Blade of the Immortal, 2017. Directed by Takashi Miike. Starring Takuya Kimura, Hana Sugisaki, Sôta Fukushi, and Kazuki Kitamura. SYNOPSIS: In ancient Japan, a young girl watches as her entire family are butchered by a master swordsman and his gang. Swearing vengeance, she seeks the help of an immortal samurai to train her for battle. When we talk […]
61st London Film Festival Review – The Meyerowitz Stories (New And Selected) (2017)
The Meyerowitz Stories (New And Selected), 2017. Directed by Noah Baumbach. Starring Adam Sandler, Ben Stiller, Elizabeth Marvel, Grace Van Patten, Dustin Hoffman, Emma Thompson, Adam Driver, Judd Hirsch, Candice Bergen, Rebecca Miller, Danny Flaherty, Adam David Thompson, Ronald Peet, Matthew Shear, Michael Chernus, and Sigourney Weaver. SYNOPSIS: A dysfunctional family comes together when the […]
Huge Last Jedi character news, big Avengers: Infinity War character confirmed, Blade Runner 2049 box office and more – Daily News Roundup
SNOKE SECRETS There has been a big question mark over the head of Supreme Leader Snoke since his debut in Star Wars: The Force Awakens, and the latest edition of Star Wars: Absolutely Everything You Need To Know has given us brief insights. Turns out the character is a master of telekinesis and telepathy, as well as force […]
61st BFI London Film Festival Review – Breathe (2017)
Breathe, 2017. Directed by Andy Serkis. Starring Andrew Garfield, Claire Foy, Tom Hollander, Hugh Bonneville, Ed Speleers, Stephen Mangan, and Dean-Charles Chapman. SYNOPSIS: When young married couple Robin and Diana have their new lives in Kenya violently halted by his devastating polio diagnosis, their fight to prevent his status as a responaut – one who […]
61st BFI London Film Festival Review – Good Time (2017)
Good Time, 2017. Directed by Josh Safdie and Benny Safdie. Starring Robert Pattinson, Benny Safdie, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Taliah Webster, Buddy Duress and Barkhad Abdie. SYNOPSIS: Brothers Connie and Nik pull off a bank heist which, while it appears to go smoothly, ends up with the vulnerable Nik being caught and sent to Rikers. While […]
61st BFI London Film Festival Review – Wonderstruck (2017)
Wonderstruck, 2017. Directed by Todd Haynes. Starring Julianne Moore, Oakes Fegley, Millicent Simmonds, Michelle Williams, and Jaden Michael. SYNOPSIS: Two parallel stories. In the 1970s, young Ben is bereft after the death of his mother. A discovery among her possessions leads him to go in search of his father in New York. Back in the […]
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri to close 61st BFI London Film Festival
The 61st BFI London Film Festival has announced that Martin McDonagh’s Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri will serve as the Closing Night gala of this year’s event, receiving its UK premiere on Sunday October 15th with McDonagh and stars Frances McDormand and Sam Rockwell in attendance. “THREE BILLBOARDS OUTSIDE EBBING, MISSOURI is a darkly comic […]
