Cure, 1997.Directed by Kiyoshi Kurosawa. Starring Koji Yakusho, Masato Hagiwara, Tsuyoshi Ujiki and Anna Nakagawa.SYNOPSIS:Detective Takabe is perplexed by a series of grisly murders in which the perpetrators claim to have no memory of the crime. While seemingly random and unrelated, the murders all share one common trait, the carving of the letter ‘X’ into […]
2020 BFI London Film Festival Review – Supernova
Supernova, 2020.Directed by Harry Macqueen. Starring Colin Firth and Stanley Tucci.SYNOPSIS:Sam and Tusker are traveling across England in their old RV to visit friends, family, and places from their past. Since Tusker was diagnosed with dementia two years ago, their time together is the most important thing they have.In these times of palpable global anxiety, nobody […]
Movie Review – Relic (2020)
Relic, 2020.Directed by Natalie Erika James. Starring Robyn Nevin, Emily Mortimer, Bella Heathcote, Chris Bunton, Steve Rodgers, Catherine Glavicic, Jeremy Stanford, and Christina O’Neill.SYNOPSIS:When Kay (Emily Mortimer) and her daughter Sam (Bella Heathcote) visit the home of their grandmother (Robyn Nevin), her strange behavior starts to cause things to go bump in the night.Horror is […]
2020 BFI London Film Festival Review – Never Gonna Snow Again
Never Gonna Snow Again, 2020.Directed by Małgorzata Szumowska and Michał Englert. Starring Alec Utgoff, Maja Ostaszewska, Agata Kulesza, Weronika Rosati, Katarzyna Figura, Andrzej Chyra and Łukasz Simlat.SYNOPSIS:Zhenia, a Russian-speaking immigrant from the East works as a masseur in Poland and becomes a guru-like figure in a wealthy gated community where his clients live.Polish filmmaker Małgorzata […]
2020 BFI London Film Festival Review – Wolfwalkers
Wolfwalkers, 2020.Directed by Tomm Moore and Ross Stewart. Starring Honor Kneafsey, Eva Whittaker, Sean Bean, Maria Doyle Kennedy, and Simon McBurney.SYNOPSIS:A young apprentice hunter and her father journey to Ireland to help wipe out the last wolf pack. But everything changes when she befriends a free-spirited girl from a mysterious tribe rumoured to transform into wolves […]
2020 BFI London Film Festival Review – One Night In Miami
One Night in Miami, 2020.Directed by Regina King. Starring Kingsley Ben-Adir, Eli Goree, Aldis Hodge, and Leslie Odom Jr.SYNOPSIS:A fictional account of one incredible night where icons Muhammad Ali, Malcolm X, Sam Cooke, and Jim Brown gathered, discussing their roles in the civil rights movement and cultural upheaval of the ’60s.Regina King boldly adapts Kemp Powers’ […]
2020 BFI London Film Festival Review – Mogul Mowgli
Mogul Mowgli, 2020.Directed by Bassam Tariq. Starring Riz Ahmed, Alyy Khan, and Aiysha Hart.SYNOPSIS:A British-Pakistani rapper is on the cusp of his first world tour, but is struck down by an illness that threatens to derail his big break.Glib though it might be to suggest that Riz Ahmed has cornered the market on beleaguered musician movies […]
October Horrors 2020 – Twin Peaks (1990-91)
Twin Peaks, 1990-1991.Starring Kyle McLachlan, Michael Ontkean, Madchen Amick, Dana Ashbrook, Richard Beymer, Lara Flynn Boyle, Sherilyn Fenn, Warren Frost, Peggy Lipton, James Marshall, Everett McGill, Jack Nance and Ray Wise.SYNOPSIS:The town of Twin Peaks is struck by tragedy when prom queen Laura Palmer is found murdered. To aid the local police in solving the […]
2020 BFI London Film Festival Review – Siberia
Siberia, 2020.Directed by Abel Ferrara. Starring Willem Dafoe, Cristina Chiriac, Dounia Sichov and Simon McBurney.SYNOPSIS:A man who abandoned his whole life to tend bar in Siberia embarks on a voyage of self-discovery when he visits a strange cave.Few people do narration like Willem Dafoe. That distinctive, unsettling voice has provided a unique feel to various […]
2020 BFI London Film Festival Review – The Reason I Jump
The Reason I Jump, 2020.Directed by Jerry Rothwell. Starring Jordan O’Donegan.SYNOPSIS:Based on the book by Naoki Higashida, this immersive film explores the experiences of non-speaking autistic people around the world.First published in Japan in 2007 and translated into English in 2013, “The Reason I Jump” was a groundbreaking novel written by 13-year-old non-verbal autistic person Naoki […]
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