The Third Murder, 2017. Written and directed by Hirokazu Koreeda. Starring Masaharu Fukuyama, Kôji Yakusho, Suzu Hirose, Shinnosuke Mitsushima, Mikako Ichikawa, and Izumi Matsuoka. SYNOPSIS: A leading attorney takes on the defense of a murder-robbery suspect who was convicted for another murder 30 years ago. The chances of winning the case seem low – the client freely admits his guilt, despite […]
Movie Review – Unsane (2018)
Unsane (2018) Directed by Steven Soderbergh Starring Claire Foy, Juno Temple, Jay Pharoah, Joshua Leonard and Polly McKie. SYNOPSIS: Financial analyst Sawyer (Claire Foy) has just started a job in city where she knows nobody. After a sudden panic attack, she seeks counselling at a local clinic but finds herself admitted as a patient. She […]
Movie Review – As Far as the Eye Can See (2018)
As Far as the Eye Can See, 2018. Directed by David Franklin. Starring Jason London, Danny Mora, Luci Christian, Jenni Tooley, and Gary Teague. SYNOPSIS: Jack Ridge is a former piano prodigy living on a farm he has let go to seed. He’s living in the past, but the future is coming for him. Southern […]
Blu-ray Review – Images (1972)
Images, 1972. Directed by Robert Altman. Starring Susannah York, Cathryn Harrison, Hugh Millais, Rene Auberjonois, and Marcel Bozzuffi. SYNOPSIS: A schizophrenic housewife has visions of different people in her life and starts to kill them off, not being sure if they are real or not. Essentially, Images is a horror film from a director not […]
Second Opinion – Flower (2018)
Flower, 2018. Directed by Max Winkler Starring Zoey Deutch, Joey Morgan, Adam Scott, Tim Heidecker, and Kathryn Hahn. SYNOPSIS: A sexually curious teen forms an unorthodox kinship with her mentally unstable stepbrother. Flower is as unstable a ride as many of the characters that inhabit it, so let’s just start at the beginning which sees […]
Movie Review – I Kill Giants (2018)
I Kill Giants, 2018. Directed by Anders Walter. Starring Madison Wolfe, Sydney Wade, Zoe Saldana, Imogen Poots, Noel Clarke, Rory Jackson, Ciara O’Callaghan, and Jennifer Ehle. SYNOPSIS: Barbara Thorson struggles through life by escaping into a fantasy life of magic and monsters. I Kill Giants, while a decent debut full-length feature from director Anders Walter […]
Second Opinion – Tomb Raider (2018)
Tomb Raider, 2018. Directed by Roar Uthaug. Starring Alicia Vikander, Dominic West, Walton Goggins, Daniel Wu, Derek Jacobi, Kristin Scott Thomas, Hannah John-Kamen, and Nick Frost. SYNOPSIS: Lara Croft, the fiercely independent daughter of a missing adventurer, must push herself beyond her limits when she finds herself on the island where her father disappeared. Movies […]
SXSW Movie Review – Hereditary (2018)
Hereditary, 2018. Directed by Ari Aster. Starring Toni Collette, Gabriel Byrne, Ann Dowd, Milly Shapiro, and Alex Wolff. SYNOPSIS: When Ellen, the matriarch of the Graham family, passes away, her daughter’s family begins to unravel cryptic and increasingly terrifying secrets about their ancestry. The more they discover, the more they find themselves trying to outrun […]
Movie Review – Killing Gunther (2017)
Killing Gunther, 2017. Written and Directed by Taran Killam. Starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Cobie Smulders, Allison Tolman, Hannah Simone, Taran Killam, Bobby Moynihan, Ryan Gaul, Amir Talai, and Aaron Yoo. SYNOPSIS: A team of professional assassins plan to take down the greatest contract killer on record. Every moment is captured by a documentary crew as their world begins […]
Movie Review – Big Fish & Begonia (2016)
Big Fish & Begonia, 2016. Directed by Xuan Liang and Chun Zhang Featuring the voice talents of Guanlin Ji, Shangqing Su, Timmy Xu, Shulan Pan, Yuanyuan Zhang, Jiu’er, Lifang Xue, and Jie Zhang. SYNOPSIS: Big Fish & Begonia unfolds in a world underneath the sea inhabited by spirits who control the time, tides, and seasons […]
