The Death Of Stalin, 2017. Directed by Armando Iannucci. Starring Simon Russell Beale, Steve Buscemi, Jeffrey Tambor, Andrea Riseborough, Jason Isaacs, Paddy Considine, Michael Palin, and Paul Whitehouse. SYNOPSIS: The leader of the Soviet Union, Stalin, has the entire country in his grip and rules through fear. Then he dies suddenly, throwing the regime into […]
October Horrors 2017 Day 16 – Martin (1978)
Martin, 1978. Directed by George A. Romero. Starring John Amplas, Lincoln Maazel, Christine Forrest, and Tom Savini. SYNOPSIS: A young man by the name of Martin lives a life of alienation and loneliness, spending his days working as a delivery boy for a distant relative. Martin is also a vampire, prowling the streets at night […]
Movie Review – Brawl In Cell Block 99 (2017)
Brawl In Cell Block 99, 2017. Directed by S. Craig Zahler. Starring Vince Vaughn, Jennifer Carpenter, Don Johnson, Udo Kier and Marc Blucas. SYNOPSIS: After losing his job, a former boxer starts working for a local drug dealer. When a deal goes sour, he’s held responsible by the cartel involved and can’t escape them when […]
Movie Review – Goodbye Christopher Robin (2017)
Goodbye Christopher Robin, 2017. Directed by Simon Curtis. Starring Domhnall Gleeson, Margot Robbie, Kelly Macdonald, Will Tilston, Stephen Campbell Moore, Richard McCabe, Vicki Pepperdine, Phoebe Waller-Bridge, and Alex Lawther. SYNOPSIS: A behind-the-scenes look at the life of author A.A. Milne and the creation of the Winnie the Pooh stories inspired by his son C.R. Milne. Realistically, the most gracious […]
Blu-ray Review – Miracle Mile (1988)
Miracle Mile, 1988. Directed by Steve De Jarnatt. Starring Anthony Edwards, Mare Winningham, Denise Crosby, John Agar, Lou Hancock, Mykelti Williamson, and Kurt Fuller. SYNOPSIS: After answering a pay phone at four in the morning and hearing a message warning of all-out nuclear war, a young man must find his new love and try and […]
October Horrors 2017 Day 15 – Carrie (1976)
Carrie, 1976. Directed by Brian De Palma. Starring Sissy Spacek, Piper Laurie, Nancy Allen, William Katt, Amy Irving and John Travolta. SYNOPSIS: Carrie White is a shy teenager who endures a daily ritual of bullying from her classmates who torment her mercilessly at school, while also being subjective to repeated abuse from her religious fanatic […]
Movie Review – Jungle (2017)
Jungle, 2017. Directed by Greg McLean. Starring Daniel Radcliffe, Thomas Kretschmann, Alex Russel, Joel Jackson, Lily Sullivan, and Yasmin Kassim. SYNOPSIS: A group of friends join a guide for a trek into the Bolivian jungle, searching for an Indian village. The men soon realize that the jungle is a difficult place to be. Seeing as […]
61st BFI London Film Festival Review – Veronica (2017)
Veronica, 2017. Directed by Paco Plaza. Starring Sandra Escacena, Bruna Gonzalez, and Claudia Pacer. SYNOPSIS: Madrid, 1991. A teen girl finds herself besieged by an evil supernatural force after she played Ouija with two classmates. In 2007 Spanish director Paco Plaza obliterated audiences’ nerves with found-footage zombie horror REC. Co-directed by Jaume Balaguero the movie […]
61st BFI London Film Festival Review – The Florida Project (2017)
The Florida Project 2017 Directed by Sean Baker Starring Bria Vinaite, Brooklynn Prince, Valeria Cotto, Willem Dafoe, Caleb Landry Jones and Macon Blair. SYNOPSIS: In the shadow of Disney World is a motel called The Magic Castle. Among the residents is six year old Moonee, who spends the summer months getting into mischief with her […]
Movie Review – The Ritual (2017)
The Ritual, 2017. Directed by David Bruckner. Starring Rafe Spall, Robert James-Collier, Arsher Ali, Sam Troughton and Paul Reid. SYNOPSIS: A group of college friends reunite for a trip to the forest, but encounter a menacing presence in the woods that’s stalking them. After their friend is tragically killed during a robbery, 4 of his […]
