Martin Carr reviews Invasion on Apple TV+… The word Invasion feels implicitly threatening. It suggests solid characters in crisis, an impending threat of global significance and most importantly conflict. Marauding alien lifeforms, threats to life and limb and earthly upheaval should all be on the cards. Some light vivisection and flashes of operating table mayhem might also […]
October Horrors 2021 – M (1931)
M, 1931. Directed by Fritz Lang. Starring Peter Lorre, Otto Wernicke, Gustaf Grundgens, Ellen Widmann, Inge Landgut and Theodor Loos. SYNOPSIS: In Berlin, several children fall victim to a serial killer. With pressure mounting from a terrified city, both the police and the criminal underworld launch their own hunts for the killer before he can […]
57th Chicago International Film Festival Capsule Review – Belfast
Belfast, 2021. Written and Directed by Kenneth Branagh. Starring Jude Hill, Jamie Dornan, Caitriona Balfe, Judi Dench, Ciarán Hinds, Lara McDonnell, Gerard Horan, Turlough Convery, Gerard McCarthy, Bríd Brennan, Sid Sagar, Colin Morgan, and Olive Tennant. SYNOPSIS: Buddy is a young boy on the cusp of adolescence, whose life is filled with familial love, childhood […]
Video Review – Dune: The Unadaptable Story Fails Again
EJ Moreno with a video review of Denis Villeneuve’s Dune… Denis Villeneuve returns with another adaptation of a cult classic ’80s project, and it’s just as hollow as his previous film. Dune is quite stunning to look at but offers barely anything under the surface level. Is it a problem from the source material, or […]
October Horrors 2021 – Possum (2018)
Possum, 2018. Directed by Matthew Holness. Starring Sean Harris, Alun Armstrong, Simon Bubb, Andy Blithe, and Pamela Cook. SYNOPSIS: A disgraced puppeteer returns to his home town to confront his cruel uncle and their shared traumatic past. Earlier this month we took a look at Garth Marenghi’s Darkplace, a hilarious cult TV series that affectionately […]
2021 BFI London Film Festival – The Power of the Dog
The Power of the Dog, 2021. Directed by Jane Campion. Starring Benedict Cumberbatch, Jesse Plemons, Kirsten Dunst, Kodi Smit-McPhee and Thomasin McKenzie. SYNOPSIS: A rancher torments his brother’s new stepson as they work in the sweltering environment of the American West. Jane Campion rewards those who are willing to wait for her. It has been […]
57th Chicago International Film Festival Capsule Review – Petite Maman
Petite Maman, 2021. Written and Directed by Céline Sciamma. Starring Joséphine Sanz, Gabrielle Sanz, Nina Meurisse, Stéphane Varupenne, and Margot Abascal. SYNOPSIS: Nelly has just lost her grandmother and is helping her parents clean out her mother’s childhood home. She explores the house and the surrounding woods. One day she meets a girl her same […]
Movie Review – Dear Evan Hansen (2021)
Dear Evan Hansen, 2021. Directed by Stephen Chbosky. Starring Ben Platt, Amy Adams, Kaitlyn Dever, Julianne Moore, Amandla Stenberg, Nik Dodani, Colton Ryan, Danny Pino, DeMarius R. Copes, Isaac Powell, Liza Kate, Avery Bederman, and Gerald Caesar. SYNOPSIS: Film adaptation of the Tony and Grammy Award-winning musical about Evan Hansen, a high school senior with […]
Movie Review – The Boss Baby 2: Family Business (2021)
The Boss Baby: Family Business, 2021. Directed by Tom McGrath. Featuring the voice talents of Alec Baldwin, James Marsden, Jeff Goldblum, Eva Longoria, Lisa Kudrow, Jimmy Kimmel, Amy Sedaris, Ariana Greenblatt, and James McGrath. SYNOPSIS: The Templeton brothers have become adults and drifted away from each other, but a new boss baby with a cutting-edge […]
Movie Review – Cryptozoo (2021)
Cryptozoo, 2021. Directed by Dash Shaw and Jane Samborski. Featuring the voice talents of Lake Bell, Michael Cera, Alex Karpovsky, Zoe Kazan, Louisa Krause, Angeliki Papoulia, Thomas Jay Ryan, Peter Stormare, Grace Zabriskie, Emily Davis, Irene Muscara, Owen K. Price, Joce Soubiran, Rajesh Parameswaran, and Ami Patel. SYNOPSIS: Cryptozookeepers try to capture a Baku, a […]
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