The Listener, 2024.Directed by Steve Buscemi. Starring Tessa Thompson, Logan Marshall-Green, Derek Cecil, Margaret Cho, Blu del Barrio, Ricky Velez, Alia Shawkat, Jamie Hector, Casey Wilson, Bobby Soto, Matt Van Orden, and Rebecca Hall.SYNOPSIS:Follows a helpline volunteer who is part of the small army that gets on the phone every night, fielding calls from all […]
Movie Review – Drift (2024)
Drift, 2024.Directed by Anthony Chen. Starring Cynthia Erivo, Alia Shawkat, Ibrahima Ba, Honor Swinton Byrne, Zainab Jah, Suzy Bemba, Vincent Vermignon, Abigail Boyd, Amanda Drew, Luca Calvani, Dorotea Mercuri, and Jonathan Rhodes.SYNOPSIS:Jacqueline escapes her war-torn country to a Greek island. She meets an unmoored tour guide, and the two become close as they find hope […]
4K Ultra HD Review – Green Room (2015)
Green Room, 2015.Directed by Jeremy Saulnier. Starring Patrick Stewart, Anton Yelchin, Imogen Poots, Alia Shawkat, Joe Cole, and Callum Turner.SYNOPSIS:A punk band fight for survival in a neo-Nazi bar after witnessing a murder.As if you haven’t been spoilt enough by Second Sight Films in the past year with their fantastic limited edition 4K releases, the […]
Cynthia Erivo stars in trailer for refugee drama Drift
Utopia has released a poster and trailer for Drift, the Sundance drama from director Anthony Chen.Based on Alexander Maksik’s novel A Marker to Measure Drift, it stars Cynthia Erivo as Jacqueline, a Liberian refugee who arrives alone and penniless on a Greek island where she develops a friendship with tour guide Callie (Alia Shawcat) while […]
Movie Review – Being the Ricardos (2021)
Being the Ricardos, 2021.Written and Directed by Aaron Sorkin. Starring Nicole Kidman, Javier Bardem, J.K. Simmons, Jake Lacy, Nina Arianda, Alia Shawkat, Linda Lavin, Clark Gregg, Tony Hale, Robert Pine, Ronny Cox, Nelson Franklin, Christopher Denham, John Rubinstein, Jonah Platt, Matt Cook, and Jamie Miller.SYNOPSIS:Follows Lucy and Desi as they face a crisis that could […]
Nicole Kidman is Lucille Ball in trailer for Being the Ricardos
Amazon Studios has released a poster and trailer for Being the Ricardos, the upcoming drama from writer-director Aaron Sorkin which takes a look at the romantic and professional relationship of Lucille Ball (Nicole Kidman) and Desi Arnaz (Javier Bardem); take a look here…Lucille Ball (Nicole Kidman) and Desi Arnaz (Javier Bardem) are threatened by shocking […]
October Horrors 2020 – Green Room (2015)
Green Room, 2015.Directed by Jeremy Saulnier. Starring Anton Yelchin, Imogen Poots, Alia Shawkat, Joe Cole, Callum Turner, Macon Blair and Patrick Stewart.SYNOPSIS:After playing a show in a remote club, a punk band finds themselves under siege from a gang of Neo-Nazi skinheads after they witness a brutal murder.Horror is a genre that thrives on presenting […]
Movie Review – First Cow (2019)
First Cow, 2019.Directed by Kelly Reichardt. Starring John Magaro, Orion Lee, Clayton Nemrow, Todd A. Robinson, Alia Shawkat, René Auberjonois, Toby Jones, Ewen Bremner, Lily Gladstone, Gary Farmer, Ted Rooney, and Scott Shepherd.SYNOPSIS:A skilled cook has traveled west and joined a group of fur trappers in Oregon, though he only finds true connection with a […]
Movie Review – Blaze (2018)
Blaze, 2018.Directed by Ethan Hawke. Starring Ben Dickey, Alia Shawkat, Charlie Sexton, David Kallaway, Richard Linklater, Jenn Lyon, Sam Rockwell, Steve Zahn, Ritchie Montgomery, Wyatt Russell, D. Taylor Loeb, and Kris Kristofferson.SYNOPSIS:The life of musician Blaze Foley.Unless you’re deep in the heart of the country music scene, it’s not a stretch to suggest that the subject of […]
Movie Review – Green Room (2015)
Green Room, 2015.Directed by Jeremy Saulnier. Starring Patrick Stewart, Anton Yelchin, Imogen Poots, Macon Blair and Alia Shawkat.SYNOPSIS:A down-on-their-luck punk band is travelling round the mid-West on a zero budget when they land a gig at a roadhouse. What they’re not told is that it’s the meeting place for a gang of white supremacist skinheads. […]
