John Wick, 2014. Directed by David Leitch and Chad Stahelski. Starring Keanu Reeves, Michael Nyqvist, Alfie Allen, Willem Dafoe, Adrianne Palicki, Bridget Moynahan, Dean Winters, John Leguizamo, Ian McShane and Lance Reddick. SYNOPSIS: An ex-hitman comes out of retirement to track down the gangsters that took everything from him. Since that fateful day when Keanu […]
DVD Review – Frank & Lola (2016)
Frank & Lola, 2016. Directed by Matthew Ross Starring Michael Shannon, Imogen Poots, Justin Long, Rosanna Arquette and Michael Nyqvist. SYNOPSIS: Frank meets Lola when she walks into his restaurant and he cooks her a meal. The attraction is immediate, but when she reveals a secret from her past, doubts creep into his mind. Is this the […]
Movie Review – The Colony (2015)
The Colony, 2015. Directed by Florian Gallenberger. Starring Daniel Brühl, Emma Watson, Richenda Carey, Vicky Krieps, Michael Nyqvist, Jeanne Werner, Martin Wuttke and August Zirner. SYNOPSIS: After the 1973 Chilean coup d’état against President Salvador Allende, a young German political activist is kidnapped, and deported to the sealed-off hamlet ‘Colonia Dignidad.’ His wife voluntarily enters the […]
Edinburgh International Film Festival Review – The Colony (2016)
Colonia (a.k.a. The Colony), 2015. Directed by Florian Gallenberger. Starring Emma Watson, Michael Nyqvist, Daniel Bruhl, Richenda Carey, Vicky Krieps, Jeanne Werner and Julian Ovenden. SYNOPSIS: A young woman’s desperate search for her abducted boyfriend that draws her into the infamous Colonia Dignidad, a sect nobody has ever escaped from. Every true artist sets out to make […]
Second Opinion – John Wick (2014)
John Wick, 2014. Directed by Chad Stahelski. Starring Keanu Reeves, Michael Nyqvist, Alfie Allen, Willem Dafoe, Adrianne Palicki, Bridget Moynahan, Dean Winters, John Leguizamo, Ian McShane and Lance Reddick. SYNOPSIS: A former hitman comes out of retirement hell bent on revenge for the men who took everything from him. After a few dud movies and […]