Martin Carr reviews the season 3 finale of American Gods… Seedy summit meetings attended by undesirable people of power happen every day. A gathering of individuals with opposing ideologies come together in order to gain an advantage. Agendas are cloaked, intentions diverse and wriggle room minimal. In the aftermath of Laura Moon’s assassination attempt diplomacy […]
2021 SXSW Film Festival Review – The End of Us
The End of Us, 2021. Directed by Henry Loevner and Steven Kanter. Starring Ben Coleman, Ali Vingiano, Derrick DeBlasis, Gadiel Del Orbe, Kate Peterman, Colin Weatherby, Caroline Kwan, Will Neff, Jesse Benjamin, and Claudia Restrepo. SYNOPSIS: After a savage breakup, two exes must continue living together when California issues its stay-at-home order for COVID-19. Now they’ll […]
Movie Review – The Eight Hundred (2020)
The Eight Hundred, 2020. Directed by Guan Hu. Starring Huang Zhizhong, Zhang Junyi, Du Chun, Oho Ou and Tang Yixin. SYNOPSIS: In 1937, a few hundred Chinese soldiers are tasked with defending a Shanghai warehouse from invading Japanese forces. There were many strange and unusual things about 2020 but, for movie fans, one of the […]
2021 SXSW Film Festival Review – Through the Plexi-Glass: The Last Days of the San Jose
Through the Plexi-Glass: The Last Days of the San Jose, 2021. Directed by Liz Lambert. SYNOPSIS: Tells the story of a real estate deal’s unexpected detour – one that sparked the gentrification of Austin’s hippest neighborhood – and reveals layers of knotty, unanswerable questions, all more relevant than ever today. Can a documentary still be […]
Amazon Review – Invincible
Martin Carr reviews Amazon’s new adult animated superhero series Invincible… The voice cast on this animated adaptation is outstanding. If this was live action rather than pixel and pen line drawings, some cheque books would be swung wide accommodating the cost of catering alone. Co-created by Robert Kirkman, famed for both The Walking Dead and […]
2021 SXSW Film Festival Review – Luchadoras
Luchadoras, 2021. Directed by Paola Calvo and Patrick Jasim. SYNOPSIS: The courageous female wrestlers of Ciudad Juárez, a city known for its high murder rate against women – who fight in the ring and in their daily lives to redefine the image of what it means to be a woman in Mexico. While the overwhelming […]
2021 SXSW Film Festival Review – Islands
Islands, 2021. Directed by Martin Edralin. Starring Rogelio Balagtas, Sheila Lotuaco, Esteban Comilang, Vangie Alcasid, Pablo Quiogue, Isys Szuky, and Maximus Szuky. SYNOPSIS: Joshua, a shy middle-aged Filipino immigrant, has lived in the comfort of his parents’ home his entire life. As their health declines he longs for a partner, terrified of being alone after […]
2021 SXSW Film Festival Review – The Lost Sons
The Lost Sons, 2021. Directed by Ursula Macfarlane. SYNOPSIS: 1960s Chicago, a baby is kidnapped from a hospital. Fifteen months later, a toddler is abandoned. Could he be the same baby? Ursula Macfarlane’s (Untouchable) new documentary certainly doesn’t leave viewers wanting for scandal, yet its intertwined tableau of stories and identities also feels worthy of […]
Movie Review – Zack Snyder’s Justice League (2021)
Zack Snyder’s Justice League, 2021. Directed by Zack Snyder. Starring Ben Affleck, Henry Cavill, Gal Gadot, Jason Momoa, Ezra Miller, Ray Fisher, Amy Adams, Jeremy Irons, Connie Nielsen, Diane Lane, J.K. Simmons, Ciarán Hinds, Amber Heard, Joe Morton, Ray Porter, Jesse Eisenberg, Jared Leto, Joe Manganiello, Willem Dafoe, Robin Wright, Kiersey Clemons, Peter Guinness, Harry […]
2021 SXSW Film Festival Review – Women Is Losers
Women Is Losers, 2021. Written and directed by Lissette Feliciano. Starring Lorenza Izzo, Bryan Craig, Chrissie Fit, Simu Liu, Steven Bauer, Liza Weil, Cranston Johnson, Alejandra Miranda, Shalim Ortiz, and Lincoln Bonilla. SYNOPSIS: In 1960s San Francisco, a once-promising catholic school girl, Celina Guerrera, sets out to rise above the oppression of poverty and invest […]
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