Sweet Country, 2017. Directed by Warwick Thornton Starring Bryan Brown, Sam Neill, Hamilton Morris, Matt Day, Tremayne Doolan, Trevon Doolan, and Ewen Leslie. SYNOPSIS: In the Northern Territory frontier of Australia in 1920, an Aboriginal farmhand is left in charge of a property while his boss is away. But he shoots a white man in […]
Movie Review – Annihilation (2018)
Annihilation, 2018. Directed by Alex Garland Starring Natalie Portman, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Gina Rodriguez, Tessa Thompson, Tuva Novotny, Oscar Isaac and Benedict Wong. SYNOPSIS: After the disappearance of her husband on a secret mission, biologist Lena assumes he’s dead. His return is a shock and, when he’s taken seriously ill, she decides to follow in […]
Movie Review – The Divine Order (2017)
The Divine Order, 2017. Written and Directed by Petra Volpe. Starring Marie Leuenberger, Maximilian Simonischek, Rachel Braunschweig, Sibylle Brunner, Marta Zoffoli, Bettina Stucky, Ella Rumpf, Sofia Helm, and Nicholas Ofczarek. SYNOPSIS: In 1971, a young Swiss mother and wife helps to raise awareness of the burgeoning local women’s suffrage movement. An informative and entertaining drama, […]
Movie Review – Death Wish (2018)
Death Wish, 2018. Directed by Eli Roth. Starring Bruce Willis, Vincent D’Onofrio, Elisabeth Shue, Camila Morrone, Dean Norris, Beau Knapp, and Kimberly Elise. SYNOPSIS: A family man becomes a vigilante killing machine when his family is violently attacked by robbers. Death Wish (remade by gorehound Eli Roth working from a script by Joe Carnahan based […]
Movie Review – Game Night (2018)
Game Night, 2018. Directed by John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein. Starring Jason Bateman, Rachel McAdams, Kyle Chandler, Sharon Horgan, Billy Magnussen, Lamorne Morris, Kylie Bunbury, Jesse Plemons, Michael C. Hall, Danny Huston, and Chelsea Peretti. SYNOPSIS: A group of friends who meet regularly for game nights find themselves trying to solve a murder mystery. […]
Movie Review – Love, Simon (2018)
Love, Simon, 2018. Directed by Greg Berlanti. Starring Nick Robinson, Josh Duhamel, Jennifer Garner, Alexandra Shipp, Logan Miller, Jorge Lendeborg Jr., Katherine Lang, Miles Heizer, Talitha Bateman, Kelynan Lonsdale, Joey Pollari, Natasha Rothwell, Mackenzie Lintz, Terayle Hill, Tyler Chase, and Tony Hale. SYNOPSIS: Everyone deserves a great love story. But for Simon it’s complicated: no-one […]
DVD Review – Marshall (2017)
Marshall, 2017. Directed by Reginald Hudlin. Starring Chadwick Boseman, Josh Gad, Sterling K Brown, Dan Stevens, Kate Hudson and James Cromwell. SYNOPSIS: In 1941, African-American lawyer Thurgood Marshall defends a black chauffeur accused of raping and attempting to murder his socialite employer. With his client’s life in the balance, Marshall has to join forces with […]
Movie Review – Midnighters (2018)
Midnighters, 2018. Directed by Julius Ramsay, Starring Alex Essoe, Dylan McTee, Ward Horton, and Perla Haney-Jardine. SYNOPSIS: Midnight, New Year’s Eve: when all the hopes of new beginnings come to life – except for Lindsey and Jeff Pittman, whose strained marriage faces the ultimate test after they cover up a terrible crime and find themselves […]
Blu-ray Review – Der Todesking (1990)
Der Todesking, 1990. Directed by Jörg Buttgereit. Starring Hermann Kopp, Heinrich Ebber, Michael Krause, Susanne Betz, Eva-Maria Kurz, and Andreas Doehler. SYNOPSIS: Seven short stories based around the notion of suicide, all from the director of Nekromantik. If ever there was a call for a movie about suicide – and why wouldn’t there be? – […]
Second Opinion – Game Night (2018)
Game Night, 2018. Directed by John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein. Starring Jason Bateman, Rachel McAdams, Kyle Chandler, Sharon Horgan, Billy Magnussen, Lamorne Morris, Kylie Bunbury, Jesse Plemons, Michael C. Hall, Danny Huston, and Chelsea Peretti. SYNOPSIS: A group of friends who meet regularly for game nights finds themselves trying to solve a murder mystery. […]
