Limbo, 2020. Written and directed by Ben Sharrock. Starring Amir El-Masry, Vikash Bhai, and Sidse Babett Knudsen. SYNOPSIS: Omar is a promising young musician. Separated from his Syrian family, he is stuck on a remote Scottish island awaiting the fate of his asylum request. There’s an understandable seriousness and sobriety to most movies chronicling the asylum […]
Movie Review – Undine (2020)
Undine, 2020. Written and directed by Christian Petzold.Starring Paula Beer, Franz Rogowski, Jacob Matschenz, Maryam Zaree, Anne Ratte-Polle, Julia Franz Richter, Rafael Stachowiak, José Barros and Gloria Endres de Oliveira. SYNOPSIS: Undine works as a historian lecturing on Berlin’s urban development. But when the man she loves leaves her, the ancient myth catches up with […]
Movie Review – The Intruder (2020)
The Intruder, 2020. Directed by Natalia Meta. Starring Erica Rivas, Nahuel Pérez Biscayart, Daniel Hendler, Cecilia Roth, Mirta Busnelli and Agustín Rittano. SYNOPSIS: A dubbing artist and singer is plagued by troubling noises and an unravelling mental state in the wake of trauma. There’s an interesting little sub-genre of horror movies and dark thrillers set […]
2020 BFI London Film Festival Review – Another Round
Another Round, 2020 Directed by Thomas Vinterberg. Starring Mads Mikkelsen, Thomas Bo Larsen, Lars Ranthe and Magnus Millang. SYNOPSIS: Four friends, all high school teachers, test a theory that they will improve their lives by maintaining a constant level of alcohol in their blood. ‘It’s not just a film about drinking. Our ambition was to […]
Movie Review – The Trial of the Chicago 7 (2020)
The Trial of the Chicago 7, 2020. Written and Directed by Aaron Sorkin. Starring Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Sacha Baron Cohen, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Michael Keaton, Frank Langella, John Carroll Lynch, Eddie Redmayne, Mark Rylance, Alex Sharp, Jeremy Strong, Daniel Flaherty, and Noah Robbins. SYNOPSIS: In 1969 for one hundred and fifty one days seven men went […]
2020 BFI London Film Festival Review – Notturno
Notturno, 2020. Written and directed by Gianfranco Rosi. SYNOPSIS: Gianfranco Rosi’s new documentary is an immersive portrait of those trying to survive in the war-torn Middle East. Gianfranco Rosi’s (Fire at Sea) new documentary affirms both the strengths and weaknesses of his quasi-observational filmmaking style, delivering a deeply-felt yet flawed collage of life lived on the […]
Movie Review – Ready Player One (2018)
Ready Player One, 2018. Directed by Steven Spielberg. Starring Tye Sheridan, Olivia Cooke, Ben Mendelsohn, Mark Rylance, Simon Pegg, T.J. Miller, Lena Waithe, Hannah John-Kamen, Ralph Ineson, Mckenna Grace, Win Morisaki, Susan Lynch, and Philip Zhao. SYNOPSIS: When the creator of a virtual reality world called the OASIS dies, he releases a video in which he […]
Movie Review – Unfriended (2015)
Unfriended, 2015. Directed by Levan Gabriadze. Starring Shelley Hennig, Moses Jacob Storm, Renee Olstead, Will Peltz, Jacob Wysocki, Courtney Halverson and Heather Sossaman. SYNOPSIS: A group of online chat room friends find themselves haunted by a mysterious, supernatural force using the account of their dead friend. Do you like gimmicks in your movies? How about […]
Movie Review – Batman: The Killing Joke (2016)
Batman: The Killing Joke, 2016. Directed by Sam Liu. Featuring the voice talents of Kevin Conroy, Mark Hamill, Tara Strong, Ray Wise, Maury Sterling, and Robin Atkins Downes. SYNOPSIS: Based on the acclaimed graphic novel of the same name, Batman: The Killing Joke takes a journey into the dark psyche of the Clown Prince of […]
October Horrors 2020 – The Collector (1965)
The Collector, 1965. Directed by William Wyler. Starring Terence Stamp, Samantha Eggers, Mona Washbounre and Maurice Dallimore. SYNOPSIS: Fredrick “Freddy” Clegg a lonely butterfly enthusiast with an unstable mind. After becoming infatuated with young art student Miranda, Freddy kidnaps the girl, storing her in his private dungeon, hoping to convince his victim to fall in […]
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