Justin Cook reviews the series premiere of Chucky from New York Comic Con… As lights dimmed on New York Comic Con’s Empire Stage and Brad Dourif’s coarse, crude voice rang out across the crowded auditorium to introduce the first episode of Chucky, it was hard not to reflect on the franchise’s legacy — namely, how […]
2021 BFI London Film Festival Review – Spencer
Spencer, 2021. Directed by Pablo Larrain. Starring Kristen Stewart, Timothy Spall, Jack Nielen, Freddie Spry, Jack Farthing, Sean Harris, Stella Gonet, Amy Manson and Sally Hawkins. SYNOPSIS: Diana, Princess of Wales (Kristen Stewart) is spending three days at Sandringham Palace with her husband and family, as tradition dictates. This is a snapshot of life within […]
2021 BFI London Film Festival Review – The French Dispatch
The French Dispatch, 2021. Directed by Wes Anderson. Starring Bill Murray, Timothée Chalamet, Tilda Swinton, Benicio del Toro, Owen Wilson, Frances McDormand, Adrien Brody, Léa Seydoux, Jeffrey Wright, Willem Dafoe, Saoirse Ronan, Edward Norton and Lyna Khoudri. SYNOPSIS: A series of stories taken from the pages of an eclectic newspaper, tracing student protests, prison art […]
October Horrors 2021 – The Hills Have Eyes (1977)
The Hills Have Eyes, 1977. Directed by Wes Craven. Starring Susan Lanier, Robert Houston, Martin Speer, Dee Wallace, Russ Grieve, John Steadman, Michael Berryman and Virginia Vincent. SYNOPSIS: A family on a road trip take a detour into a barren stretch of the Nevada desert where they quickly become the prey of a violent family […]
Movie Review – Ron’s Gone Wrong (2021)
Ron’s Gone Wrong, 2021. Directed by Sarah Smith and Jean-Philippe Vine. Featuring the voice talents of Zach Galifianakis, Jack Dylan Grazer, Olivia Colman, Ed Helms, Justice Smith, Rob Delaney, Kylie Cantrall, and Ricardo Hurtado. SYNOPSIS: The story of Barney, an awkward middle-schooler, and Ron, his new walking, talking, digitally connected device. Ron’s malfunctions set against […]
Movie Review – Knocking (2021)
Knocking, 2021. Directed by Frida Kempff. Starring Cecilia Milocco, Krister Kern, Albin Grenholm, Ville Virtanen, and Alexander Salzberger. SYNOPSIS: A woman leaves a psychiatric ward after a nervous breakdown, only to start hearing mysterious knocking sounds in her apartment. Frida Kempff’s feature debut Knocking boasts a premise sure to swiftly attract the attention of anyone who’s ever […]
Movie Review – John and the Hole (2021)
John and the Hole, 2021. Directed by Pascual Sisto. Starring Charlie Shotwell, Taissa Farmiga, Jennifer Ehle, Michael C. Hall, Lucien Spelman, Ben O’Brien, Georgia Lyman, Samantha LeBretton, and Tamara Hickey. SYNOPSIS: A coming-of-age psychological thriller that plays out the unsettling reality of a kid who holds his family captive in a hole in the ground. […]
2021 BFI London Film Festival Review – 7 Days
7 Days, 2021. Directed by Roshan Sethi. Starring Geraldine Viswanathan, Karan Soni, Gita Reddy, Zenobia Shroff and Mark Duplass. SYNOPSIS: After being set up by their parents, a man and a woman on a date are forced to isolate together when the COVID-19 pandemic strikes. We’re going to see a lot of films like 7 […]
2021 BFI London Film Festival Review – Azor
Azor, 2021. Directed by Andreas Fontana. Starring Fabrizio Rongione, Stéphanie Cléau, Juan Pablo Geretto and Elli Medeiros. SYNOPSIS: A Swiss banker takes over accounts in Argentina from his colleague in the 1980s, finding himself forced to navigate the complex, febrile politics of a military junta. Dark, murky intrigue is the order of the day when […]
57th Chicago International Film Festival Capsule Review – The Beta Test
The Beta Test, 2021. Directed by Jim Cummings. Starring Jim Cummings, Virginia Newcomb, PJ McCabe, Kevin Changaris, Olivia Grace Applegate, Jessie Barr, Malin Barr, Jacqueline Doke, Wilky Lau, Grant Rosenmeyer, Laura Coover, and Keith Powell. SYNOPSIS: A married Hollywood agent receives a mysterious letter for an anonymous sexual encounter and becomes ensnared in a sinister […]
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