Blockers, 2018. Directed by Kay Cannon. Starring John Cena, Leslie Mann, Ike Barinholtz, Geraldine Viswanathan, Kathryn Newton, and Gideon Adlon. SYNOPSIS: When three inseparable best friends decide that they want to lose their virginity on Prom Night, their intrusive parents do all they can to ensure that it doesn’t happen. From the outside, Blockers appears […]
Movie Review – Pacific Rim Uprising (2018)
Pacific Rim Uprising, 2018. Directed by Steven S. DeKnight. Starring John Boyega, Scott Eastwood, Cailee Spaeny, Charlie Day, Rinko Kikuchi, Burn Gorman, Jing Tian, Zhang Jin, Adria Arjona, Karan Brar, Ivanna Sakhno, Shyrley Rodríguez, Levi Meaden, Rahart Adams, Zhu Zhu, Wesley Wong, Lily Ji, and Mackenyu. SYNOPSIS: Jake Pentecost, son of Stacker Pentecost, reunites with […]
Movie Review – A Wrinkle in Time (2018)
A Wrinkle in Time, 2018. Directed by Ava DuVernay. Starring Storm Reid, Oprah Winfrey, Reese Witherspoon, Mindy Kaling, Chris Pine, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Levi Miller, Deric McCabe, Andre Holland, Rowan Blanchard, Michael Peňa, Zach Galifianakis, and David Oyelowo. SYNOPSIS: After the disappearance of her scientist father, three peculiar beings send Meg, her brother, and her friend […]
Movie Review – Foxtrot (2017)
Foxtrot, 2017. Written and Directed by Samuel Maoz. Starring Lior Ashkenazi, Sarah Adler, Yonaton Shiray, Shira Haas, Yehuda Almagor, and Karin Ugowski. SYNOPSIS: A troubled family faces the facts when something goes terribly wrong at their son’s desolate military post. From its opening frame, it’s evident that Foxtrot (written and directed by Samuel Maoz of […]
SXSW Movie Review – Sorry to Bother You (2018)
Sorry to Bother You, 2018. Directed by Boots Riley. Starring Lakeith Stanfield, Tessa Thompson, Steven Yeun, Armie Hammer, Danny Glover, and David Cross. SYNOPSIS: In an alternate present-day version of Oakland, black telemarketer Cassius Green discovers a magical key to professional success – which propels him into a macabre universe. Being able to attend film […]
Second Opinion – Pacific Rim Uprising (2018)
Pacific Rim Uprising, 2018. Directed by Steven S. DeKnight. Starring John Boyega, Scott Eastwood, Cailee Spaeny, Burn Gorman, Charlie Day, Tian Jing, Jin Zhang, Adria Arjona, and Rinko Kikuchi. SYNOPSIS: A decade has passed since the Kaiju were defeated, but the human race continues to prepare for their inevitable return. When Mako Mori (Rinko Kikuchi) […]
Movie Review – Unsane (2018)
Unsane, 2018. Directed by Steven Soderbergh. Starring Claire Foy, Joshua Leonard, Jay Pharoah, Juno Temple, Polly McKie, Amy Irving, Sarah Stiles, and Matt Damon. SYNOPSIS: A young woman is involuntarily committed to a mental institution, where she is confronted by her greatest fear–but is it real or a product of her delusion? Unsane remains engaging […]
Movie Review – Pacific Rim Uprising (2018)
Pacific Rim Uprising, 2018. Directed by Steven S. DeKnight. Starring John Boyega, Scott Eastwood, Cailee Spaeny, Charlie Day, Rinko Kikuchi, Burn Gorman, Jing Tian, Zhang Jin, Adria Arjona, Karan Brar, Ivanna Sakhno, Shyrley Rodríguez, Levi Meaden, Rahart Adams, Zhu Zhu, Wesley Wong, Lily Ji, and Mackenyu. SYNOPSIS: Jake Pentecost, son of Stacker Pentecost, reunites with […]
SXSW Movie Review – Upgrade (2018)
Upgrade, 2018. Directed by Leigh Whannell. Starring Logan Marshall-Green, Simon Maiden, Betty Gabriel SYNOPSIS: Set in the near-future, technology controls nearly all aspects of life. But when Grey, a self-identified technophobe, has his world turned upside down, his only hope for revenge is an experimental computer chip implant called Stem. There’s a scene in Upgrade […]
Movie Review – Submission (2018)
Submission, 2018. Written and Directed by Richard Levine. Starring Stanley Tucci, Addison Timlin, Janeane Garofalo, Ritchie Coster, Colby Minifie, Jessica Hecht, and Kyra Sedgwick. SYNOPSIS: A cynical college professor takes a keen interest in a talented young writing student. You can’t make an omelet without breaking a few eggs… or something like that as in […]
