The Starling. 2021Directed by Theodore Melfi. Starring Melissa McCarthy, Chris O’Dowd, Kevin Kline, Timothy Olyphant, Daveed Diggs, Skyler Gisondo, Loretta Devine, Laura Harrier, Rosalind Chao, Kimberly Quinn, Veronica Falcón, Scott MacArthur, Emily Tremaine, Cynthy Wu, Tom Everett, Elisabeth Röhm, and Edi Patterson.SYNOPSIS:After Lilly suffers a loss, a combative starling takes nest beside her quiet home. […]
Book Review – Mean… Moody… Magnificent!: Jane Russell and the Marketing of a Hollywood Legend
Rachel Bellwoar reviews Mean… Moody… Magnificent!: Jane Russell and the Marketing of a Hollywood Legend…Ever have that experience where you watch a movie starring an actor you really never paid much attention to before and suddenly all you want to do is find out more about them? For me, that’s what happened after watching the […]
Toronto International Film Festival 2021 Review – The Other Tom
The Other Tom, 2021.Written and directed by Rodrigo Plá and Laura Santullo. Starring Julia Chávez and Israel Rodríguez Bertorelli.SYNOPSIS:A mother risks losing custody of her son when she refuses to continue medicating his ADHD, after an accident alerts her to the drugs’ side-effects.Regular collaborating filmmakers Rodrigo Plá and Laura Santullo team up to deliver an […]
Toronto International Film Festival 2021 Review – Ali & Ava
Ali & Ava, 2021.Written and directed by Clio Barnard. Starring Claire Rushbrook and Adeel Akhtar.SYNOPSIS:Ali and Ava, both lonely for different reasons, meet and sparks fly. Over a lunar month a deep connection begins to grow, despite the legacy of Ava’s past relationship and Ali’s emotional turmoil at the breakdown of his marriage.There’s a huge […]
Comic Book Review – Hellboy and the B.P.R.D 1957: Family Ties
Calum Petrie reviews Hellboy and the B.P.R.D 1957: Family Ties…In this latest issue of Hellboy, Mike Mignola and Chris Roberson take us back to the 1950’s American suburbs of Ohio. The issue is a stand alone adventure and certainly packs a cocktail of story and artwork while delivering a wonderful amount of emotion around a […]
Movie Review – This Is the Night (2021)
This Is the Night, 2021.Written and Directed by James DeMonaco. Starring Lucius Hoyos, Jonah Hauer-King, Naomi Watts, Frank Grillo, Method Man, Bobby Cannavale, River Alexander, Chase Vacnin, Raquel Castro, Madelyn Cline, Daniel Sauli, Mike Massimino, Lea DiMarchi, Cody Fairless-Lee, Isabella Pisacane, Constantine Rousouli, and Frankie Montero.SYNOPSIS:A teenager living in Staten Island during the summer of […]
Toronto International Film Festival 2021 Review – France
France, 2021.Written and directed by Bruno Dumont. Starring Léa Seydoux, Benjamin Biolay, and Blanche Gardin.SYNOPSIS:A celebrity journalist, juggling her busy career and personal life, has her life over-turned by a freak car accident.It’s tough to consider what broader audiences will make of Bruno Dumont’s latest effort, a tri-pronged satire of sensationalist news, social media, and […]
Movie Review – Gunpowder Milkshake (2021)
Gunpowder Milkshake, 2021.Directed by Navot Papushado. Starring Karen Gillan, Lena Headey, Angela Bassett, Paul Giamatti, Michelle Yeoh, Carla Gugino, Freya Allan, Chloe Coleman, Ralph Ineson, Samuel Anderson, Michael Smiley, and Adam Nagaitis.SYNOPSIS:Three generations of women fight back against those who could take everything from them.Gunpowder Milkshake is an adrenaline injection of feminist-driven action living up […]
Toronto International Film Festival 2021 Review – The Survivor
The Survivor, 2021.Directed by Barry Levinson. Starring Ben Foster, Vicky Krieps, Billy Magnussen, Peter Sarsgaard, John Leguizamo, Danny DeVito, Dar Zuzovsky, and Saro Emirze.SYNOPSIS:Harry Haft is a boxer who fought fellow prisoners in the concentration camps to survive. Haunted by the memories and his guilt, he attempts to use high-profile fights against boxing legends like […]
Toronto International Film Festival 2021 Review – Zalava
Zalava, 2021.Co-written and directed by Arsalan Amiri. Starring Navid Pourfaraj, Pouria Rahimi Sam, Hoda Zeinolabedin, Baset Rezaei, Fereydoun Hamedi, and Shaho Rostami.SYNOPSIS:Investigating reports of demonic possessions in a remote village, a skeptical military officer finds his beliefs tested by an enigmatic exorcist.Exorcism movies are a dime-a-dozen, and so this new riff from Arsalan Amiri (Villa […]
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