Berlin Syndrome, 2017. Directed by Cate Shortland Starring Teresa Palmer, Max Riemelt, Lucie Aron, Matthias Habich, and Cem Tuncay. SYNOPSIS : A passionate holiday romance becomes a nightmare when an Australian photo-journalist wakes up in a Berlin apartment and find herself unable to leave… A film delivering an assured yet uncomplicated look at obsession and […]
Sundance London 2017 Review – The Big Sick (2017)
The Big Sick, 2017. Directed by Michael Showalter. Starring Kumail Nanjiani, Zoe Kazan, Holly Hunter, Ray Romano, and Bo Burnham. SYNOPSIS: A couple struggling through cultural differences in their relationship hit an even bigger obstacle when one of them is suddenly hospitalised for a prolonged period of time. A failing Asian performer, a romance jilted by […]
Movie Review – Queen of the Desert (2015)
Queen of the Desert, 2015. Written and Directed by Werner Herzog. Starring Nicole Kidman, James Franco, Damian Lewis, Robert Pattinson, Christopher Fulford, Mark Lewis Jones, Assaad Bouab, Jenny Agutter, Jay Abdo, and David Calder Synopsis: A chronicle of Gertrude Bell’s life, a traveler, writer, archaeologist, explorer, cartographer, and political attaché for the British Empire at […]
Movie Review – Deep into the Wood (2015)
Deep into the Wood, 2015. Directed by Stefano Lodovichi. Starring Filippo Nigro, Camilla Filippi, Giovanni Vettorazzo, Teo Achille Caprio, Maria Vittoria Barrella, Luca Filippi, and Roberto Gudese. SYNOPSIS: A son goes missing at a Krampus festival, with many suspecting the boy’s father killed him. 5 years of blame and public scrutiny has torn the family apart. Emerging from the […]
Fuller House Season One Review
Fuller House Season One Starring Candace Cameron Bure, Jodie Sweetin, Andrea Barber, Soni Nicole Bringas, Michael Champion, Elias Harger, John Stamos, Bob Saget, Dave Coulier, Lori Loughlin and Scott Weinger. SYNOPSIS: In Fuller House, the adventures that began in 1987 on Full House continue, with veterinarian D.J. Tanner-Fuller (Candace Cameron Bure) recently widowed and living […]
Movie Review – Zootopia (2016)
Zootopia, 2016. Directed by Byron Howard, Rich Moore and Jared Bush. Featuring the voice talents of Ginnifer Goodwin, Jason Bateman, Idris Elba, Nate Torrence, Jenny Slate, Bonnie Hunt, Don Lake, Octavia Spencer, Tommy Chong, Alan Tudyk, Maurice LaMarche, J.K. Simmons, and Shakira. SYNOPSIS: In a city of anthropomorphic animals, a fugitive con artist fox and […]
Movie Review – Whiskey Tango Foxtrot (2016)
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot, 2016. Directed by Glenn Ficarra and John Requa. Starring Tina Fey, Margot Robbie, Martin Freeman, Christopher Abbott, Nicholas Braun, Stephen Peacocke, Billy Bob Thornton, and Alfred Molina. SYNOPSIS: A journalist recounts her wartime coverage in Afghanistan. Maybe this is relevant, and maybe it isn’t, but as I’m writing this review, television is […]
Movie Review – Triple 9 (2016)
Triple 9, 2016. Directed by John Hillcoat. Starring Casey Affleck, Wood Harrelson, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Anthony Mackie, Aaron Paul, Norman Reedus, Clifton Collins Jr., Kate Winslet, Gal Gadot and Michael K. Williams. SYNOPSIS: A gang of criminals and corrupt cops plan the murder of a police officer in order to pull off their biggest heist yet across […]
Video Game Review – Danger Zone
Shaun Munro reviews Danger Zone… Though Burnout fans are still lamenting the series’ unjust demise, a group of former Criterion Games founders have banded together under a new studio, Three Fields Entertainment, to recreate a small sliver of the racing franchise’s most beloved mainstay – Crash Mode. For those who weren’t fortunate enough to experience the glory of […]
Prison Break Season 5 Finale Review – ‘Behind the Eyes’
Shaun Munro reviews the season finale of Prison Break season 5… Prison Break’s fifth season concluded with an energetic but horribly-written finale that spent most of its time typifying everything wrong with this brutally truncated nine-episode event series. Things kicked off with an alternate perspective of the previous episode’s final moments, revealing not-so-surprisingly that Van Gogh was […]
