Gringo, 2018. Directed by Nash Edgerton. Starring David Oyelowo, Charlize Theron, Joel Edgerton, Amanda Seyfried, Thandie Newton, Harry Treadaway, Yul Vazquez, Melonie Diaz, Bashir Salahuddin, Theo Taplitz, Paris Jackson, Hernán Mendoza, Hector Kotsifakis, Alan Ruck, Kenneth Choi, and Sharlto Copley. SYNOPSIS: A dark comedy mixed with white-knuckle action and dramatic intrigue explores the battle of […]
Movie Review – The Strangers: Prey at Night (2018)
The Strangers: Prey at Night, 2018. Directed by Johannes Roberts. Starring Christina Hendricks, Bailee Madison, Martin Henderson, Lewis Pullman, Emma Bellomy, Damian Maffel, and Lea Enslin. SYNOPSIS: A family staying in a secluded mobile home park for the night are visited by three masked psychopaths, to test their every limit. Dollface, Pin-up Girl, and the […]
Movie Review – Mom and Dad (2018)
Mom and Dad, 2018. Written and directed by Brian Taylor. Starring Nicolas Cage, Selma Blair, Anne Winters, Zackary Arthur, Olivia Crocicchia, Robert T. Cunningham, and Lance Henriksen. SYNOPSIS: A strange hysteria spreads over parents in a suburban community, causing them to stalk and kill their children in a psychotic rage. It’s obvious to just about […]
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 – The Energy Within (2017)
The Energy Within, 2017. Directed by Samuel de Ceccatty. Starring Stefanie Reid, Daniel Adegboyega, Marie-Helene Boyd, Aasiya Shah, and Suzy Bastone. SYNOPSIS: After recently recovering from an accident that cost her leg, a professional athlete aims to get her life and running career back on track. Based on her own real-life experiences, The Energy Within stars Paralympian Stefanie Reid in […]
Movie Review – Sweet Country (2017)
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. […]
