The Pod Generation, 2023. Written and Directed by Sophie Bartes. Starring Emilia Clarke, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Rosalie Craig, Vinette Robinson, and Jean-Marc Barr. SYNOPSIS: A rising tech company executive, Rachel lands a coveted spot at the Womb Center, which offers couples a convenient (and shareable) maternity by way of detachable artificial wombs, or pods. Sophie Barthes’ […]
Movie Review – Breaking (2022)
Breaking, 2022. Co-written and directed by Abi Damaris Corbin. Starring John Boyega, Michael K. Williams, Nicole Beharie, Olivia Washington, Selenis Leyva, and Connie Britton. SYNOPSIS: A Marine war veteran faces mental and emotional challenges when he tries to reintegrate back into civilian life. Abi Damaris Corbin’s feature debut is a textbook example of a film […]
Movie Review – Eight for Silver (2021)
Eight for Silver, 2021. Written and directed by Sean Ellis. Starring Boyd Holbrook, Kelly Reilly, Alistair Petrie, Roxane Duran, and Áine Rose Daly. SYNOPSIS: In rural 19th-century France, a mysterious, possibly supernatural menace threatens a small village. John McBride, a pathologist, comes to town to investigate the danger – and exorcise some of his own demons […]
2023 Sundance Film Festival Review – Shortcomings
Shortcomings, 2023. Directed by Randall Park. Starring Justin H. Min, Sherry Cola, Ally Maki, Debby Ryan, Tavi Gevinson, Sonoya Mizuno, Jacob Batalon, and Timothy Simons. SYNOPSIS: Follows a trio of young Bay Area urbanites – Ben Tanaka, Miko Hayashi, and Alice Kim – as they navigate a range of interpersonal relationships, traversing the country in […]
2023 Sundance Film Festival Review – Judy Blume Forever
Judy Blume Forever, 2023. Directed by Davina Pardo and Leah Wolchok. Starring Judy Blume. SYNOPSIS: Judy Blume and the generations of readers who have sparked to her work. It will examine her impact on pop culture and the occasional controversies over her frankness about puberty and sex. You won’t find many pop-culture figures more deserving […]
2023 Sundance Film Festival Review – Landscape with Invisible Hand
Landscape with Invisible Hand, 2023. Written and directed by Cory Finley. Starring Tiffany Haddish, Asante Blackk, Kylie Rogers, Josh Hamilton, Michael Gandolfini, and William Jackson Harper. SYNOPSIS: A pair of teenagers come up with a plan to ensure their families’ futures when an occupying alien race’s promise of economic prosperity leaves most of humanity impoverished […]
2023 Sundance Film Festival Review – You Hurt My Feelings
You Hurt My Feelings, 2023. Written and Directed by Nicole Holofcener. Starring Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Tobias Menzies, Michaela Watkins, Arian Moayed, and Jeannie Berlin. SYNOPSIS: A novelist’s longstanding marriage is suddenly upended when she overhears her husband giving his honest reaction to her latest book. Writer-director Nicole Holofcener reunites with her Enough Said star Julia Louis-Dreyfus for […]
2023 Sundance Film Festival Review – The Starling Girl
The Starling Girl, 2023. Written and directed by Laurel Parmet. Starring Eliza Scanlen, Lewis Pullman, Jimmi Simpson, Austin Abrams, Wrenn Schmidt, and Jessamine Burgum. SYNOPSIS: 17-year-old Jem Starling struggles with her place within her Christian fundamentalist community. But everything changes when her magnetic youth pastor Owen returns to their church. Laurel Parmet makes a fundamentally […]
2023 Sundance Film Festival Review – The Deepest Breath
The Deepest Breath, 2023. Directed by Laura McGann. SYNOPSIS: A champion free-diver and expert safety diver seemed destined for one another despite the different paths they took to meet at the pinnacle of the free-diving world. A look at the thrilling rewards – and inescapable risks – of chasing dreams through the depths of the […]
2023 Sundance Film Festival Review – Divinity
Divinity, 2023. Written and directed by Eddie Alcazar. Starring Stephen Dorff, Moises Arias, Jason Genao, Karrueche Tran, Bella Thorne, and Scott Bakula. SYNOPSIS: Centers on two mysterious brothers, who abduct a mogul during his quest for immortality. Meanwhile, a seductive woman helps them launch a journey of self-discovery. Sci-fi is so, so hard to pull off […]
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