Homeroom, 2021. Directed by Peter Nicks. SYNOPSIS: Oakland as a tantalising case study. In a city that struggles with rising crime and health care woes, its public school systems aren’t exactly equipped to prepare youth for the travails of young adulthood. Director Peter Nicks’ (Waiting Room, The Force) observational documentary Homeroom affords a group of youngsters the […]
Marvel’s WandaVision – Episode 4 Review
Martin Carr reviews the fourth episode of Marvel’s WandaVision… We are not in Kansas anymore, as Marvel goes full Cinematic Universe with added Easter eggs. Using flashback to tie things together, WandaVision broadens the narrative canvas, introduces new chess pieces into play and goes more than a little meta. Links are forged to entries in […]
2021 Sundance Film Festival Review – Human Factors
Human Factors, 2021. Written and directed by Ronny Trocker. Starring Sabine Timoteo, Mark Waschke, Jule Hermann, Wanja Valentin Kube, Hannes Perkmann, and Daniel Séjourné. SYNOPSIS: A mysterious home invasion triggers a shake in the core of a cosmopolitan middle-class family and unveils the fragility of truth and the power of individual perspective. Middle-class malaise is […]
2021 Sundance Film Festival Review – CODA
CODA, 2021. Directed by Sian Heder. Starring Emilia Jones, Marlee Matlin, Troy Kotsur, Daniel Durant, Ferdia Walsh-Peelo, and Eugenio Derbez. SYNOPSIS: A hearing child in a deaf family finds herself torn between pursuing her love of music and her family’s reliance on her to be their connection to the outside world. Sitting down for my […]
2021 Sundance Film Festival Review – In the Same Breath
In the Same Breath, 2021. Directed by Nanfu Wang. SYNOPSIS: How did the Chinese government turn pandemic cover ups in Wuhan into a triumph for the Communist party? If documentaries about ongoing subjects have a tendency to age poorly, that’s unlikely to hold true for Nanfu Wang’s (One Child Nation) monumental deep-dive into the beginnings of […]
2021 Sundance Film Festival Review – One for the Road
One for the Road, 2021. Co-written and directed by Baz Poonpiriya. Starring Tor Thanapob, Ice Natara, Violette Wautier, Aokbab Chutimon, Ploi Horwang, and Noon Siraphun. SYNOPSIS: Boss, a high-end club owner living in New York, receives a call from his friend in Thailand, Aood, revealing he is in the last stages of terminal cancer. Director Baz […]
2021 Sundance Film Festival Review – Seeds of Deceit
Shaun Munro reviews the Sundance premiere of Dutch documentary series Seeds of Deceit… Miriam Guttmann’s three-part documentary series premiering at Sundance could so easily have lent its inherently scandalous subject matter a trashy, tabloid-y treatment, yet Guttman opts instead for robust restraint, foregrounding the stories of abuse victims over the mythology of their abuser. Jan […]
Comic Book Review – The Witcher: Fading Memories #3
Calum Petrie reviews The Witcher: Fading Memories #3… The mystery of Badreine, a case of unnatural and hard to explain events, has caught the attention of Geralt of Rivia. The further down the rabbit hole he goes, the more the mystery comes to truth, yet the tighter his predicament becomes. The last issue revealed the […]
The Expanse Season 5 Episode 9 Review – ‘Winnipesaukee’
Ricky Church reviews the penultimate episode of The Expanse season 5… The penultimate episode of The Expanse‘s fifth season was an exciting episode that had a nice balance of character moments, action, plot progression and examination of the season’s central themes. There was still set-up involved for next week’s finale, but unlike last week’s episode […]
Movie Review – Pinocchio (2019)
Pinocchio, 2019. Directed by Matteo Garrone. Starring Federico Ielapi, Roberto Benigni, Marine Vacth, Massimo Ceccherini and Rocco Papaleo. SYNOPSIS: Old woodcarver Geppetto’s puppet creation, Pinocchio, magically comes to life with dreams of becoming a real boy. Easily led astray, Pinocchio tumbles from one misadventure to another as he is tricked, kidnapped and chased by bandits. […]
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