The Landlord, 1970. Directed by Hal Ashby.Starring Beau Bridges, Lee Grant, Marki Bey, Diana Sands, Pearl Bailey and Louis Gossett, Jr. SYNOPSIS: Elger Enders (Beau Bridges) buys an apartment block in Brooklyn with plans to renovate it, atlhough ,uch to his annoyance the tenants refuse to be evicted and as he is forced to interact […]

Shifty, 2008. Written and Directed by Eran Creevy.Starring Riz Ahmed, Daniel Mays, Jason Flemyng, Nitin Ganatra, Jay Simpson, Dannielle Brent and Francesca Annis. SYNOPSIS: A young British-Asian man firmly embroiled in the suburban North London drug trade falls foul of various heavy handed locals. An old school friend, plagued by his own unpleasant memories of […]

Oedipus Rex, 1967. Directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini.Starring Silvana Mangano, Franco Citti, Alida Valli, Carmelo Bene and Julian Beck. SYNOPSIS: Abandoned as a baby and raised by the childless King and Queen of Corinth, Edipo (Franco Citti) learns of a prophesy stating that he will kill his father and marry his own mother… Oedipus Rex […]

Moonrise Kingdom, 2012. Directed by Wes Anderson.Starring Jared Gilman, Kara Hayward, Bruce Willis, Edward Norton, Tilda Swinton, Frances McDormand, Harvey Keitel and Jason Schwartzman. SYNOPSIS: A local search party sets out to track down two twelve-year-olds who have fallen in love and made a pact to run away together. Where to even begin with Moonrise […]

Killing Them Softly, 2012. Written and Directed by Andrew Dominik. Starring Brad Pitt, Ray Liotta, Scoot McNairy, James Gandolfini, Ben Mendelsohn, Vincent Curatola, Richard Jenkins, Max Casella and Sam Shepard. SYNOPSIS: Professional enforcer Jackie Cogan (Brad Pitt) investigates a heist that went down during a mob-protected poker game. The crime genre is one which has […]

House at the End of the Street, 2012. Directed by Mark Tonderai. Starring Jennifer Lawrence, Elisabeth Shue, Max Thieriot and Gil Bellows. SYNOPSIS: Teen Elissa (Jennifer Lawrence) and her Mum (Elisabeth Shue) move to a small town and end up next door to loner teen Ryan (Max Thieriot), whos parents were murdered by his younger […]

Killing Them Softly, 2012. Written and Directed by Andrew Dominik. Starring Brad Pitt, Ray Liotta, Scoot McNairy, James Gandolfini, Ben Mendelsohn, Vincent Curatola, Richard Jenkins, Max Casella and Sam Shepard. SYNOPSIS: A professional enforcer investigates a heist that went down during a mob-protected poker game. Killing Them Softly, the long gestating adaptation of George V. […]

3, 2, 1… Frankie Go Boom, 2012. Directed by Jordan Roberts.Starring Charlie Hunnam, Lizzy Caplan, Chris O’Dowd, Ron Perlman and Chris Noth. SYNOPSIS: Frank Bartlett has been tortured, embarrassed, and humiliated by his brother Bruce – usually on film – his entire life. Now that Bruce is finally off drugs and has turned his life […]

Killing Them Softly, 2012. Written and Directed by Andrew Dominik.Starring Brad Pitt, Ray Liotta, Ben Mendelsohn, James Gandolfini, Scoot McNairy, Vincent Curatola, Richard Jenkins, Max Casella and Sam Shepard. SYNOPSIS: When a mob gambling game is robbed, an enforcer is sent in to investigate and clean house. I went in to Killing Them Softly with […]

The Raid (a.k.a The Raid: Redemption), 2011. Written and Directed by Gareth Evans. Starring Iko Uwais, Ananda George, Doni Alamsyah, Yayan Ruhian, Joe Taslim and Ray Sahetapy. SYNOPSIS: Deep in the heart of one of Jakarta’s most deprived slums stands a gang-controlled 30 floor high-rise apartment block. A SWAT team must infiltrate this building in […]