All These Sons, 2021.Directed by Bing Liu and Joshua Altman.SYNOPSIS:On Chicago’s South and West sides, guns and gangs are destroying countless lives. Two men dedicate their lives to educating, empowering, and healing young Black men at high risk for being victims – or perpetrators – of deadly gun violence.Oscar-nominated Minding the Gap filmmaker Bing Liu […]
October Horrors 2021 – The Sixth Sense (1999)
The Sixth Sense, 1999.Directed by M. Night Shyamalan. Starring Bruce Willis, Hayley Joel Osment, Toni Collette, Olivia Williams and Donnie Wahlberg.SYNOPSIS:A child psychologist, seeking to redeem himself after failing a past patient, attempts to help a young boy who claims he can see the dead.It’s easy to poke fun at writer/director M. Night Shyamalan nowadays. […]
Comic Book Review – Wonder Wonder: 80 Years of the Amazon Warrior Deluxe Edition
Ricky Church reviews Wonder Wonder: 80 Years of the Amazon Warrior Deluxe Edition…This year marks a big milestone for DC’s superheroine Wonder Woman as she celebrates the 80th anniversary of her introduction into comics. Much like the 80th anniversaries of Superman, Batman, Robin and other heroes, DC has released Wonder Woman: 80 Years of The […]
57th Chicago International Film Festival Capsule Review – Dune
Dune. 2021Directed by Denis Villeneuve Starring Timothée Chalamet, Rebecca Ferguson, Oscar Isaac, Zendaya, Jason Momoa, Stellan Skarsgård, Stephen McKinley Henderson, Josh Brolin, Javier Bardem, Sharon Duncan-Brewster, Chang Chen, Dave Bautista, David Dastmalchian, Charlotte Rampling, Babs Olusanmokun, and Benjamin ClémentineSYNOPSIS:Feature adaptation of Frank Herbert’s science fiction novel, about the son of a noble family entrusted with […]
2021 BFI London Film Festival Review – Ron’s Gone Wrong
Ron’s Gone Wrong, 2021.Directed by Sarah Smith and Jean-Philippe Vine. Featuring the voice talents of Jack Dylan Grazer, Zach Galifianakis, Olivia Colman, Ed Helms, Justice Smith, Rob Delaney, Kylie Cantrall and Ricardo Hurtado.SYNOPSIS:A middle school child bonds with the faulty robot he is gifted by his father, even as the tech company behind it tries […]
57th Chicago International Film Festival Capsule Review – Cow
Cow, 2021.Directed by Andrea Arnold.SYNOPSIS:A close-up portrait of the daily lives of two cows.One of the first of many prolonged shots in Andrea Arnold’s Cow (making her documentary debut, most known for incredible directorial efforts such as Fish Tank and American Honey) stays on a female cow that has just given birth to a calf. […]
Movie Review – Hard Luck Love Song (2021)
Hard Luck Love Song, 2021.Directed by Justin Corsbie. Starring Michael Dorman, Sophia Bush, RZA, Dermot Mulroney, Eric Roberts, and Brian Sacca.SYNOPSIS:A gritty love story about a charismatic but down-on-his-luck troubadour living out of cheap motels and making bad decisions.Hard Luck Love Song opens up on Michael Dorman’s, a bloodied and beaten sight for sore eyes, […]
October Horrors 2021 – The Stepfather (1987)
The Stepfather, 1987.Directed by Joseph Ruben. Starring Terry O’Quinn, Jill Schoelen, Shelley Hack, Charles Lanyer, Stephen Sullivan and Stephen E. Miller.SYNOPSIS:Jerry Blake marries into a new family and all seems well. However, his new stepdaughter Stephanie begins to suspect that Jerry is hiding a dark and terrifying secret.Step-parents, the awkward strangers who enter our lives […]
Movie Review – Needle in a Timestack (2021)
Needle in a Timestack, 2021.Directed by John Ridley. Starring Leslie Odom Jr., Cynthia Erivo, Freida Pinto, Orlando Bloom, Laysla De Oliveira, Alessandro Juliani, James Kirk, Hiro Kanagawa, Ulka Simone Mohanty, Gourav Shah, Kaylah Zander, Elizabeth Weinstein, Natalie D’Amico, Charles Singh, Samantha Hum, and Jadyn Wong.SYNOPSIS:Nick and Janine live in marital bliss until Janine’s ex-husband warps […]
Movie Review – The Harder They Fall (2021)
The Harder They Fall, 2021.Directed by Jeymes Samuel. Starring Jonathan Majors, Idris Elba, Zazie Beetz, Delroy Lindo, LaKeith Stanfield, Danielle Deadwyler, Edi Gathegi, R.J. Cyler, Damon Wayans Jr., Deon Cole, and Regina King.SYNOPSIS:Nat Love (Jonathan Majors) is an outlaw for the common man. Stealing from those who do the heavy lifting, he is at loggerheads […]
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