The Contractor, 2022. Directed by Tarik Saleh. Starring Chris Pine, Ben Foster, Gillian Jacobs, Eddie Marsan, Florian Munteanu, and Kiefer Sutherland. SYNOPSIS: A discharged U.S. Special Forces sergeant, James Harper, risks everything for his family when he joins a private contracting organisation. Completely-fine movies that provoke few strong feelings either way are often the toughest […]
Movie Review – Ambulance (2022)
Ambulance, 2022. Directed by Michael Bay. Starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Eiza González, Garret Dillahunt, Keir O’Donnell, and Moses Ingram. SYNOPSIS: Needing money to cover his wife’s medical bills, a decorated veteran teams up with his adoptive brother to steal $32 million from a Los Angeles bank. However, when their getaway goes spectacularly wrong, […]
Movie Review – Pretty Problems (2022)
Pretty Problems, 2022. Directed by Kestrin Pantera. Starring Britt Rentschler, Michael Tennant, JJ Nolan, Graham Outerbridge, Charlotte Ubben, Alex Klein, Clayton Froning, Katarina Hughes, Vanessa Chester, and Amy Maghera. SYNOPSIS: Jack and Lindsay are invited on a getaway trip with affluent strangers: down the rabbit hole, and into the most unhinged weekend of their lives. […]
Movie Review – Kicking Blood (2021)
Kicking Blood, 2021. Written and directed by Blaine Thurier. Starring Alanna Bale, Luke Bilyk, Vinessa Antoine, Ella Jonas Farlinger, Benjamin Sutherland, and Rosemary Dunsmore. SYNOPSIS: A female vampire is inspired to kick blood and become human again when she inadvertently helps a charming alcoholic become clean. The only problem is, withdrawal could kill her. It […]
Movie Review – Laguna Ave (2021)
Laguna Ave, 2021. Directed by David Buchanan. Starring Dan Crane, Stephanie Brait, Jeff Hilliard, James Markham Hall Jr., Russell Steinberg, and Sheridan Ward. SYNOPSIS: A disaffected former musician with a prosthetic hand is drawn into the mysterious and sinister world of his downstairs neighbor. Likely to be one of the more polarising films of this […]
Movie Review – Boiling Point (2021)
Boiling Point, 2021. Co-written and directed by Philip Barantini. Starring Stephen Graham, Vinette Robinson, and Jason Flemyng. SYNOPSIS: Enter the relentless pressure of a restaurant kitchen as a head chef wrangles his team on the busiest day of the year. Adapted from actor-turned-filmmaker Philip Barantini’s 2019 short film of the same name which also starred […]
2022 SXSW Film Festival Review – 32 Sounds
32 Sounds, 2022. Directed by Sam Green. SYNOPSIS: Explores the elemental phenomenon of sound and its power to bend time, cross borders, and profoundly shape our perception of the world around us. Oscar-nominated director Sam Green’s (The Weather Underground) new film 32 Sounds offers one of the most immersive documentary experiences you’re ever likely to have, […]
2022 SXSW Film Festival Review – Women Do Cry
Women Do Cry, 2021. Directed by Vesela Kazakova and Mina Mileva. Starring Maria Bakalova, Vesela Kazakova, Iossif Surchadzhiev, Diana Spasova, Bilyana Kazakova, Dobriela Popova, Rositca Gevrenova, Ralitsa Stoyanova, and Katia Kazakova. SYNOPSIS: A promising musician, Sonja, learns that she’s contracted HIV. After she drops out of the music conservatory, Sonja is helped out by her […]
2022 SXSW Film Festival Review – The Thief Collector
The Thief Collector, 2022. Directed by Allison Otto. Starring Glenn Howerton, Sarah Minnich, Scott Takeda, and Matt Pittenger. SYNOPSIS: In 1985, Willem de Kooning’s “Woman-Ochre,” one of the most valuable paintings of the 20th century, was cut from its frame at the University of Arizona Museum of Art. 32 years later, the painting was found […]
2022 SXSW Film Festival Review – Linoleum
Linoleum, 2022. Written and directed by Colin West. Starring Jim Gaffigan, Rhea Seehorn, Katelyn Nacon, Gabriel Rush, Amy Hargreaves, West Duchovny, Michael Ian Black, Tony Shalhoub, Elisabeth Henry, and Roger Hendricks Simon. SYNOPSIS: When the host of a failing children’s science show tries to fulfill his childhood dream of becoming an astronaut by building a […]
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