Love, Simon, 2018. Directed by Greg Berlanti. Starring Nick Robinson, Josh Duhamel, Jennifer Garner, Alexandra Shipp, Logan Miller, Jorge Lendeborg Jr., Katherine Lang, Miles Heizer, Talitha Bateman, Kelynan Lonsdale, Joey Pollari, Natasha Rothwell, Mackenzie Lintz, Terayle Hill, Tyler Chase, and Tony Hale. SYNOPSIS: Everyone deserves a great love story. But for Simon it’s complicated: no-one […]
DVD Review – Marshall (2017)
Marshall, 2017. Directed by Reginald Hudlin. Starring Chadwick Boseman, Josh Gad, Sterling K Brown, Dan Stevens, Kate Hudson and James Cromwell. SYNOPSIS: In 1941, African-American lawyer Thurgood Marshall defends a black chauffeur accused of raping and attempting to murder his socialite employer. With his client’s life in the balance, Marshall has to join forces with […]
Movie Review – Midnighters (2018)
Midnighters, 2018. Directed by Julius Ramsay, Starring Alex Essoe, Dylan McTee, Ward Horton, and Perla Haney-Jardine. SYNOPSIS: Midnight, New Year’s Eve: when all the hopes of new beginnings come to life – except for Lindsey and Jeff Pittman, whose strained marriage faces the ultimate test after they cover up a terrible crime and find themselves […]
Blu-ray Review – Der Todesking (1990)
Der Todesking, 1990. Directed by Jörg Buttgereit. Starring Hermann Kopp, Heinrich Ebber, Michael Krause, Susanne Betz, Eva-Maria Kurz, and Andreas Doehler. SYNOPSIS: Seven short stories based around the notion of suicide, all from the director of Nekromantik. If ever there was a call for a movie about suicide – and why wouldn’t there be? – […]
Second Opinion – Game Night (2018)
Game Night, 2018. Directed by John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein. Starring Jason Bateman, Rachel McAdams, Kyle Chandler, Sharon Horgan, Billy Magnussen, Lamorne Morris, Kylie Bunbury, Jesse Plemons, Michael C. Hall, Danny Huston, and Chelsea Peretti. SYNOPSIS: A group of friends who meet regularly for game nights finds themselves trying to solve a murder mystery. […]
Movie Review – Annihilation (2018)
Annihilation, 2018. Written and Directed by Alex Garland. Starring Natalie Portman, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Gina Rodriguez, Tessa Thompson, Tuva Novotny, Benedict Wong, David Gyasi, and Oscar Isaac. SYNOPSIS: Lena, a biologist and former soldier, joins a mission to uncover what happened to her husband inside Area X – a sinister and mysterious phenomenon that is […]
Second Opinion – Dark River (2017)
Dark River, 2017. Directed by Clio Barnard. Starring Ruth Wilson, Mark Stanley, Sean Bean, and Dean Andrews. SYNOPSIS: Alice (Ruth Wilson) returns to the family farm after the death of her father. It’s 15 years since she left, the farm is falling apart and brother Joe (Mark Stanley) is barely managing to keep it going. […]
Movie Review – November (2017)
November, 2017 Directed by Rainer Sarnet Starring Rea Lest, Jörgen Liik, Katariina Unt, Arvo Kukumägi, Dieter Laser, Taavi Eelmaa SYNOPSIS: In 19th Century Estonia, peasant girl Liina longs for village boy Hans, who is in turn infatuated with a visiting German baroness. The two attempt to win their heart’s desire amidst a backdrop of spirits, werewolves, plagues, and the devil […]
Blu-ray Review – Once Were Warriors (1994)
Once Were Warriors, 1994. Directed by Lee Tamahori. Starring Rena Owen, Temuera Morrison, Mamaengaroa Kerr-Bell, Taungaroa Emile, Cliff Curtis, and Julian Arahanga. SYNOPSIS: The mother of a New Zealand Maori family struggles to keep her family together as her violent husband and wayward children seem to pull apart. Controversial upon its original release and still […]
Movie Review – I, Tonya (2017)
I, Tonya, 2017. Directed by Craig Gillespie. Starring Margot Robbie, Allison Janney, Sebastian Stan, Paul Walter Hauser, Caitlin Carver, Bobby Cannavale, and Julianne Nicholson. SYNOPSIS: The true story of Tonya Harding, who was the world’s best female figure skater despite a deprived background. She found her career derailed after she was implicated in a brutal […]
