Rendel, 2017. Directed by Jesse Haaja. Starring Kristofer Gummerus, Rami Rusinen, Rene Korppila, and Johnny Vivash. SYNOPSIS: A pharmaceutical company introduces a new untested vaccine into a sick city. It has devastating consequences for many, including a mysterious costumed character out for revenge. Rendel is the the first superhero movie made in Finland. This is […]
Movie Review – Videoman (2018)
Videoman, 2018 Directed by Kristian A. Söderström. Starring Stefan Sauk, Lena Nilsson, Morgan Alling, Martin Wallström, Sven Wollter. SYNOPSIS: Two middle-aged 1980’s obsessives begin a relationship, while negotiating personal demons and real life villains. Mixing Italian-style giallo horror with social issue elements, Videoman is a brilliantly imaginative debut feature from Kristian A. Söderström. Regaling in the […]
Movie Review – Donnybrook (2018)
Donnybrook, 2018. Directed by Tim Sutton. Starring Jamie Bell, Margaret Qualley, Frank Grillo, Chris Browning, James Badge Dale, and Pat Healy. SYNOPSIS: An ex-marine desperate to provide for his young family is driven through lack of options towards the Donnybrook, an illicit backwards bare-knuckle cage fight with a prize of $100,000. Exploring a dark underworld […]
Movie Review – The Song of Sway Lake (2017)
The Song of Sway Lake, 2017. Director: Ari Gold. Starring: Rory Culkin, Robert Sheehan, Isabelle McNally, Mary Beth Peil, and Elizabeth Peña. SYNOPSIS : A young jazz obsessive enlists his only friend, a Russian drifter, to help steal a rare vinyl record from his family’s holiday lake house. The Song of Sway Lake is certainly a […]
Movie Review – Rust Creek (2018)
Rust Creek, 2018. Directed by Jen McGowan. Starring Hermione Corfield, Jay Paulson, Sean O’Bryan, Jake Kidwell, Jeremy Glazer, and Daniel R. Hill. SYNOPSIS: A college graduate on her way to a prestigious job interview gets stranded in the remote Kentucky forest. She must use all her wits to survive both the harsh outdoor elements and […]
Movie Review – The Rainbow Experiment (2018)
The Rainbow Experiment, 2018. Directed and Written by Christina Kallas. Starring Christian Coulson, Vandit Bhatt, Kevin Kane, and Connor Seimer. SYNOPSIS: A New York High School responds to a tragic science class accident. Tracing the aftermath of a tragic schoolroom accident, The Rainbow Experiment plays out as an artful expressionistic why-dunnit. A post-modern detective story […]
Movie Review – Silencio (2018)
Silencio, 2018. Directed by Lorena Villarreal. Starring Melina Matthews, Rupert Graves, John Noble, Michel Chauvet SYNOPSIS: Ana has to find a mythic stone to save her son’s life. During the search through space and time, she encounters family secrets and enemies who will stop at nothing to utilize the stone’s power. In Mexico’s ‘Zone of […]
2018 BFI London Film Festival Review – The Plan That Came from the Bottom Up
The Plan That Came from the Bottom Up, 2018. Directed by Steve Sprung. SYNOPSIS : A visual essay/documentary film about a 1970’s arms company going bust where threatened workers came up with dynamic new products, including heat pumps, wind turbines and an energy saving house. The Plan That Came from the Bottom Up is an […]
Movie Review – What Keeps You Alive (2018)
What Keeps You Alive, 2018. Directed by Colin Minihan. Starring Hannah Emily Anderson, Brittany Allen, and Martha MacIsaac. SYNOPSIS : Jackie and Jules attempt to celebrate their one year anniversary in the wild woods and mountainous countryside of Jackie’s family holiday home. Jackie (Hannah Emily Anderson) and Jules (Brittany Allen) are a happily married couple keen to […]
Movie Review – The Basement (2018)
The Basement, 2018. Directed by Brian M. Conley and Nathan Ives. Starring Mischa Barton, Jackson Davis, Cayleb Long, Bailey Anne Borders, Tracie Thoms, and Sarah Nicklin. SYNOPSIS : A man is abducted and wakes up in a basement. His captor is a psychopathic serial killer who forces his victims to take part in a deranged therapy […]