A Common Crime, 2020.Co-written and directed by Francisco Márquez. Starring Elisa Carricajo, Mecha Martínez, and Eliot Otazo.SYNOPSIS:Cecilia is a sociology teacher. One night the son of her maid desperately knocks on the door of her house. She doesn’t open. The next day, his body shows up murdered by the police. Cecilia begins to be haunted by […]
Movie Review – Never Gonna Snow Again (2020)
Never Gonna Snow Again, 2020.Directed by Malgorzata Szumowska and Michal Englert. Starring Alec Utgoff, Maja Ostaszewska, Agata Kulesza, Weronika Rosati, Katarzyna Figura, Lukasz Simlat, Andrzej Chyra, Krzysztof Czeczot, Astrid Nanowska, Wojciech Starostecki, Maciej Drosio and Olaf Marchwicki.SYNOPSIS:Zhenia, a Russian-speaking immigrant from the East, works as a masseur in Poland and becomes a guru-like figure in […]
Movie Review – Mogul Mowgli (2020)
Mogul Mowgli, 2020.Directed by Bassam Tariq. Starring Riz Ahmed, Alyy Khan, Anjana Vasan, Aiysha Hart, Kiran Sonia Sawar, Abdul Hakim Joy, Hussain Manawer, Nabhaan Rizwan, Sudha Bhuchar, Ali Barouti, Mitesh Soni, Jeff Mirza, Khariis Ubiaro and Afraz Hussain.SYNOPSIS:A British-Pakistani rapper is on the cusp of his first world tour, but is struck down by an […]
2020 BFI London Film Festival Review – Rose: A Love Story
Rose: A Love Story, 2020.Directed by Jennifer Sheridan. Starring Sophie Rundle, Matt Stokoe, and Olive Gray.SYNOPSIS:Gripped by a violent, terrifying illness, Rose lives in seclusion with her husband, but the arrival of a stranger shatters the fragile refuge they have built.Isolation is very much the theme of 2020 in a uniquely global sense, and it goes […]
Movie Review – The Kid Detective (2020)
The Kid Detective, 2020.Written and Directed by Evan Morgan. Starring Adam Brody, Peter MacNeill, Maurice Dean Wint, Kaitlyn Chalmers-Rizzato, Sarah Sutherland, Wendy Crewson, Jonathan Whittaker, Sophie Nélisse, Tzi Ma, Amalia Williamson, Jesse Noah Gruman, Marcus Zane, Lisa Truong, Sharon Crandall, Sophia Webster, Kira Gelineau, Dallas Edwards, Avery Esteves, and Bethanie Ho.SYNOPSIS:A once-celebrated kid detective, now […]
Movie Review – One Night in Miami (2020)
One Night in Miami, 2020.Directed by Regina King. Starring Kingsley Ben-Adir, Leslie Odom Jr., Eli Goree, Aldis Hodge, Lance Reddick, Joaquina Kalukango and Christian Magby.SYNOPSIS:Four icons of Black history in America meet in a hotel room to celebrate 22-year-old Cassius Clay’s surprise world heavyweight championship victory over Sonny Liston.On paper, a project like One Night […]
2020 BFI London Film Festival Review – Bloody Nose, Empty Pockets
Bloody Nose, Empty Pockets, 2020.Directed by Bill Ross IV and Turner Ross. Starring Peter Elwell, Michael Martin, and Shay Walker.SYNOPSIS:A look at the final moments of a Las Vegas dive bar called The Roaring 20s.The term “slice of life” rarely applies more aptly than it does in Bill Ross IV and Turner Ross’s quasi-documentary Bloody Nose, […]
October Horrors 2020 – Maniac (2012)
Maniac, 2012.Directed by Franck Khalfoun. Starring Elijah Wood, Nora Arnezeder, Jan Broberg, Liane Balaban and America Olivo.SYNOPSIS:Frank Zito, a lonely and mentally disturbed young man, terrorises the city of Los Angeles with a vicious killing spree.When I started this series back in 2016, one of the first films I looked at was Maniac, a controversial […]
Movie Review – Honest Thief (2020)
Honest Thief, 2020.Directed by Mark Williams. Starring Liam Neeson, Kate Walsh, Jai Courtney, Jeffrey Donovan, Anthony Ramos, and Robert Patrick.SYNOPSIS:Wanting to lead an honest life, a notorious bank robber turns himself in, only to be double-crossed by two ruthless FBI agents.Honest Thief opens with a montage of Liam Neeson’s military veteran turned career criminal demonstrating […]
Movie Review – Supernova (2020)
Supernova, 2020.Written and directed by Harry Macqueen. Starring Stanley Tucci, Colin Firth, Lori Campbell, James Dreyfus, Ian Drysdale, Daneka Etchells, Pippa Haywood, Peter MacQueen, Nina Marlin, Tina Louise Owens, John Alan Roberts and Sarah Woodward.SYNOPSIS:Sam and Tusker are traveling across England in their old RV to visit friends, family and places from their past. Since […]
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