Fresh, 2022. Directed by Mimi Cave. Starring Daisy Edgar-Jones, Sebastian Stan, Jojo T. Gibbs, Charlotte Le Bon, Andrea Bang, and Dayo Okeniyi. SYNOPSIS: The horrors of modern dating seen through one young woman’s defiant battle to survive her new boyfriend’s unusual appetites. The horror genre has historically been a potent outlet for filmmakers to express […]
Video Review – Sebastian Stan Eats Up His Best Role Yet with Fresh
EJ Moreno with a review of Mimi Cave’s Fresh starring Sebastian Stan and Daisy Edgar-Jones… With elements of American Psycho, Ex Machina, and Promising Young Woman sprinkled throughout, Fresh feels tailor-made for my sensibilities. It all comes together with Mimi Cave’s brilliant direction of Lauryn Kahn’s script, a pair that I will need to see […]
Movie Review – Fresh (2022)
Fresh, 2022. Directed by Mimi Cave. Starring Daisy Edgar-Jones, Sebastian Stan, Jonica T. Gibbs, Andrea Bang, Dayo Okeniyi, Charlotte Le Bon, Brett Dier, and Alina Maris. SYNOPSIS: The horrors of modern dating seen through one young woman’s defiant battle to survive her new boyfriend’s unusual appetites. Fresh plays out like director Mimi Cave (primarily known […]
Movie Review – The Take (2016)
The Take (a.k.a. Bastille Day), 2016. Directed by James Watkins Starring Idris Elba, Richard Madden, Kelly Reilly, Charlotte le Bon SYNOPSIS: Michael Mason, an American conman in Paris, is embroiled in a terrorist plot which leads him into the path of hard-edged CIA officer Sean Briar… On the evidence of movies such as The Take, […]
Movie Review – The Promise (2017)
The Promise, 2017. Directed by Terry George. Starring Oscar Isaac, Charlotte Le Bon, Christian Bale, Daniel Giménez-Cacho, Shohreh Aghdashloo, Numan Acar, Michael Stahl-David, Rade Šerbedžija, Abel Folk, Andrew Tarbet, Angela Sarafyan, Armin Amiri, Tom Hollander, Jean Reno, and James Cromwell. SYNOPSIS: Set during the last days of the Ottoman Empire, The Promise follows a […]
Movie Review – Anthropoid (2016)
Anthropoid, 2016. Directed by Sean Ellis. Starring Cillian Murphy, Jamie Dornan, Charlotte Le Bon, Anna Geislerova and Toby Jones. SYNOPSIS: A small group of resistance fighters undertake a mission to assassinate Reinhard Heydrich, head of security in Czechoslovakia and number three in Hitler’s chain of command. Based on true events from World War II. The […]
‘Cities of Love’ continues with first Berlin, I Love You trailer
The first trailer has debuted for the romance anthology film Berlin, I Love You, the fourth instalment in the ‘Cities of Love’ series after Paris, je t’aime (2006), New York, I Love You (2008) and Rio, I Love You (2014). It features an ensemble cast that includes Keira Knightley, Helen Mirren, Luke Wilson, Jim Sturgess, Mickey […]
DVD Review – Anthropoid (2016)
Anthropoid, 2016. Directed by Sean Ellis Starring Cillian Murphy, Jamie Dornan, Charlotte Le Bon, Anna Geislerova and Toby Jones. SYNOPSIS: Based on a true story, Anthropoid details the successful assassination of SS General, Reinhard Heydrich during World War II by a small group of Czech resistance fighters deployed by parachute near Prague. In line with […]
Movie Review – Anthropoid (2016)
Anthropoid, 2016. Directed by Sean Ellis. Starring Cillian Murphy, Jamie Dornan, Anna Geislerová, Charlotte Le Bon and Alena Mihulová. SYNOPSIS: Based on the true story of WWII’s Operation Anthropoid, where resistance fighters in Czechoslovakia attempted to assassinate “Butcher of Prague,” SS General Reinhard Heydrich. According to Oxford Dictionaries, “anthropoid” means “resembling a human being in form.” In Sam […]
Movie Review – The Promise (2016)
The Promise, 2016. Directed by Terry George Starring Oscar Isaac, Christian Bale, Charlotte Le Bon, Tom Hollander and James Cromwell. SYNOPSIS: In the days just before World War I, Michael (Oscar Isaac) has become engaged to a girl in his home village and is studying to be a doctor in Constantinople. He falls in love […]
