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Movie Review – Little Monsters (2019)

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Little Monsters, 2019.Written and directed by Abe Forsythe. Starring Lupita Nyong’o, Josh Gad, Alexander England, Nadia Townsend, Kat Stewart, Diesel La Torraca, and Stephen Peacocke.SYNOPSIS:A washed-up musician teams up with a teacher and a kids show personality to protect young children from a sudden outbreak of zombies.Watching this Australian rom-zom-com from director Abe Forsythe (Down […]

2019 BFI London Film Festival Review – Knives Out

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Knives Out, 2019.Written and directed by Rian Johnson. Starring Daniel Craig, Ana De Armas, Lakeith Stanfield, Chris Evans, Jamie Lee Curtis, Toni Collette, Don Johnson, Michael Shannon, Christopher Plummer, Katherine Langford, Jaeden Martell, and Riki Lindholme.SYNOPSIS:When renowned crime novelist Harlan Thrombey (Christopher Plummer) is found dead at his estate just after his 85th birthday, the […]

Video Review – Little Monsters (2019)

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Little Monsters, 2019.Directed by Abe Forsythe. Starring Lupita Nyong’o, Alexander England, Kat Stewart, and Josh Gad.In this video review, EJ Moreno shares his thoughts on Little Monsters, a horror-comedy starring the always amazing Lupita Nyong’o. The film follows kindergarten teacher Miss Caroline, played by Nyong’o, as she attempts to keep her class alive during a […]

2019 BFI London Film Festival Review – The Whistlers

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The Whistlers, 2019.Directed by Corneliu Porumboiu. Starring Vlad Ivanov, Catrinel Marlon, Antonio Buíl, Rodica Lazar and Agustí Villaronga.SYNOPSIS:A bent cop becomes embroiled in a crime syndicate he was originally investigating and soon learns their secret language of coded whistles.The whistled language of ‘El Silbo’ dates back hundreds of years, way back to the indigenous Guanche […]

2019 BFI London Film Festival Review – The El Duce Tapes

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The El Duce Tapes, 2019.Directed by Rodney Ascher, David Lawrence, and Ryan Sexton. Starring Eldon Hoke and Steve Broy.SYNOPSIS:A posthumous examination of the life and times of controversial shock rocker Eldon Hoke, better known as El Duce, the lead singer of Seattle-based “rape-rock” band The Mentors.To many – this critic included – shock rocker El […]

2019 BFI London Film Festival Review – Lara

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Lara, 2019.Directed by Jan Ole Gerster. Starring Corinna Harfouch, Tom Schilling, Volkmar Kleinert, Rainer Bock, Gudrun Ritter and André Jung.SYNOPSIS:On her 60th birthday, a woman prepares to attend a piano concert being given by her virtuoso son.At the beginning of Jan Ole Gerster’s patient character study Lara, the title character stands next to a wide […]

The Flash Season 6 Episode 1 Review – ‘Into the Void’

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Jessie Robertson reviews the season 6 premiere of The Flash… Welcome back to Central City! Season 6 kicks off with everything you get in The Flash package: action, drama and a whole lot of science!Our season opener deals with the backlash of the last season’s finale, where we saw the tragic death(?) of Nora Allen, […]

2019 BFI London Film Festival Review – Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound

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Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound, 2019.Directed by Midge Costin. Starring Walter Murch, Ben Burtt, Steven Spielberg, David Lynch, Sofia Coppola, and Ryan Coogler.SYNOPSIS:An exploration of the history, artistry, and emotional power of cinema sound, as revealed by legendary sound designers and visionary directors, via interviews, clips from movies, and a look at their […]

2019 BFI London Film Festival Review – Rewind

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Rewind, 2019.Directed by Sasha Joseph Neulinger. Starring Sasha Joseph Neulinger.SYNOPSIS:Digging through the vast collection of his father’s home videos, a young man reconstructs the unthinkable story of his boyhood and exposes vile abuse passed through generations.Is there a more noble use of filmmaking, especially the documentary form, than to lay one’s own suffering bare in […]