The Energy Within, 2017.Directed by Samuel de Ceccatty. Starring Stefanie Reid, Daniel Adegboyega, Marie-Helene Boyd, Aasiya Shah, and Suzy Bastone.SYNOPSIS:After recently recovering from an accident that cost her leg, a professional athlete aims to get her life and running career back on track.Based on her own real-life experiences, The Energy Within stars Paralympian Stefanie Reid in her debut film performance.Across […]
Movie Review – The Divine Order (2017)
The Divine Order, 2017.Written and Directed by Petra Volpe. Starring Marie Leuenberger, Maximilian Simonischek, Rachel Braunschweig, Sibylle Brunner, Marta Zoffoli, Bettina Stucky, Ella Rumpf, Sofia Helm, and Nicholas Ofczarek.SYNOPSIS:In 1971, a young Swiss mother and wife helps to raise awareness of the burgeoning local women’s suffrage movement.An informative and entertaining drama, The Divine Order tells […]
Movie Review – November (2017)
November, 2017Directed by Rainer Sarnet Starring Rea Lest, Jörgen Liik, Katariina Unt, Arvo Kukumägi, Dieter Laser, Taavi EelmaaSYNOPSIS:In 19th Century Estonia, peasant girl Liina longs for village boy Hans, who is in turn infatuated with a visiting German baroness. The two attempt to win their heart’s desire amidst a backdrop of spirits, werewolves, plagues, and the devil himself.Rainer Sarnet’s beautifully […]
DVD Review – Brakes (2016)
Brakes, 2016Directed by Mercedes Grower Starring Julia Davis, Noel Fielding, Julian Barratt, Kerry Fox, Steve Oram, Paul McGann, Kate HardieSYNOPSIS:A two-part semi-improvised film examining couples as they break-up and meet in and around London.Relationship break-ups can be messy. And so too can film-making, particularly if an improvisational freedom is allowed too much of a sway […]
DVD Review – A Caribbean Dream (2017)
A Caribbean Dream, 2017.Directed by Shakirah Bourne. Starring Adrian Green, Susannah Harker, Sam Gillett, Jherad Alleyne, Marina Bye, Patrick Michael Foster, and Aden Gillett.SYNOPSIS:A reworking of the Shakespeare fairy tale “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”, set in a modern day Barbados.A Caribbean Dream offers a fresh approach to telling the Shakespeare comedic fairy tale A Midsummer Night’s Dream. The film creates a […]
Movie Review – Desolation (2017)
Desolation, 2017.Directed by David Moscow. Starring Dominik García-Lorido, Raymond J. Barry, and Brock Kelly.SYNOPSIS:A young woman is plunged into confusion after meeting and agreeing to stay with a Hollywood actor in his Los Angeles apartment.Offering up a disturbing look at the Hollywood industry and the trappings of fame, this psychological thriller from David Moscow works […]
MyFrenchFilmFestival Review – Into the Forest (2016)
Into the Forest, 2016.Directed by Gilles Marchand. Starring Jérémie Elkaïm, Timothé Vom Dorp, and Théo Van de Voorde.SYNOPSIS:Two young boys whose parents are divorced travel to Sweden to spend their vacation with their father. When he suggests they spend a few days at a lakeside cabin in the middle of a forest, the boys are delighted. But Benjamin, the elder […]
Movie Review – House of Salem (2016)
House of Salem, 2016.Written and Directed by James Crow. Starring Jessica Arterton, Leslie Mills, Liam Kelly, Jack Brett Anderson, Robert Lowe, Dean Maskell, Andrew Lee Potts, and Anna Nightingale.SYNOPSIS:A gang of kidnappers become a young boy’s protectors when they discover they have been duped into taking part in a dark satanic ritual.Writer/director James Crow (Curse […]
Blu-ray Review – George A. Romero: Between Night and Dawn (1971 – 1973)
George A. Romero: Between Night and Dawn, 1971 – 1973.Directed by George A. Romero. Starring Lynn Lowry, Raymond Laine, Jan White, Judith Ridley, Will MacMillan, Richard Liberty, Anne Muffly, and Bill Hinzman.SYNOPSIS:A collection of three Romero films There’s Always Vanilla (1971), Season of the Witch (1972) and The Crazies (1973) created between Night of the […]
Blu-ray Review – Miracle Mile (1988)
Miracle Mile, 1988.Directed by Steve De Jarnatt. Starring Anthony Edwards, Mare Winningham, Denise Crosby, John Agar, Lou Hancock, Mykelti Williamson, and Kurt Fuller.SYNOPSIS:After answering a pay phone at four in the morning and hearing a message warning of all-out nuclear war, a young man must find his new love and try and survive the upcoming […]
