Our Last Tango, 2017.Directed by German Kral. Starring Maria Nieves Rego and Juan Carlos Copes.SYNOPSIS:Maria Nieves Rego and Juan Carlos Copes are two of the world’s most acclaimed and popular Tango dancers in the world. This documentary recounts their almost 50-year partnership, with its ups, downs, successes, and failures, intercut with episodes from their life […]
Movie Review – Kingsman: The Golden Circle (2017)
Kingsman: The Golden Circle, 2017.Directed by Matthew Vaughn. Starring Taron Egerton, Mark Strong, Colin Firth, Julianne Moore, Halle Berry, Channing Tatum, Pedro Pascal, and Jeff Bridges.SYNOPSIS:When their headquarters are destroyed and the world is held hostage, the Kingsmen’s journey leads them to the discovery of an allied spy organization in the US. These two elite secret […]
Toronto International Film Festival Review – The Shape of Water (2017)
The Shape of Water, 2017.Directed by Guillermo del Toro. Starring Sally Hawkins, Doug Jones, Richard Jenkins, Michael Shannon, Michael Stuhlbarg, and Octavia Spencer.SYNOPSIS:An other-worldly fairy tale, set against the backdrop of Cold War era America circa 1962. In the hidden high-security government laboratory where she works, lonely Eliza (Sally Hawkins) is trapped in a life […]
Movie Review – The Villainess (2017)
The Villainess, 2017.Directed by Byung-gil Jung. Starring Ok-bin Kim, Ha-kyun Shin, Jun Sung, Seo-hyeong Kim, Eun-ji Jo, and Ye-Ji Min.SYNOPSIS:A woman assassin leaves a trail of bodies behind her as she seeks revenge.The Villainess starts off with one hell of a chaotic fight sequence reminiscent to, Kill Bill, The Raid and Hardcore Henry (the entire extended […]
Blu-ray Review – Kill, Baby… Kill! (1966)
Kill, Baby… Kill!, 1966.Directed by Mario Bava. Starring Giacomo Rossi Stuart, Erika Blanc, Fabienne Dali, and Piero Lulli.SYNOPSIS:In the early 1900s a remote village is cursed by the ghost of a little girl.Despite the misleading title, Kill, Baby… Kill! is not a slasher or a giallo but is a Gothic chiller in the same vein […]
Second Opinion – The Vault (2017)
The Vault, 2017.Directed by Dan Bush Starring James Franco, Taryn Manning, Francesca Eastwood, Scott Haze, and Q’orianka Kilcher.SYNOPSIS:Two estranged sisters are forced to rob a bank to save their brother from loan sharks. But when the heist threatens to yield less money than they need, they’re guided towards an old vault in the basement.Reasons for seeing […]
Movie Review – It (2017)
It, 2017.Directed by Andy Muschietti. Starring Bill Skarsgard, Jaeden Lieberher, Sophia Lillis, Finn Wolfhard, Jeremy Ray Taylor, Nicholas Hamilton, Jack Dylan Grazer, Stephen Bogaert, Jackson Robert Scott, Chosen Jacobs, Wyatt Oleff, Jake Sim, Owen Teague, Stuart Hughes, Logan Thompson, Geoffrey Pounsett, Pip Dwyer, and Javier BotetSYNOPSIS:A group of bullied kids band together when a monster, […]
Movie Review – Never Let Go (2017)
Never Let Go, 2017.Directed by Howard J. Ford. Starring Angela Dixon, Lisa Eichhorn, Velibor Topic, Nigel Whitmey, and Rami Nasr.SYNOPSIS:Award-winning actress Angela Dixon stars in this international action-thriller about a single mother desperately searching for her missing child in a beautiful, but unfamiliar land, following an apparent abduction. Trusting no one, she takes the law […]
Movie Review – Insyriated (2017)
Insyriated, 2017.Directed by Philippe Van Leeuw. Starring Hiam Abbass, Mohsen Abbas, Juliette Navis, Diamand Abou Abboud, and Moustapha Al Kar.SYNOPSIS:As war rages outside in Damascus, a mother struggles to keep her family safe inside their barricaded apartment. But it’s only a matter of time before what’s happening outside finds a way into their sanctuary.When the […]
Movie Review – The Vault (2017)
The Vault, 2017.Directed by Dan Bush. Starring James Franco, Taryn Manning, Francesca Eastwood, Scott Haze, Q’orianka Kilcher, and Clifton Collins Jr.SYNOPSIS:Two sisters must rob a bank in order to save their brother but the bank has its own dark secrets.The line that separates horror from comedy is a thin one, with the best horror films steering […]
