System Crasher, 2019.Directed by Nora Fingscheidt. Starring Helena Zengel, Albrecht Schuch, and Gabriela Maria Schmeide.SYNOPSIS:On her wild quest for love, 9-year-old Benni’s untamed energy drives everyone around her to despair.The feature debut of writer-director Nora Fingscheidt dares to tackle a shockingly under-explored issue in cinema centered around troubled youths; uncontrollable anger, and the means through […]
October Horrors 2019 Day 5 – The Blair Witch Project (1999)
The Blair Witch Project, 1999.Directed by Daniel Myrick and Eduardo Sanchez Starring Heather Donahue, Michael C. Williams and Joshua Leonard.SYNOPSIS:In 1994, a group of documentary film-makers ventured into the woods of the Black Hills in Maryland to investigate the mysterious local legend of the Blair Witch. They subsequently vanished leaving behind only their cameras and […]
2019 BFI London Film Festival Review – The King
The King, 2019. Directed by David Michôd. Starring Timothée Chalamet, Joel Edgerton, Sean Harris, Robert Pattinson, Ben Mendelsohn, Dean-Charles Chapman, Tom Glynn-Carney, Lily-Rose Depp, Thomasin McKenzie, Andrew Havill, Edward Ashley and Tara Fitzgerald. SYNOPSIS: Hal, wayward prince and heir to the English throne, is crowned King Henry V after his tyrannical father dies. Now the […]
2019 BFI London Film Festival Review – The Lighthouse
The Lighthouse, 2019.Directed by Robert Eggers. Starring Robert Pattinson, Willem Dafoe, and Valeriia Karaman.SYNOPSIS:The hypnotic and hallucinatory tale of two lighthouse keepers on a remote and mysterious New England island in the 1890s.The Lighthouse is about as boldly entrancing a second feature as one could imagine from any filmmaker, let alone Robert Eggers, who came swinging […]
2019 BFI London Film Festival Review – Lucky Grandma
Lucky Grandma, 2019.Directed by Sasie Sealy. Starring Tsai Chin, Hsiao-Yuan Ha, Michael Tow, Yan Xi and Mason Yam.SYNOPSIS:When she steals a large amount of money from a dead criminal boss, a grandmother hires a gangland bodyguard to protect her from the crooks who come to reclaim the cash.The influence of the Coen Brothers runs far […]
2019 BFI London Film Festival Review – Sid & Judy
Sid & Judy, 2019.Directed by Stephen Kijak. Starring Jon Hamm and Jennifer Jason Leigh.SYNOPSIS:A revealing new look at Judy Garland fifty years after her tragic, untimely death, fusing the unpublished recollections of producer, manager and third husband, Sid Luft, with film clips, rare concert footage and Judy’s own inimitable words.Between this documentary and the just-released Renée […]
Movie Review – Joker (2019)
Joker, 2019. Directed by Todd Phillips. Starring Joaquin Phoenix, Zazie Beetz, Robert De Niro, Brett Cullen, Frances Conroy, Douglas Hodge, Shea Whigham, Marc Maron, Bryan Callen, Bill Camp, Josh Pais, Glenn Fleshler, Dante Pereira-Olson, and Brian Tyree Henry. SYNOPSIS: One of the most infamous comic book villains in history gets his very own film. The […]
October Horrors 2019 Day 4 – A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)
A Nightmare on Elm Street, 1984.Directed by Wes Craven. Starring Heather Langenkamp, John Saxon, Ronee Blakely, Johnny Depp and Robert Englund.SYNOPSIS:A group of teens are all suffering from a spate of recurring nightmares in which they are stalked by a scarred psychopath with a knifed fingers, quickly discovering that if they die in their dreams […]
The Good Place Season 4 Episode 2 Review – ‘A Girl From Arizona Part 2’
Liam Hoofe reviews the second episode of The Good Place season 4…The Good Place has typically premiered with an hour-long episode, so the decision to cut this season’s opening episode into two parts was a curious one. In many ways, it paid off, with A Girl From Arizona Part 2 bringing a more emotional balance […]
Movie Review – In The Tall Grass (2019)
In the Tall Grass, 2019.Directed by Vincenzo Natali. Starring Patrick Wilson, Laysla De Oliveria, Harrison Gilbertson, Avery Whitted, Rachel Wilson and Will Buie Jr.SYNOPSIS:When siblings Becky and Cal hear the cries of a young boy lost within a field of tall grass, they venture in to rescue him, only to become ensnared themselves by a […]
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