Sound of Metal, 2019. Directed by Darius Marder. Starring Riz Ahmed, Olivia Cooke, Paul Raci, Lauren Ridloff and Mathieu Amalric. SYNOPSIS: A heavy metal drummer must learn how to adjust to a completely different life when he begins to suffer serious loss of hearing. It’s always a bit weird to review hotly-tipped Oscar contenders as […]
2021 Sundance Film Festival Review – Mother Schmuckers
Mother Schmuckers, 2021. Written and directed by Lenny Guit and Harpo Guit. Starring Harpo Guit, Maxi Delmelle, Claire Bodson, Mathieu Amalric, and Habib Ben Tanfous. SYNOPSIS: Issachar and Zabulon, two brothers in their twenties, are supremely stupid and never bored, as madness is part of their daily lives. When they lose their mother’s beloved dog, they […]
Sound of Metal is Amazon Prime’s Must-See Movie of 2020 | Review
Sound of Metal, 2020. Directed by Darius Marder. Starring Riz Ahmed, Olivia Cooke, Paul Raci, Lauren Ridloff, and Mathieu Amalric. Sound of Metal is this year’s must-see project from Amazon Studios. Heartfelt and profound, our host EJ Moreno breaks down what he loves about this Riz Ahmed-led film. Watch the review below, and be sure […]
Movie Review – Sound of Metal (2020)
Sound of Metal, 2020. Directed by Darius Marder. Starring Riz Ahmed, Olivia Cooke, Paul Raci, Lauren Ridloff, Mathieu Amalric, Tom Kemp, Chris Perfetti, Hillary Baack, and Chelsea Lee. SYNOPSIS: A heavy-metal drummer’s life is thrown into freefall when he begins to lose his hearing. As much as Sound of Metal is about a drummer poorly […]
Riz Ahmed stars in trailer for Sound of Metal
Amazon Prime Video has released a poster and trailer for the upcoming drama Sound of Metal. Directed by Darius Marder, the film stars Riz Ahmed as a punk-metal drummer whose life begins to unravel when he begins to lose his hearing. Joining Ahmed in the cast are Olivia Cooke, Paul Raci, Lauren Ridloff, Shaheem Sanchez, […]
Movie Review – Quantum of Solace (2008)
Quantum of Solace, 2008. Directed by Marc Foster. Starring Daniel Craig, Olga Kurylenko, Mathieu Amalric, Giancarlo Giannini, Jeffrey Wright, Judi Dench, and Gemma Arterton. SYNOPSIS: James Bond descends into mystery as he tries to stop a mysterious organisation from eliminating a country’s most valuable resource. Though the James Bond series is over 20 films long, […]
Wes Anderson’s The French Dispatch gets a first trailer
Searchlight Pictures has debut the first trailer for writer-director Wes Anderson’s star-studded comedy drama The French Dispatch, which brings to life a collection of stories from an American magazine published in a fictional 20th century French city; watch it here… The French Dispatch is set for release on July 24th in the US and on […]
Movie Review – At Eternity’s Gate (2018)
At Eternity’s Gate, 2018. Directed by Julian Schnabel. Starring Willem Dafoe, Rupert Friend, Oscar Isaac, Mads Mikkelsen, Mathieu Amalric, Emmanuelle Seigner, Niels Arestrup, Anne Consigny, Amira Casar, Vincent Pérez, and Lolita Chammah. SYNOPSIS: A look at the life of painter Vincent van Gogh during the time he lived in Arles and Auvers-sur-Oise, France. Being the second film […]
Movie Review – The Blue Room (2014)
The Blue Room, 2014. Directed by Mathieu Amalric. Starring Mathieu Amalric, Stephanie Cleau and Lea Drucker. SYNOPSIS: A couple are having a passionate affair. In the afterglow, she imagines what life would be like together, yet he appears non-committal. Now he’s under investigation by the police and courts. Because her husband has died. And his […]
Movie Review – At Eternity’s Gate (2018)
At Eternity’s Gate, 2018. Directed by Julian Schnabel. Starring Willem Dafoe, Rupert Friend, Oscar Isaac, Emmanuelle Seigner, Mathieu Amalric and Mads Mikkelsen. SYNOPSIS: Isolated in a yellow house in rural France, Vincent Van Gogh is prolific with his paintings, but sees his mental state gradually unravel. There’s a moment in At Eternity’s Gate, which may […]
