Coming, 2015 Directed by Ondi Timoner Starring Russell Brand SYNOPSIS: BRAND – A SECOND COMING follows comedian Russell Brand’s spiritual journey from addict and Hollywood star to self-proclaimed revolutionary and explores our relationship to the consumerism and individualism that drives our society and distracts us at a time when it’s vital for […]
Movie Review – By Our Selves (2015)
By Our Selves, 2015. Directed by Andrew Kötting. Starring Toby Jones, Iain Sinclair, Alan Moore, Andrew Kötting. Synopsis: A surrealist film documenting the inner thoughts and wanderings of John Clare, both physically and mentally on his “Journey out of Essex”. A cinematic cognitive mapping of John Clare’s fractured and adopted identities; By Our Selves is an […]
Jennifer Aniston and Jack Huston set for The Yellow Birds
Deadline is reporting that Jennifer Aniston (Cake) and Jack Huston (Boardwalk Empire) are set to star in The Yellow Birds, a war drama based on the best-selling novel. The film, based on Kevin Powers’ novel, was originally slated as a project for Benedict Cumberbatch (The Imitation Game), however it now seems that Huston is stepping […]
BIFF 2015 Movie Review – Sleeping Giant (2015)
Sleeping Giant, 2015. Directed by Andrew Cividino Starring Jackson Martin, Reece Moffett, Nick Serino and David Disher. SYNOPSIS: Expanding upon his award winning short of the same name, Andrew Cividino’s story follows three teenage boys forced to while away their summer in a sleepy Canadian resort town. At first, cousins Riley (Reece Moffett) and Nate […]
The Diary of a Teenage Girl star Bel Powley to headline Wildling
Rising British actress Bel Powley has signed on to star in director Fritz Bohm’s new film Wildling, which will see her star alongside Liv Tyler, Deadline reports. Powley shot to fame this year with her star-making turn in hit indie comedy-drama The Diary of a Teenage Girl, as well as earning acclaim for her roles […]
