Gangster Squad, 2013.Directed by Ruben Fleischer. Starring Josh Brolin, Ryan Gosling, Emma Stone, Sean Penn, Giovanni Ribisi, Michael Pena, Anthony Mackie, Robert Patrick, Nick Nolte and Josh Pence.SYNOPSIS:Based on a true story, Gangster Squad follows an off-the-books team of LAPD officers trying to take down a ruthless mobster, Mickey Cohen (Penn), in 1949 Los Angeles. […]
60th BFI London Film Festival Review – A United Kingdom (2016)
A United Kingdom, 2016.Directed by Amma Asante. Starring David Oyelowo, Rosamund Pike, Jack Davenport, Laura Carmichael, Tom Felton, Vusi Kunene and Arnold Oceng.SYNOPSIS:In the late 1940s, Prince Seretse Khama (David Oyelowo) of Bechuanaland (later to become Botswana) is studying in London when he meets and falls in love with Ruth Williams (Rosamund Pike). Despite opposition from […]
Movie Review – Hunt for the Wilderpeople (2016)
Hunt for the Wilderpeople, 2016.Directed by Taika Waititi. Starring Sam Neill and Julian Dennison.SYNOPSIS:Ricky is a foster child. He is taken to Bella and Hector, who live near the New Zealand bush. After Bella unexpectedly dies, Hector and Ricky trek through the forest and find out who they really are…Stuffocation, a book by James Wallman, reveals how people […]
Movie Review – Her (2013)
Her, 2013.Written and Directed by Spike Jonze. Starring Joaquin Phoenix, Amy Adams, Scarlett Johansson, Olivia Wilde, Kristen Wiig, Bill Hader, and Rooney Mara.SYNOPSIS:A lonely writer develops an unlikely relationship with his newly purchased operating system that’s designed to meet his every need.Spike Jonze is such an interesting Director. One of those guys who started his […]
Movie Review – House of 1000 Corpses (2003)
House of 1000 Corpses, 2003.Directed by Rob Zombie. Starring Sid Haig, Bill Moseley, Sheri Moon, Karen Black, Tom Towles, Walton Goggins, Matthew McGrory, Rainn Wilson, Erin Daniels, and Dennis Fimple.SYNOPSIS:Four young thrill-seekers exploring the backwoods of Texas become the victims of a family of sadistic killers.With his latest movie 31 recently dividing audiences with its […]
Movie Review – Free State of Jones (2016)
Free State Of Jones, 2016.Directed by Gary Ross. Starring Matthew McConaughey, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Mahershala Ali, Christopher Berry, Bill Tangradi and Keri Russell.SYNOPSIS:Disenchanted soldier Newton Knight (Matthew McConaughey) deserts the Confederates during the Civil War and returns to his home in Jones County, and leads a rebellion against the army taking food grown by the local farmers […]
October Horrors 2020 – The Cabinet of Dr Caligari (1920)
The Cabinet of Dr Caligari, 1920.Directed by Robert Wiene. Starring Werner Krauss, Conrad Veidt, Fredrich Feher, Lil Dagover, Hans Heinz Von Twardowski and Rudolf Lettinger.SYNOPSIS:A mysterious and apparently insane hypnotist named Caligari uses a somnambulist to commit a series of grisly murders.It’s October 1st and time for Flickering Myth’s annual month-long look at all things […]
Movie Review – 12 Hour Shift (2020)
12 Hour Shift, 2020.Written and Directed by Brea Grant. Starring Angela Bettis, David Arquette, Chloe Farnworth, Mick Foley, Kit Williamson, Nikea Gamby-Turner, Tara Perry, and Brooke Seguin.SYNOPSIS:Bodies start to pile up when a drug-user nurse and her cousin try to find a replacement kidney for an organ trafficker.1998 Arkansas is the setting of Brea Grant’s […]
Movie Review – Sno Babies (2020)
Sno Babies, 2020.Directed by Bridget Smith. Starring Katie Kelly, Paola Andino, Michael Lombardi, Shannan Wilson, Niko Terho, Myles Clohessy, Ken Arnold, Abbey Hafer, Dominic Costa, Molly Logan Chase, Meryl Jones Williams, and Jane Stiles.SYNOPSIS:Sno Babies depicts the grim realities of addiction and its effects on families. Kristen and Hannah are likeable, college-bound teens – and […]
Movie Review – A Call to Spy (2020)
A Call to Spy, 2020.Directed by Lydia Dean Pilcher. Starring Stana Katic, Radhika Apte, Sarah Megan Thomas, Linus Roache, Rossif Sutherland, Laila Robins, Marc Rissmann, David Schaal, Matt Salinger, and Samuel Roukin.SYNOPSIS:In the beginning of WWII, with Britain becoming desperate, Churchill orders his new spy agency – SOE – to recruit and train women as […]
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