Logan Lucky, 2017. Directed by Steven Soderbergh. Starring Channing Tatum, Adam Driver, Daniel Craig, Riley Keough, Katie Holmes, Seth MacFarlane, Sebastian Stan, Farrah Mackenzie, Jack Quaid, Brian Gleeson, Katherine Waterston, Dwight Yoakam, Macon Blair, and Hilary Swank. SYNOPSIS: Two brothers attempt to pull off a heist during a NASCAR race in North Carolina. Steven Soderbergh […]
Movie Review – Logan Lucky (2017)
Logan Lucky, 2017. Directed by Steven Soderbergh. Starring Channing Tatum, Adam Driver, Daniel Craig, Riley Keough, Katie Holmes, Seth MacFarlane, Jack Quaid, Brian Gleeson and Katherine Waterston. SYNOPSIS: Out of work and with alimony payments to keep up, Jimmy Logan comes up with a plan to make some fast money. He and his brother Clyde will […]
Movie Review – Bushwick (2017)
Bushwick, 2017. Directed by Cary Murnion and Jonathan Milott. Starring Dave Bautista, Brittany Snow, Christian Navarro, Arturo Castro, Jeremie Harris, and Angelic Zambrana. SYNOPSIS: While Lucy (Brittany Snow) and her boyfriend are making their way to her grandmother’s house, all hell breaks loose in New York, especially the Bushwick area of Brooklyn. Lucy has to […]
Movie Review – Detroit (2017)
Detroit, 2017. Directed by Kathryn Bigelow. Starring John Boyega, Will Poulter, Anthony Mackie, Jack Reynor, Hannah Murray, Algee Smith, Jacob Latimore, Jason Mitchell, Kaitlyn Dever, Ben O’Toole, Joseph David Jones, Ephraim Sykes, Leon Thomas III, Nathan Davis Jr., Peyton Alex Smith, Malcolm David Kelley, Gbenga Akinnabve, Chris Chalk, Jeremy Strong, Laz Alonzo, Austin Hebert, Miguel Pimentel, […]
DVD Review – The Slayer (1982)
The Slayer, 1982. Directed by J.S. Cardone. Starring Sarah Kendall, Frederick Flynn, Carol Kottenbrook, Alan McRae, Newell Alexander, and Ivy Jones. SYNOPSIS: Two couples visit a secluded island where they are attacked by a monster linked to one of the visitor’s dreams. Brother and sister Eric (Frederick Flynn – The Forsaken) and Kay (Sarah Kendall […]
Movie Review – The Trip to Spain (2017)
The Trip to Spain, 2017. Directed by Michael Winterbottom. Starring Rob Brydon and Steve Coogan. SYNOPSIS: Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon embark on a six-part episodic road trip through Spain, sampling the restaurants, eateries, and sights along the way. Right from the beginning I will confess that I have never seen the previous two entries […]
Movie Review – Final Portrait (2017)
Final Portrait, 2017 Directed by Stanley Tucci Starring Geoffrey Rush, Armie Hammer, Clemence Poesy, Sylvie Testud and Tony Shalhoub. SYNOPSIS: American writer and art-lover James Lord pays a visit to Paris in 1964 and is asked by his friend, artist Alberto Giacometti, to sit for a portrait. It should only take a few days so the […]
Movie Review – Anti Matter (2016)
Anti Matter, 2016. Written and Directed by Keir Burrows. Starring Yaiza Figueroa, Philippa Carson, Tom Barber-Duffy, and Noah Maxwell Clarke. SYNOPSIS: Ana, an Oxford PhD student finds herself unable to build new memories following an experiment to generate and travel through a wormhole. The story follows her increasingly desperate efforts to understand what happened, and to find […]
Movie Review – Menashe (2017)
Menashe, 2017. Directed by Joshua Z. Weinstein. Starring Menashe Lustig and Ruben Niborski. SYNOPSIS: Within Brooklyn’s ultra-orthodox Jewish community, a widower battles for custody of his son. A tender drama performed entirely in Yiddish, the film intimately explores the nature of faith and the price of parenthood. Spoken primarily in Yiddish and subtitled in English, […]
Movie Review – A Ghost Story (2017)
A Ghost Story, 2017. Directed by David Lowery. Starring Casey Affleck, Rooney Mara, and Will Oldham. SYNOPSIS: After his sudden death in a car crash, a man returns to his home as a white sheeted ghost in an effort to re-connect with his grieving wife. An examination of love, loss and legacy. It’s not often […]
