Digging for Fire, 2015. Directed by Joe Swanberg. Starring Jake Johnson, Rosemarie DeWitt, Orlando Bloom, Brie Larson, Anna Kendrick, Sam Rockwell, Sam Elliott, Chris Messina, Ron Livingston, and Jude Swanberg. SYNOPSIS: The discovery of a bone and a gun send a husband and wife on separate adventures over the course of a weekend. Digging for […]
Movie Review – The Transporter Refueled (2015)
The Transporter Refueled, 2015. Directed by Camille Delamarre Starring Ed Skrein, Ray Stevenson, Radivoje Bukvic, Anatole Tubman, Gabriella Wright, Loan Chabanol and Tatiana Pajkovic. SYNOPSIS: In the south of France, former special-ops mercenary Frank Martin enters into a game of chess with a femme-fatale and her three sidekicks who are looking for revenge against a […]
Movie Review – Turbo Kid (2015)
Turbo Kid, 2015. Written and directed by François Simard, Anouk Whissell and Yoann-Karl Whissell. Starring Munro Chambers, Laurence Leboeuf, Michael Ironside, Edwin Wright, Aaron Jeffery, Romano Orzri and Orphée Ladouceur. SYNOPSIS: In a post-apocalyptic wasteland, a comic book fan dons the persona of his favourite hero to save his enthusiastic friend and fight a tyrannical overlord. […]
Movie Review – Queen of Earth (2015)
Queen of Earth, 2015. Directed by Alex Ross Perry. Starring Elizabeth Moss, Katherine Waterston, Kentucker Audley and Patrick Fugit. SYNOPSIS: Two women who grew up together discover they have drifted apart when they retreat to a lake house together. There is a strong sense of awkward tension permeating the air whenever the characters of Alex […]
Second Opinion – No Escape (2015)
No Escape, 2015. Directed by John Erick Dowdle. Starring Owen Wilson, Lake Bell and Pierce Brosnan. SYNOPSIS: In their new overseas home, an American family soon finds themselves caught in the middle of a coup, and they frantically look for a safe escape in an environment where foreigners are being immediately executed. In the midst […]
Second Opinion – Hitman: Agent 47 (2015)
Hitman: Agent 47, 2015. Directed by Aleksander Bach. Starring Rupert Friend, Hannah Ware, Thomas Kretschmann, Ciaran Hinds and Zachary Quinto. SYNOPSIS: An Assassin teams up with a woman to help her find her father and uncover the mysteries of her ancestry. The mark of a good video game adaptation isn’t necessarily due to faithfulness to […]
Movie Review – Cop Car (2015)
Cop Car, 2015. Directed by Jon Watts. Starring Kevin Bacon, James Freedson-Jackson, Hays Wellford, Camryn Manheim and Shea Whigham. SYNOPSIS: A small town sheriff sets out to find the two kids who have taken his car on a joy ride. Oh to be a child again! Symbolizing innocence and naivety, young kids often like to […]
Movie Review – The Man From U.N.C.L.E. (2015)
The Man From U.N.C.L.E., 2015. Directed by Guy Ritchie. Starring Henry Cavill, Armie Hammer, Alicia Vikander, Elizabeth Debicki, Luca Calvani, Sylvester Groth, Jared Harris, and Hugh Grant. SYNOPSIS: In the early 1960s, CIA agent Napoleon Solo and KGB operative Illya Kuryakin participate in a joint mission against a mysterious criminal organization, which is working to […]
Movie Review – The Runner (2015)
The Runner, 2015. Written and Directed Austin Stark. Starring Nicolas Cage, Sarah Paulson, Connie Nielsen, Peter Fonda, Wendell Pierce and Bryan Batt. SYNOPSIS: In the aftermath of the 2010 BP oil spill, an idealistic but flawed politician is forced to confront his dysfunctional life after his career is destroyed in a sex scandal. Whether they […]
Second Opinion – Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation (2015)
Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation, 2015. Directed by Christopher McQuarrie. Starring Tom Cruise, Jeremy Renner, Simon Pegg, Ving Rhames, Rebecca Ferguson, Sean Harris and Alec Baldwin. SYNOPSIS: Ethan and team take on their most impossible mission yet, eradicating the Syndicate – an International rogue organization as highly skilled as they are, committed to destroying the […]
